Although mart is right, it's impossible to authenticate old furniture through pics alone, i would argue against english because of the secondary wood, it was almost always oak in england during this time and this piece does not appear to have any oak. Another thing, the dovetails on drawer look more american than english to me in that it was common in america for apprentices to do much of the secondary (hidden) joinery work in cabinet shops and therefore more primitive than in england. Naturally, this is all speculation.