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Place of Origin: British
Carved Oak Early 20th Century Rabbit Sculpture
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Early 20th Century Characterfully stout, anatomically enigmatic Rabbit. Oak. European, Circa 1920.
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Oak
British Sailor
s Woolwork of a Tea Clipper
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Tea Clipper,
Circa 1875
The large sailor's woolwork or woolie as they are also called depicts a port side view of a tea clipper ship...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th century double sided English chemist sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided English chemist sign
Made from double sided glass with reflective silver illuminated text, this early 20th century example of an English chemist tra...
Category
1930s Late Victorian Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
The Fun One Hundred by Peter Davies
Located in Basildon, London
Peter Davies' 'The Fun One Hundred' is a quintessential piece that encapsulates the artist's witty and conceptual approach to contemporary art. Davies gained recognition for his meti...
Category
Early 2000s Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century English Sword Cane
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
English sword cane with a fine toledo blade that measures approximately 27 1/2". Triangular blade marked "Toledo" on the ricasso and is beautifully decorated with etched and fire blued panels which also exhibit areas of gold wash. The decorations travel for about half the length of the blade. The cane measures approximately 35 1/2" and features a nice scalloped and flowered decoration with brass ferrule. Good condition. Blade remains bright and locks into scabbard properly. Nice patina to handle.
PERIOD: Late 19th Century
ORIGIN: English
SIZE: 35 1/2" x 5"
Check out our large selection of 19th and 20th Century canes including sword canes and gun canes...
Category
19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Slate Animal Grave Markers Tomb Stones Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of slate animal grave markers, these appear to of all been from the same family/estate/property. Likely all working animals and much loved.
All initialed and dated to...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Slate
Weighted Resin Chess Set Game in Jointed Wood Box 9.5cm Kings, Ca 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English resin moulded "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in a jointed pine box, all dating to the early/ mid 20th century, Circa 1930's.
The chess p...
Category
Early 20th Century Medieval British Folk Art
Materials
Resin, Pine
Early 20th Century Folk Art Scratch Built Ship
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk Art Scratch Built Ship
Without doubt, one of the nicest examples of an early 20th Century English folk art ship model named Victoria. Amazing detail and charm...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
The Holy Bible With An Abridgement Of The Commentaries Of Scott And Henry
Located in Islamabad, PK
The Holy Bible With An Abridgement Of The Commentaries Of Scott And Henry
Bound in full navy Morocco with the covers displaying open-tooled bordering details, an indented central ti...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Gold Plate
Lucie Rie
Hans Coper Signed Stamped Yellow Glazed Stoneware Bowl, circa 1950
By Hans Coper, Lucie Rie
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous mustard-yellow glazed stoneware bowl with manganese rim by famed European potters Lucie Rie
Hans Coper.
The bowl is signed with each artist's impressed seals on t...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
19th C Folk Art Graffitied Oak Panel “Leeds Grammar School Founded 1552” Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A profusely carved graffitied oak panel, possibly from a students desk, door or panel in a communal area like a toilet . The graffiti is mainly students names, with a later engraved ...
Category
19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Antique Naive Folk Art Cat Portrait, Original Oil On Canvas Painting, 19th C.
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
A charming study of a fluffy cat curled up and looking straight at you.
Painted in the naive style.
Signed to the lower right ‘Thomson’.
Probably ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique British Colonial Heart Form Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming 19th Century English heart form sailors valentine ambitiously handcrafted with exotic seashells around a sailboat image as seen through a glass lens.
Category
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Staffordshire Cottage Still Bank, English, circa 1880
By Staffordshire
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very attractive and well-made decorative and colorful Staffordshire porcelain money box or savings bank; made in England, indicative of the style potters from that region employed, circa 1880. Nicely detailed with green floral facie, orange double pane windows and front door, and a white painted cottage with brown steps and green fauna at entry. There were no "coin traps" or provisions for coin removal so banks such as these are rare since smashing or breaking the bank was the only method by which the money could be retrieved.
The bank is in very good all original condition with only a minor "hairline" repair to one of the chimney stacks (see image). It is very sound and done a long time ago and is hardly noticeable.
