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Period: 1840s
Indian Metal Katar
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1840s Indian Katar weapon.
Category
Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Danish 1841 Mangle Board Wedding Love Gift Colorful Hand-Carved Wood
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Antique Danish or Scandinavian mangle board (clothing and bedding press) dated 1941. It has this text cut into it: KM JDR 1841 and a short text painted on both sides of the handle. I...
Category
Scandinavian Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Painted Folk Art Farmhouse Bridal Cabinet 1849
Located in OOSTERHOUT, NL
A beautiful antique pine bridal cabinet. This cabinet originates from southern Germany and dates from 1849. It has a fair amount of wear and tear and displays numerous old repairs. F...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Victorian Watercolor Artist Palette, Signed and Framed
Located in Hudson, NY
This is a very handsome and well detailed watercolor from the mid-19th century. Signed and dated, mounted in a period gold-guilded frame and retaining the original old glass. The des...
Category
French Rococo Revival Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dated 1850 Museum-Quality Antique Tine Box with Rosemaling, bentwood, Nordic
Located in Skien, NO
Museum-Quality Antique Norwegian Tine Box with Rosemaling, Dated 1850
This is an exceptional and highly collectible antique tine box, a premier example of mid-19th century Norwegian...
Category
Norwegian Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood, Pine
$992 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk art wedding chest from 1849
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A pine wedding chest from 1849. The illustrations are traditional with images of flowers and tulips. The chest was part of a dowry package and would have been in the clean room of th...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
American Primitive Folk Art Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
American Folk Art Portrait of a Gentleman, dating from the early 19th century. The portrait is very naively painted, oil on board. Overall very good antique condition, but a little...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Unusual Form Pie Safe with Lantern Style Tins
Located in York County, PA
Unusual form pie safe with lantern-style tins and striking, tomato red paint, circa 1840
Of all the pie safes that I have owned in thirty years of buy...
Category
American Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Swiss alp painted box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp painted box
Category
Swiss Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$784 Sale Price / item
43% Off
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
English Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
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
English Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Oak
Rare Italian Hand Carved Folk Art Santos Doll, circa 1840
Located in London, GB
We are proud to offer a mid-19th century hand carved figure of a Santos doll. The figure is made using pine wood and section constructed with pinned wooden...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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
English Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
English Royal Navy Leather Gun Charge Carrier with Coat of Arms, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English Royal navy leather gun charge carrier with a centered coat of arms depicting lion and unicorn and the original tacked leather handle, Mid-19th...
Category
English William IV Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Paint
American Folk Art Portrait of a Lady
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
American Folk Art Portrait of a Lady, dating from the early 19th century. The portrait is very naively painted, oil on board. Overall very good antique condition, but a little clea...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Antique Painted
Decorated Chest with Drawers
Located in Lancaster, PA
This 19th-century American painted chest of drawers presents a thoughtfully balanced combination of form, surface, and decorative detail. The warm reddish-brown ground is enriched by...
Category
American Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Berlin Iron, Brass
Pair of Italian Painted and Gilt Floral Torchieres, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian painted and gilt torchieres with circular egg & dart medallion tops, floral decorative rings, intertwining floral tassels and terminating on acanthus tripod hoof feet...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 1840s Folk Art
Framed American Folk Art Sandpaper Drawing After Thomas Cole, 1840s
Located in Hudson, NY
This is one of the most highly detailed marble dust or sandpaper drawings I have ever seen. The meticulously executed in details and the subtlety of the buildings in the background i...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Green painted Southern Yellow Pine 19th century carriage strong box forged iron
Located in Mobile, AL
Green folk painted Southern yellow pine carriage trunk or strong box. The size is just about perfect for liquor bottles, too. Dovetail construction with hand forged clasp and hinges. The original finish was likely brown and it looks like it got it's first coat...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Swiss alp painted box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp painted box
Category
Swiss Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$784 Sale Price
34% Off
Dated 1846 Norwegian Antique Rosemaling Bucket From Telemark
Located in Skien, NO
Rustic antique butter bucket / amber / ambar, hand-crafted from pine wood with original rosemaling / rose painting from Telemark, Norway. Dated 1846 on one side of the handle, and in...
Category
Norwegian Baroque Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood, Pine
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Swiss alp calendar
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp calendar
Category
Swiss Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
$784 Sale Price
43% Off
French 19th c Paper Covered Box With Neo-Classical Diorama Under the Glass Top
Located in valatie, NY
French 19th c Wood and Paper Covered Painted Box With A Neoclassical, Palladian Style, Building Diorama Under the Glass Top. The 3D scene is of a Classical building with wild game...
Category
French Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
French 19thc Paper Covered Box Diorama of Strasbourg Cathedral Under a Glass Top
Located in valatie, NY
French 19th c paper covered box with what appears to be a 3D diorama of the Strasbourg cathedral under a glass covered top. These paper boxes were de...
Category
Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Rosewood Ship
s Navigators Octant
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's octant with rosewood frame, brass filters, mirror and peepsight. Unsigned.
Overall dimensions: 3" x 13" x 16". 2 pounds.
Category
Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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
English Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
American Primitive Oil Painting Child Portrait 1840 Folk Art
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous American primitive oil painting of two girls
This quirky portrait is a wonderful piece of folk art
Circa 1840
Wonderful effect of craquelure from the age o...
Category
Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
13 Stars on a flag Made for the 1840 Presidential Campaign of W.H. Harrison
Located in York County, PA
13 STARS ON A FLAG MADE FOR THE 1840 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, WITH THE INCLUSION OF A THREE-COLOR PORTRAIT MEDALLION, IN VIOLET , GOLD, AND BLACK; AMONG THE E...
Category
American Antique 1840s Folk Art
Materials
Silk
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