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Thread: help with hallmark on table
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20th August 2010, 09:00 AM #1
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help with hallmark on table
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
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21st August 2010, 09:39 PM #2
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Post to Post!
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.
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22nd August 2010, 03:41 AM #3
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We can't see what you are talking about
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22nd August 2010, 07:24 AM #4
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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.
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22nd August 2010, 12:16 PM #5
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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 .......
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22nd August 2010, 04:45 PM #6
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You are absolutely RIGHT. I hope to have a pic tomorrow.
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22nd August 2010, 04:52 PM #7
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, 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
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22nd August 2010, 05:23 PM #8
Unless the table is made of precious metal, it won't have a hallmark.
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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22nd August 2010, 05:34 PM #9
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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.
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22nd August 2010, 05:41 PM #10
Perhaps a maker's mark, maker's label or trade label, depending on it's format.
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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22nd August 2010, 05:58 PM #11
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Copy that ! Cheers from a more informed Tills.
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22nd August 2010, 05:59 PM #12
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Tilly , you were on the mark with 'makers mark' already
It was not you who introduced the term 'hall mark ' to this thread .
Originally Posted by tillysfurniture
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22nd August 2010, 06:06 PM #13
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22nd August 2010, 06:07 PM #14
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Last edited by Manuka Jock; 22nd August 2010 at 06:32 PM. Reason: Note to Tills
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