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Place of Origin: English
Grasshopper
Located in Greenwich, CT
A grasshopper weathervane with body of pitted iron rotating on vertical rod with N E W S directionals below, now on wooden box stand with one side removable. The grasshopper was the ...
Category
1930s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$15,500
Victorian Era Gilded Metal Wedding Pin Cushion, C.1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victorian era gilded metal wedding pin cushion, C.1900
Hand made twisted and gilded sheet metal chair pin cushion
Wedding cushions were in high style ...
Category
Early 20th Century High Victorian English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Sailor
s Folk Art Woolie of a Single Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's Folk Art Woolie of a Single Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850, a sailor's folk art woolwork picture handcrafted of woolen yarn in a bold variety of stitches, depic...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Collectible Hand Carved Vintage Wood Rococo Gilt Wall Hangar
Located in Lomita, CA
Beautiful gilt touches and an intricate carved theme with griffins and other mythical creatures from heraldry make this wall hangar reminiscent of a dramatic opening from Game of Thr...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Regency Cheval Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine English early 19th century mahogany cheval mirror, the original mercury glass plate with half round molded cross-grained frame, suspended from ribbe...
Category
1820s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
$7,500
System walking stick with light, England 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System walking stick: a stick with light. The light is located in the plastic knob at the end of the knob. Activated by a rotating ring on the rod, the light (orange-red becau...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare Engraved Glass on Metal Sign from a London Cigarette
s Seller, circa 1900
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare engraved sign is made of glass on metal. This is a a very unusual piece from a London cigarette's seller. English. Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London, circa 1850.
An eleven inch radius vernier octant by John Todd with ebonised wooden frame with inset bone scale marked ...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Hand Carved Grain Shovel 19th century, brown color from England
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Hand Carved Grain Shovel 19th century, brown color from England
Category
20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$336 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk art walking stick, leather discs and black horne, England 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: stick with metal tip, the shaft made from an iron core in which leather discs are inserted, with a progressive diameter up to the handle. The cane is polished...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Late 19th Century English Lawn Tape by Chesterman, Sheffield
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century lawn tape by Chesterman, Sheffield, England. Chesterman's patented steel tape in leather case. 200 ft tape. Leather hand strap; brass fittings. See The Smithsonian ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
Fine Shaped Burl Tabletop with Compass Star Inlay
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early 19th Century solid burl yewwood tabletop with molded edge and scalloped sides with mahogany and sycamore compass star inlay, the who...
Category
1830s William IV Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Yew
Erotic folk art walking stick depicting a man in act of praying, England 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Erotic folk-art walking stick, made from a single carved fruitwood branch. The knob depicts a man standing in the act of praying with folded hands and a large caricature head with a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
A Large English Victorian Cast Iron Painted Doorstops, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Large English Victorian Cast Iron Painted Doorstops, 19th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Dimensions:
Height: 41.5cm.
Width: 20cm.
Depth: 9cm.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th Century English Brass Brazier Tongs
Located in High Point, NC
19th century pair of English brazier tongs, made from brass. These are truly wonderful, and are so unusual! Once used to place hot coals in a hand-warming brazier, this Victorian ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Downton Abbey Laundry Pincers
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of over-scale laundry pincers used at the turn of the century by a laundress in a great country house like that depicted in Downton Abbey for remo...
Category
Early 1900s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
19th Century Large Apothecary Chemist Carboy Pharmacy Shop Trade Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A 19th century hand blown glass chemist window display carboy. Used as a symbol of the pharmacy from the 17th century to the early 20th century.
A rare example with a hollow cut ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Exceptional Life Size Wicker and Bamboo Racing Motorcycle
By Tom Dixon
Located in Hastings, GB
A superb sculpture in the form of a racing motorcycle, using wicker rattan and bamboo the detailing on this piece is fantastic, even down to the rear inter...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Wicker
Shell Encrusted Rectangular Keepsake Box with Red Silk Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Long rectangular shell encrusted box. Carefully applied shells decorate the top and bottom edges of this red board box in a variety of colors. At...
Category
20th Century Folk Art English Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Silk, Paper
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Collection of Ten Antique Carpet Balls
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Ten carpet balls crafted in stoneware, decorated and glazed in several different colors and designs including a white cue ball.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
$1,800 / set
19th Century Maritime Curiosities Launch Bottle Shards Naval Sailors
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Trio of 19th century maritime curiositys, two glass bottle neck shards from the launch bottles of two ships. Also an unused streamer from another ships maiden voyage All have the wax...
Category
19th Century Late Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Paper
Hand Made Wooden Mallet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique in shape with a square head, a hand carved and crafted mallet works wonderfully well for those house hold chores, from tapping in a dowel, to working chicken for the perfect chicken Paillard. Also a great decorative piece or paperweight at the kitchen work station.
