Are these actually 17th century?

Rarely. The dated field runs 1860 to 1920 across the 23 listings carrying a clean year, so the datable spine of the category is Victorian-to-1920s revival work. Four listings in the sample are attributed by their dealers to the 17th or 18th century. The two claiming 17th-century manufacture sit at the very top of the range.

What's the difference between a dresser base and a sideboard?

A dresser base is the bottom half of a dresser, the drawers and cupboards, without the rack of shelves that once stood on top. It gets used as a sideboard. On Sellingantiques the two words overlap freely. More than half the titles say dresser, the rest say sideboard or cupboard, and the pieces themselves are much the same long low oak cases.

Which timbers were used?

Oak, effectively without exception. It is named in 46 of the 49 titles, and no other timber is named anywhere in the sample. What varies is the finish. Golden oak appears in two titles, with bleached oak and light oak once each, and painted surfaces twice.

How many come up for sale?

Only about five reach the market on Sellingantiques in a year, so it is not a category you can browse at length. Spread against that, 24 different dealers have listed one. That works out close to a piece per dealer, rather than a few specialists holding stock.

Do carved examples cost more?

They sit higher. Carving is named in roughly one title in six, and those listings gather in the dearer half of the sample. Size pulls in the same direction. Large and long dresser bases sit above the small ones, whether carved or plain.

Were any made outside England?

Almost none. The category is English oak in the Jacobean and 17th-century taste, and the vocabulary in the titles follows that. One outlier turns up in the samples: a Flemish oak side cabinet in the Baroque style, the only continental piece recorded.

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A long, low panelled oak case with a run of drawers, made in the manner of 17th-century English oak furniture and used for serving and storage in a dining room.