From the same physics professor's book collection, I found this. I found a reference to it in this list...
I've got several early maps in my collection. It takes a lot of research to decide that you have an original. A LOT of maps have been reprinted....
Thanks for the responses. I'll post the pics I have, then read responses in detail. Handwritten pencil on the cover pages but nothing inside and...
At an estate cleanout where books were being discarded, I picked these up though I had no expectation that they would be worth anything. After all...
I think the Christie's listing may shed some light here, and support James' belief that this may not be of the period, at least that is the way I...
I imagine that's why the owner of the chair (whoever it is) hired this Isacker guy to figure out what it is? He calls himself an appraiser and...
Yes, like afantiques said. The best way to identify and date is to show the front of the whole clock.
Some, but not all of the wood, looks to be quarter-sawn (aka tiger) oak. Roll-top desk, called a C-type not an S-type. 20th century, based on the...
Wow, really? I thought that price was unrealistically high, shows how much I (don't) know. Anyone who watch the market on these hand-decorated...
A pair of chairs is always better than a single chair. And if you like them and want to use them, this would be a good opportunity to see how easy...
I see lots of differences between the two pieces you showed besides the handles (namely legs and case construction), though I don't have...
That was the quote that I consider to have really started the disagreement and that I was trying to address. OK, then we're good, and certainly...
Well my heels are quite dug in on the idea that pinned mortise and tenon joints are unusual in smallish examples of Federal furniture tables and...
No it doesn't say that. It says it was made between 1780 and 1850. If the lack of pinned joints meant that it had to be made in 1850 or later,...
But the point you seem determined to miss no matter how plain it is made, is that this construction, without pins in the mortise and tenon joints,...
I've made it clear that I agree with the first part of your statement, that furniture built after 1850 is almost always at least partially machine...
I guess you want to keep discussing this, which I'm happy to do. So you found a factory that started using steam power somewhere in the 1840's....
Thanks for checking. Apparently it is being blocked at my work, though it works fine from home. And thanks again for the great link. I spent a lot...
Yes, I know Follansby from his appearances on PBS Roy Underhill show, and I have seen plenty of pinned joints. And you are correct about the...
Ball and claw feet are actually chippendale style, though clearly this is a 20th century mixture of styles as has been discussed.
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