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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pewter2, post: 363595, member: 6719&quot;]she&#039;s not BOVVERED&nbsp; !!!...that is the dog</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many irregularities....US...jump off of a bridge..we jump off a bridge...the usual Z, S variations..we tend to use all of the vowels,&nbsp; whereas the Americans tend to use more words,..for the antique collectors...davenport to us is a desk...sofa is a lounge, lowboy is a desk/side table/and not a chest of drawers or a small wardrobe..just general nomenclature, but we know what it is all about. We oldies only had American publications years ago for reference.. My main trouble is relating to American periods and styles, as most of these we would think generic terms,and as such I am unable to contribute much to American furniture and pottery and porcelain identification.</p><p>An overheard conversation from a well respected Antiques dealer to a would be collector many years ago,&nbsp; when asked what an antique was, replied......&quot;If it wasn&#039;t made before 1840 and made in England , it isn&#039;t an antique&#039;, and I accepted this as a guide to collecting....it was obvious later that his collecting life began in the 1940&#039;s.</p><p>I visit a favourite (another) Antiques shop in the Cotswolds at Chipping Campden, can&#039;t move in it but love their setup, whenever we visit the UK, missed out visiting Tetbury, lots there and another village on my list for next time at Lostwithiel, in Cornwall, Doune in Scotland is another. </p><p>I had Eric Knowles out here past 2 years UK Antiques Roadshow, when he likened my Antiques shop to the ones that used to be in the UK, but alas no more, we closed ours 6 mths ago.and they are getting harder to find over there .....enough ...enough...regards..pewter2[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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