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<p>[QUOTE="bluemoon, post: 93765, member: 1296"]A pair of carved wooden sconces, supposedly from 1820-1870(?) Do you think the style is Empire or Biedermeier or some other? What about value?</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice the lovely eagle head details on both sides up there.</p><p><br /></p><p>The picture has just one of them. They are identical. The candle arms are iron and their screws are "hand made" or what they call those threads.. like these: <a href="http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/attachments/f19/38956d1318157389-how-would-old-timers-chase-thread-wood-screw-noted-tulle-top.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/attachments/f19/38956d1318157389-how-would-old-timers-chase-thread-wood-screw-noted-tulle-top.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/attachments/f19/38956d1318157389-how-would-old-timers-chase-thread-wood-screw-noted-tulle-top.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]23755[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry about the terrible picture quality. My phone broke and I had to take this picture with some 2006 phone because I haven't bought a new one yet..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluemoon, post: 93765, member: 1296"]A pair of carved wooden sconces, supposedly from 1820-1870(?) Do you think the style is Empire or Biedermeier or some other? What about value? Notice the lovely eagle head details on both sides up there. The picture has just one of them. They are identical. The candle arms are iron and their screws are "hand made" or what they call those threads.. like these: [URL]http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/attachments/f19/38956d1318157389-how-would-old-timers-chase-thread-wood-screw-noted-tulle-top.jpg[/URL] Thank you. [ATTACH=full]23755[/ATTACH] Sorry about the terrible picture quality. My phone broke and I had to take this picture with some 2006 phone because I haven't bought a new one yet..[/QUOTE]
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