Shipped in from the mother country. NZ was a British colony until about 1947? and as with Australia and other outposts, in the 19th and early...
Stick with the original advice, pre WWII. Post WWII had seen subtle changes in office furniture to lighter oak, lighter guage wood and without the...
Quite possibly. 141 may be a batch number. 3 I am usure as my interest didn't lie in decoding factory numbers, only buying/selling/auctioning....
English circa 1930s oak draw-leaf dining table. I have known some in the US on a couple of FB sites to describe these as 'pub tables' which they...
I thought I would just consult a fellow antique dealer on this (as there are so many contrary views to my own as a retired English antique dealer...
Beswick Ware England. Probably 1930s jug/bowl? Full image please.
In England we call these drop-leaf or fall front bureaus. Can't see it as English. The drawer knobs, the brass escutcheon plate and the numeral...
Interesting, but in the context of plagiarising Chinese/Asian designs, the Dutch were one of the earliest to import and COPY Chinese blue and...
Agreed, but I have to return to my original anomaly, who where when and why were any Europeans smelting bronze for domestic use in the past...
One thing to remember in your quest, it was we late blossoming western civilisations that plagiarised many ideas/designs from the ancient...
It might sound flippant but not meant to be...not to say they don't exist, but see how many European cast bronze kettles you can find going back a...
Taken on board and interesting thank you, my learn for the day. However, in my defence, I was quoting the Empire Period, of which this heavy...
Other America Empire sideboards. I was going o the classical pillar shape of the period. [IMG] [IMG]
From the key/lock, heavy oak and semi-industrial construction, with serial numbers stamped on it, I would put this towards the end of the first...
If I may make a suggestion. This lovely A/N box is caught in the middle of two conditions, base metal and silver plate. Polish it and it will look...
As above, very nice flame mahogany panels. The lock and key escutcheon look right for early-mid 19thC so I would say this is an American Empire...
19thC (possibly 18thC) Chinese cast bronze. A simple country piece probably from the local area bronze foundry that supplied the surrounding...
It was meant to be polished, that's why it's silver plated. It was the poor man's faux silver. Even if the plate is worn it will still look...
Looks an ethnic piece to me. We have similarly made ironwork pots here in Spain brought from Morocco. Possibly from a former French...
Looks Jungendstil/WMF or similar.
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