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Period: Mid-19th Century
Exceptional 19th C. Chahut Carousel Horse with Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
An exceptional carousel horse in original paint depicted chahut (prancing). Expressive face and features including eyes and blinkers, mane, saddle and chest harness and hooves. Weath...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Folk Art Carved Wood Deer Head with Glass Eyes, 19th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A great looking hand carved original wooden Folk Art deer head wall decoration. A great piece for a suitable ambiance in a trophy room or the office of ...
Category
German Black Forest Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
New England Tall Case Clock, Wooden Works by Riley Whiting, ca 1819-1835
Located in York County, PA
Exuberantly painted, New England tall case clock in dark umber, red, & chrome yellow decoration, with wooden works by riley whiting, Plymouth, Connecticu...
Category
American Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Carved and Painted Wooden Eagle with Shield Attributed to John Haley Bellamy
Located in Savannah, GA
In all original untouched condition including weathered paint, this wonderful Folk Art wall plaque speaks for itself. Substantial size. It looks to be made to be mounted on a ledge, ...
Category
American Federal Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$9,713 Sale Price
24% Off
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 Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood, Pine
$992 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Wool Winder Stand, English, Walnut, Adjustable Yarn Swift, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique wool winder stand. An English, walnut adjustable yarn swift, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fascinating ear...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
19c Naive Oil Painting of a Young Girl in an Architectural Scene
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A 19c naive oil painting on a thin wooden panel of a young girl in an architectural and wooded landscape in a black painted frame with gilt slip. A regency period portrait...
Category
British Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$915 Sale Price
46% 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 Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Mahogany and Brass Skylight Ship Binnacle, T.S.
J.D. Negus NY, Circa 1860
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany and brass skylight ship binnacle. T.S. and J.D. Negus company was established in 1848 in New York City. They were makers of fine scientific instruments, circa 1848-1900. This highly desirable and maritime instrument is made of carved mahogany with a brass and glass skylight...
Category
American American Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Painted Folk Art Bent Wood Box
Located in OOSTERHOUT, NL
A beautiful antique bentwood box from the 19th century, originating from southern Germany. The box is richly decorated with folk art-style paintin...
Category
German Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Beech, Paint
Scandinavian Folk Art Wine, Alcohol Oak Cask, 19th Century
Located in Bochum, NRW
Scandinavian Folk Art oak cask, crafted in the 19th century and steeped in rustic tradition.
Constructed from robust oak staves and secured with authentic iron banding, this piece e...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Bronze Currency Bracelet/Manilla, Dogon People, Burkina Faso, 19th c. - No 2
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
19th-century bronze currency bracelet / Manilla in horseshoe form with fixed opening. Intricate graphical design with lines and accent points on the top and at both tips. This type o...
Category
Burkinabe Tribal Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign with Two Bermudan Ketches
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign off the Coast of Bermuda,
Circa 1865
The British sailor's woolwork or woolie, as this type of artwork is called, depicts a port ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
British Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Ships in a Bay
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ships in a Bay,
Circa 1860-75
This charming sailor's woolwork, commonly referred to as a "woolie," presents a Royal Navy frigate at anchor in...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
British Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship in Bay with House
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship in Bay,
Circa 1860-75
This meticulously crafted sailor's woolwork, often called a "woolie," is rendered in Berlin wool and portrays a Ro...
Category
Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Folk Art Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting - Original Frame - U.S. - Circa 1850
s
Located in Chatham, ON
Exceptional Folk Art reverse painting on glass with foil/tinsel back (églomisé) - original hand made wood frame with carved and painted details - unsigned - United States - circa 185...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Softwood, Paint
A refined Folk art walking stick with arts and crafts, Center America 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk Folk art stick. The barrel is carved and etched from a single branch of Mexican Maple (Acer skutchii) wood and finished with a dark brown patina.
The handle depicts the sculptur...
Category
Central American Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Decorated Salt Glaze Crock Sipe
Sons Cake Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine Sipe & Nichols decorated stoneware cake crock has amazing hand painted blue decoration and in very good condition.Minor rim chip as you...
Category
American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century American Blanket Chest With Original Paint Decoration
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Fantastic original paint decoration on this early 19th century pin blanket chest. Probably from the Manheim, Pennsylvania area c. 1835.
Featuring a two-board top opens on square hinges over a dovetailed well containing a lidded till. Raised on ball feet, with amazing unrestored paint decoration and including key. Measures 43.5" x 22.5" x 24.5".
Provenance:
Bradbury Antiques...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
Spanish hand painted Retablo Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Retablo is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art. Depicting a Saint and a child painted o...
Category
American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Swedish Chest / box with original paint from Northern Sweden
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Chest / Box from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
A beautiful box with untouched original painting.
