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Place of Origin: English
British Sailor
s Woolwork of a Royal Navy White Fleet Frigate
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy White Fleet Frigate
The sailor's woolwork depicts a portside view of a square-rigged three masted ship flying the White Ensign. The blue s...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century sailor
s Woolie of a British Frigate, circa 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Frigate, circa 1870 , a British sailor's hand-crafted woolwork picture with a large starboard side view of a frigate with single gun deck, u...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Victorian "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box, 19th C.
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case.
Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Wood
Antique Fairground Ride Circa 1930 Reindeer
Located in Hastings, GB
Large 1930's Antique English fairground wooden Reindeer carousel ride. Wonderful aged patina, two sided original paint. Faux leather padded seat. Has been fitted with cast iron brack...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art English Folk Art
Materials
Pine
English Pub Sign, "Benskins (Puss in Boots)"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a cat playing a violin fiddle - from the beloved fairy tale Puss In Boots - in the light of a streetlamp at night, e...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Cream Painted Toleware Chest. Henry Loveridge Maker. English C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful toleware chest
Not sure what the original function was. No evidence to suggest it was a coal bin.
Cream painted with gilt decoration in neoclassical style. Original paint...
Category
1850s Regency Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Tin
18th century English Chippendale Mahogany Mirror with Inlay Medallion
Located in Savannah, GA
18th century English fancifully carved Chippendale mahogany mirror featuring fruitwood inlay medallions. Original finish, lovely contrasting wood tones on carved medallions.
See meas...
Category
1790s Chippendale Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood
$736 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique English Tole Tray with Orientalist Painting
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty 19th century English oval tole tray with two cut out handles featuring a colorful orientalist oil painting complete with figures in a boat architecture and tropical setting ins...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
British Sailor
s Woolwork of Three Royal Navy Ships, Circa 1885
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork of three royal navy ships
Circa 1885
The British sailor woolwork depicts an unusual scene of three different types of Royal Navy Ships which are all flying the White...
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Iron Whale Flensing Knife
Located in Montreal, QC
From the days of Moby Dick, this heavy tool was used to remove blubber from a whale carcass. The triangular blade is cast at one end of a long cylindrical handle, the other end is wr...
Category
1850s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Milk Glass, Oak
Unique 18th Century English Carved Panel of Two Kings
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique carved Folk Art panel, dated 1768, depicting a double portrait of mythological kings, whimsically portrayed in miniature stature with protruding...
Category
1760s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Peter Simpson Signed British Uk Studio Pottery Bowl Organic Nature Form Vessel
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful free-form organic bowl vessel by acclaimed British potter Peter Simpson.
Simpson's works, such as this early piece, are inspired by organ...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Folk Art Sussex Pottery Pig Jug and Cup from the Belle-Vue Pottery, Rye
Located in Downingtown, PA
Hogshead Humor: A Victorian Folk Drinking Game
Object: Figural Drinking Vessel (Jug and Cover/Cup)
Origin: Belle-Vue Pottery, Rye, Sussex, England
Maker: Frederick Mitchell
Date: Ci...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Lucie Rie Signed Stamped Yellow Speckle Glazed British Pottery Bowl, circa 1950s
By Lucie Rie
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous earth-toned, yellow, green, brown speckle glazed ceramic footed bowl by famed Austrian-born British potter Lucie Rie.
The bowl is signed with Lucie Rie's impressed seal on the base.
A rare and unique work. Simply a must for any collector of Rie's work or a beautiful stand-alone piece sure to light up any setting.
Dame Lucie Rie...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
English Brass Yacht Binnacle Mounted on Mahogany Rope Base, Southampton. C. 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
English Nautical brass yacht binnacle mounted on a mahogany rope base with an oval glass viewing port, gimballed compass, central carrying ring, and the original brass vented side li...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with a Van Dyke mustache, sword and leather boots, she with ...
Category
18th Century Georgian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
$12,500 / set
British Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship,
The sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard view of a Second-Rate Royal Navy Ship with three masts. T...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Battleship Coming Into Port
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship Coming into Port,
Circa 1865
The British sailor's woolwork has a dramatic view of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship coming i...
