ANTIQUE HONG KONG CHINESE CARVED NESTING TABLES BIRDS & FLOWERS HONOLULU HAWAII
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LOT #7/23/545 ITEMS SEEN ARE THE ITEM YOU RECEIVE. PLEASE DO FINAL GRADE FROM EXTRA LARGE PICTURES.SOMETIMES THERE ARE LIGHT REFLECTIONS ON ITEM, THIS IS NOT ON ITEM ITSELF. THIS ITEM::ANTIQUE ALL ORIGINAL CHINESE CARVED BIRDS & FLOWERS NESTING TABLES(4 TABLES MATCHING SET). MARKED WITH INK STAMP ON EACH TABLE UNDERNEATH "BLACK WOOD FURNITURE PO HING CHENG MADE IN HONG KONG". ON BOTTOM OF SMALLEST TABLE THERE IS AN ORIGINAL TAG FOR THE STORE THAT SOLD THES...E TABLES CALLED "CHINA GIFT SHOP" AT THE ADDRESS OF 1128 NUUANU AVE HONOLULU HAWAII. I LOOKED UP THIS STORE ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM 1936 ON THIS STORE AT THAT ADDRESS. SO AM SURE TABLES WERE MOST LIKELY SOLD IN LATE 1930'S OR 1940'S. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THE STORE WAS IN BUSINESS. THE TABLES I AM ALMOST SURE ARE TEAK. THE MAKERS HAVE SHAVED THE WOOD AWAY ON THE BOTTOM OF EACH TABLE TO PUT THE INK STAMP LOGO ON SO YOU COULD SEE IT CLEARLY, IN THAT SHAVED SPACE YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD CLEARLY AND IT LOOKS LIKE TEAK, VERY DENSE HARDWOOD. I HAVE SEEN TEAK NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE AN AM CONVINCED IT IS THAT WOOD. THE HAND CARVING IS WELL DONE & THE PATTERN MATCHES ON ALL 4 TABLES AND IS CARVED ON ALL 4 SIDES. THE PATTERN LOOKS LIKE LOVEBIRDS & ROSES NOT SURE. THE TABLES ARE CARVED ON EVERY SURFACE EXCEPT FOR THE FLAT TOPS. THE WOOD HAS GREAT DEPTH AND LUSTER AND ADDED PATINA FROM AGE. APPROX. MEASUREMENT: LARGEST TABLE MEASURES 27-5/8" TALL X 19-1/4" WIDE X 14-0" DEEP. THE SMALLEST TABLE IS 15-1/2" TALL X 11-1/4" WIDE X 8-1/8" DEEP.CONDITION:: THESE TABLES ARE IN EXCELLENT ALMOST MINT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO BREAKS IN WOOD, NO MISSING PIECES, THE FINISH IS LIKE NEW WITH ONLY A FEW MINOR SCRAPES WHICH HARD TO SEE. THE ONLY FLAWS IN TABLE ARE ON THE LARGEST TABLE AT 2 JOINTS ON TOP AT 2 CORNERS IT IS OPEN ABOUT 1/8". LOOKS LIKE FROM EXPANSION OF WOOD ON TABLE TOP. IT MAY PULL TOGETHER WITH A CLAMP BUT I DID NOT TRY. I HAVE SEEN MANY TABLES LIKE THIS BEFORE AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY IN THIS GOOD OF CONDITION. THERE ARE VERY MINOR STRESSES IN JOINTS FROM AGE BUT NOTHING YOU CAN HARDLY SEE EXCEPT THOSE TWO JOINTS ON TOP THAT ONE IS SHOWN IN PICTURES.NOTE:: I AM LISTING NOW MANY OTHER ITEMS RIGHT NOW !!!! CLICK HERE TO GO TO MY STOREFRONT
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