Featured 1725 George I , oak chest of drawers .

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I went to my local antique shop this morning.

    I sell him antique furniture I get in house clearances, it saves me time storing and polishing stuff.

    Anyhow, he just got this in before I arrived and I found a picture of an identical one in my book.
    So who ever made the one in the book made this, not bad for nearly 300 years old.

    The top two drawers won't open unless you open the second drawer and press a spring loaded switch.:cool:

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  2. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Davey! Don't give away secrets!! Now I have to find a new place to stash the emeralds!
     
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  3. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    How lovely ! How I wish I had the money and the room to load up on stuff like this.
     
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  4. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Whoaah:woot:
    I love secret drawers and systems in furniture:)
    You bought it? Or was the seller aware of the other one price;)
     
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    No, he bought it in before I arrived.

    I don't want it but helped him identify it.

    I'm surprised its survived so well, especially during the period 1939-1945 when this city was just about wiped off the map
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a beauty.
    It could have been somewhere else during that time....
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    No need at all, silver, no need at all.:shifty::peeking:
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Davey...yer such a nice guy !!!!
     
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  9. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Its been in the family home for over 100 years in the city and never been offered for sale before, the area it was from was heavily bombed, my Mum lived nearby.
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Maybe they had a miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary on it, that seems to have worked in the area I live in.:angelic::D
     
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  11. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    is "Blitz-tested" a selling argument ?
     
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  12. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Beautiful piece, and a survivor. I hope he sells it and that your work on ID-ing it helped.
     
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  13. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    SHEESH............I missed that too.....................VERY NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:singing::singing::singing::singing::singing::singing::singing::singing:
     
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