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Scottish Pottery Pearlware Sponged Spirit Flasks Modeled in Form of Boots
Located in Downingtown, PA
Bootleggers' Delight: Scottish Pearlware Spirit Flasks
Object: Pair of Sponged Spirit Flasks (Modelled as Boots) Medium: Pearlware Earthenware, Sponged Decoration Origin: Scotland D...
Category
Mid-19th Century Scottish Early Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th century large wire frame decorative bird cage
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century large wire frame decorative bird cage circa 1890.
Large wire frame parrots cage.
2 parts, with removable dome top with bull ring fitment. No fittings included. Ideal d...
Category
1890s Swedish Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wire
Relief Carved and Painted Frigate
Located in Greenwich, CT
A rare relief carved and painted sailing ship on heavy board depicting a three-masted 26 gun third-class US naval frigate under partially reefed sail nearing a point of land with a l...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pottery Pearlware Sponged Spirit Flasks Modeled in Form of Boots, Scottish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of Scottish Pearlware Sponged Pottery 'Boot' Spirit Flasks,
Mid-19th Century,
Circa 1840-1850
This delightful and highly unusual pair of spirit flasks is a wonderful example o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Scottish Early Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
$1,612 Sale Price / set
57% Off
Carved bust of a tribeswoman
Located in Cheshire, GB
Finely carved wooden bust of a striking tribeswoman figure carved from an exotic hardwood with a rich patina free standing.
Dimensions
Height 22 Inches
Width 13 Inches
Depth 17 Inches
Category
Early 20th Century North African Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$7,425 Sale Price
20% Off
Koulango Female Ancestral Statue, Ivory Coast, Early 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
The hard wood of this female Koulango statue, from the Ivory Coast in the early 20th century, has developed a beautiful black patina. With hands resting on the abdomen, and the neck ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Mustard
Located in Cheshire, GB
Enamel sign for Colman’s Mustard, of rectangular form decorated in blue and yellow enamel.
Dimensions
Height 16 inches
Width 62.5 inches
Depth 0.5 ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
$1,310 Sale Price
41% Off
18th Century Shipwright
s Tar Ladle
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sculptural 18th century shipwright's over-scale tar ladle having large bowl and long handle with shaped throat and retaining fantastic scumble surface from use.
Treen
Category
1770s Great Britain (UK) Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Downton Abbey Laundry Pincers
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of over-scale laundry pincers used at the turn of the century by a laundress in a great country house like that depicted in Downton Abbey for remo...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
Yoruba Indigo Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hand dyed Yoruba (Nigeria) cloth from the Esie area, 1950s.
Category
1950s Nigerian Vintage Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$3,900
Wonderful Scottish Folk Art Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Most unusual early 19th century Scottish carved Folk Art tea caddy, the lid with foliate carving and knob finial, the body taking its design from the more hi style sarcophagus form b...
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Early 19th Century Scottish Folk Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Birch
Carved Bantam Wearing a Crown
Located in Greenwich, CT
An early 19th century French carved bantam sporting a crown, well carved in pine. Good detailing to face, plumage, tail feathers and feet. Possibly originally from a ring toss game...
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Bronze Arab boy snake charmer, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th Century French Arab patinated bronzes boy snake charmer, circa 1880.
Batch 74
Category
19th Century French Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Nautical Vernier Sextant, G.W.Butters, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Vernier Nautical Sextant, G.W. Butters, London.
A fine curved frame vernier sextant, the polished silver arc signed G.W. Butters, London.
Eng...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
Located in Cheshire, GB
Enamel sign for Colman’s Starch, of rectangular form decorated in blue and white enamel.
Dimensions
Height 16 Inches
Width 62.5 Inches
Depth 0.5 Inches.
Category
Early 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
$1,310 Sale Price
38% Off
Micki Schloessingk Salt Glazed Studio Pottery Lidded Vessel
By Micki Schloessingk
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine vintage British studio pottery lidded vessel by renowned potter Micki Schloessingk (b. 1949) and made in Swansea, Wales. The stoneware vessel is of tall slightly graduated cyl...
Category
Late 20th Century British Modern Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Hand Built Sculptural Wood Fired Triangular Form Signed Studio Pottery Dish
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A truly wonderful design piece, and one of my favourite pieces, is this hand-built wood fired three cornered triangular studio pottery dish of scul...
Category
20th Century British Modern Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London, circa 1850.
An eleven inch radius vernier octant by John Todd with ebonised wooden frame with inset bone scale marked ...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Brass
French 19thc Paper Covered Box Diorama of Strasbourg Cathedral Under a Glass Top
Located in valatie, NY
French 19th c paper covered box with what appears to be a 3D diorama of the Strasbourg cathedral under a glass covered top. These paper boxes were de...
Category
1840s Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Set of Three Carved Wood Decoys
Located in Cheshire, GB
Set of three carved wood decoys hand-painted and inset with amber glass eyes.
Dimensions
Height 7.5 inches
Width 5.5 inches
Depth 16 inches.
Category
Early 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$1,637 Sale Price / set
51% Off
Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oil on canvas, portrait of a Lady Signed GRANT 1889. The Florentine giltwood frame with scrolling leaf decoration.
