Folk Art Sailor

An exceptionally well made woolwork, often referred to as a woolie, of an early British steam merchant ship assisted by sails on four masts. The forward two masts are square rigged a...

Antique sword made from a sword fish bill. Sailors catching fish on long voyages would save the bill from swordfish and make them into swords. It is framed in a shadowbox frame with ...

"Love As Deep As The Ocean" and "Home Is Where The Heart Is" Barbados, late 19th century Shells arranged in shadow boxes with gilt frames. Condition: Excellent, minor imperfection...

The fragmentary lid of a seaman's trunk with a wonderful and iconic image of a sperm whale. The lid was at some point in it's life rescued from a Sailor's trunk where it may have fun...

Vintage original Disney Donald Duck sailor rubber squeak toy made in Romania by Aradeanca in the 1960s. Donald Duck sports two tattoos an anchor on the left forearm and a heart wi...

A very rare whale Ivory scrimshaw umbrella form needle-holder. Throughout the 19th century whalers would practice the art of scrimshaw to keep themselves occupied since many whaling ...

Carved wood head, finely carved, sailor, with pipe, rare, good original condition.

Ed Parker is one of America’s leading painters working in the whimsical folk art tradition. Far from a simple Folk Artist, Ed Parker holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the Massachuse...

Field Day, Catholic School Girls, 2018 gouache on paper 17-3/8 x 23-1/8" – framed Ann Chamberlin's work explores history, identity and the intersection of personal and communal memo...

This antique sailor's box is beautifully inlaid with nautical motifs and the name of a possible sweetheart: Annie.The box has an overlapping lid and a removable compartment box lined...

Wonderfully rendered early Popeye figure, in the best, vibrant, dry painted surfaces. Although "flat" carved, he's painted on both sides. Mounted on his original base, completely i...

An exceptional carved hardwood bowl or trencher embellished with carved bone handles. Retaining a wonderful rich, warm patina, this bowl was likely made by an American sailor while a...

A sailor made Folk Art model of this size and quality is a rare find, and especially desirable because she is accurate down to the last details.

Folk Art Sailor's Woolwork With Trapunto Sails, The large colorful folky sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a large square-rigged three-masted first-rate battleship.

Folk Art Sailor's wood ditty box, Early 20th century The Folk Art sailor's rectangular wood box is inlaid with lighter colored wood inlays of various subjects including a sailboa...

Folk art Sailor-made vintage seashell long case clock Early 2nd half of 20th century The shell-decorated clock consists of two pieces the hood and the body of the clock-both with...

Folk Art Sailor's woolwork or woolie of a clipper ship, named Erin's Hope Boston, Possibly American, circa 1870s The folky sailor's woolwork is named the Erins Hope and Boston...

Sailors from various countries would carve green coconuts to help pass the time. This particular example is early and dates to circa 1800. It has some of the most interesting and fol...

Folk Art Sailor's Woolwork or Woolie of a Ship, Circa 1875-95.

Folk Art Sailor's Large Woolwork Woolie of The Royal Navy Ship H.M.S.

The sailor's woolwork of sailor's and companions dancing was made 865-75. It is a very unusual sailor's woolie with a large central design of two sailors dancing with their female...

Folk Art Royal Navy Sailor's painting of International Flag Code The sailor's Folk Art painting depicts a series of flags of the International Flag code as well as a Royal Navy Br...

British sailor's Woolwork Folk Art Woolie of ship with cliffs behind, circa 1875 Ref: NY9541-ninr) A charming Folk Art sailor's woolwork or woolie depicting a starboard-side vie...

The lid fits firmly in place to make this wonderfully folk-art sailors gaming artifact a rare example.

Soldiers ditty box A delightful example of a hand carved 19th century Folk Art sailor’s ditty box, with 2 draws, elaborate decorative motifs including a dated 190+ panel with the in...

19th century Sailor's Folk Art woolie portrait of an HMS warrior class frigate, the world's first armor clad iron-hulled ship, circa 1860.

Early Vintage American Sailor's Folk Art Knot Board, circa 1940, a classic piece of sailor's folk art showcasing over 50 knots, bends, hitches and splices, mounted on a stained plywo...

Clearly sailor's work, and harpoons specifically indicate a whaler, making this quite a rare piece of folk art.

The Sailors Return naive Folk Art tavern sign, hand-painted on wood boards, heavily weathered and distressed.

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Inlaid Wall Pocket, likely third quarter of the century, a sailor's hand-crafted folk art wall box or pocket, fashioned with oak sides and pine back, t...

The fabulous and unusual Folk Art sailor's trapunto woolwork is very charming and dramatic depicting a large three-masted ship passing close-in to shore with other small vessels near...

Cutting the Waves: A Rare Chain-Stitch Woolwork of a Tea Clipper This large-scale sailor's woolwork, or "woolie," offers a striking port side perspective of a tea clipper ship navig...

Sailor’s Folk Art game of recluse, late 18th-early 19th century.

Late 19th century Folk Art whirligig sailor figure We are proud to offer an original late 19th century hand carved wood Folk Art whirligig figure in the form of an American soldier.

