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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
A larkspur, also known as a pastry cutter, made of bone, Italy 18th century.
Located in Milan, IT
The larkspur, better known as a pastry cutter wheel, is made up of a toothed wheel, usually made of metal, in this case made of bone, rotating around a pin and inserted in the center...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Scultura in legno intagliato raffigurante Bambinello Benedicente del XVIII sec
Located in Torino, IT
Scultura raffigurante Bambinello Benedicente in legno laccato.
La scultura è in legno intagliato laccato e dipinto amano con applicazioni di foglia oro e foglia d'argento.
Il bambi...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
The Romance of the Western Chamber Saucer, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era c 1725
Located in seoul, KR
The scene depicted in the porcelain is inspired by "The Romance of the Western Chamber" (西厢记), which is one of the most famous Chinese classical novels and was among the first to be ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Ancient Pre-Columbian Inca Chimu Silver Portrait Votive Cup Vessel Peru 1400 CE
Located in Portland, OR
An important Pre-Columbian Inca/Chimu silver portrait vessel cup, Peru, 1400 CE.
The indigenous people of Peru created these vessels for more than domestic purposes. Rather, they were used during life & after life at funerary ceremonies that incorporated intricate religious libations and imbibing rites. To create this piece, the ancient metalsmith hammered a piece of silver into a very thin sheet, approximately the size of the finished work. Then, the artisan used fine-grained stone anvils and hammer stones...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Massacre of Innocents, 1640
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the first half of the 17th century. Oil painting on canvas, first canvas, depicting a high quality copy of the Massacre of the Innocents by Jacopo Robusti...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Late 17th century wood carving of Putto
Located in Bakewell, GB
Late 17th century wood carving.
C1690 carving of putti in a playing position on a original rocky base great patination and colour
size 60cm...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Winter Allegory Painting, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the mid-18th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting Allegory of Winter with putti of good pictorial quality. Painting of great size and impact, charac...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting MosesSaved from the Waters , 1630
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian painting from the first half of the 17th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a very high quality fragment of a Moses saved from the waters attributable to Francesc...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
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 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Poplar
Egyptian Steatite Scarab in Gold Pendant
Located in London, GB
An Egyptian steatite scarab with incised features and hieroglyphs to the reverse. The front anatomy features a detailed head and clypeus with incised linear decoration to mark the prothorax and elytra. The reverse side is hard to distinguish. Mounted in a high karat later gold swivel pendant...
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Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Biblical Painting, 1660
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the 17th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a biblical subject, Abraham sending away Hagar and Ishmael, of excellent pictorial quality. According ...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Landscape Painting Genre Scene, 1720
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a splendid genre scene, snowy landscape with blacksmith's forge, of excellent pictor...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Pre Columbian Large Inca Early Colonial period Wood Kero South American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Large Pre Columbian INCA / Early Colonial period Wood Kero
A superb Large Inca Kero cup profusely carved in the mosaic style with a image of the Inca or...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Moses Saved From the Waters
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 18th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a biblical subject, Moses saved from the waters. The book of Exodus tells that Mose...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Oil on Canvas Painting Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the Well
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a religious subject, Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus is traveling...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
French antic stoneware ceramic pticher from Martincamp 18th century pottery
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Martincamp - France
Antic 18th century stoneware ceramic pitcher
Original good condition - some original little cracks
Height 27 cm
Large 17 cm
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Still Life Painting, 1730s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a large still life with flowers of excell...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
antics 18th century stoneware ceramic brutalist vase from Martincamp france
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Martincamp - France
Large brutalist 18th century stoneware ceramic vase
grey and brown stoneware ceramic colors
Original good contidition - ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Sycamore chessel mould curd drainer
Located in Arundel, GB
Ref: 122623
Sycamore chessel mould curd drainer
England circa 1760
Measurements: H: 9cm (3.5") W: 20cm (7.9")
Excluding Delivery. Please enquire providing a postcode for a del...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
Passing Boat and Bridge Pattern Tea Set, Circa 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
With a medallion of two boats sailing together, passing an island on which a solitary figure stands by or on a bridge, the rim with a narrow heringbone pattern, the reverse glazed ca...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Jesus and Herod, 1670
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork from the Venetian school depicting Jesus in front of Herod Antipas. On the occasion of Easter...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Oil on Panel Antique Flemish Painting Madonna with Child, 1670
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Flemish panel from the first half of the 17th century. Oil painting depicting a splendid Madonna with child inside a niche surrounded by a garlan...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early antique Russian Travelling Icon in bronze, 18th Century or earlier
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early Russian orthodox travelling Icon, hand made of bronze, which we date to 18th Century or earlier.
