I'd be in there with the tung oil or similar. Given the condition you can do whatever you want to it. I have a hunch someone was going to strip...
I need to ask her if she wants to off-load a few! Make some space.
Y'all got there first. I was going to say Iran/Persia too.
And if ever a chair was begging for messing with, it's this poor thing!
That sort of marble top usually dates to the 1970s if it's "cultured marble". That sort of label says 70s too, or close enough. All coffee tables...
Or bluefish if you get it very fresh. (day old bluefish doesn't bear thinking, or smelling, about)
Anund rides again!
A 300 year old piece of furniture with original glass for 6K is a bargain to my way of thinking. Of course I'm into old stuff, so....
Problems to have.... several crowns to find house room for. The Queen has a whole former castle/former prison for hers.
That's unbelievable except that weird things survive.
On the other hand, if it's here in the USA (where dumb Americans don't know any better) we paint things that color just because it looks good. I...
I doubt it has any real age on it, but it looks cool.
If you want to, have at! I might even sand it down and paint it that red or reddish orange color that shows up on Chinese lacquer furniture...
PHEW! No scratches I can see and the glass is intact. WHEW. Now to decide what goes in it.... Poor thing can't just sit there empty.
Where I live, the best advise is to stash it in a back room and leave it there. You can't sell it here, but in other states you can. Just don't...
My guess is that some numbskull looked at all the siggies on top and thought "oh random retirement cwap" and never checked the bottom. As for...
Did it arrive in one piece?
It's too soft for jade; I'd put smart money on serpentine or soapstone. Probably post-WWII but beyond that I haven't a clue.
Greetings! I started out messing with stuff my dad and grandparents left behind and went downhill from there. It's addictive - fair warning.
It's got an 800 silver mark, maybe useful and maybe not. The Germans made a lot of 800 fineness silver tableware.
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