A nice elderly Lady gives Me a restoration job.
A Georgian Oak Bureau in need of some repairs and a clean up with a wax finish .
Rob
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A nice elderly Lady gives Me a restoration job.
A Georgian Oak Bureau in need of some repairs and a clean up with a wax finish .
Rob
I go over it with her and she tells me what she wants done . She is a through expert in the business of Antiques .
I decide who , in my workshop will do different parts of the work . All the preparation is given to the youngest apprentice and other more experienced guys will take over at the right times . The young fellow is working away on his part I think I had him vacuuming the inside clean, And he calls out from the other end of the workshop "A stamp ?? come have a look"
Rob
I stare into the right hand little drawer and see this .
He reaches in and grabs the bottom with a couple of fingers . I hadn't noticed it was a loose false bottom .
Rob
And He turned it over .
:oo:
I said What !!!
Any one Know what it is ?
Rob
authentication that the piece is Victorian, not Georgian?Quote:
Originally Posted by auscab
I'm no philatelist but my nose is thinking the postmark might look a bit modern?
Ian,
Victoria reigned for 60 odd years, (died 1901 I think), so could well be 1840's.
Auscab,
Could it be the client is fiendishly checking your honesty? LOL!
HNY to all forumites cheers Redbog (Harry).
1840-41 according to this website (after that they were red):
https://blog.arpinphilately.com/the-...ine-its-value/
Quote:
Originally Posted by warrick
Yep Rick that's what I thought.
I looked it up and printed this at the time , which was a value for a mint rare version .
I took it in and showed the guys and we had a discussion as to what we would do .
Quote:
Originally Posted by ian
No , not really Ian . The Bureau was made well before the penny Black came out. They were made well before and after but 1840s construction , nails , screws , amount of handles that had been on the piece and replaced, direction of timber used in drawer bottom construction all point to Georgian . George 2 or early George 3 without looking it up.
Around the 1890s some people took up carving as a hobby , You see Oak furniture that was "carved up" as its known . Covered in 1890s / 80s carving . The stuff was every where to be had a cheap enough. There is an article on the practice in a back issue of The Australian Antique Collector ( I'm pretty sure that' where I saw it )
Its another story but just saying there was tons of this stuff around and still is .
Rob
Yeah I never noticed that at the time Franklin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzie
Rob