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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 203353, member: 23&quot;]When you say your &quot;old old&quot; grandparents - you have to remember that some of us <u>are</u> grandparents.&nbsp; You would be better off saying, &quot;my grandmother who was born in 1912&quot; or whatever year so we can actually figure out a timeline for the person who gave this to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing you need to know, and this is from someone who has been in the antique business since I was 8 years old (1957) helping my parents in their store, is that you cannot trust word of mouth.&nbsp; You just can&#039;t.&nbsp; My father would tell anybody anything in order to sell an item.&nbsp; Maybe your old old grandmother got this from someone who told her that, but it doesn&#039;t make it true.</p><p><br /></p><p>With any antique, you need provenance - proof of where an item came from.&nbsp; By the way, my grandparents were actually from Quebec. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not seeing that kind of age on this piece.&nbsp; Not just the wood, but the style of carving does not look like the 18th century.&nbsp; This looks like 20th century stylistically and I doubt it was ever near a fire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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