Category
20th Century Primitive English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Painting Oil Naive Cutter Boat Spirit Alfred Wallis Oil Length 40cm 16"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Cutter pz17 in full sail past a lighthouse
Board length 24cm., 9 1/2", height 21cm., 8 1/4"
Floated on a cream mount in a recycled black moulded frame with some losses Length 40cm.,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Vintage Whale Weathervane
Located in Houston, TX
This wonderful vintage whale weather vane has a fantastic aged patina. The rustic wooden whale sits on a custom wood base attached by a metal rod with a D...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Toy Car, Military Wind Up Tri-Ang Tiger Tank, Lines Bros Ltd., 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This Military Wind up tri-ang tiger tank is a vintage toy representing a First World War tank.
Part of the toys produced by the famous Lines Bros Ltd.
M...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare Pair of Victorian Staffordshire Ceramic Recumbent Giraffe Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Each with one leg bent, and nicely colored with dotted fur details slightly different from each other, circa 1860. Green double palm trees with red fruit form the supports at the bac...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Hand Drawn English Farm Map on Vellum, circa 1740s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century hand drawn English farm map on Vellum circa 1740s
Henry Maxted & Isaac Terry, Surveyors.
A Map of a Farm in the Parish of Blean in the County of KENT: Belonging to Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson circa 1743.
A beautiful hand drawn map...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Lambskin
19th Century Staffordshire Cottage Bank
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Staffordshire pottery penny bank from England in the form of a cottage with flocked details. The coin slot has a few nicks from age and use.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Antique Pond Boat
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A beautiful antique pond boat, original paint and antique finish. Made of a very light wood and is very light in weight. The finish and colors are a...
Category
Early 1900s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Sailor
s Folk Art Woolie with Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Triple Decker Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850, depicting a starboard side view of a majestic square-rigged...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
English Brass and Wood Barrel Nautical Spyglass James Chapman, London Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass and wood barrel nautical ship captain's spyglass with a single draw, polished sunshade, lense cap, and engraved focal tube by maker James Chapman St. Catherines Dock, L...
Category
1850s William IV Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
The Silver Crane Company English Ceramic Parker Pen Pottery Desk Tidy
Located in Linkebeek, BE
The Silver Crane Company English Ceramic Parker Pen Pottery Desk Tidy
Wear consistent with age and use
Collector - Advertising pencil case - desk
A scarce novelty ceramic lidded desk tidy modeled as a Parker fountain pen...
Category
1980s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Impressive Huge 19th Century Pawnbroker Folk Art Sign with Three Spheres Symbol
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An impressive rare and monumental in scale folk art pawnbroker trade sign with its original trio of giltwood spheres which represent the universal symbol for the pawnbroker trade.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Chart of West Coast of South America by James Imray and Son
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of West Coast of South America compiled by James F. Imray and published in 1880. The chart captures the west coast from Valparaiso to Truxillo. Includes ...
Category
1880s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Rat Dog
Sculpture in Fiberglass by Finn Stone
By Finn Stone
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
We love this piece! Number 2 from an edition of 2, the other was sold recently on Saatchi online, and honestly we don't mind rat dog hanging around, he eats no...
Category
2010s Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Fiberglass
Early 20th Century Tradesman Sample Buckle Boards Haberdashery Shop
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of early 20th century buckle sample boards, thick card with cord sewn steel buckles and hand numbered in graphite.
Faded green backing paper with a pleasing red boarder, s...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Mary Rich Islamic Influence Gold Lustre Patterned Porcelain Studio Pottery Bowl
By Mary Rich
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish studio pottery porcelain miniature teapot with Islamic influence design in rich gilding on a green coloured ground by renowned potter Mary Rich (b.1940) and dating from the 20th Century. The small barrel...
Category
20th Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Altered El Bart Gin Self-Framed Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s/1920s; The Camberwell Distillery - London
Antique repainted tin litho gin sign.
This piece was originally a self-framed tin litho advertisement for El Bart Dry Gin. Howeve...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau English Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Painting Naive Oil Four Cornish Luggers Spirit of Alfred Wallis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Four Cornish luggers with a lighthouse on the horizon
Oil on cardboard
Characterful naive picture in the spirit of Alfred Wallis
Measures: Board len...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Folk Art
Materials
Other
Pair of Arts
Crafts Drinking Horns, Late 19th Century
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Pair of Arts & Crafts drinking horns, late 19th century.
Decorative horns with riveted copper bands and tips.
