Another thing that many may not realize, travel in America was HORRIBLE in that time, the only exception was a single rider on horse back with...
uhhhhhhhhhh, nooooooooooooo You are talking about travel today, I am talking about travel in 1700, HUGE difference there. A creaky, leaky...
Hello! I don't think dry sink, there is no "well". More likely washstand/ commode , late 19th early 20th century, oak.
LOL, UHHHHHHhhhhhhhh, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WIN AGAIN! eat my dust! :cigar:
Yeah, point noted but, I'd say there was a difference here. The pipes were specifically packed to make that voyage by an importer VS A single...
Having said all that, I'd guess the chances are that the estate sale spoon rack is most likely American. Look at those spiral carved columns on...
Now if Wink did her genealogical research and found a history of this guy "Lohrens" in NJ and also that he was a woodworker/carver/joiner by trade...
Bottom line on all this is, if you want the BIG dollars in the early american furniture world, there are a lot of hoops you gotta jump thru! I...
It's still a valuable piece but, it does have a repair/modification sometime in 19th century and the uncertain origin. So right away, we have...
That would be a GOOD start Wink but, it would not be enough (for the marketplace) if you could verify "Lohrens/Hartman" family in NJ or NY. Let us...
LOL, Oh Lord! using my OWN arguments against me! :facepalm: We got oak in north america to ya know! just sayin..... Yes, the Witch was not very...
Meanwhile, back to the WAR! Here is a Frisian spoon rack from the Netherlands sold a year or so ago here in the states. Early 19th century,...
One wonders WHY the Witch didn't convert fragment in this way rather than mutilate it, it would have made it far more valuable.... just sayin...
Well, HAPPY BDAY! [IMG]
Is it your BDAY?
lol, KNOWED it was comin! as there was a longgggggg pause between posts! AJ was gathering her forces to counterattack but didn't realize the...
The arches on your bookcase are called "tombstone" arches, usually associated with "Queen Anne" but, cabinet isn't what i would call QA. It has...
Yeah, I am goin with Debora on this one. Bookcase maybe many styles but, Gothic ain't one of them.
Let's just tell it like it is, rather than the way AJ wishes it was! Americans RULE!:singing:
Well, maybe not Frisian but, generally speaking, Americans were FREE to experiment, not only with design but construction as well, most...
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