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Rare 1923 Wurlitzer Calliola Orchestral Band . "Old Time Circus Calliope
By Wurlitzer
Located in Buffalo, NY
amusement parks, circuses, and theaters, bringing orchestral sounds to life. Think of it as a massive
Category
1920s American Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Set of two Wood Vintage Pull Toys, 20th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Set of two vintage wood pull toys, 20th Century. Charming folk art circus wagon and pair of ducks
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Haviland
Company Limoges Child
s Porcelain Bowl
Plate Ca. 1896
By Haviland
Co.
Located in Fulton, CA
Art style painted circus animals, lion, bear and elephant surrounding a circus tent with the American
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Circus Art
Materials
Porcelain
Circus
By David Schneuer
Located in Palm Desert, CA
around the world including the Munchener Stadt Museum, Spertus Museum, Chicago, Boston Fine Art Museum
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Mixed Media
$9,800
Circus
By Martha Walter
Located in East Hampton, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art with Chase. She won a Cresson traveling scholarship in 1908 and from that
Category
1920s American Impressionist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Watercolor
$9,500
Painted
Rhinoceros
Circus Carousel Section
Located in Vancouver, BC
Ca. 1890 Hand painted late 19th century section of a circus carousel or out building depicting a
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Wood
Untitled - Circus Monkey.
By Theo van Hoytema
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
A circus monkey standing on top of a ball.
Colour crayon style lithograph, chine collee on wove
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Circus Art
Materials
Lithograph
Circus of Romulus, Via Appia, Rome
By Fratelli Alinari
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: View of the ruins of the Circus of Romulus on the Via Appia
Category
19th Century Antique Circus Art
At the Circus
By Martha Walter
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gloucester, Massachusetts, where she summered and opened an art school.
Walter participated in the annual
Category
1920s American Impressionist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Watercolor
Carved Carousel Jumper Horse Carnival Circus
By Charles Looff Or C.W. Parker
Located in Lenox, MA
This gorgeous carousel horse once belonged to a summer camp in Glen Spey, NY. The camp owners acquired the whole merry-go-round in 1940 at an auction. It is attributed to Charles Loo...
Category
19th Century American Antique Circus Art
Materials
Pine
Large Antique Iron Banded Wood Carnival or Circus Strongman
s Mallet
Located in Concord, MA
Large antique iron banded wood carnival strongman's mallet. Measures: Length 35 3/4 inches, height 9 1/2 inches, diameter 8 inches. Terrific object.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Circus Art
Materials
Iron
Original Antique Circus Advertising Poster Cycling The Air Bros Wichmann Design
Located in London, GB
Original antique circus advertising poster - Cycling The Air of the Bros. Wichmann - featuring a
Category
1890s Antique Circus Art
Materials
Paper
Exceptional Art Deco Circus Elephant Lamp Designed by Walter Von Nesse
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Incredibly Rare Art Deco Circus Elephant lamp made in the early 1930s in hand-hammered chromed
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Circus Art
The Juggler
By Samuel Halpert
Located in East Hampton, NY
Circus in Twentieth Century American Art", n.d
Category
1920s Fauvist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Oil
Picnic in the Park
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
-46 Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art, at Museum of Modern Art, December 4, 1945-January 6, 1946
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Circus Art
Materials
Oil
Circus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
J. NICOTINA
"CIRCUS"
OIL ON CANVASBOARD, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1950
22 X 30 INCHES
Original
Category
1850s Modern Antique Circus Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
Circus Horses
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
, circus life, and nudes. "Circus Horses" is an excellent example of this era in Weegee's work.
In this
Category
1640s Surrealist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Primitive Wood American Folk Art Carvings from Circus Wagon
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Art carvings with circus history.