Dimensions:
Height 33 inches
Width 29 inches
Depth 2.5 inches.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$1,392 Sale Price
38% Off
Pair of 19th Century Burmese Leather Mâché Tigers
Located in Kent, Dover
A pair of charming Burmese leather mâché Burmese tigers, with glass eyes and bone teeth.
Category
1880s Burmese Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Antique Greek Pair of Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Greek Pair Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 0'11" L x 0'6" W
Origin: Greece
Period: 18th Cen...
Category
18th Century Greek Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Set of 24 Painted Papier Mache and Metal Snuff Boxes
Located in Long Island City, NY
This diverse set of early 19th-century English painted snuff boxes, of various shapes and sizes, are finely decorated with a variety of subjects, inc...
Category
1830s English George IV Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Anatolian Bergama Heybe Bags, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Anatolian Turkish Bergama Heybe Bags Rug, Late 19th Century
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 1'8" W x 4'2" L
Origin: Anatolia (Turkey)
Period: Late 19th Century
Rug ID: 1...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Handwoven Navajo Rug, Early 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Navajo Rug, Early 20th Century
Having adopted horses and sheep from the Spanish, the Navajo of Arizona and New Mexico were already expert weavers by the time American settle...
Category
Early 20th Century American Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Baluch Bagface, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Baluch Bagface Rug, Late 19th Century
Additional information:
Dimension: 2'9" W x 3'0" L
Origin: Persia
Period: Late 19th Century
Condition: Good condition with a s...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Shahsevan Sumak Bagface, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Shahsevan Sumak Bagface, 19th Century
Using a saturated and subtly modulated medium-blue ground this large Shahsevan sumak bag face draws a creative reinterpretation...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Luri Bakhtiari Flatwoven Salt Bag in Cotton, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Southwest Persian Luri Bakhtiari Flatwoven Cotton Salt Bag, c. 1900
This Luri-Bakhtiari salt bag is a graphic delight. A central cruciform element is drawn in white cotton a...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Teec Nos Pos Navajo Rug by Ruth Yabeny, 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Teec Nos Pos Navajo Rug by Ruth Yabeny, 20th Century
By most accounts, the Navajo are the most prolific Native American weavers. While the indigenous peoples...
Category
20th Century American Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pre World War 1 Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
By E.S. Ritchie
Co
Located in Norwich, GB
Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath.
The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation.
E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Antique Persian Baluch Bagface, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Baluch Bagface Bag, Late 19th Century
Additional information:
Dimension: 2'6" W x 2'6" L
Condition: Good, minor moth damage.
Origin: Persia
Period: Late 19th Centur...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Rouen Faience Corpus
Located in Kent, Dover
A French faience corpus manufactured in Rouen. The cross now missing and with historic damage to the wrists and ankles.
Category
1760s French Louis XV Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Faience
$1,036
Antique Persian Qashqai Bagface, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Qashqai Bagface Bag, 19th Century
The drawing has remarkable clarity. An earlier generation of this design. Killer color, with deep aubergine and blue-green.
Dimens...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Afshar Bagface, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Afshar Bagface Bag, c. 1900
This highly graphic Afshar bag face draws a large central indigo-blue hexagon against a complimentary contrasting terra cotta field. Both...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century KPM porcelain plaque of the Battle of Corinth
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
19th Century KPM porcelain plaque of the Battle of Corinth
German, 19th Century
Frame: Height 37.5cm, width 44cm, depth 5cm
Plaque: H...
Category
Late 19th Century German Classical Roman Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
Antique Northwest Persian Bagface, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Northwest Persian Bagface Bag, c. 1900
Kurdish weaving is often enigmatic. While Kurdish weavers were certainly influenced by the larger weaving traditions, be it Persian or...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass. This George III giltwood mirror has a rectangular glass plate below a shaped cornice with a central coat of arms for Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) flanked by foliate tendrils on a painted black ground. The sides consist of paired tied-reed columns with palm frond capitals enclosing similar black painted panels of fruiting vine tendrils rising from classical vases. English, circa 1805.
See Wick Antiques, Britain on the High Seas: From Nelson to Churchill, pp.76-77, for a very similar giltwood mirror from a group at Merton Place, the house in Surrey which the Admiral shared with his mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815). They all featured his coat of arms surmounted by a baron’s coronet...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century patinated bronze plaque of the Judgement of Solomon
Located in London, GB
19th Century patinated bronze plaque of the Judgement of Solomon
French, 19th Century
Diameter 16cm, depth 1.5cm
The circular front of this lustrous patinated bronze plaque is decor...
Category
19th Century French Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Bronze of an Edwardian Lady on a Window Seat
By Noel Ruffier
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A bronze of a Mme Sans-Gene (Madam Without-a-Care) by Noel-Rouffier, depicted as an Edwardian lady on a window seat.
Category
1890s French Edwardian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Baluch Bagface, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Baluch Bagface Mat, c. 1900
Additional Information
Dimensions: 2'10" W x 2'10" L
Origin: Persia
Period: c. 1900
Rug ID: 16877
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,500
Navajo Rug, c. 1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
Navajo Rug, c. 1920
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 4'7" W x 5'11" L
Origin: North America
Period: c. 1900
Rug ID: 21121
Category
19th Century Antique Antiques Associations Members Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,650
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