On the lid it is painted with leaf loops and initials BJD...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Micmac Spiked War Club
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
MicMac spiked club. Chip carved handle with face on head having forged file spike at top with embedded and poured lead. Brass tacks and band of red painted hide...
Category
American Native American Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique English Tole Tray with Orientalist Painting
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty 19th century English oval tole tray with two cut out handles featuring a colorful orientalist oil painting complete with figures in a boat architecture and tropical setting ins...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
31 Brazilian Silver Amulets
Located in New York, NY
These 31 Brazilian amulets, or balangada, were hammered from sheets of silver in the 19th century to form pomegranates, sugar apples, guava, and other...
Category
Brazilian Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
$8,500 / set
19th Century Original Painted Therom Style Pantry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early handmade and painted fruit decorated and swag painted border on lid and base pantry box. The condition or surface of the paint is very good. This is very similar to the fr...
Category
American Country Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Swiss alp painted box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp painted box
Category
Swiss Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$784 Sale Price
43% Off
Galvanometer Antique Measuring Instrument Used for Telegraph Cables 1850 circa
Located in Milan, IT
Vertical mirror galvanometer made in 1850 circa, oak and glass, three adjustable screws at the base. Tool constituted by a magnet bar movable inside a coil and connected to a needle. In the absence of current the needle is positioned vertically while when the coil is crossed by the current it creates a magnetic field that moves the needle. This type of galvanometer was used for measurement of insulation of telegraph cables...
Category
British Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Set of Rustic Hunters Cutlery with Carved Deer Horn Handles
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique set of rustic hunters cutlery with carved deer horn handles
A rare antique set of 2 knives and 2 forks. The handles are made of deer horn and decorated with handcarved animals like deer, wild boar, hare or stag hound...
Category
German Black Forest Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Big Tray with Original Paint Serving Bowl
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Tray / Serving bowl from Boden Norrbotten ,Northern Sweden .
A large farmers handcrafted tray or serving bowl or centerpiece.
In solid pine wood.
A h...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Antique Cream Painted Toleware Chest. Henry Loveridge Maker. English C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful toleware chest
Not sure what the original function was. No evidence to suggest it was a coal bin.
Cream painted with gilt decoration in neoclassical style. Original paint...
Category
English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin
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 Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Naïve 19th Century Oil on Panel of Noahs Ark
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
19th century primitive oil on panel depicting Noahs Ark, original frame.
Wonderfully eccentric feel of the masses of animals boarding the Ark, Including a Unicorn!
Recently cleaned...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Provincial Chinese Mooncake Press, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this rustic wooden press is carved with five round molds used for shaping festive mooncakes. Packed with lotus root, red bean, or other regional fillin...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Mid 1800s Zinc Automaton Elephant
Located in Peekskill, NY
175 years ago this was created as a fountain that worked on water and counter weights. The elephant can now be plugged in and runs on dry land using a motor, cables and gears. The he...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 19th Century American Double Sided Games Board
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very early American wooden games board; probably the oldest I have handled, this dates to about circa 1835 and exhibits the markings of a typical cottage industry type manufacture (not unlike very early Noah's Arks). Obviously entirely hand crafted; measurements are not exactly square (left to right; top to bottom), probably made of a local soft wood, and hand painted with squares not perfectly delineated. Black light and "loop" inspection reveals age crazing and original paint that, in conjunction with original wear and no attempt to touch up, dates it to the early 19th century. Most definitely American, as the last thing an English immigrant would have brought to America at that time would have been a game.
When closed, or in the folding position, the board game simulates and is made to look like two books resting side by side (see images), and thusly, was made to sit on a book shelf, either horizontally or vertically; and to be pulled out to play games when desired, which would have been either the game of checkers (draughts), chess, or backgammon. The board opens up to a two sided game option. On one side is the proverbial 64 square (English/ American version) of chess or checkers; and on the other side is a backgammon board. Both sides are hand painted in gold and black, with a rust colored border around the checkerboard. The interior backgammon play area is also black and gold with the same color rust area to the central part. Nail hinges in the center frame, pivot the two sides to open, while a leather covering borders the edge trim, which is 50% lacking on the hinge side. I state the condition to be good, considering it's age, it's use, and the fact that it is still very "usable" and, if taken care of, will probably continue to be so for nearly another 200 years!
