🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Washstand Dating

[Julie4austin]

This has been in my family as long as I can remember. The recently cleaned hardware is sitting on top in the picture. The mirror is beveled. The top has been stripped which exains the coloring. No wording is on it anywhere.

 

[Almy]

Unless someone can match the style with a known piece, it likely is difficult to date. From what I see, it looks like a well-made small shop piece rather than made in a big furniture factory. Many of the visible wood pieces are ring-porous hardwood (note the obvious annual rings) likely ash. That's a somewhat unusual species from which to make fine furniture, and may provide a clue as to origin. If you have the drawer pulls, they might be a clue. The type of drawer side-to -front joint (finger joint or butt joint) would be useful information too. I assume you have investigated all the underside surfaces for labels and writing and found none. Interesting piece.

 

[Julie4austin]

Unless someone can match the style with a known piece, it likely is difficult to date. From what I see, it looks like a well-made small shop piece rather than made in a big furniture factory. Many of the visible wood pieces are ring-porous hardwood (note the obvious annual rings) likely ash. That's a somewhat unusual species from which to make fine furniture, and may provide a clue as to origin. If you have the drawer pulls, they might be a clue. The type of drawer side-to -front joint (finger joint or butt joint) would be useful information too. I assume you have investigated all the underside surfaces for labels and writing and found none. Interesting piece.

 

[Julie4austin]

These are a few close up pictures of the pulls and the joints

 

[pepperj]

Unless someone can match the style with a known piece, it likely is difficult to date. From what I see, it looks like a well-made small shop piece rather than made in a big furniture factory. Many of the visible wood pieces are ring-porous hardwood (note the obvious annual rings) likely ash. That's a somewhat unusual species from which to make fine furniture, and may provide a clue as to origin. If you have the drawer pulls, they might be a clue. The type of drawer side-to -front joint (finger joint or butt joint) would be useful information too. I assume you have investigated all the underside surfaces for labels and writing and found none. Interesting piece.

Most wash stands are mid/late Victorian. Oak was a common wood, not so much Ash though.
Lot's of different grains going on with the stand.
Not uncommon with production pieces as they used every piece regardless of how the grains matched up.