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

My pleasure, glad to be of help. I normally visit this website to learn. Didn't realized that I could be of help this time. By the way, I forgot to mention that this tea set is usually Made in China and is made of porcelain. You may find this same design with various shapes of the cup, tray (dish) and teapot. However, the set you have is the most popular. Even if it doesn't worth ($$) very much, it's worth keeping it if you drink tea. It is considered as a traditional tea set and in some way, it is also a collectible set. In China, different type of tea is recommended to use with different type of teapotware. ie: Oolong tea is recommended to use with Yixing teapots, a purple clay found only in Yixing, China. Green tea is recommended to use with porcelain or ceramic teaware. Since it's porcelain, hand wash this set only. If you don't know much about porcelain, it is lighter than ceramic. It retains heat longer. It is strong but easily chip. Enjoy it!

It has a 4 " exhaust (chimney) if you look at the top picture It shows. under the exhaust whole it has a complete opening to draft cold air in with the exhaust. the area of the opening is about the same size as the 4" exhaust if not bigger. Will I have a problem when I first light it and the fumes just coming out into my work space. I hope you understand my point. I will assume it just take the rout of least resistance once the chimney gets hot and it will go up instead of down to the opening

Oh my gosh! I remember that style. I don't know if its "in" again yet. Everything seems to come back eventually. Check ebay for "60's lamp" "70's lamp" to see if you find similar and what they are selling for. If they are not of any great value as they are, I would paint them turquoise, put an ivory wash over just leaving some turquoise peeking through, and painting the candle part so it doesn't look dirty. And a nice fresh ivory shade. Or whatever! Let us know what you do. Kathy