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Set of Two Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of a couple dressed with traditional Spanish costumes.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In ori...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Fabric
Set of Three Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century set of hand painted rag dolls. The dresses are not present, showing only the wooden body and legs.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original cond...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Fabric
Antique Traditional Spanish Maid Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted traditional Spanish rag doll dressed with traditional maid costume.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In or...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Fabric
Set of Two Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of two men. One dressed as a hotel worker and the other one as a clown.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Fabric
Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of woman dressed with a kimono.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor we...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Fabric
Set of Two Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century pair of hand painted rag dolls of two parish priests.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age a...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Fabric
Traditional Spanish Ceramic Trumpet, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional Spanish rustic ceramic trumpet.
Manufactured in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserv...
Category
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Modernist Cubist Painting Fishing Boats by Coastal Fortification
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Fishing boats by Coastal Fortification
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
Gentle composition of a coast...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Figures in the Shade of Trees
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures in the shade of trees
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
signed lower right and lower left
stamped verso
A robust imag...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Travellers on a Path
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Travellers on a path
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
Easy on the eye painting of figures on a path, ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Steps into the Town
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Steps Into The Town, steep stone steps lead figures down amongst town buildings.
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Storm Approaching Paris
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Steps Into The Town, steep stone steps lead figures down amongst town buildings.
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Red Sail on the Beach
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Red sail boat pulled up on the beach
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
signed lower left
stamped verso
A looser composition t...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Figures in a Village
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures in a Village
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
Gentle composition of a rural village scene wit...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Ink Sketch, Religious Statue
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Ink study of a religious statue
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original ink and watercolor on paper
image size: 9.5 x 4.75 inches
mat...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, French Fields
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolor and ink panoramic French landscape of Fields below Hills
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolor and ink on paper
image Size: 6.75 x 9.8 inches
sheet: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
unsigned , stamped verso
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artists atelier/ studio, France (stamped verso)
A summer view of a French rural scene...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, Town Landscape
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Town landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original ink and watercolor on paper
size: 11.75 x 8.5 inches
signed, stamped verso
Condition: very good and ready to b...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, French Panorama View
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolor and ink panoramic South of France Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
Original watercolor and ink on paper
Size: 5.75 x 11.75 inches
Unsigned , stampe...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
Vintage Turkish Sharkoy Kilim Rug
Located in Torquay, GB
Vintage Turkish Sharkoy Kilim rug. Large sized 325cm x 225cm
Monumental large area rug measuring over 3metres wide.
Beautiful Ikat pattern with vibrant colours.
Tightly woven cott...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Cotton
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, Coastal Landscape
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Coastal Summer landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolor and gouache on paper
size: 13.5 x 10.5 inches
unsigned, stamped verso
condition: very goo...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, Two Mary Magdalene Works
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Two Images of Mary Magdalene
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolor, ink and gouache on paper
size: red image 5.75 x 11 inches
size: red image matting 10...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, a Grand Town Gathering
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
A Grand Town Gathering
by Bernard Labbe (French Mid-20th Century)
Original watercolor, ink and gouache on paper
Size: image 8.25 x 5.4 inches
Size: sheet 13.5 x 10.5 inches
Unsi...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, Still Life
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Still Life
by Bernard Labbe (French Mid-20th Century)
original watercolor, ink and gouache on paper
size: image 7.75 x 11.75 inches
size: sheet 10 x 14 inches
unsigned, stamped verso
condition: very good, right side of sheet (white margin) cut slightly unevenly, ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artists atelier/ studio, France (stamped verso)
A still life tableaux of objects, perhaps some surrealism in Labbe's work on this one. A bird perches above a face which is depicted as half skeletonised, a decorative mirror hangs...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, a Village Oil
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
A Red Roofed Village in France
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolor, ink and gouache on paper
size: 13.75 x 10.6 inches
unsigned, stamped verso
conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
Antique French Woven Wire Basket, circa 1900
Located in Trensacq, FR
Charming handcrafted Provincial French woven wire work basket, circa 1900. A well-executed nicely shaped 'pannier' with moveable handles and decorative loop...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antiquities
Materials
Wire
Early 20th Century Large Wood Stairs, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Early 20th century wood stairs.
Manufactured in France, circa 1940.
