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Period: 1940s
Early 20th Century Folk Art French Weather-Vane Plane
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art French weather-vane plane.
For sale in this lot is an early 20th century handmade Folk Art French weather-vane plane. Th...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
C1940 Advertising Sign "Nassau" Stainless Frame
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic advertising sign from possibly a travel agency or transit system c1940. Excellent vintage condition with just the right amount of wear. Stainless border and mounting hardwa...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Opera dei Pupi Theater Backdrop Painted On Canvas by F. Paolo Cardinale, 1940s
Located in Palermo, IT
Opera dei Pupi theater backdrop painted on canvas by F. Paolo Cardinale, 1940s
It depicts the paladins of France during the epic Battle of Roncesvalles.
At the top left, on the wood...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
2 Early 20th Century Marquetry Pictures Laycock 1946, and Broadhembury
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
2 Early 20th Century Marquetry Pictures
Laycock 1946, and Broadhembury
Beautiful pieces in very nice condition 14” high 17” wide
Aw93
Category
Beaux Arts Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Scrap Wood
Antique Tribal Dance Shield, Tutsi, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tutsi Ceremonial dance shield.
Rwanda-Burundi
Second quarter, 20th century.
Wood, natural pigment
Measures: 20” long x 7 1/4” wide x 4” deep (50.5 x 1...
Category
Rwandan Tribal Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Mexican Diablo Mask
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this rare and very antique Mexican Diablo mask in wood, circa 1940. Great patina.
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of Five Small American Folk Art Fish Decoys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Group of five Folk Art fish decoys composed of painted tinned iron sheet metal or aluminum fins and tails and carved wooden weighted lead bodies, some with ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Lead
1930
s / 40
s Hand Painted " RADIO SERVICE" SHOP/STORE sIGN..
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930's / 40's Hand Painted " RADIO SERVICE" SHOP/STORE sIGN.. .Great graphics. font..
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Toy Steamroller C1940 Style of Buddy L
By Buddy L. 1
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Large Steamroller toy from the forties. In the style of Buddy L. Repainted and some hardware replaced. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Can be...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
English Folk Art Church Model
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Church Model
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-20th Century folk-art church model. Built from scratch using various material...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage "Cabins" Single Sided Porcelain Neon Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage neon sign advertising cabins for rent. This piece features a bold Bauhaus-style font in white set against a dark background. The lettering has been traced in a turquoise neon...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Art Deco Stylized Cat Door Stop in the Style of Walter Von Neesen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous screeching black cat door stop in iron & steel. Stylized in the manner of Walter Von Neesen for Chase. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Steel, Iron
C1945 Cast Aluminum Trade Sign Form of a Key Keil Charlestown N.H. Keys Made
By Keil Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous cast aluminum trade sign circa 1945 depicting a actual key in red and silver. Perfect casting which retains its true color and material. Keil from Charlestown N.H. cast into...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Folk Art Carved Walking Cane, Snakes and Fish
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Folk Art carved walking cane with hand, 2 snakes and fish. Cane measures 7" wide, 7" deep and 38.25" high.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Solid Brass U.S. Navy Ship
s Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass battleship binnacle with gimballed compass. Iron compensating balls are mounted to brackets. Quite heavy. from the US Navy. Torpedo base. Great polish job.
Overall dim...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Large Basketry Gable Mask from Papua New Guinea
Located in Highland, IN
A beautiful and large example of Oceanic art, this delightful woven mask would have been used on the gable of a middle Sepik meeting house. The wildly expressive form is accentuated ...
Category
Papua New Guinean Tribal Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Wood
American Folk Art Wood and Iron Farm Bureau Weathervane Advertising Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great looking cartoon Midwestern Americana weathervane. Farm Bureau Insurance started in 1921. This great piece most likely was a premium or advertising piece. Hand painted wood with...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large-Scale American Folk Art Carnival Game Board, Very Graphic
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large-scale Folk Art Carnival game board, American, circa 1940s. This painted carnival game board came from Texas and combines wonderfully patinate...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Cork
Collection of Three Vintage Carnival Midway Nickel Ride Red Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun collection of three vintage carnival midway signs. Nickel rides! Original professional sign painters handiwork. Excellent graphic skills. Great vintage age. All three signs have ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
An Important Modernist Painting By Hilda Altschule c. 1940s / 1950s
Located in Buffalo, NY
An unusual, modernist painting by Hilda Altschule, 1950. Entitled "A portrait of a man at a bar", oil on canvas. A quick note about the artist "Hilda Coates Altschule (New York, Russ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Cast Bronze Relief Plaque from Benin, 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Intriguing cast bronze relief plaque from Benin, showing three guardians.
