$8 nic nac a bit of a puzzle

[98tls]

NZ (califiornian) Bungalow often bay windows much more ornate detailing on the windows lower ceiling thinner doors.

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NZ Villa they have tall ceilings and plain sash windows.
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Cheers mate,interesting.Ok i dont ave one as such but will have to do.

[Swoop]

A Bungalow is what English people call a one story "detached" house.

It stems from a particular period when brick buildings were in vogue (according to a Geordie tradesman, some years ago)
The brickies ran short of bricks before reaching the full height of the outer walls. The foreman told the chippies to "bung a low roof on it".

[Moi]

What did the dealer describe the dresser as?

What's important is that you'll have a very happy wife - it is a nice piece of furniture.

[Moi]

It stems from a particular period when brick buildings were in vogue (according to a Geordie tradesman, some years ago)
The brickies ran short of bricks before reaching the full height of the outer walls. The foreman told the chippies to "bung a low roof on it".

Yes, single storey houses in England are generally called bungalows...

However, the word's origins are Indian - Hindi and Gujarati for a single storey dwelling... and the style in NZ is copied from the style in vogue in California, particularly Los Angeles, after the First World War and were built during the 1920s and into the 1930s...

Today's bit of useless information...

[husaberg]

Cheers mate,interesting.Ok i dont ave one as such but will have to do.

What did the dealer describe the dresser as?

What's important is that you'll have a very happy wife - it is a nice piece of furniture.

you been in the drawers yet..........

[98tls]

What did the dealer describe the dresser as?

What's important is that you'll have a very happy wife - it is a nice piece of furniture.

To be honest mate he didnt i saw the thing had a fossic about then found the guy and said i will take it,wasnt a furniture shop as such,he did say he was selling it on behalf of etc.I know jack about old furniture it just stuck me as a quality bit of kit and yep hopefully madam will be happy,we have come across others but shes a fussy tart and things i would have shelled out for havent been up to specso yep fingers crossed.

[Moi]

The circular mirror and lead light glass make it a stylish object - a step above those with either square or oblong mirrors.

I'd hazard a guess that is was once part of a dining room suite, possibly matching table and chairs somewhere...

[tigertim20]

Went for a walk through the Historic precinct here in ommers this morning with a mate,checked out some old nic naccy type places and my mate liked this old plane,cheap as chips and a bit of an oddity but thing is we cant work out what it was used for,still has remmants of glue which held something in the place propeller was,thing is its got the cut out around cabin part which was meant for something to sit in possibly?...anyone shed some light? box of matches? Day ended up being expensive for myself as i came across this old oak dresser and my mrs has been after something for yonks so as there pretty hard to find i have bought her it for christmas.Anyway back on topic anyone hazard a guess as to what the old planes purpose was etc...

Could you not find the old whiskey place in the middle of all that? they have a few nice drops in there. worth a wee trip

[98tls]

The circular mirror and lead light glass make it a stylish object - a step above those with either square or oblong mirrors.

I'd hazard a guess that is was once part of a dining room suite, possibly matching table and chairs somewhere...

Ta.Any idea of age ish?Forked out $1200 for the thingprobably far to much ive no idea but hopeful of a happy mrs so if so then well worth it the way i see things.

[98tls]

Could you not find the old whiskey place in the middle of all that? they have a few nice drops in there. worth a wee trip

To be honest mate ive not been in there yet,will make a point of doing so over the holiday break.

[98tls]

you been in the drawers yet..........

Back on topic,drawer in this thing is lined with some old felty type stuff.

[husaberg]

Back on topic,drawer in this thing is lined with some old felty type stuff.

okay here is my guess its 1910-1920 based on the details and the handles.....

[Berries]

Ta.Any idea of age ish?Forked out $1200 for the thingprobably far to much ive no idea but hopeful of a happy mrs so if so then well worth it the way i see things.

Big John in Dunners is knocking them out at $499.99 at the moment, might get a discount on Boxing Day? He took four of them in a van up to Oamaru last week. Faux Welsh dresser, you can tell by the untreated pine on the panel at the back of the drawer. Failing that, the other way of testing is by smashing the mirror and looking at the way they treated the back of the glass.

Train looks like a calendar btw.

[98tls]

Nice work.

[Moi]

Ta.Any idea of age ish?Forked out $1200 for the thingprobably far to much ive no idea but hopeful of a happy mrs so if so then well worth it the way i see things.

Tend to think husaberg in correct period - possible it was made as one-off piece or dining room suite by cabinet maker for someone with a bit of money along the art nouveau / arts and crafts styles... if it was made to order then made to suit purchaser even if it may have been considered out-of-date when made - could easily be 100 years old. I think I'd pay that for it... what's the back of it like? - should be tongue and grove rather than ply.

As for the felt lined drawer - cutlery drawer... does it have a knife rack in the drawer?