Featured Help on Antique Glass Cabinet

Hello there,

We have had this antique glass cabinet for years in storage, would anyone be able to identify what kind cabinet it is and a potential value? I'm from the UK and based in North London. Even getting someone down to check it out would be ideal as we want to sell it but would like to get the full potential price as I believe a professional could get it restored.

 

I don't know how things are in the UK with conservative mid-20th century neoclassical revival furniture, but in the U.S. midwest value is minimal.

Yours looks to be a mahogany vitrine ca. 1940s. No doubt very well made and suited to its task, but sadly not in demand, at least around here.

 

@verybrad, @James Conrad!! I've tagged them as they should be able to give you some ideas, as well as others!! And WELCOME to ANTIQUERS!! Great job getting your first images up too!

 

would like to get the full potential price.........

which may be a lot less than you imagine...

 

This is a china cabinet, as seen in the "front rooms" of pre and post-war Britain.

Mainly used for displaying your best cups and saucers when the vicar comes for tea.

When I sold my dad's place in the UK I couldn't even get a container/furniture guy to drive to his place to take a look at my parent's old handsome rosewood china cabinet - so I donated it to a local charity shop.

Disappointing and despite quality, very little interest in these pieces.

 

Hmmmm, does not look old to me either so i dunno, it is english as well so have no clue what value there is for mid 20th century furniture.

 

I'm not sure. I'm seeing some waviness to the glass and inlay looks real, not painted on. It could be older than the consensus. Pull it out from the wall, and show us a picture of the back. And maybe a picture underneath so we can see how it is constructed.

 

I think this is Hepplewhite style 1890s to Pre WWI.

A lovely piece. Used to bring good money.

 

Tip? Junk yard?

 

Town dump

 

LOL, OK, was trying to google that & was not doing real well!

 

1920s or 1940s doesn't really matter. Value in the U.S. midwest is anywhere from $30 down to giveaway a/k/a "The Tip."

 

If you were near me Id take it in a heartbeat ! Lovely. However,younger folks just dont collect all the stuff it would take to fill it so they have no use for things like this.I,on the other hand,could fill it from one closet alone!

 

That's kinda sad but, it is what it is.
I would add if OP cabinet has "family" value, I would keep it & restore it. Just because a piece has little value in the marketplace doesn't mean it has no value in a personal way.

 

It's earlier than mid 20th. Absolutely typical Edwardian china cabinet, made by a myriad of makers here. I sold one at Bainbridge's at Ruislip a couple of years ago on behalf of a friend who was executor for an estate. As I recall, it got about thirty quid. Give it a polish and keep it. If you want confirmation on that sort of value, email Bainbridge's or Harrow Auctions. There's a dealer in High Barnet might buy it, but I doubt she'd give more than twenty, sadly.

 

As Pat said, it is a lovely piece in the Hepplewhite style and would probably do well in the eastern US because it is not of the heavy Victorian or Rococo style.
Wishing you good luck with it.