Antique Scan
Guides
Use Antique Scan to explore possible identities for furniture, ceramics, art and other objects. Read suggested historical context and mark interpretations, then save discoveries in a personal history log.
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Make a useful furniture photo brief
Show proportions, construction details and the question you want answered without staging away the evidence.
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Read a maker’s mark without completing it by guesswork
Preserve the exact visible mark before looking for an appealing match.
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Use a style label as a question, not a birthday
Build a comparison that does not confuse visual similarity with a documented production date.
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Record a family object’s story without rewriting the memory
Ask specific, open questions and preserve the difference between recollection and documentation.
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