This piece has been in our family for five generations. It was bought new by my great grandmother from Schuler's Furniture and Funeral Parlor in either Neillsville or Greenwood, WI in 1892. It has since been passed down and has been used as a general storage piece. My grandmother laquered the exterior (bartopped it) and painted the interior pink. The top piece has apparently been reattached with nails after some bowing caused the glue to come loose (don't know when). It was a very popular piece when made, and is considered very rare by a local Neillsville historian.
Of the three types of pie safe made, this is the one with holes and no metal. All of the hardware is original. I have about 20 detailed photos which are available on request.
After looking for this particular art work I can find very little on it. I do know that in 1893 J. Gould discovered this bird at a ship's port. The frame looks to be about 20 or 30 years old, maybe. Have no idea what it is worth. Could someone please take a look and give me a clue of what it is valued at? Not sure if I am going to sell it or not. Thank you so much for your help.
My grandparents bought this crystal chandelier in Denmark in the 1950's. My mother inherited it when my Mormor and Morfar passed on. My mother recently gave it to me as we found it when we were cleaning the attic. It has been in storage since the mid 60's. It is genuine prismatic crystal, and has a bronze frame. No pieces are missing. It has fixtures for 3 light bulbs at the center. No ground wiring. There are 30 strands that go from the outer ring to the center ring. Each one of these strands has a total of 9 different sized crystals. At the center ring there are 16 short strands that hang down. These short strands have 2 crystals each, 1 short and one long. There is also one center strand that hangs down in the dead center. This center strand contains 5 small crystals on top of the one big ball crystal at the bottom. Grand total is 270 + 32 + 6 = 308 total crystals. I have looked all over this thing for identifying numbers or letters but cannot find any. Is there a certain place or distinguishing marks these are forged with? Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.
