My mother thinks that it may have come from Africa. Someone who grew up in the house was in Africa in the service perhaps around 1930. I think the house was originally built by an old sea Captain. My Grandmother and Grandfather purchased the house in the 1950's. They wanted my Father to tear out a wall in the kitchen which was a divider into the pantry. When my Father took the wall apart this little game was sitting on a two by four totally boarded up for all that time. It looks like there may have been another layer of paper covering the back of it. The back looks like a type of thin wood or paper. The band around the outside is hand tooled.
This is a pitcher with the blue willow pattern. it was my grandmother's, who sailed to the United States from Europe in the late 1800's at the age of 16 years. Amazingly, it has remained in perfect condition. Never thought much about it, always used as a decorative piece with a smaller pitcher. The smaller one has no markings on the bottom, so I doubt that it is connected to this larger one.
Any information about the Mintons-Genevese manufacturers would be appreciated! And I thought that this pattern was connected with a chinese pattern? Thank you.
There are 2 Cabinets in all. You are able to add more to the filing system by removing the sides and re attaching them to the ends of the new cabinets. There are a couple sliders for the drawers that are missing. But all in all, the cabinets are beautiful and work just fine.
