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Folk Art For Sale
Place of Origin: British
Place of Origin: Scottish
19th Century Walnut Folding Blanket/Quilt Rack
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century walnut blanket or quilt rack from England.
The tops of each of the legs are decorated with hand turned finials, following down to elegantly hand turned legs, jo...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Bernard Rooke Small Studio Pottery Nature Vase
Located in Norwich, GB
British studio pottery small vase by Bernard Rooke. Featuring leaves and bird decoration. Inscribed BR. Circa 1970.
In very good condition, with no damage.
Bernard Rooke studied p...
Category
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$360 Sale Price
46% Off
System walking stick with light, England 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System walking stick: a stick with light. Light in plastic knob at the end of a crook handle. Operated by a pivoting ring on the shaft, the light (which can be either yellow o...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood
A 19th Century White Hart
Located in Conwy, GB
A recumbent carved timber Stag or "Whte Hart".
The surface with a pleasing overall craquelure to the white painted tempera, raised on a patinated brass mount.
Circa 1850.
In man...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
1950s British Coastal Scene Seascape Oil on Board Painting by Arthur E. Milne
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Wonderfully textured West Country coastal scene in oil using palette knife signed by Bristol artist, Arthur E. Milne. Milne was a painter of landscapes, portraits and flower pieces in oil, watercolour and pastel.
Capturing the mood of the rugged West Country coast with his technique of laying on thick layers with visible palette-knife strokes. Signed bottom right Arthur E.Milne, complete with labels on the reverse.
Arthur Edwards...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,533 Sale Price
20% Off
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Flag 1953
Located in Hastings, GB
British Royal Family
A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd, June 2nd 1953.
Due To The Size This Flag Would Have Been Used Strun...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Late 18th George III Provincial Folk Art Painted Oak Games Chess Side Table
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful and original George III provincial painted oak games table, with a canted column and cruciform base.
The table has its original painted finish, with painted blue and whi...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Country House Horse Stable Name Plaques Signs
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming collection of six, hand painted Horse stable name plaques.
Each plaque is pine, with an ebonised painted ground and gilt lettering. Age related knocks and abrasions comm...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Carved 19th Century English Ship
s Figurehead of a Classical Male
Located in Essex, MA
Life-size draped classical male ship's figurehead of English 19th century origin. The carving is quite similar to that of the figurehead rescued from the HMS...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Aesthetic Movement English Round Tiger Bamboo Table Vanity Mirror
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Aesthetic Movement tiger bamboo table vanity mirror. Crafted from tiger bamboo, it showcases distinctive striped patterns reminiscent of tiger strip...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo
20Thc Beagle Oil Painting From England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic oil painting of a beagle is in a antique frame is in fine condition.This is a 20thc painting.
Category
Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Pair of Original Hand-Painted Wooden Fairground Signage, circa 1950s
Located in Faversham, GB
When in use, the panels were linked together with couplings to form an oval shape and the mechanics of the fairground ride would sit within the centre....
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$4,266 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Large Staffordshire Cottage
Located in High Point, NC
19th century large Staffordshire cottage with very interesting design. It has many levels and interesting architectural details, accented with h...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1642 Dated Charles I / Jacobean Hand Carved English Oak Coffer Linen Chest Trunk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this sympathetically restored, 1642 Charles I / Jacobean, hand carved English oak coffer, trunk or chest
This piece is stunning, its hand carved t...
Category
1640s British Jacobean Antique Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Jaques London Victorian Faux Book Chessboard Staunton Pieces
Hardwood Clock
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Antique Jaques of London faux leather folding book chessboard with the original Staunton Chess set dating to circa 1880, a travel chess set in the form of checkers pieces and lastly a Jacques of London Rosewood Chess clock...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Boxwood
Fetching Folk Art British 19th Century Rocking Horse with Glass Eyes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful 19th century nursery rocking horse having charming detailed head with a dished face and flared nostrils. He retains his original saddle and leather stirrups and is mounted ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English Folk Art Encased Ship Diorama
Located in London, GB
19th Century Folk Art Encased Ship Diorama
A delightful and highly decorated example of a late 19th century English folk art ships model diorama...
Category
19th Century British Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1920 ART DECO CASION CHIP POKER SET WiTH BAKELITE HANDLE CASE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very nice circa 1920 Art Deco casino chip / poker set in the original wood case with Bakelite handle
A...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Espresso Leather Challenge Backgammon Board with Espresso Field
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This custom leather backgammon board by Geoffrey Parker has an Espresso Field with Marine and Tornado White Points. The attention to detail, skill of hand inlaying and the use of spe...
Category
2010s British Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Chrome
English Shell Grotto House
Located in Kent, Dover
An English shell grotto modelled on a cottage, with doors and a glazed window with mirror interior. Nicely worked throughout with no losses.
Category
1930s English Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Pair of English Medieval Style Carved Caryatids
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of 19th century English medieval style limewood female caryatids carved as Queens or valkyries. These carvings are matching in design, each dep...
