This is a follow up to my other post...I'm restoring an old chest o' drawers
and got looking at it today, inside one of the top drawers there's a brand
burned into it, saying
Cottage Collection (in cursive)
SOLID BIRCH
by
MORRIS (in cursive)
The brand is outlined in sort of a shield-type design.
I was wondering if this old piece might be worth something? I bought it at a
yard sale as a restoration project, it was a little busted up but I've
managed to repair it nicely. The finish on the top is trashed - it probably
bounced around 20 different houses over the years, but the wood is sound. I
doubt if it's worth much, but thought I'd ask, since I don't know squat
about old furniture except for what I like and what I can remake into
something useful. Besides, for five bucks, I didn't get hurt either way.
Thanks for your expertise.
Tony
T wrote:
> This is a follow up to my other post...I'm restoring an old chest o' drawers
> and got looking at it today, inside one of the top drawers there's a brand
> burned into it, saying
>
> Cottage Collection (in cursive)
> SOLID BIRCH
> by
> MORRIS (in cursive)
> The brand is outlined in sort of a shield-type design.
>
> I was wondering if this old piece might be worth something? I bought it at a
> yard sale as a restoration project, it was a little busted up but I've
> managed to repair it nicely. The finish on the top is trashed - it probably
> bounced around 20 different houses over the years, but the wood is sound. I
> doubt if it's worth much, but thought I'd ask, since I don't know squat
> about old furniture except for what I like and what I can remake into
> something useful. Besides, for five bucks, I didn't get hurt either way.
> Thanks for your expertise.
>
> Tony
>
>
Well, a quick search on alltheweb show it could be a reproduction
http://alltheweb.com/search?advanced=1&cat=web&jsact=&_stype=norm&type=phrase&q=Cottage+Collection&_b_query=&l=en&ics=utf-8&cs=utf8&wf%5Bn%5D=3&wf%5B0%5D%5Br%5D=%2B&wf%5B0%5D%5Bq%5D=morris&wf%5B0%5D%5Bw%5D=&wf%5B1%5D%5Br%5D=%2B&wf%5B1%5D%5Bq%5D=chest&wf%5B1%5D%5Bw%5D=&wf%5B2%5D%5Br%5D=-&wf%5B2%5D%5Bq%5D=&wf%5B2%5D%5Bw%5D=&dincl=&dexcl=&geo=&doctype=&dfr%5Bd%5D=1&dfr%5Bm%5D=1&dfr%5By%5D=1980&dto%5Bd%5D=8&dto%5Bm%5D=2&dto%5By%5D=2005&hits=10
Joe
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:15:18 -0700, "T" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm restoring an old chest o' drawers
>Cottage Collection (in cursive)
> SOLID BIRCH
If it's birch, it's not old. Nor if it says "solid".