Featured Finds Thread

it reminds me of a Japanese flower......

 

Bought this at a garage sale.Anyone familiar with this drop leaf table?

 

nice table....I luv em....they are so useful !!!
a close up of the legs and underside will help our experts ...!!

@verybrad
@Ghopper1924
@James Conrad

 

Furniture not my thing, but it sure looks similar to my parents’ 1950s “Duncan Phyfe” dining table.

 

Yep, agrees, in mahogany. Very popular in its day, a lot still out there.

 

Might be earlier, being it's a Brit. Need the underneath of table and feet please.

 

Yeah, mid-20th century D.P. Beautiful, but difficult to give away in my part of the U.S. Midwest.

 

I was figuring late 30s to late 40s, but if it's English it could be older; it looks like my grandparents' set they bought in 1946. Right after the War, things were still made in pre-War styles most of the time. Not worth a ton but it's a better table than most of what's out there new.

 

Spot the mark


It is in one of the pics

Three marks here

 

How do we know the table is English? I don't see where it says that.
If referring to Phyfe himself, he was born in Scotland and, considering the rather complicated history there, might challenge you to a duel or something if you called him English!

 

I think the OP's in the UK, so....

I looked for marks on the silver, but the images don't enlarge enough to see them. The ones on the pierced work tray appear to be there, but I think only @MrNate will be able to see them.(LOL)

 

The table is in the UK. That's why I want to see its underbelly and feet bottoms.

 

OK,
I looked at @Johnnys777 profile and as usual, empty. Why I asked how we know the table is english.

 

Also, Johnnys777 says he bought it at a "garage sale" - think that is an American term not British, or am I wrong?

 

Not a new find per se, my mother has had this sitting in the living room for a couple of years, however I didn't know it was marked until last night and had some time this morning to research it. Turns out the pretty but nothing special decorative item she got for 2 euros at a car boot sale is a Meriden quad sliver plated sugar bowl made in the 1870s. The company was started in 1869 so that would make this quite an early piece. I haven't been able to get an exact year on it, but I saw an ebay ad where a similar 1870s bowl was marked 1423, and if they're all individually stamped (as if I'm remembering correctly they were) then that would make this in the same era. Any ideas on the S engraving or is that just been done by someone after manufacture? Hmm.

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sugar bowl........." S " ........makes sense !!!

 

The S is aftermarket; the whole set was probably marked with the same S.

 

Lordy that was a small brain moment on my part wasnt it

If on the whole set, I wonder what it meant?

 

The family's surname initial.

 

or the hotel's initial..