Another factor here is this, the value of American pieces far exceeds that of European pieces, look at that Bergen County spoon rack above, I REST...
It ain't AMERICAN! that's what's wrong with it! and, if it ain't American, it ain't HAPPENING!:singing: NONSENSE! Dutch Americans were free to...
nooooooooooooooo, don't do that. Any chemical paint/varnish stripper should do, most are "water wash" these days.
Well, spoon racks don't trip my trigger that much plus, an american example is HIDEOUSLY expensive. I like the Frisian boxes though, ALWAYS on the...
LOL, I KNOW that's right!:hilarious::eek:
It might be BEWITCHED though, i woke up this morning with visions of a spoon rack with wall box attached below as in the Hudson Valley piece...
Another thing i notice on new back photos, it's glued & screwed within an inch of it's life! Are those drywall screws?:hilarious:
LOL, It happens! LOL Hmmm, in looking at new photos, no, does not look like tulip poplar, it's to open grained, like an oak. I was going mostly...
Very nice, well done!
True! most rich people are cheap, that's how they got rich! :p but with rich people the name of the game is, extract as many dollars, or in this...
That could very well be and is indeed one of the current theories, those Swiss Hearadic inlaid images were "Hot", furniture fashion wise at the...
and another, late 18th century, Hudson Valley New York [ATTACH]
"Perhaps the one iconic example of American Frisian carving is this New Jersey spoon rack. This yellow poplar example is dated 1727 and descended...
I would note that American carved Frisian Spoon Racks are HIGHLY collectible and rare, when one comes on the market they almost ALWAYS go for BIG...
Back to photo shop thingy again! It looks like it could be tulip poplar, is it can you tell? If it is poplar, then your fragment is American, no...
No dimensions were given but, this may indeed be a small chest or a large box OR a SPOON RACK! In looking at enlarged right side up again photo,...
The reality is, as a fragment, it wasn't worth a lot without the "coat rack" thingy, my guess is someone decided to turn it into a "make-do" type...
LOL, Well yeah, the coats are in some trouble with my photo shopping, no doubt!:hilarious: I was just trying to orient it so i could actually...
Oh boy!!!! To be honest i don't know with photos provided, hold on a sec. Here we are! it was UPSIDE DOWN! I cropped, flipped and enlarged, so now...
LOL, LOVE the story, even if untrue!:hilarious: While we wait on AJ, to see if it is Frisian, either Dutch or an immigrant to america, that "coat...
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