Even though I'm a box collector this isn't my field because early crude boxes are too easily faked, that being said I believe this box to be right...
I can buy buffalo horn here in the UK so it was only a guess as to origin but India do use a lot of buffalo horn and it's the right colour, I know...
Looks to me like buffalo horn, might be India?
I bought it years ago when the market crashed for brown furniture so I got a bargain but it is (in my eyes) something above the norm. I just...
What is interesting is the pricing on 1stdibs, a good example is this davenport desk, on 1stdibs it's price is £10,275 but if you go to the...
I don't think they do unless I didn't search in the right way?
After reading the terms and conditions on "selling antiques" for sellers I am in no doubt they are far far better than other sites. It seems like...
Wow, just read a Reddit post where a few 1stdibs dealers were saying what their experiences are with 1stdibs and they are not good. 18%...
I've always wondered who buys from 1stdibs? Either buyers don't know the price of antiques or they can't be bothered to look around but they must...
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I think you are taking members comments in the wrong light, I don't think anybody knows what level your knowledge of antiques are, just that you...
I think most people in here would agree that when they first started collecting antiques they bought low end cheaper items and now they wish they...
This could be 1899 or 1999, there was a lot of copper and brass items made in India and most of it isn't worth much at all, you will know what is...
I wish you all the best and I'm happy to help if I can in the future. As for the screws, this site gives measurements of old screws, if you...
It's a old medical tool/needle, as soon as I saw it I went down to my 1810's apothecary box to make sure and yes there is one very close to yours...
I agree with Debora, this isn't carved wood it's moulded gesso or hard wax. You can see the fracture lines running from outer edge to the mirror,...
Looks like a screw might be the cause, one of the screws that keeps the movement in the case is missing, it might have fallen into the movement,...
It might be a table top?, is there any writing on the back? "School of art jaypuor"
If you can afford to keep it I would, just think the tigers lost the fight (as they would in real life) I think this is better and far less common...
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