Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 259753, member: 25&quot;]The picture of the entrance hall indicates late 19th C up to the 1920s. I have a similar tiled entrance hall in this house which was built in 1927. A picture of the outside of the house would date it easily, but so would your local history society, who will have records of when it was built, since I suspect it is in an area with other houses of the same vintage. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fireplace could have been a piece of architectural salvage, but not from a ship. </p><p>The only way you would have something like that on a ship would be in some luxury liner with a mock country house interior in a first class lounge or smoking room, and it would have been purely decorative, you just do not have any more fire on a ship than you can help, it is more dangerous than icebergs.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a fashion called Jacobean Revival in the early years of the 20th C. I suspect this fireplace and surround is what must have been a very expensive custom feature chosen by the owner when the house was built and it is certainly impressive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in