I really can't tell if the body of the jug was hand blown or just an applied handle from the photos, I suspect it was all hand blown (free blown)...
She certainly has a grain running through her, I did look up "celuloide figure cracking" but nothing like this came up. If you look her arms have...
"the vertical tongue and groove plank back is typical or not" there are many types of back form full paneled to part paneled ie planks that go...
So you are now saying a marked army and navy chests aren't period? What about your flimsy strapping or Central stretcher 20th c claims or your...
In the UK it's called a pontil scar, some part of it, if not all of it was done by hand.
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Please look at what you are calling "Central stretcher, another 20thC giveaway" This is where the photo comes from....
"The brass reinforcement/protection is quite unconvincing as far as 19thC Campaign chests go as those were made to withstand damage falling off...
"I would implore members to go and have a look at this ebay seller who specialises in campaign furniture, they have 83 pieces and all the period...
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So you are going to use joinery as evidence? I thought that wasn't any proof at all? I did think you had some sort of dendrochronology thing going...
Ok lets just say you are not using the tried and tested method of construction, techniques and tool marks to date it, what will you be using?
Would anyone like to provide a single example of these fabled Asian 1950's hand cut dovetailed campaign chests? I would like to see one.
Edmund Luthy? I did try and look it up but there is a amendment to the listing at the bottom....
Fantastic, and with the tools as well, worth a good deal of money.
The better photo argument was one I made in my first comment on the thread and explained why I hadn't, had members said that from the photos they...
Because I didn't know if it was a 18th c or 19th c piece and I did want to know what the wood was. I've been told Mahogany, something that could...
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