Being a cross collectible, this would be a very unique addition for a Staffordshire collector indeed (the subject being a money box), or a welcome compliment to any still bank...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
English Pub Sign, "Free House - The Lord Nelson"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a portrait painting of Lord Nelson in full regalia, entitled: Free House - The Lord Nelson.
A free house in Great Britain is a pu...
Category
20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
English Cork Antique Mallard Decoy Duck, Original Paint Early 20th Century
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Antique English wood and cork Mallard drake decoy with original paint.
Hand crafted in England.
Lightweight, with impressionistic shape and form.
Circa early 20th century.
Tip of...
Category
Early 1900s Early Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Cork
20th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Dancing Faun
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Classic and well-modelled sculpture of a dancing faun.
Category
20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Deco Brass Illuminated Advertising Cinema Reception Flambosign Sign
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous Art Deco illuminated Reception sign from renowned manufacturers 'Flambosign', England circa 1930.
- The worn brass casing marked 'Flambosign' houses an etched lucite perspex...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Marble Solitaire Game Hardwood Board with 34 old Glass swirl Marbles, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Marble Solitaire game, having a very good hardwood board and a complete set of 34 glass swirl marbles, all dating to the first half of the 20th century.
The circular ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
British Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Ships in a Bay
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ships in a Bay,
Circa 1860-75
This charming sailor's woolwork, commonly referred to as a "woolie," presents a Royal Navy frigate at anchor in...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Circa 1900 English fairground hand carved timber bust
Located in London, GB
Circa 1900 English fairground hand carved timber bust
An important piece of fairground history, in the form of a circa 1900 English fairground carved fragment of Field Marshal Hora...
Category
1920s Late Victorian Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Barbara Davidson Scottish Studio Pottery Abstract Decorated Shallow Dish
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Scottish studio pottery shallow dish decorated with abstract designs by Barbara Davidson and dating from the early 1970's. The small ro...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Early 20th century English Hand Painted “HELL” Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Hand Painted “HELL” Sign
Originally this sign was reclaimed from a shoe shop named “Shellington Shoes” in Essex. Most of the sign was damaged but we luck...
Category
1920s Victorian Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Collection 1900s Edwardian Miniature Tin Toys Farm Animals People and Park Trees
Located in Haarlem, NL
Large collection of tin 1900s Edwardian miniature toy figures.
A few tin houses a shed, gazebo's, flower arches, lots of trees and shrubs. Dovecote, pretty fences, a bench, a parrot tree, a birdcage, a plant Stand, a fountain, farm animals and lots of human figures in Edwardian clothing
about:
29 trees (trees shrubs, palmtrees)
11 decorative fences
2 arches
18 figures (girl with dog, a couple, lady with...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Tin
$1,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
An Extra Large Oil on Canvas Painting Aft. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Suffolk, GB
An extra large oil on canvas painting aft. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA of Return from Hawking measuring 177 x 263 x 12 cm (including frame)....
Category
19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Early 20th Century Folk art English Articulated Toy Dog Form
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk art English Articulated Toy Dog Form
A very unusual and quirky example of an early 20th century English folk art articulated weighted jaw toy dog. Made from ...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Faux Leather
Mid-Century Owl Sculpture on Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage ceramic owl sculpture on stand with glass eyes.
Category
Early 20th Century Chesterfield British Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
$423 Sale Price
34% Off
Antique Carved Slate Miniature Chest of Drawers. Welsh, Late 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A charming miniature chest of drawers made from carved slate
With dummy drawers and Prince of Wales feathers detail.
Miniature chests, bureaus and similar pieces of folk art were c...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Slate
British Sailor
s Woolwork Picture of Five Ships Off a Coastline
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork Picture of Five Ships offshore,
Circa 1875
The large sailor's woolwork or sailor's woolie depicts five different ships. The largest ship is in the center ...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Folk Art Sign
Located in London, GB
An Edwardian Folk Art sign with overscale finger, insribed ‘Left Luggage’.
Category
20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
$1,239
19th C. Stoneware Children
s Savings Pig Bank. England, Circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
In the late 19th century the concept of thrift became a principle by which parents encouraged their children to safe money by putting their pennies into a "piggy bank", thus the proliferation of these items by pottery manufacturers, this particular example marked "SS" on the underneath indicating "A Smith Ltd.", Longton, England whose ceramic, china, and pottery business began in 1846 by Sampson Smith.
