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Papau New Guinea Sentani Mounted Nephrite Axe, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Large and exceptional vintage tribal carved green jade/nephrite axe from Sentani, Papau New Guinea. The Axe is mounted in a custom made bronze base and is...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean England - Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Superb Large Antique South Indian dowry box Interior Design Décor
Located in London, GB
A Superb Large Antique South Indian Kerala dowry box
This Fine example shows a vast amount of patinated brass ornamentation decoration . internally there is one sub division. The m...
Category
1880s Indian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Industrial Art Deco 'Bar' Illuminated Glass Sign, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning illuminated directional sign made in England. c.1920.
Original black painted brass frame housing the internal illuminations above polished plate glass deep etched with ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco England - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Megalithic Stela
Located in London, GB
A tall anthropomorphic stele of carved granite, divided into two distinct regions of the body and face. The body is a single unarticulated block, but the facial features are outlined...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Granite
69th Battery Royal Field Artillery Framed Commemorative Embroidery
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
69th Battery Royal Field Artillery Framed Commemorative Embroidery
A stunning piece, in fine detail applied and embroidered tapestry, showing the counties and campaigns from 1855 ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Neo Classical Bronze Statue of Hebe The Greek Goddess of Youth A handsome piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Neo Classical Bronze Statue of Hebe The Greek Goddess of Youth
A handsome piece made in bronze and is set on a square plinth, the statue is fully 3 dimensional and looks very attra...
Category
19th Century Classical Greek Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Large Marble Solitaire Board Game with 33 Early Handmade Clay Marbles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a complete board game of marble solitaire with a large turned maple board from the 20th century and handmade clay or stone marbles from the mi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art England - Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Turner, William Lakin - Original Oil on Canvas - Applethwaite, Underskiddaw
Located in Heathfield, GB
A fine original oil on canvas by William Lakin Turner (b. 1865 – d. 1936)
Turner was born to George Turner, a fine artist known as the Derbyshire Constable, and his wife Eliza.
Wil...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Fine 19th Century English School Original Oil on Canvas by William Pitt - 1856
Located in Heathfield, GB
William Pitt (active 1853-1890) was born at the end of the Georgian period, the exact dates of his birth and death are not known. He worked mainly in Birmingham and is known for his ...
Category
19th Century Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Alan Wallwork Studio Pottery Split Pod Sculpture
By Alan Wallwork
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stoneware studio pottery 'split pod' form designed by Alan Wallwork (British, 1931-2019) and dating from around 1980. The heavily made sculptural pod sta...
Category
1980s English Modern Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Half Round Blacksmith Made Iron Game Hanger, Kitchen Utensil Hanger
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Half Round Blacksmith Made Iron Game Hanger, Kitchen Utensil Hanger
A great piece it is a half round shape with 4 large hooks, it sits flat on the wall, if you don’t need it to han...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Bronze Siren
Located in London, GB
Sirens were dangerous bird-like females who tempted sailors with their hauntingly beautiful song. In Homer’s Odyssey (XII, 39) Odysseus and his sailors were warned about the lethal c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Statuette of the Goddess Neith
Located in London, GB
Bronze statue of the goddess Neith, striding, her left foot extended forward. Her left hand is extended forward and formally held a papyrus sceptre, a fragmentary ankh is visible in her right hand. She wears a close-fitting sheath dress, incised with a broad usekh collar, and carefully engraved bracelets and armlets. On her head is the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, decorated with vertical striations and restored spiral and spire. Her face is finely molded, with a broad upturned nose and electrum-overlaid eyes and eyebrows.
Neith was one of the earliest recorded gods in the Egyptian pantheon, worshipped from early in the Predynastic era through to the arrival of Roman rule. A war goddess and goddess of weaving, she was the patron goddess of the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the city of Zau (Sais, in the 5th Nome of Lower Egypt) in the Delta. A powerful and popular goddess, she was, according to the Iunyt (Esna) cosmology, the creator of the world and the mother of the sun, Ra. This made her the mother of all of the gods, who often came to her to settle their disputes.