The plaque was modeled after ancient Benin bronzes but was made in the 20th century. The plaque is cast in b...
Category
Beninese Tribal Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
"Health Chiropractic, " Rare Art Deco Metal Trade Sign for Chiropractor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of trade signage featuring a nude male angel figure with outspread wings was cast in aluminium and painted a shade of off-white. It has...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Sailor
s Folk Art Knot Board, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage American Sailor's Folk Art Knot Board, circa 1940, a classic piece of sailor's folk art showcasing over 50 knots, bends, hitches and splices, ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Plywood
Vintage Minimalist Anatolian Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by a squarish format typical of yatak (bedding) rugs, this Tulu has a soft creamy yellow background randomly punctuated by small dots and by a larger one indicating the...
Category
Turkish Tulu Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Circular Antique Butcher Block
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Crafted by hand with great surface. markings showing age and heavy use, recently clened an restored and ready to use.
Category
Mexican Primitive Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$750 Sale Price
25% Off
Iron Swordfish Created by a Nebraksan Farmer, circa 1940s
By Byron Groelz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Iron swordfish created by Byron Groelz, a farmer from Phillips, Nebraska. Born around 1900, Mr. Groelz made decorative iron for an environment on his ranch.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Baoulé portrait mask, carved wood, lacquer and pigments, circa 1940, Africa.
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Baoulé portrait mask,
carved wood, lacquer and pigments,
circa 1940, Africa.
Height 29 cm, width 17 cm, depth 14 cm.
Category
African Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Carnival Midway Punk Knockdown Goat Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage carnival punk. Unusual goat named "Billie". Knock "Billie" over and win the prize.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique Red Velvet Efe Zeybek Jacket Turkish Vest with Gold Embroidery
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Early 20th child Middle Eastern Efe Zeybek Jacket.
Kid Efe Zeybek Costume Turkish authentic ethnic vest.
Dark brown red velvet with gold foliates and gold trim. Open sleeves, red cotton lining.
Antique collector red velvet jacket with gold Middle Eastern Moorish style embroidery.
Small tiny Turkish antique vest...
Category
Turkish Moorish Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Velvet
Art Deco Mint Green and Gold Leaf Ceramic Bowl by Waylande Gregory
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1940s ceramic decorative bowl by Waylande Gregory featuring a highly stylized leaf pattern in mint green with white, black and gold leaf detail. Relatively large compared to more com...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Huckley Barrel Carnival Game
By St. Louis Carnival Co.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage carnival game made by the Saint Louis Carnival company. We also have the original paper game rules signs with these. Please note that not all crates are painted St. Louis Car...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Wood
Folk Art Nantucket Island Ornamental Fishing Line "Fish" Spool Souvenir
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand carved and painted mint green fish souvenir spool from Nantucket Island (ca. 1940s, MA, USA). The fishing twine is connected to a small metal hook affixed to the fish's mouth. Warm patina / good age commensurate with history (small spots of wood / paint loss along with crazing). Small but impressive vintage fishing collectible...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Solid Brass Marine Beacon Light
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass double lens maritime beacon with fresnel lenses. Highly polished and lacquered brass and mounted to a thick wood base wit...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Large Tsimshian Thunderbird Totem Pole by George Mather Sr.
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
(1918-1990). This very large totem pole is a Tsimshian interpretation by George Mather Sr. of one of the famous Thunderbird Totems of Alert Bay, BC, o...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Navajo Indian Eye Dazzler Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing large Navajo Eye Dazzler are weaving is in fine as found condition.It is a fantastic area rug.Probably a Ganada .
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Small Folk Art Painted Wood Tabletop Obelisks, American, circa 1940s
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A cool pair of wood “garden” obelisks/topiary forms in an unusual size. Made to be used on a table or a console in the 1950s, they sport their orig...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Plywood, Paint
Large Scale Vintage New York City Bus or Subway Roll, Brooklyn-Queens , 8th ave
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Scale Vintage New York City Bus or Subway Roll, Brooklyn-Queens , 8th ave... Over 11 feet !! Great old sign, double sided.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Korhogo Cloth, Canvas
Vintage 1940
s PHILCO TV Kids Ride On Toy Truck
Located in San Diego, CA
1940's PHILCO Television metal Ride On Toy Truck.
Beautiful original distressed condition.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Folk Art Geesse Flock Wall Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6071 Folk Art wall sculpture made from old plaster wood latts carved out in the shape of a group of geese and then painted
Signed Segroot
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood, Paint
$750 Sale Price
48% Off
Maori Hand Carved Tribal Sculpture of Hunter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hand carved Maori sculpture of a hunter carrying a crocodile and fish.
