Yes, I saw those holes too. Original holes? hard to say and we can't see the backside of the drawer fronts either which would help. That's a...
If you like it yes, even 350 is not out of line at all for this chest, I would change those pulls though, looks odd with those federal era pulls.
Your chest is Chippendale, probably late, say 1800 or so, country built with 4 graduated & lipped drawers with ogee bracket feet. Looks to be in...
On the 5th pic down from the top, the key escutcheon, it looks like it had a previous escutcheon with 3 nail holes and a very faint witness mark...
Now we get to the tough part!:p Offer $200! and negotiate! if it was me. It looks to be in good condition which is a plus but the feet/pull thing...
The pulls are Hepplewhite but, the feet are ogee bracket Chippendale so.......... either the feet or pulls or both have been replaced. Guesses...
Yeah, Edgefield is only two hours southwest from where I am in Charlotte. In future, I think I will pay MORE ATTENTION to these jugs as I travel...
Oh My Goodness! I didn't realize how collectible Edgefield SC pottery was, I got an email flyer from Cocker Farm today about some sale or other...
Yes, I hear you! Pillar & Scroll aptly describes Late Classical. I am not sure how this "empire" thing got started for late classical, perhaps...
There are other potters working in Edgefield SC whose work is worth some serious money as well but, I don't know a thing about them.:( The only...
DANG! Better days are coming! Hopefully! :)
You might consider having it examined, the jug I saw was signed by Dave Drake, a slave who worked at a pottery shop in Edgefield SC. He would...
Indeed, American Empire is very rare and very expensive, then & now. Completely built by hand with hand carving, often gilded as well & fashioned...
Good article that explains Neo-Classical, Empire and Late Classical, a bit confusing. All 3 styles are related so it gets complicated a little. On...
No, late Classical started in the 1840s and continued until 1900 or so.
Yep is, late Classical with typical mid-19th-century frame & panel construction, machine built excepting the drawer boxes. American Empire is a...
Thing is, these slide lid boxes are a little like "tavern table" a generic term similar to "bible box" or "candle box", same kind of thing. With...
https://pookandpook.com/lot/pennsylvania-painted-pine-slide-lid-candle-box-4097553 [ATTACH]
Interesting, Edgefield is rather famous for pottery, I attended an auction once in Camden SC ( site of a revolutionary war battlefield) where a...
The form is a "slide lid box", popular in the 18th century for storing candles and the 19th as pencil boxes. What makes your example unusual is...
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