The bronze icon is cast with a main rectangular slightly curved shape with a smaller rectangular tab section above. The reverse has a hanging spigot cast into the top tab section. This piece has a mix of colours within the bronze with the high points being worn and shiny from wear and use.
This antique bronze icon probably depicts Saint Nicholas as the central image with other figures ( children?) either side of the head, all within a border. There are other details on the icon including letters and numbers towards the top of the main rectangle. The tab section is also decorated.
The reverse also carries decoration but is quite worn.
Overall an early and very interesting Russian bronze Icon...
Category
Russian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Guatemalan Carved Wood Altar Figure of Angel (Gabriel), 18th century
Located in Austin, TX
Symbolism and craftsmanship aside, this Guatemalan Carved Wood Altar Figure of the Angel Gabriel from the 18th century holds within it an immense...
Category
Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier 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 ...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Metal
18th Century Oil on Canvas English Religious Painting Baptism of Lydia, 1762
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique English painting dated 1762. Framework oil on canvas signed lower left J. B. J. (John Baptist Jackson 1701 - 1780, missing authentication) depicting a religious subject Bapti...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Pre-Columbian Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a pre-Columbian bust or full effigy figurine. Earthenware figurines like this were made in great abundance throughout Mesoamerican history, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events across Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, or coiffure, and ear spools...
Category
Central American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Wedding Chest From 1797
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A pine wedding chest from Central Europe, probably German, dated 1797. The Neoclassical style persisted in Europe until after the 1820s. This color scheme of terracotta red and earth...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Two Pre Inuit Thule Culture Bone Tool Handles
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Two carved bone tool Handles from the Pre-Inuit Thule Culture in all original condition. Probable wood working tools, the handles once held Stone or, more rarely, Iron blades. The la...
Category
Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bone
A Colima Shark Effigy Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
A Colima shark effigy vessel. Mexico. 1st Century BC - 2nd Century AD.
On stand : 7.5" h
Category
Mexican Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
'Spotted Horses' Pattern Blue and White Saucer c1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng
Located in seoul, KR
The interior painted with two spotted horses at play beneath a willow tree, the exterior with a cafe-au-lait glaze
Period : Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period
Production Date : C 1725
M...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Edward III 1361-1369 Gold Noble Treaty Period 1361 - 1369, London
Located in Braintree, GB
Edward III 1361-1369 Gold Noble Treaty Period 1361 - 1369, London.
Country: England
England
Period: House of Plantagenet
Ruler: Edward III
Phase: treaty p...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Scandinavian 18th Century Wooden Box, Dated 1752
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish Baroque box with original ironwork, key and big strong perfectly working lock dated (forged in the iron) 1752. This special shaped pine wood box, bought in the region of "...
Category
Norwegian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Two Antique Niger Bura Peoples Fired Clay Heads on Stands
Located in Morristown, NJ
Bura fired clay heads, possibly 3rd-10th c. CE, Niger, Bura peoples. These are very expressive examples on custom mounts, the larger with manganese deposits.
Between the 3rd and 10th centuries, the dead were laid to rest at a site in present-day Niger downstream from the Inland Niger delta. The burial ground’s density and expanse suggest a veritable city of the departed. Several hundred individual graves were marked by upturned pottery urns, some of which were cylinders topped by figurative imagery. The most elaborate of these were full-bodied equestrians, while the most basic were highly abstract, independent heads.
