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Period: 19th Century
19Thc Applique of Wreath of Roses From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Wreath of roses applique quilt from Pennsylvania in pristine condition.This quilt is finely appliqued & nice quilting.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Folk art painted cup dated 1862
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Folk art painted cup dated 1862
Category
European Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Mid-Atlantic States Folky Slide Lid Candle Box with an Original Red Wash
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique American candle box.
In pine or fir with its original red paint.
A rectangular candle or table box having a slide lid with carved sides & a thumb slot.
Round nail...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Bassinoire, Warming Pan, Copper, France, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful copper pan from France, a so-called Bassinoire.
The lid can be opened with an external lever.
This antique form of a todays hot-water bottle was primarily used in aristocr...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
19th Century Mexican Religious Retablo
Located in Ross, CA
Antique Mexican retablo made in 1890 which includes a woman praying to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.
Framed in wooden frame ornately carve...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin
19th Century West Indies Original Watercolor (2 of 3)
Located in Hudson, NY
The original watercolor, shown here, is presumed to have been done in the West Indies in the late 18th or early 19th century. It, along with two other equally striking watercolors,...
Category
Caribbean Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century West Indies Original Watercolor (3 of 3)
Located in Hudson, NY
The original watercolor, shown here, is presumed to have been done in the West Indies in the late 18th or early 19th century. It, along with two other equally striking watercolors,...
Category
Caribbean Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Stunning Antique Victorian circa 1880 Pitch Pine Carousel Horse Merry Go Round
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Victorian Pitch Pine Carousel horse
A very well made and good looking piece, it was originally made for a carousel as ment...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large Empire Wall Mirror with gilt frame, early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large, gold-patinated wall mirror with stucco decoration in the form of tendrils and shells in the corners and in the middle of the moldings. The mirror glass has two blind spots in ...
Category
European Empire Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century Child’s Grain Painted Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-19th century Benchmade child’s grain painted Miniature chest of drawers. A country piece in the American Empire style, with a step-back drawer and backsplash, above the case with...
Category
North American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Photo Album with Wooden Carved Cover, Brienz ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Antique Photo Album with Wooden Carved Cover, Brienz ca. 1900
A lovely antique photo album featuring a lindenwood carved cover depicting a hunte...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C Painted Pine 8 Tea Box Dry Storage Haberdashery Kitchenalia
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming hinged box of simple construction, with its original painted finish and yellow painted number 8.
Possibly previously used in a tea dispensers or for dry storage of grains...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Octave Nicolas Francois Tassaert Pastel on Paper
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Octave Nicolas Francois Tassaert (1800-1874) pastel on paper. Portrait of woman.
Signed O.T 1854. 21 x 21 cm. Measure: The frame is 2 cm. wide. In good condition. The frame is in go...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of the Ship-Sloop "Coquette"
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of the Ship-Sloop "Coquette," circa 1880, a handcrafted sailor's woolwork picture depicting a larboard side view of a steam-sailor at anchor, fully dress...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 19th Century Swedish Bonad of The Nativity
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Extraordinary 19th Century Swedish Bonad. The Nativity, The imagery capturing the Baby in a Manger in the stable, being overlooked by donkeys and angels. Primitive and exuberant colo...
Category
Swedish Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19Thc Folky American Indian Totem Pole
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing antique American Indian totem pole came from a trading post in New Mexico originally.We obtained it from a Folk art collection in California....
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mounted Wood Horse Head
Located in Houston, TX
This fabulous carved Horse head is from a French Saddlery. Saddleries were used to design, manufacture, rebuild, and repair a wide variety of saddles, saddle trees, harnesses, riding...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Large 19th Century Painted Game Wheel
Located in Nantucket, MA
Large 19th century wooden gaming wheel with hand-painted face including numbers and central nautical star design. In black, maroon, yellow, and orange paints, with metal dowels sepa...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship,
The sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard view of a Second-Rate Royal Navy Ship with three masts. T...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Hand Carved "Virgen de Atocha" with Encrusted Jewels and Cherubs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Virgin Of Atocha - The Virgin Mary, 19th C. Wooden Sculpture believed to be from the 19th Century Mexico.
The piece is all hand crafted and quite large at 45" tall. The crown, an...
