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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1563793, member: 2844&quot;]Exactly. Suggesting it came over centuries ago is just that, a suggestion.</p><p>We have no proof when it came over, Frisians have been emigrating to North America ever since the 17th century, and are still doing it.</p><p>Why, even an American collector or investor could have bought it in the 19th or 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>We can have our fantasies about its history, but even the poster on CW has no idea of its provenance. We just don&#039;t know when it came to the US.</p><p><br /></p><p>To quote the owner:</p><p>&quot;My best guess goes something like this. I believe this to have been an early spoon rack. There are some similar examples found in Wallace Nutting&#039;s, &quot;Furniture Treasury,&quot; Plates 4981-4992. In his description he talks about the spoon racks being found in Hackensack, NJ. A town very near to where I discovered this piece.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Guessing and believing are no provenance.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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