Category
New Zealand Tribal Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,150 Sale Price
37% Off
Mid-20th Century African Hand-Woven Indigo Tapestry in Custom Wrought Iron Frame
Located in Barrington, IL
This exquisite vintage African tapestry, dating to the mid-1900s, features a flat-woven kilim textile hand-crafted using natural dyes in striking indigo blue and white. The alternati...
Category
South African Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage Elks Club Hand Painted Event Sign Donkey Armchair Races
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This was a really fun find! "All Elks and Their Ladies." Hand painted event and dance signs for Elks Club. These appear to have been used over a 40 year period. They would recycle each year by repainting dates and prices. Sometimes covering up with a new piece of cardstock and repainting the info. Admittedly done by an accomplished sign painter...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Tom
s Peanuts Wooden Display Stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage wooden stand used to display Tom's peanuts. Six shelves with an ebonized base. Nice wear and patina.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Rustic Wabi Sabi Console, France, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Console, planter, Sculpture, wabi-sabi, Decorative item, Rustic, Artwork, 1940's, France;
What was once a drinking trough for animals, is now a dec...
Category
French Rustic Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,566 Sale Price
20% Off
Yacht Vent Cowl of Solid Brass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass Perko air vent. Highly polished ventilator cowl from a boat. Nine inch diameter vent opening. Base is six inch diameter. Twelve inches tall with base flange pierced for f...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Painting of the Cabin Cruiser Spun Glass III
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed yacht painting by noted illustrator Jan Austin Taylor. This gouache shows the boat cruising through calm seas with her captain at the helm. Vessel is flying a...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Polished Steel Ships Port Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished steel ships port lantern with red Fresnel lens, protective cage, sturdy carry handle, mounted to a thick wood base with dark rich finish. Lantern...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Large Solid Brass Marine Beacon
Located in Norwell, MA
Large highly polished and lacquered marine beacon with two fresnel glass lenses that has been meticulously restored and rewired for home display. The tops are imprinted with the comp...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Swedish Wooden Folk Art Gentleman Sugar Dispenser, 1940s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unknown Volk Art maker/artisan K.K made this elegant sugar, pepper, salt etc dispenser in engine-tuned pine. It is dated 1946 and we found this beautie on a privat Flea-marked near F...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Old Carnival "Giant", circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old carnival "giant" circa 1950.
Light wood and foam structure, papier maché head.
Made to be worn by 1 person.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Foam, Wood, Paper
Tramp Art Jewelry Box with Pincushion Top
Located in NYC, NY
A handcrafted dresser or jewelry box with hinged pincushion lid and applied, chip-carved decoration. The interior with framed mirror on underside of lid and papered in a purple and w...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Vintage Boho Original Pencil Sketch of Skull
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a bold artistic touch to your space with this Vintage Boho Original Pencil Sketch of Skull. This one-of-a-kind drawing captures intricate details with fine pencil strokes, blendi...
Category
American Bohemian Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
1940s Navajo Single Saddle Blanket
By Navajo
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Navajo single saddle with eye dazzler design. Trunk piece, unused condition.
Period: circa 1940
Origin: Navajo, Southwest
Size: 28" x 29".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery d...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Other
Knud Kjhn, Deer, prod. Royal Copenhagen, 1940s
Located in Rivoli, IT
Rare glazed stoneware deer prod. Royal Copenhagen
Stamped to base
Category
Danish Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Navajo Yei Weave Bag With Leather backing and Strap
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic Yei Indian weaving in mint condition made into a shoulder bag backed with top quality black leather.Fine condition.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wool
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed C. Macourlard San Francisco Watercolor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This watercolor painting is newly framed and is one of two by the same artist in our gallery. The second one is also signed by the artist and marked Southern California. The conditio...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Watercolor
$950 Sale Price
42% Off
Royal Copenhagen, Vase, 1940s
Located in Rivoli, IT
Glazed stoneware vase prod. Royal Copenhagen
Stamped to base
Category
Danish Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Unusual Folk Art, Bespoke Billiard Themed Floor Lamp, 8-Ball, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Folk Art, Bespoke Billiard Themed floor lamp.. 8-ball. Modernist, que sticks, Hand crafted, Shade measuring 16" in diameter.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Vintage 20th Century Engraving by G. Maroniez – "Par Temps de Neige" - 2Y564
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This evocative early-to-mid 20th century original engraving by George Maroniez, titled "Par Temps de Neige" (In Snowy Weather), captures a charming winter genre scene with remarkable...
Category
Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Painting Reading Man
Located in Nijlen, BE
Painting of a charming man reading, painted by the Belgian artist Karel De Bauw in 1944.
The frame appears much older to us, based on a Rococo model made in the 19th century.
A very ...
Category
Belgian Rococo Vintage 1940s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
$1,129
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