Her symbols are the bow and arrows and a sword and shield as a war goddess, a weaving shuttle as a funerary goddess, and the Red Crown of Lower Egypt as the goddess of creation and mother goddess. She is usually depicted as a woman wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, however, she is occasionally depicted as a cow in connection with her role as the mother of Ra.
The use of electrum, a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver sometimes called ‘green-gold’, for the eyes speaks to the high status of the object. Electrum had been used by the Egyptians since at least the 3rd millennium B.C., but, give its rarity, was reserved for the most expensive and important objects. Most electrum used in Egypt was imported from Nubia, though some was found there.
Published:
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, February 25th, 1971, no. 70, illus.
Sotheby’s, New York, June 5th, 1999, no. 31, illus.
David Aaron Ltd...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th century fairground figure Pierre Jean Marie Laval
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground figure
An early 20th century hand carved French fairground knockdown figure in the form of Pierre Jean Marie Laval , in original untouched condition. W...
Category
1920s French Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Ancient Indus Valley cup bearer Fertility figurine C (2800-2600 BC).
Located in London, GB
Ancient Indus Valley cup bearer Fertility figurine Circa (2800-2600 BC).
A rare female pottery cup bearer figurine in terracotta with pointed facial features and applied diamond sha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl
Located in London, GB
A very rare and near-complete copper-alloy hanging bowl and associated fittings. Crafted from a single sheet of bronze, the body of the bowl is curved, with a slightly recessed lip. ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier English Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel circa 1864.
Beautiful piece of traditional swedish history. Being a small model with a foot peddle this machine was likely to used to sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
A Car made famous by Amelia Earhart the Kissel Gold Bug Speedster thought of as one of the hottest cars on the road...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
Fine Antique Japanese woven copper box basket Asian Antiques Ikebana 中国古董
Located in London, GB
A fine a rare Japanese box masterly woven in copper, the box with lid and handles
dates to 19th century Meiji Period, and it imitates the Ikebana bamboo basketry style
Height 17...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Large Vintage Display Figure, English, Plaster, Decorative Ornament, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage display figure. An English, plasterwork decorative girl with duck ornament, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
A chaotic moment, with the unruly duck...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco England - Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
18th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Calvarium Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee shelf. Original polychromed painted decoration, European in origins, age related wear...
Category
18th Century European Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Mid-Century Wooden Csrved Male Head Gentleman Bust Art
Located in London, GB
A wonderfully carved wooden head of a male.
Age unknown, but super decorative and skillfully carved from a single piece of heart wood. Heavy and solid and in as found condition. S...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Native American South West style Coral turquoise Necklace
Located in London, GB
Large Vintage Native American South West style Coral turquoise Necklace
A double string of Large high quality natural red coral beads with turquoise and natural elongated pearls
Vint...
Category
1970s American Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Coral
Vintage Shop Counter Display, English, Plaster, Decorative Figure, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage shop counter display character. An English, plasterwork decorative retail figure, dating to the Art Deco period, circa ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco England - Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Shop Retail Display, English, Plaster, Decorative Figure, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage shop retail display character. An English, plasterwork decorative merchandising figure, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
Superb character, with a raised ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco England - Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Charcoal Petal Gourd I by Julie Nelson
Located in Geneve, CH
Charcoal Petal Gourd I by Julie Nelson
-One Of A Kind-
Dimensions: D 28 x H 22 cm
Materials: Ceramic stoneware and porcelain.