Note: These figures will be professionally packed by a specialist shipper at the sellers expense.
Dimensions:
11.25"h x 6.75"w x 3"d and 8"h x 3.75"w (incl. stands)
Condition:
Good, wear consistent with age and materials
Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner from Dr. David Rilling, 1990s.
About Dr. David Rilling.
A Pennsylvania based medical doctor, Dr Rilling began collecting African and Oceanic antiques...
Category
Nigerien Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
South American antique earthenware pots/simple vessels/Wabisabi earthenware
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is thought to be excavated earthenware from around the 15th to 19th century.
Judging from the soil, texture of the surface, and shape, it seems to have been made in South America....
Category
Peruvian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Peruvian Bolivian Colonial Painting Virgin Oil on Canvas 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th painting of the Virgin del Castillo's
South American Peru or Bolivia school 19th century
Signed Balbino Edo, Pinto 1859
Oil on canvas, 72 by 98cms. 36 x 27 inches
Con...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Early 18th Century Wedding Blanket Chest
Located in Albignasego, IT
Tyrolean wedding chest
Measurements: H.80 – L.156 – P.55
Period: early 18th century
Origin: Tyrol
Essence: Fir
Large Tyrolean chest, in fir wood, with shaped lowering.
The front is...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Apulian Red Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
Located in London, GB
An Apulian lekanis comprised of two distinct components. The lower portion features a footed bowl adorned with a sleek black glaze, providing an elegant foundation for the vessel. Tw...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century French Portrait Painting of man with gold painted gilt wood frame
Located in Milano, IT
An 18th Century French Portrait painting of a man in its original gold painted gilt wood frame. The frame has time worn damage t...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Italian 16th Century Pair of Curios Chest Feet The Sea Monk Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather odd pair of hardwood carved furniture feet from South Tyrolean region Italy, possibly from a ecclesiastical piece like a chest.
They remind me of the early imagery of the S...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Late 18th Century Swiss Pine Blanket Chest
Located in Albignasego, IT
Late 18th century Swiss stone pine chest
H. 88 cm – L. 145 cm – D. 69 cm
Beautiful chest in pine wood, built at the end of the eighteenth century.
On the front there are three...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fir
18th Century Bronze Palanquin Leopard Finials
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Bronze Palanquin Leopard Finials
An intriguing pair of 18th-century Bronze Palanquin Leopard Finials, exquisite artifacts that represent the opulence and cultural herit...
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Indian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Allegory Painting Cherubs Game, 1640s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the first half of the 17th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting an allegorical subject, Game of cherubs, of excellent pictorial quality. Painting of beautiful size and proportion adorned with a non-coeval 19th century wooden frame, carved and gilded (gilding resumed in the 20th century). Painting that develops horizontally from the particular subject, in fact the cherubs delight in the game of war with soldiers and prisoner and fake wooden swords abandoned at their feet (see photo). Artwork of great pictorial quality, note how the characters are distributed on different perspective planes of the composition. Furthermore, the creation of the flesh tones and the skilful use of chiaroscuro denote great mastery. Painting attributable to the Neapolitan painter Massimo...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Medieval Silver Gilt Floral-Shaped Ring with Enamel Inserts
Located in London, GB
An exquisite silver gilt finger ring featuring a beautiful floral-shaped bezel with raised bosses and remnants of blue and green enamel. The ring is further embellished with several ...
Category
European Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Enamel
A Rare and Finely Carved Egyptian Wooden Headrest
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Carved Egyptian Wooden Headrest with a Carved Head to both Sides Representing the God ‘Bes’ (Protector of the Homestead) above Carved...