The checkers, (12) black pieces and (12) yellow (the correct numbers) are hand carved in wood and hand painted. The backgammon pieces (stored in period wooden box) contain 14 yellow hand painted and carved pieces and (13) black ones. (15) of each color are used to play backgammon (simply use the checkers, which are just about the same size (see images) to make up the difference. Most antique game boards...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Swiss alp painted box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp painted box
Category
Swiss Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$784 Sale Price
34% Off
Antique Danish Folk Art Wedding Greeting Declaration in Original Frame, 1864
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Some 150 years ago this Volk Art Work was presented as a gift to a wedding. It is called a declaration of love or a Honorable Gratulation attesting two people bonded in marriage. A l...
Category
Danish High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
British Sailor
s Large Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship Under Full Sail
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seafaring Artistry: A British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship,
Circa 1865–75
This remarkable British sailor's woolwork, or "wool...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Swiss alp painted box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp painted box
Category
Swiss Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$784 Sale Price / item
43% Off
Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Battleship Coming Into Port
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship Coming into Port,
Circa 1865
The British sailor's woolwork has a dramatic view of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship coming i...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antler Dressing Table Set with Mirror ca. 1840
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antler Dressing Table Set with Mirror ca. 1840
A marvelous antler vanity with mirror and a ring tray. It was made of wood, veneered with horn pieces, deer antlers and a chamois horn...
Category
German Rustic Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Large 19th Century Stone Sphere
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Stone spheres as these where made from antiquity to the present day. As a universal form it served as a ornamental object in gardens, architecture and interiors but also had a deeper...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
19th Century Decorated Stoneware Crock with Handles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century original decorated stoneware crock with double handles in fine condition. Fantastic folky floral design.
Category
American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Split Bars Quilt from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine split bars quilt was made in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and is from the third quarter of the 19th century. It is quite rare the colors on a chocolate brown ground. It is in very good condition. These quilts were typically made in that are in Pennsylvania. It is a Mennonite quilt...
Category
American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,980 Sale Price
39% Off
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box with Original Paint Swedish Antiques
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Bentwood box from Jämtland, Northern Sweden.
It has untouched original painting with a nicely painted leaf loop on the lid.
...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
antique shepherd’s chest, 1850’s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Low shepherd’s chest with a beautiful appearance and proportions. These chests were made in the same way for centuries. They were decorated with traditional magical geometric symbols...
Category
Romanian Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Beech
Folk art painted cup dated 1862
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Folk art painted cup dated 1862
Category
European Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$776 Sale Price
44% Off
Early 19th century hand carved hunting lodge fragment wolfs head
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century hand carved hunting lodge fragment wolfs head
Dimensions in inches: H 9” x W 10” x D 12”
Age: Early 19th Century
Origin: Austria
Condition: Aged
Overview
An ama...
Category
Austrian Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
19th Century Decorated Salt Glaze 3 Gal Crock- Sipe
Sons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine blue decorated hand made pottery crock. It has the original double handles and in fine condition. Minor base chip (tiny). Fantastic glaze surface. This is a large three gallon...
Category
American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Spanish Bowling Balls
Located in Round Top, TX
A terrific pair of mid-19th century carved wood bowling balls. A great accessory for any tabletop or bookcase.
Category
Spanish Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$750 / set
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 Mid-19th Century 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 Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Oak
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Sunshine Shadow Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Amish quilt from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in small one inch squares in wool and cotton. The piecework and quilting is very fine and g...
Category
American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
salt box from the high mountain village of Bessans in the Maurienne region
Located in grand Lancy, CH
salt box from the high mountain village of Bessans in the Maurienne region, part of the wing is unfortunately missing there is a collection label indicating its provenance
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th Century Oil on Board Painting
Winter Scene
by J.Orloff
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique 19th century oil on board painting 'Winter scene'
Made in Russia by Russian artist Jwan Petowitsch Orloff
Jwan Petowitsch Orloff (1815 - 1861) was a Russian painter.
The painting depicting the winter outdoor scene with a horse - drawn carriage and running away from the two wolves...
Category
Russian Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1864 Lincoln
Johnson Boston Union Presidential Ticket
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original Massachusetts Union Presidential ticket for the November 8, 1864 election. The paper ticket is printed in black, headed by a large spreadwing eagle carrying ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century Child
s Chair with Original Rush Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early form strong and very sturdy child's ladder back chair from New England is in fine and worn condition. The rush seat is very strong and sturdy with a fantastic patina.
Category
American Adirondack Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Cane
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Running Horse Gilt Weather Vane
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous example of a 19thc weathervane which served well and survived it's time on a country roof top.
A few dings and some wear by the front leg. Head is cast zinc. Was touched up...
Category
American American Craftsman Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Zinc
19th Century Native American Great Lakes Gun Stock Club
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Well tacked Great Lakes gun stock club with tapering hexagonal point. Recessed hand grip and shaft, profusely decorated with a pattern of pewter head iron nails forming zig zag, circ...
Category
American Native American Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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