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Period: 17th Century
William
Mary Rare Pewter Trefid Spoon with Portraits, Circa 1690
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Very rare William and Mary pewter trefid spoon the handle molded in relief with portraits and dating from around 1690. The spoon has an elongated rounded ...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
Strongbox Safe Chest Iron Painted Armada 12 bolt lock Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration on later sledge feet...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
European Antique Artifact Hand Carved Wooden Foot
Located in Malibu, CA
Antique rare
ancient artifact, a foot, wearing a sandal, the bottom of the foot has been carved with the sandals bottom as well.
Category
European Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fray Antonio de San Pedro by Manuel de Arellano, XVII Century
By Manuel de Arellano
Located in Mexico, DF
XVII century Mexican Painting by Arellano. "EL BENERABLE SIERVO D DIOS Fray Antonio de S. Pedro de la Sagrada Religion N. S. de la Merced"
Signed: Arellano fecit
Category
North American Spanish Colonial Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
LATE 17th CENTURY CASTLES MAJOLICA PLAQUE
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid polychrome majolica plaque, attributable to the renowned Castelli factory, located in Abruzzo (Central Italy), and dating back to around the end of the 17th century. The pla...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Maiolica
Antique 1600s Bridal Bench, Scandinavian Wabi Sabi
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Antique Norwegian bridal bench, circa 1600s. Later legs, with some age.
Wear consistent with age and use showing beautiful patina.
Category
Norwegian Romantic Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
17th Century Italian Polychrome Carved Wood Statue Of Saint Florian
Located in Bilzen, BE
A fine quality 17th century Italian polychrome carved wood Saint Florian Saint Florian (Latin: Florianus; 250 – c. 304 AD) was a Christian holy man a...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
17th CENTURY MAJOLICA PLATE MONTELUPO
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid polychrome majolica plate belonging to the Montelupo ceramic workshop. The enamel has also been applied to the rim, in an elegant aqua green, while the background is white d...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Maiolica
Pair of Basilius Besler Narcissus Engravings
Located in Greenwich, CT
Atrractive pair of 17th century Narcissus botanical engravings, by Basilius Besler. Besler (1561-1629) was a prominent botanist and apothecarist in Nuremberg. He was tasked with cura...
Category
Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$6,500 / set
17th Century Oil on Board Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful early 17th century oil on board painting of Saint Eugene - The Archbishop Of Toledo, Spain. Wonderful brushwork and intricate detail....
Category
French Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Swedish Stump Chair late 1700 century
Located in Farsta, SE
Exceptional Swedish Stump Chair ca 1650–1700
Crafted from driftwood sourced in Dalarna, Northern Sweden, this remarkable chair is made from a sing...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Arabic-Inscribed Archaistic Vase
Located in London, GB
An elegantly cast bronze vessel from Qing Dynasty China. The pear-shaped body sits atop a splayed foot, and rises to a waisted neck and flared rim. A broad band of gold and silver in...
Category
Chinese Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bridal Bench, Scandinavian Wabi Sabi, c 1600s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Antique Norwegian bridal bench made from rare black alder, this bridal bench approximately dates back to the 17th century.
Wear consistent with age and use adds character, with a b...
Category
Norwegian Romantic Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique 17th-18th Century Wood Italian Seated Saint Figure Fragment with Beard
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique 17th-18th century Italian carved wood seated saint figure fragment with beard. Possibly earlier. Remains of paint or pigments in multiple layers.
Arms and one leg missing, old damage to nose and other areas. Mounted on vintage base...
Category
Italian Medieval Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,072 Sale Price
44% Off
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
British Jacobean Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Box with a corrugated, embossed, polychrome wooden core Colonial work Perú
Located in Madrid, España
Box with a corrugated, embossed, polychrome wooden core and leaf decoration. Iron lock and hinges with key, the interior lined with a marbled effect. Colonial work from the Viceroyal...
Category
Peruvian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Late 17th Century Hand-Carved Folk Art Wooden Bowl, Sweden
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large wooden bowl, dated 1694. The bowl features a decorative geometric line patterns etched around the rim. The bowl has been inscribed with two names, most likely celebrating marri...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Bridal Bench, Scandinavian Wabi Sabi, c 1600s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Antique Norwegian bridal bench made from rare black alder, this bridal bench approximately dates back to the 17th century.
