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Timber Pedestal
A note from
Geoff on Tuesday 10th April 2007
Kath, our next door neighbour Nev's
Mother, was moving house
and found she had no place to put this pedestal
So Nev offered it to us --- and
we said "Thank You"!!
It matches our lounge room decor
prefectly
It's age?? - unsure, but Nev thinks
it might be around twenty to thirty years old
Sharon spent a lot of time with
a bottle of Furniture Restorer and Polish
and it came up beautifully - as the photos below show
There were also a few paint splatters
here and there
and Sharon was also able to remove them
The pedestal stands 67.5cm (26.5
inches) high,
the base is 24cm (9.5 inches) square,
and the dodecagon top (twelve sided) is 24cm (9.5 inches) across
It looks great --- so "Thank
You again, Kath"!!
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On display in
the lounge room
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What is going
to stand on this Pedestal???
The figurine pictured
below was listed on the--
--Auctions
Sharon says it is exactly the type of object she would like
Standing 450mm (17.5 inches) high, it is titled "The
Peacock Dancer"
and was listed as an Art Deco Figurine
The auction ended on Monday 9th April 2007 and the price was $102.50
However, before the auction ended we were able to do some research
on the item
and discovered that it is a "Made in China Reproduction"
- so we did not place a bid
I am not sure if
we will end up buying an object like this, or something completely
different,
but whatever it is, we don't want a reproduction --- we want the
real thing!!
There are a few
Antique Stores in and around Cairns
and we visit these on a regular basis
Something for this
pedestal is now on the "things to buy"
list!!
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!!!--We
found something--!!!
Late Victorian
Kerosene Lamp
......and click
here to have a look