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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 9763552, member: 6444&quot;]Sorry, reality check. Does someone really think this looks to have been made in the 1600’s? As always, the pictures are way inadequate. Where are the pics of the full inside, the construction (no dovetails visible), under the base, the drawer bottom, the drawer AT ALL? What we do see looks like it may have a few pieces of old wood with lots of new and maybe a lid from somewhere else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Im on an iPad and can’t resize pics, so it’s an exercise left to readers: look at the carving in the 2nd pic and tell me if that looks like 1600’s quality. Hack city. Then look at the uncarved lid in the 3rd and 4th pic and explain why it is 4 narrow pieces of wood glued together. Then look at the last pic showing the inside and explain new wood and new glue block contrasted with lid which has been paint stripped and beat to death.</p><p><br /></p><p>These pics together with all the pics we have not been shown (needed to know how box was constructed and held together) makes this AT BEST an extremely questionable piece. As a decorator statement piece it is certainly worth what was paid, but nothing about it looks like an authentic antique to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>England was putting together pieces with bits of old wood for the US market starting in late Victorian, early 20th century. If I had to guess from what is shown, that is what it looks like to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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