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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 204028, member: 29&quot;]Can you get a handle off and see what shape the faded patch is behind it? Thye don&#039;t worry me too much, but I&#039;d like to know. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this a somewhat earlier than the late 19th. The carving is hand done, and so too, I think, are the dovetails. The feet are missing something, I&#039;m not sure what. Close up please. </p><p><br /></p><p>Gut feel is British regional piece made by a decent local craftsman. It&#039;s not chunky enough or overbearing enough to be German or even Dutch. And the configuration and lightness of shape is more typical of our stuff. Interesting that it&#039;s grape vines and leaves. That whole ebonised look was big here in the late 18th and ealy 19th.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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