This little number caught my eye while researching, American, about 1750, probably Pennsylvania, $90,000....
Yeah, that's what i was thinking as well. I researched a little on what a similar form english spice box goes for so i had a good idea when to...
18 inches tall x 13 inches wide x 10 inches deep
I hope! I haven't actually seen it in person yet, just the pics. I am secretly hoping it's american even though i am 99% sure it isn't. Seller...
I am trying to break my Box Jinx here, it's been 9 years since i lost Ruth and only god knows how many others over the years. I decided to try a...
OK, then it's probably mahogany veneer. If you post more pics, hit the full image button so everyone can see it better. :)
Photos are very dark, hard to see much but looks like late Classical from here, sometimes referred to as empire revival. I'd guess 1850s-1880s, is...
Thanks! It's not what i want box wise (it AIN'T american!!) but, the price was right and i figured with my history with boxes (HORRIBLE!) I'd try...
Yes, Paul runs the shop over there and his stuff is the real deal, not reproductions. He has that 1/2 price thingy every year so he can clear out...
Yesterday, while waiting around for the football games, i snagged this spice cabinet at a little country auction house in Mass, English, I'd guess...
It's a wood "peg" used by joiners and cabinetmakers to make what is called a "drawbore joint" for mortise & tenon joinery in the 17th & 18th...
Here is a dealer in England that specializes in 17th century english furniture & earlier, it's all he sells. He has an end of year sale on i...
Just before "side hung" drawers went nite nite forever (about 1690-1700) they looked like this with a single dovetail but still side hung. Boston,...
I would add that drawers did not come into being until the middle of the 17th century, about 1650. At first they were "side hung" like this...
True, photographs miss a lot of construction details that are easy to see in person, i am not sure why exactly.
Yes, it is oak, the question becomes, is it riven oak or sawn oak, two different ways of processing oak trees. Riven is where the timber is split...
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