Wahaika again..

colin henshaw · 2nd January 2015, 08:43 AM

From the images, looks like it has some age to it - my guess would be an early made for sale piece, early 20th century or even late 19th...

Copious carved decoration is often a sign of a made for sale object, but this seems a transitional type club ??

kronckew · 2nd January 2015, 09:45 AM

thanks, that's about what i was thinking. not plain enough to be pre-contact, but not new or more recent 'vintage'. would be nice if it were at least eligible for a birthday card from the queen*. ie. 'antique'. i gather 1850 & earlier are the most desireable (and expensive).

as far as i know,
'antique' = over 100 yrs. old, ie. pre-1915, pre-ww1.
'vintage' = a woolly 50 yrs old-ish, with a date or range, ie. early 20th c. or summer 1916.

*- for y'all back home HM Queen Elizabeth II sends a birthday card to all her subjects on their 100th birthday. i wonder if she'll send herself one in 11 yrs...

being a bit younger, than her, i do not think she'll be sending me one. especially as i am not a UK citizen.

2nd January 2015, 08:43 AM	#1
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	From the images, looks like it has some age to it - my guess would be an early made for sale piece, early 20th century or even late 19th... Copious carved decoration is often a sign of a made for sale object, but this seems a transitional type club ??

2nd January 2015, 09:45 AM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	thanks, that's about what i was thinking. not plain enough to be pre-contact, but not new or more recent 'vintage'. would be nice if it were at least eligible for a birthday card from the queen. ie. 'antique'. i gather 1850 & earlier are the most desireable (and expensive). as far as i know, 'antique' = over 100 yrs. old, ie. pre-1915, pre-ww1. 'vintage' = a woolly 50 yrs old-ish, with a date or range, ie. early 20th c. or summer 1916. - for y'all back home HM Queen Elizabeth II sends a birthday card to all her subjects on their 100th birthday. i wonder if she'll send herself one in 11 yrs... being a bit younger, than her, i do not think she'll be sending me one. especially as i am not a UK citizen.