Category
Mexican Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold Leaf
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Marionette Knight with Sheild
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Marionette Knight with Sheild
A mid to late 19th Century hand carved Sicilian marionette knight puppet/marionette. Still wearing all in brass armour and si...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
36-Star Printed American Flag, Rare Haloed Star Medallion, Circa 1865
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This 36-star flag has stars arranged in a gorgeous and highly desirable medallion pattern. This particular medallion includes a large haloed star in the middle, two rings of stars s...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
William De Morgan Tile
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
5467
Large William De Morgan Tile in a design of Foliage, Flowers and a Seed Head in a Ruby Glaze.
For the design see Greenwood “The Designs of William De Morgan” Plate...
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Rugs Blue Caucasian Kazak Rugs, Geometric Carpet Livingroom Rug
Located in Hampshire, GB
Kazak rugs have primarily been produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces and the rugs of the Caucasus typically display bold geometric designs in primary colours. Kazak rugs are a type of Armenian rug...
Category
Caucasian Kazak Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Organic Material, Wool
Native America Navajo South West Style Pictorial Rug Tapestry, c. Mid 1900s
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a vintage Native American Navajo pictorial tapestry with hand-woven images depicting life in the SW United States. Navajo and other Pueblo Peoples rugs are generally flat...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
French 19th Century Folk Art Metal Rooster or Cockerel Weathervane
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful metal weathervane representing a rooster or cockerel,
France, 1850-1900.
Weathered and small losses. Measurement here below is inclusive the wooden base.
Category
French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Very Decorative Antique Ship Model with Beautiful Wear and Tear
Located in Beerse, VAN
Beautiful antique ship model made of different types of painted wood.
It was most likely made as a toy as we can tell by the less detailed construc...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Carved and Painted Figural Bust, England
Located in San Francisco, CA
Possibly from a ship, this rare antique late 19th Century English bust is carved and painted, representing a branch of the military. Portrayed in dress or formal uniform. Interesting...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Starbursts Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Starbursts are just the beginning of the patterning of this exciting quilt. Diamonds are filled with Robbing Peter to Pay Paul type circles that look quite different when used in hal...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Early 19th C Irish Provincial School Naval Officer Lieutenant Henry Anderson
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early 19th century British/Irish provincial school oil on canvas painting
Three Quarter Length Portrait of a Naval Officer, possibly Lieutenant Henry Anderson, housed within a gi...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
British Sailor's Naive Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George,
Circa 1860
A naive sailor's woolie with a Portside view of the H.M.S St. George, named below on a red banner, th...
Category
Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Monumental 19th Century Brass School Dinner Bell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century brass bell was once used to either call students to class or family and workers to the dinner table. Due to the substantive density of the bell along with its origi...
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Handmade Roof Rider Brick, Germany 1844
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Handmade Roof Rider Brick, Germany 1844
An antique roof rider made of clay featuring a head in outsider art style. Handmade in Germany in 1844. Good condition, one edge cut ...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Clay
19thc Full Body Copper Horse Weather Vane on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine full body copper horse weather vane has a amazing patina & surface.Found in a private folk art collection.The form is amazing with such a graceful form.
Height and weight...
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Swedish Gustavian Mora Clock in Original Green Orange Colors, Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish antique mora clock dating from early/ 1800s featuring green paint with orange details that is painted on the body.
The clockwork is sold 'as is' and should be considered as...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Black Forest Carved Bear Whip Holder or Wall Hook, Antique German 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 1890s black forest Brienz wood carved Bear as a Whip Holder or Wall Hook. Nice addition to your room or just for use it on your wall. Made of hand carved wood. Found at an es...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Navajo Weaving Late 19th Century
By Navajo
Located in Hudson, NY
Circa 1890 Navajo weaving with a very elegant and modern design. Nice mottling of the natural colors, especially in the reds. This is a very bold weaving. This weaving is in good as ...
Category
American Navajo Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Painted Casket Dominoes Set
Located in London, GB
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Painted Casket Dominoes Set
A stunning example of an early 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war hand painted casket dominos set. One of th...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Swiss alp kitchen ladle
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp kitchen ladle
Category
Swiss Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Swedish Original Painted Box Dated 1866
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A 19th Century original painted decorative box from the region of Jämtland in Sweden, close to the mountain that separates the two Scandinavian countries Norway and Sweden. These ty...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Kentucky Crossroads Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This unusual patchwork quilt most closely resembles Kentucky Crossroads and Sawtooth. The patterns are combined, though, as to create multiple additional designs. One can see Tree Ev...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
19th Century Faux Grain Painted Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Faux Grain Painted Chest, second half 19th Century, a diminutive six board chest with excellent quality original vinegar grain painted finish in a faux yellow pine patte...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store
Located in London, GB
19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store
Quite simple this is an amazing decorative object, encased in a 19th century glass and pine display, a handmade paper model of an Indian grocery shop, with wooden hand painted elephant and working man at the steps. Spencer and Co...
