Consumers should have the chest's serial and style numbers, which are branded on the outside bottom or outside back of the chest, available when contacting Lane.
Hi there Peggy ? A good place to start your search is looking for Lane Cedar Chest since these comes with serial numbers and a style number. If you were not able to see these on Lane Cedar Chest then move on to the popular manufacturers of Cedar Chest.
If you find a large stamp on the bottom of the chest to test air tightness this means the chest could manufactured by Lane. However, this needs the serial number and style number to verify.
The serial number is gives collectors an idea of how old the chest are. @PeggyLee ? Lane Cedar Chest marks means it was made in March 15, 1971; the other first numbers from left are in reference to the plant number, I did not see the response to my previous reply.
Lane Cedar Chest have serial numbers that are read backwards to determine the date when it was produce. The Cedar Chest division of the Lane Company closed down in 2001 after making cedar chests for 89 years. Chest manufactured before 1987 that contains a lock that lacks a special safety feature. @Nicole ? How about yours, can you post photos of this here just like what Peggy did?