Nicely molded and in excellent condition, this proverbial pig themed penny bank is painted overall white with a multiplicity of green "spatter" spots, the pig standing on all fours has a twisted tail in back. The original finish is beautifully glazed resulting in a lovely patina to this completely original bank with no restoration or touch up paint of any kind and all of it's original hand paint intact.
Since these type of antique banks typically were made without a coin removal trap, the only way to extract the coins would have been the old "knife in the slot" method and retrieving the pennies one by one; or the more simpler method of smashing and breaking the bank, which is why locating these banks is very difficult, rendering a fine example particularly rare.
This example is a wonderful addition to a collection of authentic still banks, folk art, or for those who accumulate pig items. This recently came from an estate collection of pig still banks. A similar example is referenced as #633 "Two Toned Pig" in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" written in 1984 when collecting pottery banks...
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
20Thc Dog Oil Painting ( French Bull Dog )in a Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine English oil painting is a French Bull Dog sitting on an antique chair.It retains a vintage walnut frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Antique Vintage Rustic Folk Art Metal Farm Sign
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Metal Farm Sign
An original metal hanging sign which would have hung at the entrance to Crosscombe Farm in Somerset, the sign is double sided with identical signage on both ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Rustic British Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
Late 19th C Memento Mori Calligraphy In memory of Maria Arthur Manchip Died 1899
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fantastically decorative pen and ink calligraphy composition celebrating the life of a Maria Arthur Manchip who dies 1899.
On paper, in a gl...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
English Countryside Landscape Oil Painting with Gold Frame
Located in Madison, MS
This framed oil painting of an English countryside would make a stunning addition to any room. The dull greens and blues of this painting make for a calm and soothing accent piece. T...
Category
20th Century Victorian British Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
A rare 19th century folk art diorama of two sailing vessels racing at sea.
Located in Central England, GB
This most attractive mid 19th century folk art cased diorama shows a view at sea with a large three mast English ship being chased in a racing situation by a smaller and faster single mast yacht. Both are passing by a lighthouse which is in the foreground.
This diorama has been beautifully handmade. The vessel, sails and lighthouse are all hand carved in wood and very nicely painted in bright colours as is the setting of the choppy sea which has most likely been formed in papier mâché.
The most appealing element of this piece is its small compact size which easily lends itself for display on a shelf, table or perhaps wall mounted.
The case is made from nailed pine boards which have been papered and painted black and finished with a glazed front set into putty.
The glass is original and period with lovely handmade imperfections.
This decorative diorama is in excellent original condition.
English, circa 1860
Height 16cm x width 52.5cm x depth 8.5cm max.
Thank you for looking at this rare and interesting 19th century diorama...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Other
in Use, Vintage Hospital X-Ray Sign, circa 1980
Located in Faversham, GB
Vintage London hospital x-ray sign that hung above the x-ray room door of the inpatient ward. The words ‘In Use’ illuminate when switched on.
London,...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
$435 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique Rocking Horse on Curved Wooden Rockers
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Large Antique Rocking Horse on Curved Wooden Rockers
Large carved wooden rocking horse on curved rockers attributed to Lines Brothers; the original paint...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
English Type GSR Nautical Binnacle in Copper/ Brass and Mahogany Housining
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Made by John Lilley & Gillie Ltd., England. A standard binnacle form in copper/brass housing with arms set with red and taupe painted iron Kelvin's balls (the taupe one with open hol...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial British Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
English Edwardian Riding Crop, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
Edwardian riding crop from England with a handle made from bone and a leather whip. The bone handle is attached with a silver collar to the crop, giving it a lovely dimensional look...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Leather, Hickory
Lovely circa 1890 Victorian Hardwood Games Compendium Chess Horse Racing Dice
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian games compendium with a complete suite of games
This is a very well made and c...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century scratch built fairground roulette wheel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century scratch built fairground roulette wheel
A unique example of an early 20th Century scratch built fairground roulette wheel. With a solid brass central weighted nob ...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19c Naive Oil Painting of a Young Girl in an Architectural Scene
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A 19c naive oil painting on a thin wooden panel of a young girl in an architectural and wooded landscape in a black painted frame with gilt slip. A regency period portrait...
