Asking $4,795!!! I found it by doing a google search for "Gustave Stickley #721 Chestnut drop front desk". I didn't realize that ebay links no...
There is a book, "British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740-1914" by Nichola Brewer, published in 2001. I long for a copy, but it's...
Just for the fun of it, I've been looking at some of my old posts, and enjoying reading the wonderful comments. I followed the rabbit down this...
A friend of mine had a saki cup that was probably made during the occupation. It said "Made in Frolida".
Most "antique malls" around here are overloaded with stuff that looks like it came from a hoarder's house cleanout. A lot of junk that sits on the...
I don't think it's a cutter of any sort, or a batter mold. Instead, I think its a pattern for dusting powdered sugar or such on top of cakes...
I've seen similar chairs, both rockers and armchairs, but it seems to me that the newer ones don't quite have the same lines as these. I THINK...
These are family pieces, but I don't have any idea of the age. I recently had the seat of the rocker repaired, and the upholsterer said he found...
If there's a mark, I can't find it!
Actually, she was my great-grandmother. Augusta Sharpe Jordan, March, 1876 - Jan. 1959. [ATTACH] Her wedding photo, approximately 1895....
This was her home in Birmingham. As I mentioned, she died before I was born, and the house was sold. I've seen the outside, but never the...
I wish I could've seen it, too. She passed away before I was born. I've got photos of her, though, and she was a looker, too!
I was very careful about how I used the Brasso, and these photos are after I finished. No plans to do anything further.
The images are post-Brasso. I was very sparing in my use of it, but the outside was looking like the inside. A quick application and rub with a...
This heavy solid brass or bronze pot belonged to my great-grandmother, or so I was told. My mother kept it on her hearth full of fat pine...
A new edition is in the works and is expected in October.
In November of 1861, a US warship stopped and boarded the British steamer RMS Trent and arrested two Confederate diplomats. The British government...
I wish I could find an image with Gustave Deflin's signature to compare. I've looked since you posted this, but without luck.
For years, I assumed they were peaches, and wondered it Omaha had peach orchards.
I don't have any Black Americana spoons, but I have several that depict homes or event or locations associated with the Civil War, including some...
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