Artist Julie Nelson uses the materiality of clay as a m...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern England - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique circa 1880 Super Rare Black Forest Hand Carved and Painted Whip Hook
By Black Forest
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, stunning, original circa 1880 Swiss made Black Forest wood, whip hooks which has the original paint
This is a fine exa...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Clay Bust of a Child by Philippe Seené, 2004 set on Bronze Life size s
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Clay Bust of a Child by Philippe Seené, 2004 set on Bronze
Life size signed bust of a cherubic child, the bust is made in clay and is set into a bronze plinth, the signatur...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art England - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Early 20th century fairground figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground figure
In the form of Benito Mussolini this early 20th century hand carved French fairground knockdown figure is in original untouched condition. With ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Late C19th Italian Oil On Board Cat Painting With Bark Folk Art Frame
Located in London, GB
Late C19th Italian oil on board cat painting.
Wonderful and rustic scene depicting four cats chasing a frog with folk art style bark frame. Signed Saglio Rossini Joseph. In good con...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th century set of four Fairground knock down figures.
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century set of four Fairground knock down figures.
The best examples of fairground are we have uncovered. An amazing set of 4 early 20th century hand crafted lead weighte...
Category
1920s French Late Victorian Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Fine and Rare Early 19th Century Carved Bootjack in the Form of a Pistol
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare !9th Century hand carved antique treen bootjack, to remove riding boots, in the unusual form of a pistol.
This is a rare find and unfolds to form a bootjack with be...
Category
19th Century Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Beech
Large Antique Terracotta 19th Century Dairy Bowl Kitchen Decoration, C.1880
Located in London, GB
A very large 19th century dairy bowl. c.1880
Terracotta with beautiful green glazed bowl with wonderful ancient stapled repair. Some minor chipping here and there, but a great dec...
Category
Late 19th Century English Industrial Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Large Sculptured Greyhound Dogs
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pair of Large Sculptured Greyhound Dogs
This Super pair of Dogs has a good patina they appear to be made with an old polished steel finish
They are in very good condition with a bea...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
19th Century POW Shoe Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
19th Century POW shoe snuff box
We are proud to offer a 19th century POW carved wooden snuff box, The toenails have likely been replaced over time. T...
Category
1880s Unknown Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Asian Indian Silver Bracelet Oriental Jewelry Jewellery
Located in London, GB
Vintage Asian Indian Silver Bracelet
Beautiful cuff bracelet with pierced and pearl shaped edge design
High grade silver
Width 4 cm weight ...
Category
1980s Indian Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Early 20th century carved wooden devil puppet
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century carved wooden devil puppet
A nice untouched example of an early 20th century hand carved wooden puppet in the form of a devil. Likely from a larger Punch and Judy...
Category
1920s Unknown Late Victorian Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
'Rat Dog' Sculpture in Fiberglass by Finn Stone
By Finn Stone
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
We love this piece! Number 2 from an edition of 2, the other was sold recently on Saatchi online, and honestly we don't mind rat dog hanging around, he eats no...
Category
2010s English Modern England - Folk Art
Materials
Fiberglass
Impressive Huge 19th Century Pawnbroker Folk Art Sign with Three Spheres Symbol
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An impressive rare and monumental in scale folk art pawnbroker trade sign with its original trio of giltwood spheres which represent the universal symbol for the pawnbroker trade.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Mahogany Inlaid Fretwork Mirror with Ho Ho Bird
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
Antique Fretwork Mirror
Antique Mahogany Inlaid Carved Fretwork Mirror with Gilt Ho Ho Bird Pediment.
Mahogany carved fretwork mirror for sale with a gilt Ho Ho bird pediment shell...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Ethnic Himalayan Tibetan Turquoise Coral Necklace
Located in London, GB
Vintage Ethnic Himalayan Turquoise Coral Necklace
A beautiful necklace of large Tibetan Turquoise beads
interspersed with natural red coral beads with silver clasp
Period 2nd half ...
Category
20th Century Tibetan England - Folk Art
Materials
Coral, Silver
Stunning Vintage Metal Advertising Letter A
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A stunning vintage metal advertising letter A.
The patina on this item is sensational.
