This was a gift from my great grandmother to my grandfather. The date it was given to my grandfather was January 6, 1942. It has a silver foil label - does anyone know the manufacturer? I would like to find a matching tea pot.
Hutch does have Baumritter Tag on one of the drawers but in looking at this piece I did notice that the top cabinet (the actually cabinet door & not the yellow plastic) that have the yellow circle plastic cabinet fronts look uneven in the way they are cut. So I was wondering if Baumritter would put out something like this or is the top part of the hutch from another peice of furniture or homemade by the previous owner & was married to the Baumritter bottom? I could not find any Baumritter Hutch that looked like this,even without the paint. I have another posting of a Dry Sink that came in the same lot as this and it appears that the hardware had been changed on both to match each other & I would guess that the hardware was changed in the late 60's, from the other items I acquired. What year did Baumritter put metal like stickers on furniture and when did they change to stamping furniture instead?If you know anything about this item or could possibly tell me what era you think it's from? Also if you think it's from 2 different peices? What kind of wood you think it might be that is so heavy & of course an idea of what it would be worth. Thank you so much to anyone that could help me out.
I bought this with a lot of items. I have a Hutch marked Baumritter (in copperish label in one drawer)that matches this dry sink in color & Hardware(hinges,drawer pulls),however,from marks on the dry sink cupboards you know these were not original but put on both items to make them match style or I believe that to be.I also believe the hardware change was in late 60's to early 70's. Because this whole lot looked like they have not been touched for years, looks like one day someone just decided to pack up their life & never look back. Everything was early 1970's & before. I will be posting the Hutch as well, to see if anyone can help me with that as well. Thank you for any help you can give me.