Free shipping within the United States and Canada.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Art Deco Armor Bronze Circus Elephant Bronze Clad Table Ashtray
By Art Decor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Art Deco armor bronze circus elephant bronze clad table ashtray. item features maker stamps
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Circus Art
Materials
Bronze
Primitive Wood American Folk Art Lion Carving from Circus Wagon
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Primitive Wood American Folk Art Lion Carving from Circus Wagon
Free Shipping within the United
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Circus Wagon Figure
Located in Culver City, CA
Mysterious circus wagon figure by Samuel A. Robb for Barnum & Bailey Circus
Category
19th Century Antique Circus Art
Materials
Wood
$7,500
Colossal Circus Wagon Wheel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A great piece of circus history. Original wheel from a late 19th century circus wagon. A great
Category
19th Century American Antique Circus Art
Materials
Iron
Ashcan Circus View, Training Horses
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ashcan school view of a circus tent with horses. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed lower right
Category
1920s Modern Antique Circus Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century English Circus Flagpole
Located in London, GB
19th century circus flagpole
We are proud to offer an original 19th century hand carved circus
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Circus Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century American Folk Art Circus Fairground Wagon Faun Mask Billy Jamieson
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large American circus wagon mask, carved from a single piece of soft wood, likely to be pitch
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Circus Art
Materials
Pine
Antique Circus Painting with Elephants and Monkeys
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage circus painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1920. Signed lower right
Category
1920s Modern Antique Circus Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Pair of Lion Oil Paintings on Board, Perhaps Circus Decor
Located in Palm Beach, FL
architectural remnants possible from a circus car.
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Oil
American School Abstracted Circus Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstracted landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 20"L x 10"H, overall 25.5"L x 15.5"H.
Category
1920s Modern Antique Circus Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Fairground or Circus Entrance Lions
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Magnificent pair of large circus or fairground display lions, handmade and painted thick gauge
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Circus Art
$3,556 / set
Carnival Or Circus Glass Eyed Tiger Head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
paint surface. Presented on original black painted wood shield mount. Likely a circus or carnival piece
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Circus Art
Materials
Papier Mâché, Paper
19th Century Tiller
Clowes Marionette Donkey Puppets Circus Fairground
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful piece of English Folk Art. A hand carved and painting Tiller & Clowes donkey marionette
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
String, Pine
Horse Drawn Circus Clown in Cart, American, circa 1902
By Gong Bell Mfg. Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Whimsical cast iron horse drawn articulated toy that depicts a clown who, when rolled across a flat surface, fans himself by waving his right arm back and forth. It was manufactured ...
Category
Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Iron
1930s American Painted Circus Canvas Carnival Strange Girls Freakshow Sideshow
Located in Haarlem, NL
Antique American hand painted circus carnival canvas or banner to announce a sideshow with "Strange
Category
Early 20th Century Central American Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Leather, Canvas
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Wooden Carnival/Circus Mermaid/Ship Figurehead
Located in Surrey, BC
Intriguing wooden Folk Art from a carnival or circus, representing a ship figurehead/mermaid. Hand
Category
1910s Canadian Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Wood
Piccadilly Circus, London - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by George Hyde Pownall
By George Hyde Pownall
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Pownall. The piece depicts a view of Piccadilly Circus in the city of Westminster in London's west end
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Piccadilly Circus - Impressionist Oil, Cityscape at Night by George Hyde Pownall
By George Hyde Pownall
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Piccadilly Circus in the city of Westminster in London's west end. Elegantly dressed people can be seen under
Category
1890s Impressionist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Oil, Board
The Head-Cutter at the British Circus Imperator, Devil magic poster c. 1915
Located in Chicago, IL
the allegorical use of devil imagery in a humorous manner for their advertisement art.
Original
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Antique Circus Art
Materials
Lithograph
A Victorian English Horse fair with pub, circus and many figures
By Edward Benjamin Herberte
Located in Woodbury, CT
quality and skill, with many different stories being told throughout the scene. Look closly at the Circus
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Circus Art
Materials
Oil
Rare "Cheating At Poker" Carnival or Circus Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 20th century sideshow banner with an extremely unusual subject matter. Painted and signed by E. J. Hayden & Co Inc, Studios, 106-110 Bway, Bklyn, NY.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Circus Art
Materials
Iron
Rare Early 20th Century Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty German Circus Collection
Located in London, GB
Rare Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty Circus Collection
We are proud to offer a wonderful collection of
Category
1910s German Victorian Antique Circus Art
Materials
Cotton, Faux Fur, Wood
Framed 19th Century Gouache - Circus Performers
Located in Corsham, GB
An intriguing study of travelling performers outside a farm where a flock of geese have gathered. Well presented in a Hogarth frame. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
19th Century Antique Circus Art
Materials
Gouache
Georges Rouault "The Shooting Star Circus" Original Engraving 1938
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
Georges Rouault "The Shooting Star Circus" Original Engraving 1938
Wood engraving from an
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Engraving
Belle Epoque Colour Lithograph
Travail de Répétition
Circus Scene
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Toronto, ON
lithograph was inspired by ahis frequent visits to the circus in the 1880s and 1890s. he completed several
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Circus Art
Materials
Lithograph
19th Century English Fairground Circus Mask Bust Carving Ottoman Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early fairground carving of a eastern moustached ottoman, in untouched original condition.
