A fair amount of furniture was made in Vermont, 1900-60 - then manufacturers in the Southern States really grew, putting many VT. co's out of...
It all goes to show that realized prices are so often not about the actual item itself, but who may have owned it. Provenance of objects is...
I'm dating it to 1930/40's - those sockets were very popular in 30's. the electro-plated brass also more widely seen 30's-40's. The design also...
Not Cushman. . . . their pieces are signed with metal tags and are also impressed with 'CUSHMAN' and model number into the wood on the underside....
Marked with a 'K' inside a diamond as shown. About 75 years old.[ATTACH]
Cast brass with glass Fresnel lenses, 11" x 6". I'm familiar with port (red) and starboard (green) navigation lights which have 112 degrees of...
Never an oil lamp... as mentioned Colonial influenced - 1920s -50s. Popularity started on these wrought iron lamps with the sesquicentennial...
My father went through Boot training at Paris Island in 1942. What would have been the color of the pith helmets used by the Marines at this time....
Here's a Sparton 'Equasonne' radio cabinet of 1929. [ATTACH]
Word of caution about declaring it NOT a radio cabinet. The image of the one described as 'butlers cabinet' looks to have a newer plywood back...
#9105 is the 'Finistere' wall shelves, made from 1939-41. #9119 is not in my book, but it was also introduced in 1939..... the first digit...
I stand corrected. . . thanks for the history w/specific details
In my opinion, yours is brass. As I mentioned above, bronze will be more of a chocolate brown in color. Brass is stronger and less bendable (much...
[ATTACH] Yours is a very nice clock... classic French design. Importantly, condition looks good... Iv'e seen many with damage to upper potions...
As to the brass - bronze difference. . . the primary material in both is copper. Copper is cut with zinc (about 5%) for bass giving a bright...
France did some of the highest quality metal foundry casting in the world during the 19th c. Many of their brass clocks are very impressive....
[ATTACH] One example might be this 1940's lamp base. Ring joined to the four vertical pieces by what looks like welding. Many of the lamps I've...
When I use the term 'joining', meant more of what is seen as far as attaching two pieces of wrought iron together (non permanently). . . such as...
Wanted to know approximately when the change from riveted or press clamp joining on wrought iron pieces to the use of welding to join parts of...
Thank you 2manybooks, very helpful. .
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