Hello, and thanks for your time and looking in advance! Well, the buffet/sideboard and china cabinet has been handed down through the family. The original origin is not exactly known...we think it may have been possibly sent from England, but again not really sure. There are no company names or markings on them, nor any dates anywhere, and believe me, we have searched throughly!!! Lets start with the buffet:
The wood color is orginal, has never been refinished. It does have the frame to where a mirror can be placed on the, what I would call, a backsplash. from the photos you can see that it is not very ornate, except for the trumpet styled legs that have small wheels on them. It seems to be of a solid wood construction except for the side doors, the one on the right definatley has a veneer aplied to it, becuase the corner of it is lifting up. I know it is difficult to tell from the photos but the hardware on the drawer pulls and hinges are also original. The drawers are dove-tailed in the corners, there are no screws holding them together. The smaller middle drawer has two brownish velvet inlays. There's not much else that I can say in the description...we would like to know possibly the year and its orginal origin, a value would be nice, but its much more valuable to us keeping it, we, again, would just love to know more about it!
There is not much to say about the china cabinet except what has been said about the buffet. It is definately from the same collection. The trumpet legs, the edge trim and upper top piece is exactly as the buffet is. The glass in it also seems to be orginal due to its thickness and imperfections. The glass is plain, it is not beveled around the edges.
Hopefully someone out there can help our family find out more about the pieces, anyone who would have known more about these have since gone to be with our Lord and Savior, so if anyone could help us PLEASE, it would be much appreciated! Thank you again in advance!!!
Re: Buffet/Sideboard and China cabinet
Just found out that it is more possibly from France or Germany...an Aunt down the line, who was born in 1897, was given the pieces from her parents, so it dates much older than we orginally thought...so maybe this will help in my serach!