The top looks like walnut, with a lighter wood inlay in center.
lol, ok. Somehow i feel that could take awhile to find that sugar daddy, when is the sale? you better hurry!:p
I guess, doesn't do a thing for me though. I don't wear any watches or jewelry of any kind so there that is. I don't like anything touching my...
It does, very attractive.
That's a good name i think, sometimes referred to as jacobean or elizabethan revival, tudor revival works well with those "cup & cover" orbs on...
You are gonna need MORE than friends on this one, trust me! YIKES! 840k for that? uhhhhhhhhh, noooooooo, wearing it is definitely out but a...
Yeah, i hear you! It was in a museum, i forget where, it did have a dutch family provenance but what it REALLY had going for it was, YELLOW...
"Perhaps the one iconic example of American Frisian carving is this New Jersey spoon rack. This yellow poplar example is dated 1727 and descended...
One just sold in Florida this past April https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/70866045_royal-doulton-baby-suffragette-figurine-and-inkwell With...
Poor Charles, he thought he had put this episode behind him but NO! It comes roaring back to life 3.5 centuries later! :oops:
No, probably not, that is one of the neat things about old furniture, some mysteries will never be answered or solved.
lol, oh lord, poor Charles! He's carving away on this box, gets jilted and tosses the box, his carving tools and the hussy who started it all! :eek:
Possible, or maybe she said NO?
Another thing that is worth pointing out, this Frisian inspired chip carving TRAVELED, A LOT! We know it traveled to America because the largest...
Very nice! and even though later carving they have that unmistakable Frisian "look" to them. Map of Friesland [ATTACH]
Agrees, let's see this now rather famous Friesian box!
The only thing i see your box needs is a lock and, it's going to be tough finding one that fits that hole exactly. That would lead to a custom...
LOL, Yeah, I hear you, I feel Grannys pain as i have had my share of issues with fancy boxes!:p
Jeezzzzz, no wonder people don't know where these boxes are from, Frieslanders don't know themselves! :cigar: It's very distinctive chip carving,...
lol, CONGRATS! i think:hilarious:
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