Measures: H 22, D 3 cm, W 3 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Horn
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk Art Game Board, England 1890
Located in Culver City, CA
Folk Art Game Board
England, 1890
Folding gameboard with checker board to exterior and backgammon to inside. Decorated in black, red and blue paint. Pieces included.
18”w x 1”d x 17”...
Category
1890s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Toy, Wind up Locomotive Wells-Brimtoy 7040, by Wells-Brimtoy, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Locomotive Wells-Brimtoy 7040 is an originale mechanical toy.
Vintage wind up toy representing a locomotive.
Made in lithographed...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of a Double Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with a Double Decker Ship of the Line, ca 1850, depicting a larboard side view of a square-rigged double decker warship under standing rigging, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Scale Boat Hull Model
Line Plans Naval Sailor Maritime Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interesting scale model hull of a vessel with its original line plans. The boat has its original painted exterior, and appears to be complete.
The plans are dated but unfortunate...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
English Pottery Pearlware Figures of Sailors
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Pottery Pearlware Sailor Figures,
Circa 1820.
A lovely pair of English pottery pearlware figure groups each depicting a sailor resting on his sea trunk...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
$3,750 / set
Antique carpet beater, guitar-shape, United Kingdom, late 1800s.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique carpet beater, to remove dust from carpets, in the shape of a guitar in heavy twisted metal wire woven into a honeycomb, to obtain greater resist...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Painting Naive Oil Four Cornish Lugger Spirit of Alfred Wallis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Lugger in full sail riding a wave past a lighthouse with land on the horizon.
Characterful naive picture in the spirit of Alfred Wallis.
Provenance: Pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Folk Art
Materials
Other
Polished Copper Cream Pail
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished copper cream pail with brass and nickel trim with steel carry handle.
Category
1930s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Steel
$350 / item
Circa 1940s English Showman
s Mini Rollercoaster Travelling Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful period showman's mini rollercoaster, constructed in pine with its original steps and single ride on cart. Typical of the travelling fairground community, the coaster has ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Unknown English artist, 1800s. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Unknown English artist, 1800s. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed. English port lot with fishermen who land fish.
In good condition, needs a clean...
Category
19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Set of Four English Regency Paper Mâché Painted
Gilt Nest of Tables. C.1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Set of four English Regency paper mâché painted and gilt nest of tables with shell, coral and mother-of-pearl inlaid checker board top. Tables are rectangle in shape with turned bu...
Category
Early 1800s Regency Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paint, Paper
Figural Letter Opener with Fly on Man
s Head
Located in New York, NY
Fun and Whimsical antique figural letter opener of a man with a fly on top of his head. And that face, truly a great expression and a piece of sculptural art! Most likely pewter or s...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Pewter
Antique Carved Folk Art Wooden Wall Hanging Commemorating The Royal Mail
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique folk art hand carved wall hanging is unsigned but presumed to have been made in England in circa 1880 in the Victorian style. The wall sculpture commemorates the Royal Mail stagecoach which was used for long distance mail delivery in the mid-1800s. The carving is very intricately executed and depicts the Royal Mail coach...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Regency Hand Blown Chemist Pharmacy Apothecary Display Carboy Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very early 19th century chemist display carboy, circa 1820 possibly earlier
The bulbous center sits on a stepped base with a swan like neck and a fine cut glass oversized stopp...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass, Cut Glass
$1,239 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique English Regency Period and Styled Hand Painted Toleware Tea Caddy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique English toleware tea caddy dates to circa 1820 and done in the period Regency style. This tea caddy is constructed of tin with a cast i...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Set of 4 Antique Minton Tiles of Delft Design
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of four antique Minton tiles after designs by Dutch Delft tiles, sourced from an ex British private collection.
Dating to circa 1860, these striking 5-inch tiles have been in ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Clay
English Regency Mahogany Marble Top Console, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany marble-top console with flanking Phoenix heads, original ormolu mounts, ebonized tapered legs, centered gilt urn and terminating on rectangular molded edge b...
Category
1790s Regency Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Gold
Georgian Tavern Table in Original Paint
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
Georgian Pine Tavern Table in the original paint. The table originates from Devon, in the far West of England. These Tavern tables are very rare, with few survivors still out there...
Category
1790s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Pine
British Royal Navy Mast Crown
Located in Norwell, MA
Painted metal mast crown from a British Royal Navy fighting ship. Quite rare to find, especially in this size. With a surround of sail and stern segment...
Category
1940s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1807 British School Studies Dead Robin
Kingfisher by Richard Pillar A Fair Lad
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Early 19th Century British School studies of a dead robin and kingfisher both similarly inscribed to the lower margin. Watercolours on paper with pencil underdrawings, housed in glaz...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
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