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Place of Origin: English
Dumbell Lignum Vitae Weight Training Fixed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare piece of weightlifting memorabilia.
Unusual conversation piece for use or as a collectors piece
Beautiful, tactile lustrous patina. Lignum vitae is sought after for the beauty of its grain, coloring, patina, density and toughness
The dumbbell is a free weight...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Pair of Mid-20th Century Oil Paintings of St. Tropez on Canvas
By Phyllis Morgans
Located in Madison, MS
This pair of oil paintings by Phyllis Morgans features the harbors of St. Tropez and Anstruther in the mid 20th century. The dominant colors are blues and tans. The paintings are in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art English Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$7,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Oil Landscape with Church in White and Gold Frame
Located in Madison, MS
A lovely 20th century oil painting of an English landscape with a church in the background. The contrast of the muted colors of the painting and the bright white frame really make th...
Category
20th Century Victorian English Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$660 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Sailor
s Woolie of a Four Masted Barque, signed by maker, ca 1880
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Four Masted Barque, circa 1880, a handcrafted sailor's woolwork picture depicting a starboard side view of a four master with square rigged for...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Classic Victorian Painting of English Spaniels by Zollikofer
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Classic Victorian Painting of English Spaniels by Zollikofer
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Naive Pair of Children
s Shoes
Floral Still Life Paintings
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A delightful pair of floral still-life paintings, dating to the mid/second half of the 19th century. Oil on canvas and presented in period maple frames with gilt slips. Each painting...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Hand Woven Navy/Lilac Modern Blanket Double Sided Patterned Bed Throw Woven inUK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
For this woven blanket We work closely with a 300 year old mill in Sudbury, Essex, UK. We have the utmost respect for their approach to making fabrics, their knowledge and experience...
Category
2010s Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
George IV Painted Puzzle Jug, Dated 1823 with Initials JA
Located in Spencertown, NY
The puzzle jug consisting of a handle with pierced yellow painted decoration above and below the band of three spouts, floral painting on each side with int...
Category
1820s George IV Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mahogany And Brass Antique Ship
s Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique eight spoke ship's wheel with brass hub and trim ring. Varnished wood finish and highly polished brasses. This is burly, strong ship's wheel from the late nineteenth century....
Category
1890s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Man of the Sandwich Islands, with His Helmet J. Webber del. J.K. Sherwin Sc.
By John Webber
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An English 18 century engraving titled "Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet " signed .J. Webber del. J.K. Sherwin sc. The subject was sk...
Category
Late 18th Century British Colonial Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Unusual Hand Carved Clown Motif Umbrella, Paragon, S. Fox
Co
By S. Fox
Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Hand Carved Clown Motif Umbrella, Paragon, S. Fox & Co
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Chart of Japan by James Imray and Son
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of southern Japan compiled by James F. Imray and published in 1870. The chart captures the coast and islands. Includes Nagasaki, Kii Channel, Gulf of Yed...
Category
1870s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Untitled, Mix Media, 1968
Located in London, GB
Untitled, mix media, 1968
Additional information:
Style: mixed media
Label to verso
Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm
This work has been part of a private collec...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
George IV Folk Art Portrait of The Brighton Match Maker 1828
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful folk art hand penned and coloured portrait of the Brighton Match Maker 1828.
Housed in its original frame with a decorative perforated border and wee verse that reads
...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Paint
John Charles Maggs Painting - English - W7910 SALE
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
John Charles Maggs Painting - English - W7910
In excellent condition with no damage.
This is a John Charles Maggs Painting, circa 1850. Maggs (1819 - 1896) was a painter best known...
Category
1750s Adam Style Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$990 Sale Price
44% Off
Old English Edwardian Painted Pond Yacht
Located in North Salem, NY
Lovely old Edwardian painted "scooner" pond yacht / ship from Egland with sail and rigging on stand of later date.
Chaming old boat and a perfect unque gift!
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian English Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
$1,196 Sale Price
25% Off
Early 19th C George III Folk Art Shell Work China Man Sailor Maritime Naval
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderfully detailed and intricately decorated early 19th century shell work figure.
Depicting a traditionally dressed Chinese gent, with his wispy beard, hat and holding his bask...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Hand Woven Red/Pink Modern Blanket, Double Sided Patterned Bed Throw Woven in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
For this woven blanket We work closely with a 300 year old mill in Sudbury, Essex, UK. We have the utmost respect for their approach to making fabrics, their knowledge and experience...
Category
2010s Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Miniature English Bureau
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
Miniature antique bureau dating from the 1800s. This are often referred to trade samples or apprentice pieces. The main body is of Oak, with various inlaid woods for decoration, Sy...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Folk Art Appliqué Collages Henry vii
Queen Elizabeth 1st
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A really fabulous pair of Folk Art collages by a Sophie Louise Munns (signed on the original backing paper).
Full length portraits in interior sett...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Paper
Brass Steamship Bell Mounted to an Iron Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Large engine room bell from a ship. Polished brass bell is mounted onto a heavy steel housing. Big piece of industrial maritime gear. Very decorative. Circa 1950.
