Antiques: Value lights up with this old cigar chest

Q. This chest has been in my family for about four generations. The story is it came over with my great grandfather from Ireland in 1842. It is 51 long x 36 cm wide, and about 15 cm (20 x 14 x 6 inches) off the ground and carved on all sides. Inside there are four heavy glass sections – each one 18 long by 11 cm wide and 5 cm deep (7 x 4.5 2 inches) – contained by a spring- loaded glass partition which lifts up. The brass lock strip is stamped “Patent Double Lever” and a