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| They are calling it a Hoosier cab. (Not like any Hoosier cab I've seen.) I'd call it a washstand. And the ones I have seen with a tile 'back splash' are often labeled as English. What do you think?
Front view the top is cut off, but can be seen somewhat in the side view pic.
I hope you can see the pics. If you see double I'm using two different lines of code, for some reason last time I posted photos I could see them in Preview but they didn't all show once posted.
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- Posted by antiquesilver (My Page) on Thu, Aug 18, 11 at 8:55
| I agree with your definition. |
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| Whoever called it a Hoosier never saw a Hoosier cupboard! What's the counter top made of? marble or porcelain? I Agree. It looks like an English wash stand. Linda C |
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- Posted by moonshadow (My Page) on Thu, Aug 18, 11 at 10:19
| Appreciate the replies. ;) linda, they said it was granite. Those aren't the greatest pics, but my hunch is they were mistaken on that & it's marble. Any idea of a date? The scroll work on the top is hard to see, but might be helpful. What I've seen with tile is usually a Victorian style, sometimes into Arts & Crafts, occasionally Edwardian. It doesn't look ornate enough for Victorian, does it? So maybe it's later? |
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| I have it's almost twin....but with out the cupboard below, just a shelf. I bought it about 35 years ago at one of those antique auctions where someone would go to europe and buy and fill a crate then come back and auction it off. The crate that my piece came from was from England, they said and by what else was in it I agree. What I have learned is that those sorts of stands were often found in hotels and small inns as a wash stand for guests in the early part of the 20th century or latter part of the 19th. Linda C |
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- Posted by moonshadow (My Page) on Thu, Aug 18, 11 at 15:37
| Yes, most of the ones I've seen are like yours, without a cupboard underneath. I find them more appealing than the traditional, all wood wash stands. Appreciate the input! |
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