Category
1950s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Chart of the East Coast of England
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of the East Coast of England, from Dungeness to Flamborough, including the entrances to the Thames River. Drawn by hydrographer J.W. Norie in 1841. Includes Kent, Essex and Suf...
Category
1840s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Pair Romantic Oil Paintings English Landscape Barnstable Devon
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful pair of antique English oil paintings in the Romantic style
Believed to be a scene from near Barnstable, Devon
We date this pair to circa 1890
Very evocative treatment of the natural setting by the artist
Inscribed on the back 'Near Barnstable'
Also inscribed 'Last Gleams of the Setting Sun'
Signed F Hider...
Category
1890s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Set of 24 Painted Papier Mache and Metal Snuff Boxes
Located in Long Island City, NY
This diverse set of early 19th-century English painted snuff boxes, of various shapes and sizes, are finely decorated with a variety of subjects, inc...
Category
1830s George IV Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Royal Artillery Shell Carrier Stick Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive antique shell or cordite carrier featuring a royal crest, later used as a stick stand.
Originally for ceremonial use in a royal artillery, this early 20th century piec...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian English Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Canvas
Early 20th Century Mackintosh Solicitors Rounded Bronze Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s; W & J Mackintosh, Solicitors - London
Antique rounded bronze column sign.
This piece comes from the columns in the front of 1 Hill Street in London, the location for W & ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
1960s Terracotta Sculpture by Barbara Tribe from St Ives Cornwall UK
By Barbara Tribe
Located in London, GB
Terracotta sculpture call "TOTEM" signed and dated by Barbara Tribe, 1966.
Barbara Tribe (1913-2000) was a Australian-born sculptor who spent much of her life living and working in St Ives (Cornwall UK).
She was the first sculptor and the first woman artist to be awarded the coveted New South Wales Traveling...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
1930s Copper Double-Sided English Outdoor Advertising Sign
Located in Surrey, BC
An electric, double-sided outdoor sign promoting the English clothing manufacturer, Chilprufe Agents (operating between 1920 and 1950). The company’s logo has been reverse painted on...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Lovely Vintage Carved Wood Display Depicting a Herd of Elephants, circa 1960s
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand carved Elephant plaque.
Its circa 1960s, carved from one piece of wood and depicts and happy hea...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Pink and Copper 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 Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Stunning handmade circa 1930 Childrens Rocking Horse of a Dachshund Sausage Dog
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind hand made in England rocking horse in the form of a Sausage dog.
What a charming period piece of children’s folk art...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A pair of bobbin turned teak candlesticks - Royal yacht HMS Renown
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
A pair of bobbin turned teak candlesticks - Royal yacht HMS Renown
A pair of teak candlesticks. The brass drip pans to concave turned candle sockets over tapered bobbin turned colu...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Hand Woven Modern Blanket, Double Sided Patterned Bed Throw, Woven in the UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
For this woven blanket We work closely with a 300 year old mill in Sudbury, Essex, UK. We have the utmost respect for their approach to making fabrics, their knowledge and experience...
Category
2010s Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
carving pair oak folk naive hunting deer dog Demeter sea monster L88.5cm 34 3/4
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming naive/folk art/sculptural pair of carvings. Crisp, fluid, characterful carving. Lustrous patina.
One a hunting scene in a wood near a cottage : a hunter shooting deer wit...
Category
17th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Oak
19th Century Pair Staffordshire Pottery Greyhounds
By Staffordshire
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century pair Staffordshire pottery pen stands in the form of resting greyhounds. The pair are poised with crossed paws laying on a cobalt blue scalloped pedestal with gold gilt ...
Category
19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
18th C. Painting on Canvas of King James I Visit to Hoghton Tower
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite 18th-century oil painting captures the historic moment of King James I visit to Hoghton Tower during his return from Scotland on August 15, 1617. The scene is richly d...
Category
18th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Painting Oil Naive Three Sloops Spirit of Alfred Wallis Framed Blue White Black
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Three sloops under full sail
Oil on cardboard
Characterful naive picture in the spirit of Alfred Wallis
Board Length 41cm., 16" Height 25cm., 10"
In th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Other
Sconce Wall Iron Hood Vernacular Folk Baroque 17 Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Extremely rare survival of a 17th century vernacular iron wall sconce
Unusually incorporating a hood to protect against fire and reflect the heat back into the room so it does not r...
Category
17th Century Baroque Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
A rare folk art papier mâché and straw work study of a duckling, circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
This most rare and unusual folk art study of a duckling is remarkable in its fine detail. It is constructed of papier mâché which is then been veneered with cut and shaped straw whi...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art English Folk Art
Materials
Other
Green and Copper 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 Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$225 Sale Price
28% Off
Copper Metallic Hand Guilded Botanical Wallpaper, Made by Hand in Uk
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Rye features bold oversized leaves, complementing the bestselling metallic Columbia Road design of large eucalyptus stems. Inspired by the Barbican Conservatory in London Rye offers ...
