Old storage boxes aren’t just wooden boxes. They’re time capsules. Before plastic tubs filled every house, trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering. When I first saw the circus clown trunk, I just stared. The painted face staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a piece of a lost world — a carnival gone by. I can’t forget when the circus came to town once a year.

Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, acrobats — and always clowns. Looking at the trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and shop antique chest (have a peek at this site) props, large storage trunk waiting for the show to begin.