help with hallmark on table

[tillysfurniture]

Hi! I am new to this forum. But I do need some help.

I am in the process of restoring an Art Deco hall table ... cedar. I thought that a hole in the pedestal had been filled with bog! But on careful inspection discovered that there is actually a raised piece of wood. The pedestal is one piece of wood, so the raised small square of wood appears to have been left for a purpose. The raised section is less than a centimetre square. In the middle of the square there is an indentation that looks a bit like an apple.

I am aware that some furniture makers leave their mark in some form or other. Has anyone seen this "mark" on furniture????? I am more than curious!

Thanks in advace

[tillysfurniture]

Posting to my own post! You can see I am new to this. But please... even if you have not seen similar marks on furniture please let me know. It would give me an idea if this is a common practice or not. I do know that a maker in the UK used a carved mouse as his mark. His name??? Forgotten, but have seen his furniture on the "Antiques Roadshow".

Thanks heaps in advance.

[Manuka Jock]

We can't see what you are talking about

[tillysfurniture]

OK Jock, but you could "visualise" using my description? You are right though .... I shall try to get a pic to post! Thanks for your reply.

[Manuka Jock]

How could we 'visualize' , based on your description ?
You don't even know what you are looking at .
You do not tell us where the raised small square of wood that is less than a centimetre square. and has an indentation that looks a bit like an apple is , other that being somewhere on the pedestal .
Is it on the top , the bottom , one of the the sides ? . Is the mark machined , stamped , carved , incised ?
A photograph is the first thing that should get posted , not the last .
There are some very knowledgeable furniture people on here , and you wonder why they did not reply to your first post .......

[tillysfurniture]

You are absolutely RIGHT. I hope to have a pic tomorrow.

[Manuka Jock]

, the furniture people may be able to identify you piece then.
I'll be interested to see what they make of it too

cheers ,
Jock

[Woodwould]

Unless the table is made of precious metal, it won't have a hallmark.

[tillysfurniture]

Perfectly correct Woodwould! But I have no idea what to call it other than a "hallmark" or "makers mark". Do you have a more prefessionally informed term??? Would be happy to know it.

[Woodwould]

Perhaps a maker's mark, maker's label or trade label, depending on it's format.

[tillysfurniture]

Copy that ! Cheers from a more informed Tills.

[Manuka Jock]

Tilly , you were on the mark with 'makers mark' already
It was not you who introduced the term 'hall mark ' to this thread .

""I am aware that some furniture makers leave their mark in some form or other. Has anyone seen this "mark" on furniture?
""

""... a maker in the UK used a carved mouse as his mark...""

[Woodwould]

It was not you who introduced the term 'hall mark ' to this thread .

The thread is titled "help with hallmark on table".

[Manuka Jock]

The thread is titled "help with hallmark on table".

Yep , but the first two posts clarified that ......

Tills,
many of us make a blue with the tread title. The bugga of it is , is that we cannot edit or correct it

Its' not a thing to worry about tho , the thread tells the real story

[Woodwould]

Yep , but the first two posts clarified that ......

I'll bet there are more than a few donkeys down your way that are minus their hind legs.