Category
1860s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
British Sailor
s Large Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship Under Full Sail
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seafaring Artistry: A British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship,
Circa 1865–75
This remarkable British sailor's woolwork, or "wool...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-Masted Ship under Steam, Minotaur Class
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-masted Ship under Steam,
HMS Minotaur or HMS Agincourt,
Minotaur Class Broadside Ironclad,
circa 1880
The sailor's woolie depicts a portsi...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique English Drum Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940s English 10-arm brass and wood drum chandelier with original painted finish and patina.
Measurements:
Current drop (adjustable) 42"
Diameter 32".
Category
1940s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Naive Portrait of a Girl, English, Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful naive oil painting of a girl.
Fabulous muted colors. The austerity of the image is matched by the simplicity of the antique bleached oak frame.
I have chosen not to resto...
Category
1840s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Oak
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Vintage Carnival Mirrors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very cool pair of vintage carnival fun house mirrors. Both are convex mirrors in a black wood frame. Mirrors are made of Lucite not glass. So...
Category
1960s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$4,200 / set
Vintage Industrial Factory Mould, English, Mahogany, Decorative, Wall, Pattern
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage industrial factory mould. An English, mahogany decorative wall-hanging pattern, dating to the mid-late 20th century.
Strong industri...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fully Restored Victorian Rocking Horse
Located in London, GB
A beautiful, fully restored Victorian rocking horse complete with a studded leather saddle, blue saddle blanket and leather reins and stirrups....
Category
Late 19th Century High Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case.
Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Wood
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Marble
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of Flag Bedecked Triple Decker Ship of the Line
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of Flag-Bedecked Triple Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850, a British sailor's hand-crafted woolwork picture with a larboard side view of a triple decke...
Category
1850s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Hermes Riding Crop
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Hermes riding crop with deer antler handle. The shaft is covered in a beautifully braided leather and finished at the bottom with twine. The...
Category
1960s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Silver
$1,500
Country Stool with original Hand Painted Scene to top, English mid 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an English mid 19th century, country stool, with a chamfered rectangular Elm top having a hand painted, country scene on it. It has three turned oak legs that are pegged into...
Category
Mid-19th Century Country Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Elm, Oak
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Leather, Hickory
Ivory handle walking stick depicting a dog’s head, England 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: carved ivory knob depicting a dog's head with an open mouth. Eyes in glass paste. Brass ring. Bamboo wood shaft. Brass ferrule. England circa 1890.
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Category
Late 19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Primitive Naive Interior Scene Folk Art Military Wooden Leg Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A busy oil on canvas interior scene showing an exaggerated early 19th century social scene in the naïve self taught style.
A military/naval officer is showing off his wooden leg ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Birdseye Maple
19th C Folk Art J.Wheatley Jones Oil on Board Dog
Interior "Inferno" 1887
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming oil on board painting of a pondering dog in a country house kitchen. Age related craquelure to the painted surface, the odd knock and abrasion to the gilt gesso frame. But...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Pine
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Decorative Wood Carved Tramp Art Keepsake Box or Sailors Valentine with Heart
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A superb Folk Art sailors valentine Tramp Art keepsake box. Wide in form, this beautiful Primitive wood carved box features the letters S and M with a heart between on both sides. Tw...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Silver
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Bernard Rooke Small Studio Pottery Nature Vase
By Bernard Rooke
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 Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$362 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
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Oak
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
Large Antique Hand-Painted English Grandfather Clock Commemorating Lord Nelson
By Whitaker
Co., Ltd.
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and substantial antique grandfather clock was made in 1805 by William Whitaker of England with hand-painted artistry by Alker of Wigen to commemorate the life and dea...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Shell Encrusted Rectangular Keepsake Box with Green Silk Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Long rectangular shell encrusted box. Carefully applied shells decorate the top and bottom edges of this green board box in a variety of colors. ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art English Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Paper
$900 Sale Price
25% 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 Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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