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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nvntivs, post: 394868, member: 7975&quot;]So, reverting to this mystery… as promised some new pictures…. first of all I found I company mark. &quot;The Kensington Furn. Co. Ltd.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This narrows the search a bit. Since this corporate form was not in use before mid of 19th century I think the piece should be not older than 1860/70.&nbsp; The only two companies I found during my researches with at least a similar name is &quot;the kensington funriture co. ltd.&quot; still active today, and the &quot;kensington manufacturing co&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both began their activities rather late for this piece. Around 1912.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, in &quot;Henderson&#039;s city of Vancouver and north Vancouver Directory&quot; of 1909 I found a certain agent representing a &quot;Kensington Furniture Co. Ltd&quot;. Now I really hope for some assistance. Maybe these pictures will help.</p><p>I would like you to notice some odd details.</p><p><br /></p><p>1st: the handles have definitely been replaced, and not too well. Picture 6 shows a little how the original ones should be.</p><p><br /></p><p>2nd: I am also not sure about the locks. If you check the one picture with the lock attached, you will see that the initial holes for the handles are located in my opinion just too narrowly to the cutout for the lock. I cannot imagine the original handle was well attachable this way. I rather think the initial cutout for the lock was smaller. The lock itself does not give a lot of clues else…</p><p><br /></p><p>If you need any more pictures, I will gladly correspond.</p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]137207[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137208[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137203[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137204[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137205[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]137206[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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