Wear consistent with age and use adds character, with a b...
Category
Norwegian Romantic Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large English 17th-18th Century Lignum Vitae Mortar and Pestle, England
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Large 17th-18th Century Lignum Vitae English Mortar and Pestle. Lignum Vitae is one of the worlds heaviest, densest wood. This original Mor...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Bridal Bench, Scandinavian Wabi Sabi, c 1600s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Antique Norwegian bridal bench made from rare black alder, this bridal bench approximately dates back to the 17th century.
Wear consistent with age and use adds character, with a b...
Category
Norwegian Romantic Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Kuba Mask African Bwoom Tribal Congo in Wood, Vibrates Vegetables, Animal Hair
Located in Milano, IT
The African Kuba Bwoom tribal mask is the oldest known mask, the Kuba bwoom mask. The materials used for the realization of the Mask are: Wood, colors and vibrates plants, caures, beads, animal hair. In dance it expresses exuberance and joy. The style is similar to that of the middle Kasai. This mask is a helmet with animal hair, carved with a very wide forehead and hollow cheeks that are announced by motifs or dashes and beads. The mouth of the mask is very pronounced carved in wood and then applied on the mask. To distinguish the forehead in different areas are used black and white beads to draw attention to other aspects of the face such as the nose and chin. The entire edge of the chin is surrounded by beads of various colors. The person wearing the mask cannot look because there are no holes for the eyes present; the mask must create the feeling of being blind. Some masks similar to the bwoom mask include the funny mask, the ram mask and initiation masks such as Nnup.
The real Kuba masks...
Category
Congolese Tribal Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Organic Material, Wood
$2,886 Sale Price
20% Off
17thc Polychrome Painted Ceiling Panel
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1680.
17thc polychrome painted ceiling panel
Mounted on a later block
Measures: W48 x D11 x H39.5cm.
Category
British Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$903 Sale Price
60% Off
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast and featuring a deer in the center surrounded by open scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Hanukkah Lamp...
Category
Polish Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
1600s-1700s Eastern Ball Headed Club
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Eastern ball headed club of walnut burl with panther effigy over ball. High polished use. Scalloped handle at base. Original drops missing. The panthe...
Category
American Native American Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Renaissance Carved French Oak Panel
Located in Denton, TX
Weathered Renaissance carved oak panel, originally from a piece of furniture.
Category
European Renaissance Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pietro da Cortona 1630 Fresco Study, Antique Louis XIII Frame
By Pietro da Cortona
Located in Grenoble, FR
Pierre de Cortonne
(in Italian: Pietro da Cortona, whose real name is Pietro Berrettini) (Cortona, November 1, 1596 - Rome, May 16, 1669)
is a painter and Italian architect of Bar...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Walking stick, large carved ivory handle by Opstal, Flanders mid-17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: Rare, large, finely carved ivory handle by Gerard van Opstal (ca. 1600–1668), one of the younger ivory carvers of the 17th century, who excelled in masterfully crafted...
Category
Belgian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pair of 17th Century Italian Carved and Polychrome Angel Figures
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Late 17th/Early 18th Century carved and polychrome Italian angel figures. Now mounted in modern stands. Wonderful baroque carving and retain original paint
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Very Rare 17th century Italian Judaica wood silver Circumcision Knife
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Here we have this important and very rare example of early Judaica, made in Italy or south Germany, this Circumcision Knife is made from iron, has the guild mark on the blade as used...
Category
European Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Iron
A 17 th Century Wooden Polychromed Statue
Located in Schellebelle, BE
An elegant Spanish,polychromed Statue of a Man,
17 th Century,
without head,
elegant and refined sculpting, nice color and warm patina of the wood,
from the Castillion region in Spai...
Category
Spanish Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
17th Century, Peruvian Huamanga Stone
Located in Mexico City, MX
It is a beautiful carved stone known as Huamanga stone, endemic of the Zone of Ayacucho, Viceroyalty of Peru. With a refined regional touch and loaded of pre-Columbian flavor as Chinese, It represents the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph and Jesus with God Father...
