It's a fairly simple oak dresser with wishbone mirror. Looks to be about the turn of the century...maybe up to 1920. That simple style was often used in hotels and bording houses, so maybe what they told you is only glamorized a little bit. It appears to be solid construction, not veneer, you could probably get $250 for it to an individual, maybe $175 from a dealer....depending on where you live. Linda C

Annie, the first time I posted pictures to Garden Web from Photobucket I put in the codes, I saw they appeared in my post and so I deleted them from the Photobucket site and to my astonishment they disappeared from the GW post! Then someone enlightened me that the codes were a LINK to Photobucket and you had to leave the photos on Photobucket. It was news to me. Perhaps that's what happened in this case. We live and learn.

My3dogs, thanks for the link. I did a google image search on famille jardinere and lots of the pictured somewhat resembled the style of my pot. None were the same shape though, so I'm likely wrong calling it a jardinere. I'm going to use "famille" as a starting point for my searches; thanks for that info. Bronwynsmom, I hadn't even thought about it being an attempt at forgery, but now that you mention it, I know I've heard discussion of that on Antiques Roadshow and other places. I've just never had any idea if it was just cheap tourist crap or something of quality. I live just outside of DC, so I ought to be able to find an antique store that specializes in Asian antiques. Maybe someone would be willing to take a look and give me their thoughts. oakleyoak, I just tried to get a better picture of the mark on the bottom. It's pretty faint and just composed of asian symbols. I appreciate you looking in your book for me. So far, not a peep from the antiques forum.

Thank you for responding. It's just one very large drawer that pulls open, so I wasn't sure if it would be considered a sideboard, even though that's how we are using it. The bottom of the drawer is nicer, finished wood, maybe mahogany.