Nana, wonderful color choice for your table. Love the blue candle holders, s&p, cp and pumpkin colored pm. Oh, I love it all! BTW, what a great find on that tc. I helped DF's all day in their yard or I would love to set a matching table to yours. I have almost the same dishes and cp you have! Oh no, I don't have an orange cloth or pm. Maybe I'll get lucky next year while out ys.LOL Your great! So nice to come hear and have a new table to admire. TFS, Punk

You need to check out the great table settings over on GW's Holidays forum. This was my centerpiece last Thanksgiving. I made them myself: And a table setting: This was my Christmas table set for breakfast: Here's one of my dinner table centerpieces: Lynn

If you're not in a screaming hurry, maybe follow a few good local auctions to see what $ similar tables are getting? Talk to local antique dealers, but imho and imhe, they're all hurtin' as brown furniture isn't fashionable and they'll pay you peanuts because they seem to be stuck with stuff they paid big bucks for 30 years ago and won't let it go for a song ... I'm not entirely sympathetic to their predicament!! How about seeing if you can list them on 1stDibs? It's super high-end, beautifully curated, outrageously high prices if you believe the claims! Isn't there a listing for reputable antique dealers in the US? There is here in Canada. Google is your friend, no doubt. I'd be interested in the Baltimore one myself, but I'm guessing you're nowhere near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada? Or Frederick, MD?

that doesn't look like beeswax to me; it seems too thick and "having been liquid." Here's some info on wax and oil finishes. Note this: "once a coat of clear wax dries on the wood, it will look like freshly cut, but unfinished, wood." and "Virtually all waxes will dissolve in mineral spirits or naphtha, which is handy to know should you ever need to remove wax, either from wood or on top of a finish. " http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/understanding-oil-wax-finishes/ https://theprovince.com/life/care-part-ii-how-to-identify-the-finish-and-why-this-matters "Wax – You can tell if wax has been applied by lightly scraping your finger nail in a inconspicuous area to see if a scratch mark is left."