The carving has been overpainted and overpainted, typically the way of a travelling f...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Circus Art
Materials
Pine
Saint Ignatius of Antioch attacked by lions in the Circus and Emperor Trajan.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Martyrdom of Saint Ignatius of Antioch in the Circus during the Celebrations for Emperor Trajan
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Antique Circus Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Friends of the Circus
by Vincent de Vos (1829 – 1875) signed and dated 1872
Located in Knokke, BE
Vincent de Vos
1829 – Kortrijk – 1875
Belgian Painter
'Friends of the Circus'
Signature: signed
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Circus Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
London Piccadilly Circus - Original China Ink Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
London is an original china ink drawing on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century.
The State of preservation is very good with the traces of time.
Hand-signed not...
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Circus Art
Materials
Ink
8 Gio Ponti for Ginori "Il Circo" Dessert Plates Circus Subjects Art Deco Style
By Richard Ginori
Located in Great Barrington, MA
of his "Il Circo" Circus pattern. The Art Deco clean lines are framed with a burgundy red border on a
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Antique Circus Art
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Folk Art Fairground Pierrot Shooting Target Game by Saussine
Located in London, GB
Antique Shooting Target, Antique Shooting Game, Fairground Antique, Funfair Antique, Circus Antique
Category
1920s French Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Americana Hand-Painted Circus Banner of a Seal Man by Fred Johnson
Located in Queens, NY
20th Century American painted side show circus banner of a man in the form of a seal titled "Sealo
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Canvas
Pair of Lion Oil Paintings on Board, Perhaps Circus Decor
Located in Palm Beach, FL
architectural remnants possible from a circus car.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Paint
Henri DE Toulouse Lautrec Lithograph Depicting Circus Act in Gold Gilt Frame
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Middleburg, VA
a circus act. Stamped along the bottom right “GOUPIL & CIE”. Framed in a beautiful gold gilt frame
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Circus Art
Materials
Paper
Important Antique American Folk Art Dog Circus Animal Portrait Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American folk art dog circus oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1890s Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Piccadilly Circus
By Sir Muirhead Bone
Located in Plano, TX
Piccadilly Circus -- 1915. 1915. Drypoint. Dodgson catalog 332 state vi. 11 13/16 x 14 7/8 (sheet
Category
Early 1900s Modern Antique Circus Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Circus or Carnival Curiosity
Located in Peekskill, NY
. The stitching is very prominent and has a bit of a Folk Art Frankenstein feel to it. It has striking
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antique Circus Art
Fantastic Circus, Carnival Advertising Wooden Sign Folk Art, Americana
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Circus advertising wooden sign. These type of signs would go on the circus wagons or tents
Category
Early 1900s American American Craftsman Antique Circus Art
Materials
Wood
Circus
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed & Dated Lower Right
Category
1920s Antique Circus Art
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
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Antique Circus Art For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of antique circus art for your home. An item from our selection of antique circus art — often made from wood, metal and iron — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choice in our collection of antique circus art — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each object in our assortment of antique circus art bearing Folk Art, Victorian or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made option in this array of antique circus art over the years, but those crafted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Gong Bell Mfg. Co. and Watson Silver are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Antique Circus Art?
The average selling price for a piece of antique circus art at 1stDibs is $2,475, while they’re typically $96 on the low end and $51,500 for the highest priced.








