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Place of Origin: British
Sailor
s Woolwork of HMS Reindeer Made by Henry Payn Hopper
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Reindeer of a Large Size,
Made by Henry Payn Hopper,
Circa 1865-70
The large woolie depicts a starboard side view of the HMS Reindeer under steam and sail. ...
Category
1860s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Original Peter Howson Figurative Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Edinburgh, GB
An original oil on canvas by the renowned artist Peter Howson OBE. The painting is entitled 'Towards Heaven' and was painted in 2000, signed lower right.
Peter Howson OBE, was born ...
Category
Early 2000s Other British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Late 19th Century Original Painted Green Faux Marble Dog Canine Kennel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming painted wooden dog kennel with pitched roof standing on styled feet.
The original green painted body, with a faux marble painted pediment and red roof. The pediment als...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century Milk Glass London England Westminister Kemble Street Sign
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous etched milk glass street sign from the City of Westminster, England.
Original Arts & Crafts style frame in excellent vintage condition.
Category
1920s Industrial Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Milk Glass, Oak
Scottish Arts and Crafts Brass Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Scottish Arts & Crafts rectangular brass mirror decorated with a hand-hammered celtic weave surrounded by simulated rope borders. Retaining original beveled plate glass. circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century English G. J. Lines Nursery Rocking Horse
By G
J Lines
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Wonderful 19th Century nursery rocking horse by G. J. Lines.
This charming horse features a wonderfully detailed head, with a dished face and flared nostrils.
He retains hi...
Category
19th Century Country Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Circa 1907 riding Crop with Sterling Collar
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1907 English riding crop made from hickory. The handle is made from horn, and is joined to the hickory shaft with a sterling collar. The collar...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Decorative Horn with Brass Closure and Brass Tip for Storage, Drinking, 420
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful horn - typically used as a drinking cup on the camp, or storage of anything from gunpowder to tobacco - today, with the addition of a beaurtiful brass hinged top and adde...
Category
20th Century Rustic British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
English Sailor
s Woolwork of a Battleship with White Ensign
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Sailor's Woolwork of a Battleship,
Circa 1865-75.
The sailor's woolie depicts a starboard side view of a second rate battleship flying the White ensign under sail. White se...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique English Dark Oak Barrel with Brass Bands
Located in Troy, MI
Circa early 1900s English barrel is just over 14” tall. Made of dark oak with four polished brass bands. Unknown maker. We may have similar barrels in various sizes and styles availa...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Jigger Doll
A great example of an early 20th century English hand carved folk art articulated jigger doll. With charming hand carved boots, moustache and top hat, metal pins in its joints for articulation purposes. Stood on a metal wire stand...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Carved Pine Fish Shop Sign
Located in Cheshire, GB
Carved model of a Marlin.
Dimensions:
Height 20 inches
Width 56 inches
Depth 5.5 inches.
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$5,510 Sale Price
33% Off
Early 20th Century Hand Carved English Fairground Carousel Panel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Hand Carved English Fairground Carousel Panel
A rare piece of traditional English fairground art attributed to Orton and spooner. All carved from sections piece ...
Category
1910s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Regency Penwork Decorated Box, C1810
Located in valatie, NY
Regency Penwork Decorated Box c1810. "A sycamore veneered box decorated in penwork. The sides of the box are decorated with what looks like stylized marigolds. ...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
English Folk Art Church Model
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Church Model
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-20th Century folk-art church model. Built from scratch using various material...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 Jacobean Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Antique Folk Art Rocking Horse in Original Paint
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
Antique Folk Art Rocking Horse in Original Paint, dating from Circa. 1900. The horse is in structurally very good original condition and retains practically all its' original paint. ...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Six Foot Carved Fish From England
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot hand carved fish from England. Most recently from a local seafood restaurant. Nicely painted and carved showing fins, gills, mouth, eyes, etc...
Category
1990s British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
English Edwardian Riding Crop, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
English Edwardian riding crop made from hickory. The handle is made from bone and is cross hatched in design for easier gripping to the rider. The horn is attached to the handle wi...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Leather, Hickory
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of the Ship JANE Under Full Sail
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early to Mid 19th Century Sailor's Woolie of the Merchant Ship JANE Under Full Sail, circa 1840s, a hand-crafted sailor's woolwork picture depicting a larboard side view of fully rig...
Category
1840s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Matched Pair of Edwardian Milk Glass Shop Signs
Located in London, GB
Matched pair of Edwardian milk glass shop signs.
We share what we love, and we love this rare, matched pair of Edwardian milk glass shop signs. One stating “All kinds of repairs” ...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Milk Glass
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of a Steam Frigate Under Good Head of Steam
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Steam Frigate Under Good Head of Steam, circa 1870s, a British sailor's hand-crafted woolwork picture of an Auxiliary Steam Ship or "Steam Frigate,"...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
An English Regency Blue John and Marble Clockcase with an enamel portrait
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An extremely rare English Regency Blue John and marble clockcase that has been retrofitted with a gilt bronze framed enamel portrait medallion of a lady. Presumably the clock that o...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Walking stick
By Cleghorn of Edinburgh
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very fine example of a late 19th century Briar wood walking stick from an Edinburgh workshop in Scotland .
More used as an object of status than a walking stick but except...
Category
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Bog Wood
$523
Early 20th Century English Hand Carved Fairground Fragments
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Hand Carved Fairground Fragments
A closely matched pair of hand carved pine sectioned English fairground decorative fragments. Original paint still pres...
Category
1920s Late Victorian Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
George IV English Embroidered Needlework Tapestry Sampler by Elizabeth Castle
Located in Cheshire, GB
George IV English embroidered needlework tapestry sampler picture by Elizabeth Castle dated 1829 in walnut frame.