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Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wood Block Prints "Four Seasons of Tokyo" Uchida Wood Block Printing Co
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Uchida Wood Block Printing Co., Ltd:
"Four Seasons of Tokyo", Kyoto, Uchida Wood Block Printing Co., Ltd, undated but ca. 1960, folio of four woodblock prints in a presentation folde...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Portrait Painting, 1680
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a portrait of an old lady, The widow of the pharmacist from Trento, of good pictori...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
A Rare and Historically Important Artefact Recovered from HMS Adventure in 1775
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Historically Important Artefact Recovered from HMS Adventure in 1775 after Captain James Cook’s Second Voyage to the Pacific
A ‘coconut husker’ made by a ship’s carpenter aboard HMS Adventure in the style and design of a Native Islander’s ethnographical ‘coconut husker’
An engraved and inscribed copper plaque:
A memento from
The Sandwich Islands
Coconut Husker used aboard
HMS Adventure
and recovered from
The Royal Dockyard Deptford
1775
Oak, iron, brass, copper, handmade iron screws
Fine rich colour and patina
England / Sandwich Island
18th Century
SIZE: 15.5cm high, 49.5cm long, 20cm wide (max) - 6¹⁄₈ ins high, 19½ ins long, 7⁷⁄₈ ins wide (max)
Provenance:
Found in a Scottish attic after centuries of lying hidden in a crate
Ex Private Scottish collection
Captain James Cook’s second voyage aboard the Resolution and accompanied by HMS Adventure set sail in July 1772. The discovery of the southern eight islands of the Sandwich Islands group was in 1775. The given name was chosen in honour of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty.
The copper plaque and inscription however should not be read as The Sandwich Islands ‘Owhyhee’ (The Hawaiian Islands) which were later discovered on January 18th, 1778, on Captain Cook’s third voyage. Rather the inscription refers to ‘South Sandwich Islands’ lying to the south east of South Georgia and only renamed later with the word ‘South’ to distinguish them from the ‘Sandwich Islands’ now known as the Hawaiian Islands.
Not withstanding during Cook’s second voyage he visited Easter Island, Tahiti, Society Islands, Niue, Tonga, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Islands, Palmerston Island and South Georgia. The crew onboard having been exposed to various types of ‘coconut huskers’ adapted those designs into the example we now see, having been rescued from HMS Adventure in 1775. A rare example of 18th century cross...
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American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
Byzantine Silver Ring with Granulated Shield Bezel
Located in London, GB
A silver Byzantine ring, distinguished by its large, granulated shield bezel, which reflects the artistic prowess and cultural significance of the Byzantine Empire. The ring possesse...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Petite Chupicuaro Female Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This standing female figure was crafted in 400-100 BC from the ancient Chupicuaro region of Mexico. The ceramic works of the Chupicuaro people are distinguished by their slanted, cof...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish 18th Century Raindeer Sleigh 100% Original
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very RARE 100% Original Swedish Rain deer sleigh. I have owned it for over 30 years and its time for someone else to enjoy it. you will NEVER see another!!!!!
Category
Swedish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Birch, Pine
Rare Original 17th Century Dutch Oil on Canvas Painting of a Nobleman
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original 17th century Dutch, oil on canvas painting of a noble gentleman.
The condition of the oil is very good, the frame is distr...
Category
Belgian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Very Large American Indian Original Textile Piece by Artist Dana Boussard
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Titled "Between Places" Very Large American Indian Original Textile Piece by Artist Dana Boussard Mixed media on fabric 62 x 46 in
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Islamic Intaglio in Sasanian Gold Ring
Located in London, GB
A Sasanian gold ring adorned with a carnelian intaglio featuring masterful calligraphy. The carnelian intaglio in this particular ring is a testament to the mastery of early Islamic ...
Category
Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Carnelian, Gold
Vintage Boho Signed Abstract Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in west palm beach, FL
Vintage oil painting on canvas. This work is titled ‘Seek the Light’ by the artist. The piece evokes a deep emotional feeling with pigmented layers of dark and light colors. It’s vib...
Category
American Bohemian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Roman Beaded Necklace
Located in London, GB
A restrung Roman necklace with stone and glass beads. It combines different materials, featuring striking blue and red beads. Romans valued blue highly for its symbolic significance ...
Category
Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure, a hand carved and painted fruitwood figure for a Christmas Crèche or Krippe. Excellent and delicate details to the head and hands. The half figure stands on a dowel set into platform base, dressed in original fine linen robe...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Fruitwood
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