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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 371826, member: 6444&quot;]I don&#039;t know. To me this looks completely utilitarian - a simple shelf in a simple house to hold simple belongings. I see what look like modern finish nails on the back, and those pieces of wood are fairly thin and very square, so I think the back *may* be replaced? Do you agree?</p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt it was in a fire, since it would have burned up. I don’t think a simple shelf would be valuable enough that it would be rescued from a fire. I agree that charring seems more likely to be from being kept too close to a fireplace.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not convinced it is that old. I&#039;m not saying it isn&#039;t, just that I don&#039;t see anything to make me believe it has to be. To me, the auctioneer statement about being made by someone without woodworking skills just hacking something together seems more likely than it being from before the 19th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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