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Antique Questions Forum / Re: antique table

« on: March 05, 2013, 01:46:41 pm »

Attached here are pictures of the table top, a side view of the table with the leaf detached and the one leaf by itself. The color seems different in the pictures of the top versus the leaf, but it is because of the lighting

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Antique Questions Forum / antique table

« on: March 05, 2013, 10:11:53 am »

I have an antique cherry drop leaf table.  It was used by my great great grandfather who died in 1922 at the age of 86 in Canton, Ohio.  
The table is solid cherry.  The wood is one inch thick. The top and drop leaves are single pieces of figured cherry.  There are no glue joints in the table. There are wooden hinges for the swing legs that hold up the table leaves and there are unevenly spaced saw marks on the underside of the lumber that suggests to me that the lumber may have been cut with a pit saw.
What I am interested in is the age of the table.
The story behind the table and the Lincoln rocker is that my great great grandfather Kept his Bible on the table and would sit in the rocker next to the table and read his Bible.  When he died the rocker was moved to the porch of the old log house where my great grandparents lived.  My grandmother collected the chair, table and Bible from the old home place before it was sold.  I refinished and caned the rocker 40 years ago.  It was hanging by its rockers in the rafters of the barn with bailing twine woven for a seat. The table I recently acquired from my uncle's estate.  My sister has the Bible.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: deer figurine

« on: August 20, 2012, 09:25:50 am »

I want to thank everyone for their help.  I was interested in knowing more about the figurine.  I intend to keep the piece.  I was not trying to establish a value.  And, no, I am not in California.  I live in Kentucky.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: deer figurine

« on: August 17, 2012, 01:09:51 pm »

The cut marks behind the antlers are part of the carving process.  The surfaces that are seen are polished to eliminate the cut marks.  That would be true if it was an original piece.  A molded piece would carry those marks too but would also have seams where the mold was fitted together.  Those seams would either be in evidence or would have to be polished away.  There are no seams on this piece. 
If this piece is a molded piece of resin, shouldn't there be others like it?  Has anyone ever seen a figurine like this?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: deer figurine

« on: August 17, 2012, 06:27:56 am »

Here is a close-up of the head.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: deer figurine

« on: August 17, 2012, 06:23:34 am »

It may be made of resin, but it is heavy, and it appears to be hand carved.  I do not have a proper scale to weigh it, but it exceeds the 2 pound limit on the postal scale.
Attached is another picture showing the marks on the back side of the antlers.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: deer figurine

« on: August 16, 2012, 11:15:36 am »

The figurine is not wood.  It has the density of metal. I have not tried to scratch the surface because I do not want to damage it.
I am not sure if it is obvious in the picture, but there are several places on the deer that there are three joined circles.  One group is on the exposed part of the neck in the picture.
I am adding a picture of the bottom.

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Antique Questions Forum / deer figurine

« on: August 16, 2012, 09:26:49 am »

I have what I understand is an antique figurine of a reclining deer.  It is 6 inches long and 5 inches tall.  It sits on a carved wooden base.  On the underside it has the numbers 003 carved and the letters Nl.  It was once owned by an antiques dealer in St. Louis and was given to me after his death.  I have looked for any similar figurine online and found nothing.  I am hoping someone here will know something about it.