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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Wrought Iron Trivet

« on: April 17, 2020, 09:26:51 am »

I will try tp post the foot picture but the site would not allow it the last time due to the size. Makes no sense. The feet (six) are under each section and are a piece of curled iron. The one on the right is pretty easy to see if you enlarge it. Their is no longer piece to hang it from. It is symmetrical. The face that I had to clean a century of grease off of it makes me pretty sure it is a trivet.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Wrought Iron Trivet

« on: April 16, 2020, 09:36:42 am »

Each arm is split and curled from a single piece of stock then riveted to the center, If you enlarge it you can see that it is done with a hand tool. I saw an iron working school using this technique online. In other words they take a heated square iron rod and split it in several parallel cuts and curl them. The feet are done similarly. It is about eight inches wide.

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Antique Questions Forum / Wrought Iron Trivet

« on: April 14, 2020, 08:04:15 am »

This was an item from a haul out of an estate sale. The house had been lived in by several generations of the same family. Everything that was in the place was 19th and early 20th century American. Enterprise grinder, model wood stove, enamelware, furniture  etc. This was the only item I never sold because I knew little about it. Each section is hand split and curled. I used grease relief to clean of layers of old grease, so it got a lot of use. I have never seen a trivet made like this. Can anyone tell me anything about its age or origin. My guess is someone that lived there might have made it. I tried to add detail pictures but the site is telling me the pictures are too large. Thanks

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Does anyone wonder ??

« on: March 02, 2020, 12:36:57 pm »

Mart. I am an inactive member of one of the Facebook groups and they give terrible information. The one moderator will give an incorrect answer and and then close the thread so he or she has the final word. I have seen that several times.

I pulled this forum up on Google with no problem with Antique Shop Forum as my keywords. As an SEO writer I know that most people will not search that way. They will search antique value or whats my antique worth. Those key words will never pull the site up because they are not there. Using social media and back links is critical to SEO these days. If you have a blog that links to this site and people search topics on the blog, you will gain traffic.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Strange Metal Rust Bunny

« on: March 02, 2020, 12:17:29 pm »

Because he's not hopping down the bunny trail

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Strange Metal Rust Bunny

« on: March 01, 2020, 06:39:10 am »

The edges look like they were cut with tin snips. The bottom is bent and nailed to the wood scrap. The wood is very old but that doesn't mean much. There is a piece of wire that hold that flag and star.  I vaguely remember item like that in the "country classics you can buy" section when country living was worth the price. I tried to post details but the site would not let me -- saying the the size was too large, even though they were taken with the same phone and filed the same. I have had this problem before
 Had another item and could not list it for the same reason. Thanks to both of you for your answers

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Antique Questions Forum / Strange Metal Rust Bunny

« on: February 28, 2020, 12:47:11 pm »

Have you ever seen anything like this? It is made from old roofing tin and stands about 18 inches tall. It looks like some person wanted to cover Easter And July 4th with one crude decoration but did not do it well. The back is the same as the front but not as rusty. It appears to be very old. My wife found it when the new owners of an old B and B were selling some of what was left behind. Is this folk art?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What is going on here,? I need to clean out my cabinets !!

« on: February 28, 2020, 12:38:16 pm »

It seems like Pyrex and Corning are fetching the money now along with some Fenton glass but never the pieces I have.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Where was this cupboard made

« on: January 10, 2020, 12:27:36 pm »

Rauville, It has served its purpose for us since we bought it in the 90s. It has been moved three times and has held its share of baked good to cool. Thank for your reply.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Where was this cupboard made

« on: January 10, 2020, 12:23:18 pm »

Cogar. That is not wear per se. It is damage that occurred by moving it from Florida and onto my porch and into my home. The same with the front top edge of the bottom. It got banged up a lot. We did not have professional movers just two guys who only wrapped the middle and we rented the first ten feet of an Estes Freight truck. At this end we had two more musclemen. There were two hundred boxes along with it which we are still going through. I am glad that wavy glass is intact. It was the cheapest way. I do see what you mean. A little Old English should blend that in.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Where was this cupboard made

« on: January 10, 2020, 08:14:45 am »

I neglected to mention that the top of the lower piece overhangs the back by a couple inches apparently to clear a chair rail.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Where was this cupboard made

« on: January 10, 2020, 06:43:15 am »

Cogar. The odds of two pieces made identically finding each other would be a million to one. The top is wainscoting and the bottom is typical slats. Every detail right down to the hinges, hinge attachment and finish as well as the joining of the corners is identical. The locks are identical plus the top is unfinished and about six inches deep. A floor piece would have a flat top to look good and to put things on and would not have plate rails. Therefore I have to disagree. I have seen several of these that did not screw on. This one from Ohio has a lower pie shelf and a wainscot back. They are very similar. Thank you for your reply but I must concur with Ghopper. http://www.landmarkacres.com/Butternut%20Cupboard.JPG

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Where was this cupboard made

« on: January 10, 2020, 06:28:51 am »

Thanks Ghopper and KC. I have a jelly cupboard from Gettysburg that has the rounded edges and top corners like this. That is why I thought PA plus it is only one state away and much has been hauled back to NJ.
Hi Mart I have one more picture here. The drawer pulls are typical late 1800s. I have a few little things to post so I will be hanging around more. It looks like the snarky members have left.

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Antique Questions Forum / Where was this cupboard made

« on: January 09, 2020, 03:41:29 pm »

I finally got into my Florida storage and shipped everything north to NJ. This came from NJ originally when I bought in 30 years ago. Before telling me that the top and bottom are a marriage, please hear me out. I am not new at this. On a FB site someone said it was a bookcase on top of a buffet and the mod cut off the posting before I could add to it.
The finish is original and it matches exactly, top and bottom. The hardware is identical on the doors as is the corner joining on each piece. ie radius. The top is unfinished with a gutter molding. There is at least one plate rail on the shelves. The top section is only 50 inches so if it stood on the floor you would be looking at an unfinished well. The piece is made of pine with a reddish stain. The picture does not show the finish color matching well due to the lighting . The sides are made from one solid board. Their are large hand-cut dovetails and hand planed drawer bottoms. I have never seen a step back that stand on four toes like this. That is why people say it is a marriage. I feel it is from Pennsylvania but I am not sure. That is would like help with.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Victorian Relish Compote?

« on: April 11, 2018, 12:26:23 pm »

Beautiful piece. I am sure you know that EPNS mens electroplated nickel silver. I agree on the date. I can't guess the value on these things anymore. I see it in a shop for 125.00 and a dealer offering one third of that. Just a once educated guess. Nice to see you again ghopper.