Category
Mid-19th Century Regency Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$914 Sale Price
46% Off
Combination Board Game of large Marble Solitaire and Tiddlywinks, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a complete combination board game of marble solitaire and tiddlywinks, dating to the early 20th century.
This is a most unusual and very de...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Unusual Unique Abstract Crucifix Sculpture Formed from 15th Century Nails
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and unique hand crafted English abstract sculptural crucifix made from 15th century hand wrought iron nails recovered during the restoration of an ancient East...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early 20th C. Liberty
Co. Arts
Crafts Log Box Once Owned by Hollywood Star
By Liberty
Co.
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 20th c., England, a hammered and repousse decorated copper sheet metal over wood box, the hinged slated lid decorated with in Arts & Crafts style.
A wonderful Liberty & Co. A...
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Five Mid 20th C Fairground Oil on Board Mythical Folk Art Portraits of Kings
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fabulous collection of original fairground or theatre art portraits of mythical kings in a classical backdrop. To adorn a ride or production, my gut is fairground and likely used a...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Glass, Giltwood
Late Naive English School "Bull Broke Loose" Bull Baiting Oil on Canvas
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th century oil on canvas depicting a bull baiting scene
In England during the time of Queen Anne, bull-baiting was practised in London at Hoc...
Category
Late 18th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Maple, Canvas
$1,239 Sale Price
25% Off
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Whirligig Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art whirligig figure
We are proud to offer a true example of an early 20th century whirligig figure. Hand carved from scrat...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
Early 20th century English fairground carousel central fragment
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English fairground carousel central fragment
A hand carved example of a vibrant and highly decorative fairground carousel central mirror panel. With its original...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign with Two Bermudan Ketches
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign off the Coast of Bermuda,
Circa 1865
The British sailor's woolwork or woolie, as this type of artwork is called, depicts a port ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Painting by Francis Philip Stephanoff of Pious Maidens
By Francis Philip Stephanoff
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful antique painting of "Pious Maidens" attributed to British Artist Francis Philip Stephanoff (1787-1860). Masterfully painted of two...
Category
1820s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Amazing English Architects Model, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Architects Model circa 1920
We are proud to offer a unique circa 1920s architects model of a timber-clad colonial style house in original paint. An a...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare Standing Stone / Slab / Marker with ‘Triskele’ Low Relief Design
Located in London, GB
A Rare Standing Stone / Slab / Marker with ‘Triskele’ Low Relief Design
Sandstone
Late Celtic - Early Christian
7th – 8th Century AD
Size: 62cm high, 28cm wide, 19cm deep - 24½ i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Sandstone
Circa 1930
s English Cane or Walking Stick with Bone Handle
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1930's cane made of fruitwood with a bone handle. The bone handle is etched with a lovely floral pattern. The walking stick is hand carved to look like bamboo. Very interest...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
Large 18th Century Leeds/Staffordshire English Creamware Charger or Wall Plate
By Leeds Pottery, Staffordshire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, very large, 18th century English creamware pottery charger or wall plate.
With a raised feather edge border.
Simply a great antique English pottery...
Category
18th Century George II Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Creamware, Pottery
19th Century Bone Shoe Horn with Button Hook
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English bone shoe horn and button hook most likely for high button shoes in the Victorian period. There is a monogram which appears to be the letters S H. Wonderful de...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Original Signed John Houston "Mussel Gatherer" Framed Oil Painting
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful original framed abstract oil painting
Entitled "Mussel Gatherer"
Signed by Scottish artist John Houston
Scotland, 2001
Measures: 9.5"W x 1.25"D x 10.25"H (in frame)....
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paint, Paper
19th Century English Folk-art Painting on Paper
Located in London, GB
19th Century English Folk-art Painting on Paper
A 19th century English folk art water colour on paper depicting a solider on horseback. Entitled “London March”. It’s a naïve example...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century oversized English Trebor sweet shop trade sign.
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century oversized English Trebor sweet shop trade sign.
A wonderful example of massive scale, Trebor Barley Sugar & Fruit Centres sweet jars. Bea...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
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