This is one of my favorite boxes although I know very little about it, ebony veneered and a ivory incised panel with ivory stringing and satin...
I don't force them, some just want to try it and surprisingly some enjoy it no matter how fast I turn the handle ;)
There are lots in the UK of the same shape and style
It's kind of arts and crafts, can't put my finger on it, nice though
I'll pass as well, if you turn the handle slowly it's not that bad but still you won't get me to do it lol once bitten twice shy
I have great fun hooking up guests to this device :) it gives a mean shock, this is the deluxe version with all the tools in a side drawer. Still...
I love them :) very nice...I have a pair, negretti and zambra
In my opinion it's Edwardian, to hold a mirror? Is the metal copper?
Thank you :) it was a present for my wife who never wants anything so after 25 years I decided to buy her something without her knowledge. At...
Oh I know, and if mine had such labels it would have already been sold lol but the fact that I can't find another Bramah lock with the same crest...
"The underside of the table is stamped with a Queen's crown, the initials VR, the year 1866, and the words Windsor Castle - Room 243."...
It's really worth me finding out for sure as a table that was in auction recently estimated at £2000-£3000 made £40,000 because of the royal...
Wow that's a lovely and super stunning stationary cabinet, wheres that envy emoji :) I will try and do better photos, you're right by disabling...
No Susan you have made some very good points and I knew about kings and queens have different shaped crowns but I never applied that knowledge to...
This is a later version but still has Bramah locks...
This isn't the only davenport desk I've seen by T Wilson, they all have Bramah locks, but none of the others (2) I've seen have the crest stamped,...
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I do have the keys (2) one maybe a later copy. The Bramah list of stamps I posted doesn't have any locks with a crest, only a crown, Also I can't...
This web page has him down as making furniture from 1780-1840 so if we combine the dates with Bramah gives sometime between 1780-1798?...
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