Please help with old bureau

1910-1920 most likely. Appears to be a nondescript wood stained to mimic mahogany. Could very well be birch but the graining looks a bit like maple as well. Birch would be more common from this time period. Maple is a possibility though and it would not be unheard of for it to contain more than one kind of wood.

 

Hi Davey,
Thanks, that was the same hint I was going to give.
greg

 

Perform said procedure at the cocktail hour. Then no one will notice.

 

I found the castors my brother and I played with. Looking back I thought maybe bakelite but didn't know for sure? They looked like wood but were plastic and I just found some identical to ours.



https://www.etsy.com/listing/182215659/4x-1930s-bakelite-furniture-castor-cups?ref=market

 

Hi Shiloh,
They made Bakelite castor cups here in the USA. They were heavy and thick solid brown. Other types of plastic were made that looked like wood or tortiseshell.The ones in the links were made in England. I know nothing about British plastics or even if they copied the Bakelite patent.
Now I am going to have to investage..
greg

 

The ones we had looked like the ones at the top in this listing . . .
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ant...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Greg, I know memory has a tendency to lie, but I do remember the castors being graduated and that color,probably were from the US.My Granddad had some extras in the buffet drawer and I used them for doll dishes, or my brother and I would roll them on the floor.

We were brats. We also took our Mom's meat grinder out to the laundryroom and I remember we ground up apricot leaves and they smelled like almond extract. To this day I can't stand the smell of almond extract.