IMHO I don't bother with insurance, the insurance company will want to know where it's kept, what sort of alarm you have and then charge you every...
The American market for antiques is a total mystery to me, sometimes I see things going for a fortune and think wow that's such a high price for...
Any history of where it came from? Also the screws, are they hand/blacksmith made? You will be able to tell because the pitch of the threads are...
It's old lol, I would say 1700-1750. The problem with dating something that's totally hand made is who made it and where, were they at the...
Yes I agree after 1900 more UK paid/residents in India could have afforded something small to bring back but the more ornate pieces would have...
You know I'd never thought of it like that, I was sure these items were bought within India and I know of the same sort of items (horoshiapur)...
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/translation-needed-on-a-hoshiarpur-table.81272/
I will admit that it isn't on every Indian antique or even most but a quick look on some of my boxes I found 3 out of the 10 I looked at. I even...
I agree with Verybrad, the look this chest maker was going for was one of age but not in a convincing way, to a trained eye there's nothing about...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_(wood)
I suspect it's Sheesham wood, Teak is quite expensive and the figure in the wood also looks like Sheesham.
Unfortunately I think it's not that old just made to have that old look, they haven't even tried to fake old construction techniques. The banding...
I do believe you have it, it's been done very well but yes, the lock would have been totally encapsulated with wood on the top but now it seems to...
"So far I haven't found any kind of reference. (There must be forums for lock geeks somewhere out there....)" Looking for a flat key lock date was...
"I've assumed that at some point somebody made a start at cleaning it and then gave it up" That would explain the light and dark places where they...
Looks like the hinge on the scratched side had lost all it's screws and when opened slid off the box scratched the back
Nice mystery, I'm a box collector and for my own knowledge, and yours, I'm trying to work out where and when your box was made. There are a number...
I agree, there is a lot of painted wooden stuff coming out of India made to look old. As a collector of Anglo Indian antiques (export market) I...
Just a guess, but I think UK and very old going by how much tinning has gone.
Kent is lovely, I live by the coast, I spent 40 years in London before moving and where I live now is far far better, I'm less than 1 mile from...
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