In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Brazilian Native Hanging Amulet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Early 20th century metal hanging amulet from native culture in Brazil. Known as 'Penca de Balangadas' was used in the ancient times as an amulet by the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Brazilian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Brass
French Modernist Cubist Painting Parisian Panorama of the Seine
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Parisian Panorama of the Seine, Working Boats and Figures
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
painting: 11.75 inches x 8.5 inches
A delightful original painting by the 20th century French Impressionist artist, Maurice Mazeilie. The painting has excellent provenance having come from the artists estate sale in Paris.
Mazeilie lived and worked in Montmartre, with a studio on the famous Place du Tertre. His love of the coast led him to also maintain a studio on the Brittany coastline.
Born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris in early 1924, Mazeilie painted coastal scenes in Brittany, Parisian landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Paris River Seine Barges
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Paris, the River Seine, working barges and figures
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
Watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
Unsigned
Stamped verso
painting: 11.75 inches x 8.75 inches
A delightful original painting by the 20th century French Impressionist artist, Maurice Mazeilie. The painting has excellent provenance having come from the artists estate sale in Paris.
Mazeilie lived and worked in Montmartre, with a studio on the famous Place du Tertre. His love of the coast led him to also maintain a studio on the Brittany coastline.
Born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris in early 1924, Mazeilie painted coastal scenes in Brittany, Parisian landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Fishing Boats on Rocky Coast
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Fishing Boats on Rocky Coast
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
one figure in foreground with two furth...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century Traditional English Painting Derrington Mill Holsworthy Devon
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - "Derrington Mill, Holsworthy, Devon", a detailed and delightful scene of a West Country village bridge...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century Traditional English Pastel Summer Evening by the Thames
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th century, 1908-1996), 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - "Summer Evening by the Thames near Hampton Middlesex", a colourful busy scene of people enjoying boating and fishing on the river near London.
Medium: pastel on thick layered card, unframed. A sheet of protective paper is attached to the upper edge, which we will leave in place to protect it until it is with its new owner for framing.
Measures: Painting : 15.5 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a private UK collection of this artists work.
Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. We have measured to exclude the unpainted edges.
Artist: Norman Arthur Olley was born in 1908 to a British Army family stationed in Lucknow, Bengal India. His mother died there in 1911, and his father in 1936.
Norman married in Gravesend Kent in 1937, and at the beginning of the war in 1939 he was an aircraft sheet metal worker.
He and his wife to Surrey in the late 1940's -early 1950's where he was a long term member of the Thames Valley Arts Club and where he regularly exhibited his work. In 1951 his painting "View from Richmond Park" was held in high regard at a very well attended exhibition in Esher, Surrey.
The East Molesey area was one of his favourite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century Traditional English Painting Rochester Castle View, Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th century, 1908-1996), 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso.
Title - "Rochester Castle from C...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Boat Pulled Up on the Shore
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Boat pulled up on the beach
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
signed lower right
stamped verso
painting: 14.7 inches x 10.8...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Figures in a Small Town
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures in a small town.
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021).
Watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed.
Unsigned.
Stamped verso.
Painting: 12.5 inches x 9.3 inches.
...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
Martini Antique Big Glass Bottle for French Advertising, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Big Martini glass bottle for French advertising.
Manufactured in France, circa 1940.
In good original condition, with consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern More Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Pair of Just Andersen, Denmark 1930s Art Deco Pewter Stylised Bird Pipe Holders
By Just Andersen
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Pair of Just Andersen of Denmark, Pewter stylised bird pipe holders
Although a pair, they are not identical - each has it's own characteristics
Circa 1930's
Stamped on each base
...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Antiquities
Materials
Pewter
French Modernist Cubist Painting Figures in a Country Village Street
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures in a Country village street
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
painting: 11 inches x 15 inche...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Paris Bridge on River Seine
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Paris bridge on River Seine
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
painting: 7 inches x 10.5 inches
A ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Brittany Coastal Scene
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Rocky Coastal Vista
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
painting: 10.8 inches x 14.8 inches (due to th...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Country Scene with Horses and Cart
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Country Scene with Horses and Cart
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French, Modernist Cubist Painting Bustling Paris Street Scene
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Bustling Paris street scene, Paris.
By Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021).
Watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed.
unsigned.
Stamped verso.
Measures: painting: 9.8 in...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
French, Modernist Cubist Painting Figures in a Parisian Street
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures in a Parisian street.
By Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021).
Watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed.
Signed to the centre right on the building.
Stamped verso.
...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Painting, Farmworkers
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures of Farmworkers, Female
by Bernard Labbe (French, active mid-late 20th century)
original gouache, watercolor and ink on artist's heavy paper
size: 9 x 7.5 inches (sheet overall is 15.75 x 13 inches)
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed, the white margins surrounding the image have some minor marks
provenance: the artists atelier/ studio, France (stamped verso)
Bernard Labbe (French). The artist was based around the Laval and L'Huisserie, Mayenne, areas in the Pays de Loire. Many items in this collection bear...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Painting, Figures and Geese, Labbe
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures with Geese on Farmland
by Bernard Labbe (French, active mid-late 20th century)
original gouache, watercolor and ink on artist's heavy paper
size: 9.25 x 6.5 inches (sheet overall is 13.25 x 10.5 inches)
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed, the white margins surrounding the image have some minor marks
provenance: the artists atelier/ studio, France (stamped verso)
Bernard Labbe (French). The artist was based around the Laval and L'Huisserie, Mayenne, areas in the Pays de Loire. Many items in this collection bear...
Category
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Other
19th Century Traditional English Painting of an Artist Sketching in Yorkshire
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - "The Challenge", an Incident Occurring During a Sketching Tour at Farnham, Yorkshire in 1945. With a rather angry looking bull tethered in the pasture, below the artist, one can only imagine the incident!
Medium: watercolor with pen and ink on stiff watercolor paper, unframed
Painting : 9.5 x 13.5 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a private UK collection of this artists work.
Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. We have measured to exclude the unpainted white edges.
Artist: Norman Arthur Olley was born in 1908 to a British Army family stationed in Lucknow, Bengal India. His mother died there in 1911, and his father in 1936.
Norman married in Gravesend Kent in 1937, and at the beginning of the war in 1939 he was an aircraft sheet metal worker.
He and his wife to Surrey in the late 1940's -early 1950's where he was a long term member of the Thames Valley Arts Club and where he regularly exhibited his work. In 1951 his painting "View from Richmond Park" was held in high regard at a very well attended exhibition in Esher, Surrey.
The East Molesey area was one of his favourite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Bolton Castle in Yorkshire, England
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Bolton Castle, Yorkshire, England. Cattle grazing the fields below the 14th Century medieval...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Boys Fishing near Upnor in Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1992, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Boys Fishing a Stream near Upnor in Kent. Lovely pastora...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Cornish Haybarn on Farm Near Launceston, Cornwall
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), undated, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Cornish Haybarn at Treglith Farm near Launceston in C...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Statue of Mary and Christ, Rochester, Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1996, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Bronze Statue of Mary and ...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Chalk Church from Fulborough Marshes in Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), c.1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Chalk Church from Fulborough Marshes near Gravesend, K...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting of a Village Scene with Figures, Dog and Horses
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - "Springtime Rendezvous by a Murmuring Stream". Charming image of a village lane with a figure walking his dog, and another relaxing on the stone wall watching...
Category
Late 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Other
Fine Hardwood Drum
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An authentic Tribal drum in all original condition. The Hardwood body of the Drum features fine Graining and has substantial weight. The very tight constru...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Musical Instruments
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Carnival Party Box with Original Objects, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique vintage party box with all the original objects.
Manufacturer by El Ingenio, Barcelona, Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
Category
Vintage 1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art
Materials
Metal
Ancient Textile Frame
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ancient textile frame by unknown manufactured.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Category
Vintage 1930s East Asian Tibetan Decorative Art
Materials
Textile
Set of Two Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century pair of hand painted rag dolls.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beaut...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Fabric
Antique Traditional Spanish Bullfighter 'Torero' Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of a traditional Spanish dressed with traditional bullfighter 'torero' costume.
Manufactured circa 1920 ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Fabric
Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Ancient Wrought Iron Candleholder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Spanish 'Hachero' traditional ancient wrought iron candleholder.
By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and us...
Category
Vintage 1930s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Antiquities
Materials
Wrought Iron
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