Thank you all very much.
Your comments not only got me excited but quite pleased.
I always figure it was a good one ....... but not as good as you described it, Wayward.
I bought it at an estate auction, over 20 years ago, that was held in the NG Armory in Weston, WV, thus I don't have a clue where it came from. Central, or the center of WV, especially the cities of Elkins, Weston and Buckhannon were noted for several "big homes" that were built by the RR, coal, lumber and glass "barons" of the 19th Century.
I have committed to putting it, plus a ton of other stuff, in an auction in
Jane Lew, WV, on or about
the 1st of September. This auction, conducted by
Stewart's Auction Company, will be listed, with pictures and everything, on
http://www.auctionzip.com/WV-Auctioneers/2490.html that is, if nothing drastic happens to cause a change in plans.
Anyway, while looking for something else in my "computer notes" this morning I found the "link" that I had saved to a workbench that looks almost identical to mine.
http://vandm.com/19th-century-cabinet-makers-work-bench/1_266_product=4763.aspx