I remember when the circus came to town once a year. Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, large storage trunk acrobats — and always clowns. Looking at the trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and props, waiting for the show to begin. When I first laid eyes on the circus clown trunk, antique chest (hop over to this website) I just stared. The painted face staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a fragment of a lost world — a carnival gone by.

Old storage boxes aren’t just containers. They’re keepers of journeys. Before plastic tubs filled every house, best storage trunk trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering.