Ball Toss
"Playing Ball", Superb Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes by François-Louis Schmied
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vivid and sensual painting of two nude male figures, each ready to toss a ball into the air
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$7,120 Sale Price
20% Off
H 13.75 in W 10.5 in D 1.5 in
Carved American Carnival Head, circa 1890s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
century carnival head featured in a ball or ring toss game.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
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Vintage Carnival Ball Toss Game Target
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Carnival Ball Toss Game Target. Hand made and hand painted. Made of cloth. Two available
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Leather, Canvas, Wood
Clown Ball Toss Game with Great Detailing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wood clown fragment carnival ball toss game with great detailing, all original vibrant painted
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Fairground Ball-Toss Game, England, Circa 1910
Located in Culver City, CA
Fairground ball-toss game
England Circa 1910
Laughing clown in painted plaster and hessian
Category
Early 20th Century English Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
20th Century French Ball Toss "Passe Boule" Carnival Game
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Naïve French ball toss carnival or fairground game "Passe Boule", hand-painted over gesso, all
Category
Mid-20th Century French Toys
19th Century French Ball Toss Carnival Game "Passe Boule"
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Mid-19th century ball toss carnival game known as "Passe Boule" often depicting a figure to be
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Carnival Art
Antique Carnival "Donkey" Ball Toss, , hand painted, , mechanical folk art
Located in Buffalo, NY
Most Unusual Little Item,,LARGE 1920's Carnival, Fair, Ball Toss Game..Appears to be all hand made
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
French Ball Toss Rabbit
Located in Houston, TX
Charming Papier Mache Figure of a Rabbit From a Carnival Game. Used as a Ball or Bean Bag Toss.
Category
Early 20th Century French Carnival Art
Materials
Wood, Papier Mâché
Papier-Mâché Carnival Ball Toss Game
Located in Culver City, CA
Pierrot clown and portly chef with gaping open mouths.
Category
Early 20th Century French Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Carnival Game Mug
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The ball toss was a popular carnival game during the first half of the 20th century. Carnies would
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Passe-Boules Fairground Game
Located in London, GB
Antique Passe-Boules French fairground game
A rare French Passé-boules ball toss game circa 1920
Category
Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Handcrafted Fairground Passe Boule Set Panels
Located in London, GB
boule ball toss game panels. Crafted from pine frames and hand painted board, depicting some amusing and
Category
Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Games
Materials
Pine, Paper
Asian Garment Rack, Ming Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
. Beautiful openwork carving of double dragon chasing a ball.
At night, Chinese nobles tossed their
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Rosewood
Prehistoric Hand Hewn Stone Balls Taino Costa Rica & Vicinity Set of Four
Located in Point Richmond, CA
moving that foot, balancing the ball on the other foot and tossing the ball as far as possible.
On a
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Prehistoric Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
H 4.5 in W 13.25 in D 4.25 in
Ming Dynasty-Style Chinese Garment Rack, circa 1890
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
– also called Rosewood. It comes with open-work carving of double-dragon chasing a ball. At night
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Coat Racks and Stands
1960s Wicker Rattan Scoop Jai Alai Ball Toss Racquet Pair
By Franco Albini
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Ball Toss
Useful for wall decor
Style Franco Albini
15.75 h x 5.5 diameter
Preowned vintage review
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns, French, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
Smaller type "portable" carnival bean toss game with three figures; a Frenchman on one end, an
Category
Vintage 1910s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Composition
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns "Ligne, " French, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
throw of a ball and a direct hit. The young boys have hands clenched while one boy is holding a fish
Category
Antique 1890s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Composition
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns "A La Peche", French, circa 1905
Located in Incline Village, NV
the toss of a bean bag. This type of game would have been prevalent in carnivals during the turn of
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Composition
Tossing Game Paper Mâché 'Laurel and Hardy' Carnival Art, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Ball toss carnival game known as "Passe Boule (France)" often depicting a figure to be ridiculed
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Hmong Child Carrier Textile With Beads Mounted In Shadow Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
courtship with boys through ball tossing and folk song singing activities. According to Shoua V. Xiong (2012
Category
Antique Early 1900s Asian Shadow Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Velvet, Beads
Carnival Ball Toss Head
Located in Summerland, CA
Carnival Ball Toss Head
Late 19th century
Assembled pieces of oak joined together.
Traces of
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Metal
Ball Toss Carnival Game
Located in New York, NY
Graphic hand made bean bag or ball toss game with face.
Painted on panel with cutouts for eyes
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Pair Carnival Ball Toss Ponies
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1900 very unusual and rare pair leather covered carnival ball toss ponies with back legs that
Category
Early 20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Ball Toss Gameboard
Located in New York, NY
Graphic painted gaming panel of modernist design. Black wood framing added. The panel floats out from the wall to cast shadows through the holes of different colors.
Category
20th Century American Game Boards
Hessian Soldier Ball Toss Figure
Located in New York, NY
An ominous character from a midway carnival game, original surface dry paint, papier mache with wood backing, done in relief to hang on a wall or post for children to throw balls or ...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Papier Mâché
Pair of Papier Mâché French Fairground Passé-Boules Ball Toss Games c.1930-40
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
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Historically, passé-boule (ball-toss) was a very popular fairground game in France from the 19th century
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
later again, fibreglass. This game was a descendent from the slightly earlier passé-boule (ball-toss
Category
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
H 26 in W 21 in D 16 in
Set Of Colorful Carnival Baskets
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Great set of highly graphic and amusing metal carnival ball toss baskets. Bold primary colors make
Category
Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Collection of Six Carnival Knockdown Bottles
Located in Sheffield, MA
These ball toss bottle forms from an earlier time make one smile with childhood recollections
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Tonawanda Black Head
Located in New York, NY
an arcade ball toss.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Carnival Target Heads
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare set of three carved and painted circus/carnival target figures from a ring- or ball-toss game
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Pine
Hand Painted Pointing Hand Fairground Panel Sign; Try Your Skill, circa 1940
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
toss stall such as ball bucket or ball in the mouth. Two pence for a go.
A decorative gem
Category
Vintage 1940s English Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Pine
H 12.75 in W 28.75 in D 0.1 in
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Ball Toss For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the ball toss you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, composition and stone, every ball toss was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a ball toss — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A ball toss is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art styles are sought with frequency.
How Much is a Ball Toss?
Prices for a ball toss can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $350 and can go as high as $3,200, while the average can fetch as much as $1,218.
Finding the Right Folk Art for You
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of folk art on 1stDibs.
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