Category
19th Century English Medieval Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Weston Super Mare
by Banksy
By Banksy
Located in Basildon, London
Banksy's 'Weston Super Mare' print is a captivating example of the elusive artist's poignant social commentary, rooted in his distinctive street art origins. Banksy, whose career has...
Category
Late 20th Century British Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$45,034
Large Copper and Brass Ship
s Port Lantern Light by Meteorite Birmingham England
By Meteorite
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large early 20th Century Antique British solid copper and brass nautical Port signal lantern/lamp with Fresnel lens. With maker's badge from English fir...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
A folk art diorama model passenger ship in a bottle English circa 1930
Located in Central England, GB
This early 20th century ship in a bottle diorama is of a rarer subject being an early large steam ocean going passenger liner set in a scene just off the shoreline with a lighthouse ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Glass
English Country (20th Century) painted and carved wall plaque of golf sign.
Located in Queens, NY
English Country (20th Century) painted and carved wall plaque of golf sign.
Category
20th Century British Country Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Travel Size Backgammon Board by Geoffrey Parker
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This Travel Size Backgammon Board by Geoffrey Parker is perfect for game lovers on-the-go. Its compact size makes it easy to transport, and its ...
Category
2010s British Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Large Mahogany Antique Boat Model
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Inspired model of a boat or skiff expertly crafted in mahogany, probably by a boat builder, having a graceful form and has acquired a well earned patina only time can give.
Category
19th Century English Folk Art Antique Folk Art
18th C "Stolen or Strayed" Gem Penned Notice Sign For its Return Giltwood Frame
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A stolen gem!!!! beautiful penned circa mid to late 18th century notice for it to be returned. Housed in a later glazed deep moulded gilt frame
“Stolen or strayed the 8th instant At...
Category
18th Century English Antique Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Heavy Pair of Highly Polished Library Binoculars
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional pair of polished and lacquered English Marine binoculars. Rare amber filtered lenses. Geared focal knob. Clear crisp optics. Circa 1930.
Category
1930s English Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Circus Banner
Located in Brecht, BE
For magician and circus lovers. This early 20th century circus banner. Hand painted on canvas.
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Linen
English Brown Wicker Dog Kennel Basket
Located in Houston, TX
English brown wicker dog kennel or pet carrier (circa 1900-1910), rare large-scale and in good condition. Forged iron door and latch loop. Door openi...
Category
Early 1900s English Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large 19th Century Pharmacy Reversed Painted Display Dispensing Jar
Located in Leuven , BE
Here is a wonderful decorative late 19th century pharmacist hand blown dispensing/display glass jar of considerable size. The jar is reverse painted by hand with a white ground and g...
Category
19th Century British Antique Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Berkel
s Model 23 Vintage Flywheel Slicer - Berkel
Parnall
s
Located in Manzano, IT
magnificent and rare vintage Berkel's Model 23 flywheel slicer, a true gem of engineering and design. This model was produced in the historical period between 1928 and 1936, and is p...
Category
20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Antique 19th Century English Wooden Finishing Plane
Located in Middleburg, VA
A fine 19th-century English joiner's finishing plane crafted from dense beechwood, with a rich patinated surface developed through decades of use. The sculpted rear handle and gracef...
Category
19th Century English Industrial Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Pair of Exceptional Yacht Cabin Lanterns by Davey
Co.
By Davey
Co.
Located in Norwell, MA
Pair of top quality Davey & Co. ships lanterns. With arched and vented tops, carry handles, beveled glass, hinged doors, burners, etc. Fitted with makers badges reading "Davey & Comp...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th C School Classroom Plaques Classics, English, History
Economics
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of four oak classroom door plaques, hand painted with gilt lettering, chamfered decorative edges and counter sunk fixing holes.
More than likely from a well to do teach...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Folk Art
Materials
Oak
20th Century Diorama Folk Art Three Mast Model Ship in a Bottle English, C 1930
Located in Central England, GB
A fine Diorama Folk Art Model ship in a bottle
This skilfully made diorama of a three-mast early 19th century sailing ship at harbour with a raised landscape behind and cottages set...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Glass
UNIQUE - Peninsular War - British Officer’s Sabre, Osborn
Gunby, circa 1808
Located in Porto, PT
An important early 19th century British officer’s sabre dating to the period of the Peninsular War, circa 1808, and bearing the maker’s mark “Osborn
Gunby.”
The carved bone hi...
Category
Early 1800s British George III Antique Folk Art
Materials
Gold, Bronze, Steel
$42,000 Sale Price
50% Off
British Woolwork of a Family of Man, Wife and Child on the Seashore with Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Sailor's Glimpse: Woolwork of a Family
Object: Rectangular Woolwork Picture
Origin: British (Sailor's Folk Art)
Date: Circa 1860
Medium: Wool, Silk Thread on Fabric Ground, Fram...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century British Union Flag, ca 1918-1952
Located in York County, PA
BRITISH UNION FLAG OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, WITH BRILLIANT AND UNUSUAL, COBALT BLUE COLORATION, AND A SIMPLIFIED, FOLK STYLE, WITH INCORRECT PROPORTIONS IN THE CROSSES OF ST. ANDRE...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Porcelain "Punch" Figural Diminutive Creamer England, Circa 1865. RARE
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very rare "Punch" figural item of the infamous "Punch and Judy" duo created in Italy but made more famous and popularized in British Victorian 19th century culture, "puppetry" appeal...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Scottish Bagpiper
s Bonnet on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful yet strong early 20th century Scottish bagpiper's bonnet with a woven wool checkerboard headband and decorated with a large black ostrich feather plume and a white feather hackle, mounted on a turned wood stand.