Category
Mid-20th Century British Industrial England - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Italian Copper Wine pitcher 18th Century Venetian Venice European
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian Copper Wine pitcher 18th Century Venetian Venice European
A fine example of Italian copperwork from the 1700s, with fine embossed decoration including Fish, Leav...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Fine rare Antique Indian Hindu Mughal style Jade bracelet Asian Jewellery
Located in London, GB
Fine rare Antique Indian Hindu Mughal style Jade bracelet
Period early 20th century
Fine quality celadon type jade decorated with silver and semi precious stones
Condition: Fine...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian England - Folk Art
Materials
Jade, Silver
American Primitive Oil Painting Child Portrait 1840 Folk Art
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous American primitive oil painting of two girls
This quirky portrait is a wonderful piece of folk art
Circa 1840
Wonderful effect of craquelure from the age o...
Category
1840s Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
Large Heavy Duty Cast Iron Gentlemen Wall Sign Plaque, C.1930
Located in London, GB
A large heavy duty cast iron Gentlemen sign. c.1930
In totally original condition with an amazing patina to the green paint. Likely once mounted outside a public restroom or simil...
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial England - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Traditional English Painting Swans on River Molember East Molesey Surrey England
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1994, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - By the Molember, East Molesey, Surrey, England
(Mole...
Category
Late 20th Century English England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
An Extra Large Oil on Canvas Painting Aft. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Suffolk, GB
An extra large oil on canvas painting aft. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA of Return from Hawking measuring 177 x 263 x 12 cm (including frame). The painting depicts a scene near the ar...
Category
19th Century English Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Italian Tuscan Landscape Painting Grand Tour Pastoral Art
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Italian oil painting showing a classic Tuscan landscape
Great work of Grand Tour art with the ruined temple to the left of the painting
The rest of the work shows a idylic p...
Category
1950s Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
Superb Antique Yemeni Saudi Arabian Khanjar Jambiya Dagger Silver Islamic Arts
Located in London, GB
A Rare Large Antique Jambiya Dagger with highly ornate silver work with added gold gilding
A superb example of a middle eastern Jambiya
Height 3...
Category
Late 19th Century Yemeni Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Internalite Ladies Illuminated Sign, c1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning illuminated 'Internalite' directional sign made in England by K.F.M Engineering. c.1930.
Wall mounted brass frame housing the internal illuminations above polished plat...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco England - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Holy Spirit Dove
Located in Hastings, GB
Hand carved Italian Holy Spirit Dove, polychrome painted, dating to the 19th century. Would have originally hung inside a Church, usually over or near...
Category
1880s Italian Baroque Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Small Antique Decorative Mask, Continental, Weathered Bronze, Georgian, C.1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique decorative mask. A Continental, weathered bronze mask with Eastern overtones, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Fascinating bronze mask with appeali...
Category
Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Flemish Oil Painting Floral Still Life Antique Art 1900
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning work of art in the form of an antique Flemish still life Good size at four feet tall - 121 CM
Such a vivid piece with the colourful flowers overflowing from the campana urn
...
Category
Early 1900s Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
Antique Original French advertising poster Curacao Mirabelle
Located in London, GB
Antique Original French advertising poster Curacao Mirabelle
Hand coloured Lithographic print
Framed in a simple photo frame gold with plexiglass
Condition : Good, minor damages ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century miniature oil on board painting of edelweiss
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century miniature oil on board painting of edelweiss circa 1880.
Fine quality desktop painting of edelweiss, presented on a wooden easel.
Minor losses to paintwork.
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Folk Art Portrait Painting Of A Young Girl
Located in Ongar, GB
A lovely naive 19th century Folk Art portrait painting of a young girl picking wild flowers with a basket. Three quarter length oil on canvas. In a bird-eye maple frame. The painting...
Category
19th Century European Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of a Gentleman in pastel and Charcoal by Thomas Price Downes
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Portrait of a Gentleman in pastel and Charcoal by Thomas Price Downes
A Beautifully executed piece of an unnamed Gentleman sitting in a chair at his desk
The Drawing is in fair cond...
Category
19th Century Beaux Arts Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
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