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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 1075476, member: 29"]That's very nice and the carving sets it apart from run of the mill. As does the fact that Fleet supplied Liberty - makes it good quality. Agree on oak, the top pediment carving looks late 19th into early 20th. There was a bt of a thing for sailing ships from the 1890s into the 1920s, you see stained glass in doors with them a fair bit over here. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'd need to see the inside, but I suspect it's a gents wardrobe from the size. Gentle clean and a bit of wax on it will do it a favour. Someone with an Arts and Crafts or Edwardian house would like that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 1075476, member: 29"]That's very nice and the carving sets it apart from run of the mill. As does the fact that Fleet supplied Liberty - makes it good quality. Agree on oak, the top pediment carving looks late 19th into early 20th. There was a bt of a thing for sailing ships from the 1890s into the 1920s, you see stained glass in doors with them a fair bit over here. I'd need to see the inside, but I suspect it's a gents wardrobe from the size. Gentle clean and a bit of wax on it will do it a favour. Someone with an Arts and Crafts or Edwardian house would like that.[/QUOTE]
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