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Feathers
Antique English Staffordshire Pottery Toby Jug with a Tricorn Hat Lid
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Staffordshire pottery Toby jug.
In the form of a seated, smiling man holding a jug.
The man's tricorn hat serves as a lid, and an inte...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Zabihi Collection Horse Scene English Needlepoint
Located in New York, NY
an early 20th-century square size English Needlepoint
Measures: 6'10'' x 7'8''
Category
Early 20th Century English Aubusson Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Antique 18th Century Neoclassical Marble Urn
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique 18th century Neoclassical style marble urn.
Beautifully carved into white statuary marble, this hand-carved urn is an excellent sculpture, featuring a detailed drape and ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Circa 1850 Folk Art Carvings of Queen Victoria
Prince Albert on Horseback
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Pair of mid-19th century folk art carved and polychrome painted wood figures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on horseback with origin...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Ivory handle walking stick depicts the head of a monk, England 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: ivory knob. The handle depicts the head of a laughing monk. Bamboo wood cane, with silver eyelets for the through hole of the lace. Silver ring band. England circa 188...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Signed Pintail English Hand Carved Decoy, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
Signed Pintail Decoy, circa 1900
We are proud to offer a unique hand carved circa 1900 working decoy, representing a pintail in original paint, and signed with makers initials and owners mark. This example shows some lovely aged detail which makes it a highly decorative and collectable artifact...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Janet Leach Signed British Studio Pottery Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl with Box 1971
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and glazed Japanese Mingei style Chawan tea ceremony bowl with ears by esteemed American born/ British potter Janet Leach, wife of f...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Pair of English Country Pine Boot Shoe Trees
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of English Country style pine adjustable boot molds with screw design top.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Black and Gold Hand Guilded Wallpaper, Non-Repeating Mural, Made by Hand in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Igneous is a design made from carbon powder and using Custhom’s innovative process of hand-foiling wallpapers, creates a unique distressed or highly polished finish in a wide range o...
Category
2010s English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century English Demilune Lusterware Bough Pot With Cover
By Hackwood
Co.
Located in Roma, RM
This demilune flower pot or bough pot for forcing springtime bulbs, is adorned with three landscape panels. Each panel, painted in pink lustre, depicts the same cottage in a pastoral setting from three different vantage points. Moulded into the top and bottom rims are acanthus leaves. Pieces in this shape, color and style have been attributed to the Hackwood company, and usually pieces like these, are not marked. William Hackwood & Son was an earthenware factory in Shelton, England, from 1818 until 1853. In addition to lustre ware...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Luster
$1,091 Sale Price
50% Off
Sterling Silver and Coral Rattle Whistle
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver baby rattle and whistle has a bulbous shaped form. The surface of the tiered body is embellished with impressive embossed leaf decoratio...
Category
1870s English Antique Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Medieval Stone Head Mounted onto Steel Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A medieval stone carving of a female head dating form the 16th century. Reclaimed from Northern England and mounted on a modern steel stand.
Additional...
Category
15th Century and Earlier English Medieval Antique Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Steel
Large English 17th-18th Century Lignum Vitae Mortar and Pestle, England
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Large 17th-18th Century Lignum Vitae English Mortar and Pestle. Lignum Vitae is one of the worlds heaviest, densest wood. This original Mor...
Category
Mid-17th Century British Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Study in Plaster on Oak Plinth Base, Early 20th Century
Located in Faversham, GB
Anatomical plaster study of a man’s hand, sitting on an oak plinth base. With wonderful definition to the fingers and palm.
British, early 20th cent...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Folk Art
Materials
Marble
$301 Sale Price
20% Off
Lucie Rie
Austrian/British, 1902-1995
Squeezed Oatmeal Glazed Pottery Bowl
By Lucie Rie
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stoneware oatmeal glazed bowl with small crater and speckled inclusions with a wavy rim with a fine manganese glazed edge by Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902-1995) dating from aroun...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Robert Burns Tam O
Shanter Staffordshire Figure Decorative Scottish Antiques
Located in London, GB
A charming large antique staffordshire flat back pottery double figure of Tam O`Shanter and Souter Johnny from the world famous poem by Robert ...
Category
1880s British Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Mid Century Large Arts And Crafts Pyrography Fishing Fleet Ships, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
A finely incised large mid 20th century representation of "Aberdeen Herring Fleet 1885" - a 19th century fishing fleet, signed lower left.
Signed lower right by British artist H Go...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Still Life Painting, English, Oil on Board, Flowers, Art, Charles Hill
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage still life painting. An English, oil on board study of a flower bouquet by Charles Hill, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Superb proportion and ...
Category
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Vintage, New and Antique Folk Art
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of folk art on 1stDibs.
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