Category
2010s Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass. This George III giltwood mirror has a rectangular glass plate below a shaped cornice with a central coat of arms for Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) flanked by foliate tendrils on a painted black ground. The sides consist of paired tied-reed columns with palm frond capitals enclosing similar black painted panels of fruiting vine tendrils rising from classical vases. English, circa 1805.
See Wick Antiques, Britain on the High Seas: From Nelson to Churchill, pp.76-77, for a very similar giltwood mirror from a group at Merton Place, the house in Surrey which the Admiral shared with his mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815). They all featured his coat of arms surmounted by a baron’s coronet...
Category
Early 1800s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Vintage Masonic Lodge Rotating Sign Liberty Hall Strict Order Candle Holders
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this vintage Masonic Lodge rotating wood sign with brass candle holders
A g...
Category
20th Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Stunning Large Shag Pile Rug Depicting Houses in the Style of L.S Lowry
By L. S. Lowry
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely brand new Shag Pile run depicting L.S Lowry style houses
A very comfortable and thick rug, extremely well made and clearly Lowry in...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
A 17th/18th century English apothecary’s oak and wrought iron mounted crusher
Located in Central England, GB
A 17th/18th century apothecary’s oak and wrought iron mounted crusher
This very rare and beautifully made early oak and wrought iron or apothecary’s chemists open ended crusher simi...
Category
Early 18th Century Other Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antique English Solid Brass "Reindeer" Chimney Ornaments on Oak Stands..
Located in North Salem, NY
A wonderful unique pair of old solid brass Reindeer chimney ornaments on Oak stands from England. Circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$1,342 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of 1894 Watercolour Paintings by H Brock Univited Guest, a Lion in the Path
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of late Victorian watercolors signed H Brock and dated Apr 1894
The first is titled “An Uninvited Guest” and the second “A Lion...
Category
1890s Late Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Shepherds Walking Stick with Two Spaniel Dogs Heads
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage style double headed Spaniel dog shepherds walking stick
This one is very decorative and functional, it’s a wonderful height ...
Category
20th Century Victorian English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
English Wrought Iron Panel Baring the Monogram DC
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique English wrought iron panel baring the monogram DC. This exquisite sign has a scrolling handcrafted design; applied swags and floral embellishments are complimented by its ...
Category
Late 19th Century Georgian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
‘Lepe Beach Winter 2017-18’ by Martin Scorey
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A framed collage of driftwood, glass bottles, pebbles and metal items, including a spoon, a set of scales inscribed ‘Salters Improved Sprung Balance’ and a pair of binoculars, all on...
Category
2010s English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
JAMES NORTHCOTE 1480-1517 PAiNTINGS PRINCESS BRIDGET
MARRIAGE OF SHREWSBURY
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of 16th to 17th century, miniature oil paintings which are after the originals by James Northcote (1480-1517) t...
Category
17th Century Charles II Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Large Rare Hand Carved Lions Mane Bust Head in Wood with Solid Marble Base
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very large and decorative solid wood hand carved Lion's mane mounted to a marble base
A very good looking well made and decorative...
Category
20th Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Early 20th Century Folk Art Pencil on Paper Odd Dog "Job" Oak Frame Rottweiler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interesting side profile portrait of a panting Rottweiler, well executed pencil on paper housed in its original oak frame and oak slip.
Has its original framers label on the reve...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Paper
Wellington meets Blucher
Located in London, GB
Meeting of Wellington & Butcher.
Published by S.Lipschitz
London and Hamburg.
Not in its best condition but in what looks to be the original frame.
Colours still vibrant, some st...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Granite 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 Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Framed Vintage Gilded "Gudgeon
Sons" Sign from 19th Century, England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This distinguished sign reading "Gudgeon & Sons," rendered in gilded and ebonized wood, hails from the era of English auctioneers based in Winchester. The piece showcases a striking ...
Category
19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
British Suffrage Movement Cigarette Case and "Cinderella" Stamp, ca 1895-1923
Located in York County, PA
BRITISH SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT CIGARETTE CASE AND ‘CINDERELLA’ STAMP WITH “VOTES FOR WOMEN” SLOGAN
Enameled silver cigarette cases became popular in the latter 19th century and remained ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ironstone Suffragette Plate w/ Votes for Women Text, Made for Alva Belmont, 1914
Located in York County, PA
IRONSTONE PLATE WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, MADE JOHN MADDOCK & SONS FOR SUFFRAGIST ALVA BELMONT FOR MARBLE HOUSE, HER FAMOUS ESTATE IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1914:
Porcelain objects related to the Suffrage movement are extremely scarce. The most celebrated of all American suffrage dinnerware consists of a service of white ironstone, commissioned by Alva Belmont,* prominent Newport, Rhode Island, socialite. Belmont was the founder of a pro-suffrage group called the Political Equality Association. According to Suffrage memorabilia expert Ken Folley, "There are at least eight different examples known in this design, including a cup and saucer, a lunch or dinner plate, a salad or bread plate, a berry bowl, a soup bowl, a celery dish...
Category
1910s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
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