Dimensions:
Height 20 inches.
...
Category
Early 19th Century George IV Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
$854 Sale Price
20% Off
British Sailor
s Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship
circa 1765
The sailor's woolwork, also known as a woolie, depicts a port side view of a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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 Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
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 Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Jigger Doll Mr Shoes
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Jigger Doll
A great example of an early 20th century English hand carved folk art articulated jigger doll. With brilliantly shaped shoes, moustache and top hat. Stood on a wire stand...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Daniel Sherrin (b. 1868, d. 1940) Scottish Landscape, Signed
Located in København, Copenhagen
Daniel Sherrin (b. 1868, d. 1940) Scottish landscape. Signed D. Sherrin. Oil on canvas. 51 x 76 cm. The frame is 12 cm. wide. In good condition, some crazing. Beautiful, wide gold fr...
Category
20th Century British Folk Art
10 Carpet Lawn Bowling Hand Carved Wood
Stone Balls Antique Office Gift Idea
Located in West Hollywood, CA
10 Carpet Lawn bowling hand carved wood & stone balls antique office gift idea. A Beautiful Decorative Antique collection of 9 + 1 boules balls Carved Wood and a Jack Carved Stone ba...
Category
19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$4,720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Hans Coper Small Pot
By Hans Coper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hans Coper, small pot.
-Stoneware, black glaze
-Circa 1958
-Impressed with artist's seal
Literature:
Tony Birks, Hans Coper, Yeovil, 2013, p. 99 for a...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
$25,000
Silver handle walking stick, depicting a horse head and a jockey, England 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: golden silver handle depicting a horse head and a jockey. Ebony wood shaft, metal ferrule. United Kingdom early 1900s.
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Silver
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 British Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Edward III 1361-1369 Gold Noble Treaty Period 1361 - 1369, London
Located in Braintree, GB
Edward III 1361-1369 Gold Noble Treaty Period 1361 - 1369, London.
Country: England
England
Period: House of Plantagenet
Ruler: Edward III
Phase: treaty period (1361-1369)
Producti...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Antique English Regency Toleware Footed Coal Box or Scuttle with Brass Handles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique metal coal box or coal scuttle is presumably made in England during the 1820s in the Regency period and style. The box is constructed of th...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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 Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Scale Running Horse Weathervane
Located in Greenwich, CT
Large scale "Smuggler" running horse weathervane, last quarter 19th Century attributed to Harris and Co, Boston MA, the full bodied copper weathervane captured mid-stride, with legs ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Mid-20th Century Hand Painted Double Sided English Fairground Sign
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century Hand Painted Double Sided English Fairground Sign
A genuine English mid-20th Century double sided hand painted fairground sign. Better Game, Better Sport, Better Tr...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of the Four Masted Bark Loch Torridon
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of the Four Masted Bark Loch Torridon, circa 1880, a sailor's hand-crafted woolwork picture with a starboard side view of the Four Masted Bark Rigged Cli...
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
19th Century sailor
s Woolie of a British Steam Frigate, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Steam Frigate, circa 1850, a hand crafted sailor's woolwork picture with larboard side view of a British Naval Auxiliary Steam Frigate unde...
Category
1850s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Folk-Art Hand-Crafted Bedpost Doll Figure
Located in London, GB
19th century folk-art hand-crafted bedpost doll figure
A rare and highly artistic example of an English 19th century folk art bedpost doll figure. With hand carved detail including ...
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Espresso Leather Challenge Backgammon Board with Espresso Field
By Geoffrey Parker
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
Antique Tramp Art Picture Frame With Original Sailor Photograph, C. 1890s
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE FOLK ART CARVED PHOTO FRAME
Typically notched hand-crafted tramp art picture frame of deep form.
Charming original black and white photograph depicting a crew of character...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Glass, Paper
Early 20th Century Folk Art French Weather-Vane Plane
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art French weather-vane plane.
For sale in this lot is an early 20th century handmade Folk Art French weather-vane plane. Th...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of a British Frigate Within Floral Reserve
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Frigate Within Floral Reserve, circa 1840, a British Sailor's hand-crafted woolwork picture with a larboard side view of a ship-rigged friga...
Category
1840s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,542 Sale Price
20% Off
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 George III Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Oak
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 Medieval Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Fairground Elephant
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk Art Fairground Elephant
We share what we love, and we love this charming and naively formed early 20th century hand craved fairground ride figure. With a de...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique English King Charles Cavalier Hand-Painted Dog Doorstop
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Form meets function with this King Charles Cavalier doorstop. This iconic English dog is believed to be made from plaster or similar material and is filled with sand. The pup wears a red collar with a lock at the front with a small chain leash draped over its back. It is painted in a light brown, with deep brown spots throughout. Use this to bring a touch of classic English decor...
Category
20th Century Victorian British Folk Art
Materials
Paint
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 Edwardian British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Frank Paton Oil painting on canvas of Puppies playing
Located in Milano, IT
Charming and lively interior scene featuring two puppies playing with a rag, set in a rustic environment with clay pots and scattered straw. The subject reflects Frank Paton's typica...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
A Folk Art Bridge Model
Located in Conwy, GB
A scratch built painted pine model of a foot bridge
Fab little thing, the staircases unhook for no reason that we can see.
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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 Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
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 Early Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Edwardian English Trapeze Artist Set
Located in London, GB
Edwardian Trapeze artist set
We share what we love, and we love this rare and unusual set of late 19th century English trapeze artists equipment. Housed in its original pine box, this collection includes a pair of leather stitched rings, ceiling screw supports, cast metal foot supports with rope...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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 Designed t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
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 Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$45,306
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