Dovetail identification

hello again everyone.
And thank you to everyone that has helped me with identifying and classifying the bits and pieces I’ve bought thus far.
I’m in the market, possibly, for a small, Georgian side table but am keen not to purchase a late 19th or 20th century reproduction. I was wondering, therefore, if anyone could confirm that these are (or aren’t) hand-cut dovetails? They’re obviously quite regular but not perfectly so. They do seem quite large, though, to be early? An Edwardian pastiche, maybe?
Many thanks in advance.

 

I also am interested in the answer. I have an old dresser with similar handles.

 

These are machine cut. Drawer pulls indicate circa 1920 with quite a bit of leeway either way.

 

That's exactly the age I thought. Thanks so much @verybrad

 

Phil Sorry about usurping your post. Kiko

 

I would agree with Brad, both examples machine cut production half blind dovetails. Hand cut dovetails would be much cleaner to show off craftsman's skills.

 

No problem whatsoever, thanks everyone that’s contributed.

 

I'd say it's important to point out that just because drawer dovetails are hand made, does mean the entire piece was hand made or a "period piece". For example, in the USA, most furniture by 1850 was machine made except for the drawer boxes which continued to be hand made until 1900. The reason? It took 50 years for engineers to figure out how to build machines to cut dovetails.

 

The bottom line in all this is, there is no "magic bullet" to authenticate "in period" old furniture, i wish there was but there just isn't. just sayin....

 

I have also learned in this forum that hand cut dovetails persisted in England among some makers much longer than they ever were done here.

 

Yes, Not here but on other furniture sites I have heard that in england, they continued to make furniture largely by hand until the 1930s. If true, nearly a century after machines began crafting furniture in america.

 

It varied. The really cheap stuff was done with machine assistance, but anything above that had strong elements of hand made. And still does. It was and is a strong selling point. Even with Utility furniture, which is why it's lasted.

 

And this, I’m assuming, is hand cut...?

 

I'd say..