Category
Peruvian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
17th Century Italian Carving of Scholar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally gilded. as notice some traces of gilt residue. From the collection of Verna Harrah. Harra's Casinos.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
"The Binding of Issac" An Italian 17th century Polychrome Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A masterful example of religious storytelling rendered in sculptural form, this Italian 17th century polychrome relief sculpture depicts the powerful biblical scene of The Binding of...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Pine Chest in the Original Paint 1690s
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
Folk Art Pine Chest in the Original Paint. This chest is an amazing survivor, from the late 1600s, in practically untouched original condition. The chest with side hung drawers eve...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
LATE 17th CENTURY EMBOSSED BRASS FOOD WARMER
Located in Firenze, FI
Ancient brass food warmer, worked and embossed by hand, characterized by an elegant and refined style. It has a round body supported by a ring foot, a lid with a handle and two handl...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Venetian school Painting Biblical scene oil on copper anonymous C 16th century
Located in London, GB
Venetian school Painting Biblical scene oil on copper anonymous C 16th century
Unsigned
Fine old master quality Venetian school painting of a biblical scene painted on copper
Oil cop...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Antique Baroque Handcarved Lion Sculpture, Italian or Austrian
By Antonio Raggi
Located in Vienna, AT
Early fine carved sculpture of a lying lion. Attributed to the circle of Alessandro Vittoria, located in northern Italy/ Venice. Original late Renaissance or early Baroque figure.
T...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Italian Venetian Brass Seahorse Figures
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Italian Venetian brass seahorse figures / gondola ornament
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Sacking of the City, 1670
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting the sacking of a seaside city by the Saracens, of good pictorial quality. We find cou...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
$11,546 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 17th century hand-carved wooden head
Located in Oostende, BE
Late 17th - early 18th century hand-carved wooden head from Southern Europe. Made from poplar wood. Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Poplar
17th/ Early 18th Century German Westerwald Salt Glazed Stoneware Jug
Located in Delft, NL
A 17th/ early 18th century German Westerwald Salt Glazed Stoneware jug
A German Westerwald jug with pewter lid. The salt-glazed stoneware jug with ha...
Category
German Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
17th Century Oil on Canvas Flemish Interior Scene Painting, 1660
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Flemish painting from the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a tavern interior scene with characters of excellent pictorial quality. Refined painting, for antique ...
Category
Dutch Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
5 coin weights 16th-17th century
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Gold Real Charles V – Dated 1623 – GG = Gerrit Geens (Born in Antwerpen, worked in Amsterdam from 1598, working ca. 1585 – 1628). Gauger-general of Brabant as of 1585
Weight: 4.95 g
...
Category
Dutch Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 17th Century Engravings of Swedish Kings Karl X
Karl XI
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A pair of fine engravings of two Swedish monarchs by Samuel Blessendorf for Puffendorf’s History of Sweden, in antique birch frames, 1663 and 1696.
Engravings of Swedish King Karl X Gustav (b. 1622 - d. 1660) dated 1663 and his successor, King Karl XI (b. 1655 - d. 1697) from 1696 by Samuel Blessendorf, a Prussian enamel painter and engraver, born in Berlin in 1670. He designed and engraved these portraits for Puffendorf’s History of Sweden by Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694), Historiographer to King Karl X of Sweden.
Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf (b 1632 – d 1694) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1684 when he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at age 62. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large carved and polychrome painted tobacconist's figure almost certainly 17th or early 18th century
For a related example see Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 412, plate 436.
Originally this may well have been a tobacconist's shop window figure. For a similar, but slightly earlier unpainted example, see Sotheby's, The W. J. Shepherd collection of treen, 30th November 1983, Lot 393, illustrated in Pinto "Wooden Bygones of Smoking and Snuff Taking", plate 1.
Carved wooden figures, often painted, were placed outside tobacconist's shops as signs from the 17th century onwards. The earliest of these figures is the 'black boy' or 'blackamoor'. 'At the sign of the black boy' or 'at the sign of the blackamoor' was a popular address for tobacconists since the early 17th century. The 17th century figures...
Category
English Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Miniature Altar with Mother Mary with infant Jezus in Renaissance style, 1657
Located in Gorssel, GE
Wooden miniature altar with Mother Mary with infant Jezus in Renaissance style.
