i have a dresser from Berkey & Gay Furniture and it has 1697/50 ingraved on the wood. what does this mean?
the 1697/50 is ingraved on the inside right of the dresser
That it is #50 of a total of 1697 that were made
or in 1697 that 50 were made
or that it is #1697 made by worker #50
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