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LAKE BUTLER Questions &
Sassy’s Treasures Common Sense Answers

Farmhouse Americana
Vintage Motorcycle with Fred Taylor
Western Items
Glassware Vintage Pyrex Fred - We have a curio which my wife got after her parents’ deaths. We
Home Decor + Much More! Q. have no idea as to originality, worth, etc. If you can help, we would be

150 W Main Street very appreciative. Or advise where to look. Thank you very much. —Frank S.
Historic Downtown Lake Butler Frank - The form of your curio
352-214-8068 A. cabinet is known as a “vitrine”, an
Advertise Your Shop! 18th century French form. Your vitrine is
OPEN Mon-Sat: 10:00am-6pm Call 352-475-1679 in the Louis XV style. It is probably made
sassysisterstreasures@gmail.com of mahogany and kingwood. The metal
decoration is known as “ormolu.” The
PALATKA CRESCENT CITY fabric in the interior, if original, is probably
velvet. The style of the painting technique
Finders Keepers COUNTRY on the lower panel is known as the “Vernis
Martin” style. Cabinets of this type were
of Palatka ANTIQUES MALL generally made in the late 19th and early
20th century in France and imported to
193 Highway 17 South 2167-1 S. US Hwy 17
East Palatka, FL 32131 Crescent City, FL the US. In original good condition your
904-476-1038 • 386-972-4452 386-698-0844 vitrine would sell at auction in the range
Mon–Sat 10am-5pm of $800-$1000. Thanks writing and thanks
for the photos.
Antiques Credit Cards Accepted
Collectibles Consignments
Unique Items Layaway The form of this curio cabinet is known as
China & Crystal a “vitrine.” The style of romantic painting
Furniture & Household Items commonly found on vitrines is called “vernis
Rental Space
Items for the Entire Family 10 x 10 = $125 Mo Old Feed ‘n Seed Store Martin”, named after the French Martin
Adjacent to brothers who developed a varnish substitute
Teressa & Jim Maskell, Owners 46
24 Crescent City High School for Oriental lacquer in the 18th century.
GAINESVILLE AREA DEALERS We have recently acquired a “ chinoiserie” style table, black lacquer

The PainTed Table Liquidation of Antiques Q. borders, hand painted base with a Mount Fuji style Quan Yin etc base.
The base has two drawers side by side and the top is raised, and covered with
Tastefully Recycled & Contents of homes plate glass. The right hand drawer has the Mahogany Association label and the
Since 2001

Affordably Priced Camellia antiques number 155. The top painting is signed and the name looks like Richard Whilson
Unique Pieces of Quality & Estate Sales, llc or Richard C or D Dhilson. Can you enlighten us as to the age and possible value
Thornebrook Village 10006 CR 1469 of this table? It is really lovely. Thank you for your help
2441 NW 43rd Street, Suite 5A EARLETON, FL The “Mahogany Association” was not a company but a reaction to events.
Gainesville, FL 32606 Beside the Post Office. A. Around the turn of the 20th century aniline dyes were introduced into
the American furniture market. This new tool for coloring wood produced some
(352) 371-1555 OPEN: FRIDAYS & SUNDAYS
or By appointment/ChanCe very confusing results. With anilines almost any wood could look like almost
Buy • Sell • Consign Call For Your Estate Sale Needs anything else. The most common use was to make secondary woods like gum,
Serving Gainesville, Deland & Sarasota poplar and birch look like more expensive woods such as walnut and mahogany.
MENTION THIS AD FOR 10% DISCOUNT 352-871-0743 As the furniture industry got organized early in the century a number of
Farmers Market www.CamelliaAntiques.com promotional organizations took form. One of the umbrella groups was the
Every Friday 4-7PM 30 Camille Huie - hoch21@windstream.net 31 Hardwood Manufacturers Association based in Memphis, TN. It had several

? “service bureaus” within it to promote different woods. Among them were
the Oak Bureau and the Gumwood Bureau. In addition there was a separate
? WHERE in the World is American Walnut Manufacturers Association based in Chicago, the Northern
? ? Hard Maple Manufacturers in Oshkosh, WI and the Birch Manufacturers, also
? Your Shop
? in Oshkosh. And of course there was the Mahogany Association in Chicago.
It issued decals to manufacturers who could certify that their products were
HOW TO INCLUDE YOUR ANTIQUE SHOP OR MALL IN OUR NEXT ISSUE indeed made of “real” mahogany and not a substitute. The number 155 is the
1. THE AD— Decide on an ad size. Sizes and ad 4. PAYMENT— Please include a check or money
rates are listed on Page 4 of every issue. order for the amount due. number assigned to the manufacturer who was a member of the Association
2. THE INFO— Send us the information to be NOTE: Color Advertising is Available Upon but I have not found the identifying list that matches up manufacturers with the
placed in the ad. We can work from rough Request. If you have any questions, please call. numbers in many years of looking. The Mahogany Association was discontinued
sketches, handwritten notes, and business cards.
We will design the ad for free. Be sure to include in 1969.
any logos, art, photos, etc., that you wish to be The Antique Shoppe The style of course is no evidence of age since that style, more or less, has
placed in the ad. If you don’t have any art, we
can find some for you. We also accept camera- PO Box 2175 been around for centuries. The key to age is the construction details and those
ready ads. Keystone Heights, FL 32656 will be hard to identify in a painted piece.
3. THE MAP— Find your location on one of our 352-475-1679
display maps. Mark your shop location on the map, sales@antiqueshoppefl.com Chinoiserie is a general term that describes Western imitations or evocations
clip it out & send it in with the ad information. of Chinese art. The term is usually reserved for objects made in the 17th and 18th
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