This altar - used for private devotion - was made in the 17th century a...
Category
Renaissance Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Composed pair of original mid 17th/early 18th century Cavalry basket Stirrups
Located in TEYJAT, FR
An interesting composed pair of original mid 17th/early 18th century cage or basket Stirrups.
Superbly hand forged and of the period in wrought iron with openwork branches and foot plate, one with a rotating attachment eye, good general condition and a little oxidation.
The main suspension arch resembles that of a horse shoe, the front branches look like those of a sword guard...
Category
European Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Italian Carved Solid Walnut Kneeler from 1600s in Patina
Located in Cesena, FC
Lombard / Venetian kneeler from the 1600s, in patina
Solid walnut with Greek carved details under the top and capital feet
Drawers panelled in briarwood...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Antique 18th Century Oil on Canvas Large Painting, the Holy Family
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique 18th century oil on canvas painting by continental school - The holy family
Holy Family, as a theme in Christian art, representation of the infant Jesus with his immediate...
Category
Unknown Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair of Late 16th-Early 17th Century Pinnacle Fragments
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome pair of late 16th-early 17th century Pinnacle fragments in polychromed wood. Wonderful architectural elements as they are or perfectly suited to convert into lamps. T...
Category
Spanish Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
French 17th Century Chestnut Brusque
Located in Round Top, TX
A fabulous 17th century Arte Populaire Brusque from the Ardeche region of France. A vessel used for preparing chestnuts.
Category
French Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
The Christ Child Holding The Orb
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
Polychrome Carving of the Christ Child holding the Orb. Very rare carving (probably in Limewood). Totally original paint and condition throughout.
The glass globe is later in date...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Barocke Prozessionslaterne Metall, bemalt, 110cm, um 1700
Located in Aachen, DE
Guter originaler Zustand, Höhe ca. 110cm, dreieckiger Querschnitt, eine verriegelbare Türe, Reste einer ehemaligen Elektrifizierung. Im Kopfbereich alle 3 Seiten figürlich bemalt.
D...
Category
Baroque Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Painting on Copper, "The Mockery of Christ”
Located in Milano, IT
Painting on copper. Italian school of the late 17th century. The scene, which recounts a moment in the Passion of Christ, is filled with the charac...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$8,178 Sale Price
20% Off
Manuel Criado y Baca 1839–1899 Paso de los Gaitanes Malaga, Spain Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Description:
Manuel Criado y Baca
1839–1899
Paso de los Gaitanes Malaga, Spain
oil on canvas
1861; signed and dated lower bottom
Provenance:
Marquis of Salamanca Collection; Privat...
Category
Spanish Other Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Late 17th Century Italian School Wooden Sculpture of Saint Anthony and the Child
Located in Leuven , BE
According to the legends, there are two Saint Anthony’s, they can easily be distinguished by their hair. This one is known as Saint Anthony of Padua, he is recognizable by his hair, ...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1621. Golden wedding anniversary Maarten Ruychaver and Aleyd van der Laen
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: ANNO – 1570 / .M. – .R. / .28. – OCTO, clasped hands coming out of the clouds, above the wedding date and the initials and coat of arms of Maarten Ruychaver, below two turtl...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
1645. Overlijden Hugo de Groot
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: HUGO – GROTIUS., bust of Hugo de Groot left, initials I.D. of the medallist left from the bust
Reverse: BELGII DECUS: / VIR TITULIS ET / LAUDIBUS OMNIBUS / MAIOR . NAT . DEL...
Category
Dutch Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
1698. Middelburg. Fat guild
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: DAT WELVAART EN SEGEN SY RYCK EN MILDE – ANNO, seated city maiden with horn of plenty and city coat of arms under which number 135 is engraved
Reverse: BY AL DE LEDEN VAN T ...
Category
Dutch Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Scandinavian Late 17th Century Baroque Angel Candleholder
Located in Copenhagen, K
Late 17th Century Baroque Angel Candlestick, Scandinavian
Amazing carved wood and polychrome candleholder.
Category
Scandinavian Baroque Antique 17th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,800 Sale Price
47% Off
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