Category
Indian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 19th C George III Folk Art Shell Work China Man Sailor Maritime Naval
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderfully detailed and intricately decorated early 19th century shell work figure.
Depicting a traditionally dressed Chinese gent, with his wispy beard, hat and holding his bask...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Late 19th Century Carved and Painted Figural Bust, England
Located in San Francisco, CA
Possibly from a ship, this rare antique late 19th Century English bust is carved and painted, representing a branch of the military. Portrayed in a combat or working uniform. Interes...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
Memento Mori American 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
Rare American folk-art Memento Mori of Hiram Aluro Hill, died age 11, 1845.
Good penmanship, watercolor and albumin glaze with borders intact. Foster brothers of Boston frame.
This was purchased from...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century German Folk Art Bird Cage
Located in Hastings, GB
A charming late 19th century hand crafted primitive folk art bird cage, in the manner of a chateau, painstakingly detailed with hand painted r...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Round Painting, 1830s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the first half of the 19th century. Artwork depicting a story taken from the Gospel of Luke, the healing of the centurion's servant. A commander cared about the...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Lakota Sioux Painted Buffalo Hide by Merle Locke
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lakota Sioux warrior painting on buffalo hide by Merle Locke. Paint on contemporary buffalo hide. Painting of 16 warriors riding on horseback, each carrying feathered coup sticks, surrounded by geometric motifs. Captioned "Lakota On Victory" and signed by the artist at lower right corner. Merle Locke is a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, having grown up in the Porcupine district of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He is known for his ledger art paintings, evoking the style's origins amongst the Plains tribes in the 1860s. By this time, buffalo had become increasingly scarce, and the older tradition of Plains hide painting...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Carved Swan Decoy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very nice 19th Century carved swan decoy, unpainted. Very nice, natural looking. Life size. 24" x 10" x 17"H
Period: late 19th century
Origin: United Stat...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
English Wrought Iron Panel Baring the Monogram DC
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique English wrought iron panel baring the monogram DC. This exquisite sign has a scrolling handcrafted design; applied swags and floral embellishments are complimented by its ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Pre-Columbian Moche Erotic Vessel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This pre-columbian moche erotic vessel depicts two figures engaged in a sexual act, specifically the missionary position. It is a significant artifact showcasing the cultural and art...
Category
Unknown Pre-Columbian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
A Fine Fijian Chief’s ‘Yaqona’ or Kava Bowl
Located in London, GB
A Fine Fijian Chief’s ‘Yaqona’ or Kava Bowl
Carved of vesi wood with traces of old residue deposits, with old ‘fibre’ tribal repair
Wood, fibre
Fiji
19th Century
Size: 14cm high,...
Category
Fijian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
Benin-Style Bronze Figural Pipe Mouthpiece
Located in Chicago, IL
World-renowned for high-quality lost wax casting, the city of Benin in West Africa has been a leading producer of fine cast brass and bronze sculptures since as early as the 16th cen...
Category
Nigerian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box
Located in Downham Market, GB
An antique tramp art box.
A beautiful & early piece of tramp art, intricately layered in the traditional manner with notch carved wooden strips & finished with a pressed brass lion r...
Category
British Rustic Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century Cigar Store Carved Wooden Indian Tobacconist Trade Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A life size carved pitch pine cigar/tobacconist trade sign/point of sale in the form of an Indian. Often placed outside of a shop, the cigar store Indian became less common in the 20...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
American Painted Copper Cow Weathervane by Cushing & White
By Cushing and White
Located in Southampton, NY
American Painted Copper Cow Weathervane by Cushing & White. A off-white painted, full bodied, copper dairy cow on a wood stand. A wonderful unusual wea...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
American 19th Century Cherry Bowl Hand Carved
Located in Wallkill, NY
This is a wonderful American 19th-century primitive cherry bowl or trencher, hand carved very thin 1/4" think, an extraordinary amount of work went into making this bowl without dama...
Category
American Primitive Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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