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie of a Square-Rigged Ship, circa 1850, a sailor's folk art hand stitched wool yarn picture of a British single decker Ship of the Line, flying the...

19th century sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Photograph of a Young Queen Victoria, circa 1896, hand crafted wool yarn picture with silver thread highlights, having a period cut-down ca...

ANTIQUE FOLK ART CUSHION Originally would have been a love token made by a sailor on a long voyage and then gifted to their sweetheart.

Antique Sailor's Folk Art Woolie of a Single Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850, a sailor's folk art woolwork picture handcrafted of woolen yarn in a bold variety of stitches, depic...

• Date: circa 1900 (Edwardian Period) • Style: Coastal Folk Art / Sailor's Valentine Style • Subject: Anchor Form, Romantic Ruins • Material: Various Sea Shells, Coral, Chromolitho...

Antique Sailor's Folk Art Woolie of a Single Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850, a sailor's folk art woolwork picture handcrafted of woolen and silk yarn in a bold variety of stitch...

An interesting trio of framed and glazed sketches, believed to of been executed by the sailor William Wilson, circa 1860. One depicting a drunken sailor, 'A Sea Lion', with banner...

A particularly well executed needlework of a sailor and his sweetheart in a landscape, with his returning vessel in the background, cupid in the corner readying his bow and doves eit...

A 19th century sailor's shell valentine of typical octagonal form, the hinged glazed case enclosing a geometric pattern of various shells within colored card borders. Some minor l...

The Folk Art English sailor's woolie depicts a royal navy ship in extreme weather sailing across large deep swells.

British sailor's woolwork of The Sailor's Farewell, Circa 1865. This is a particularly lovely example of this rare sailor's woolie subject. The Sailor’s Farewell and the Sailor's...

A 19th century sailor's shell valentine of typical octagonal form, the glazed case enclosing a geometric pattern of various shells within colored card borders. Some very minor los...

A rather wonderful pen and ink on paper sailors chess board, with a aesthetically pleasing geometric pattern and with what appears to be Scottish castles, HMS Alert & Discovery. Hou...

A odd little oval wooden games board, possibly cribbage related or marble. The board has an anchor with initials carved into it, thus giving us the impression it was a sailors person...

Sailor made Victorian seashell encrusted hinged box with four tintypes portraits of a sailor and his family mounted on top with wallpaper lining.

A charming folk art pen, ink and watercolour collection of sketch's of Native Oceania individuals, beasts and sailors.

Magnificent Sailor's valentine. Great composition and complexity. In excellent condition. Valentine is ready for hanging on wall or can be displayed on at tabletop with stand. A comp...

A charming folk art pen and ink sketch of a Native Oceania gent by the shoreline, with a large vessel in the back ground. Likely to be of been penned in Papua New Guinea as the tribe...

'Ladies with Sailor', an oil on canvas study of two ladies flirting with a young sailor. Se in a gilt frame. Signed E. Herland to lower left. Emma Herland was born in Cherbourg a...

A classic depiction of three sailor on a shore with two American vessels in the background. Most likely painted by a sailor. Oil on canvas, 14" 26", sight, circa 1900.

19th Century sailor's small woolie of a steam sailor, circa 1870, a hand-crafted woolwork with a starboard side view of a ship-rigged auxiliary sailor, apparently a steel hulled doub...

19th Century weathervane of Sailor with spy glass with great surface that maintains traces of the original paint and early over paint.

Ditty boxes were used by sailors to store small tools and personal items,the body is made of out whalebone with a Mahogany top and bottom.Similar in construction to a shaker box with...

American 19th century Folk Art whirligig is hand-carved and painted, probably pine, in excellent original paint, which is obvious by noticeable period crazing.

Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Neptune fully dressed with sailors on the Yardarms, circa 1865. The sailor's woolie depicts the Third Rate, HMS Neptune, fully dressed with the sailors o...

British Sailor's Patriotic Woolwork with a British Soldier and a Royal Navy Sailor with Union Jack and White Ensign, Circa 1880 The sailor's woolwork of an upright format depicts a ...

This is a small antique Japanese chest of drawers. Its low, stable rectangular form and the deep black finish, enriched by many years of age and use, give the piece a quiet yet disti...

Early to mid-century porcelain flowers in warm and vibrant colours by Royal Adderley, England. Beautiful, delicately shaped pieces of high quality bone china porcelain. Originally de...

Mid-Century Italian brass "Question Mark" magnifying glass.

Dodie Thayer Lettuce Ware Tureen, Cover and Stand, Jupiter, Florida, 1987 The tureen, cover and conforming stand are naturalistically modeled as a head of lettuce, hand-built in gla...

This is an antique wooden table thought to have been used in ordinary homes and farmhouses in Japan sometime between the Meiji and Taisho eras. In Japanese, this type of furniture is...

This is a pair of pottery Komainu (guardian lion-dogs) believed to have been made during the Edo period, in the area around present-day Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Komainu are mythical...

Here is a side chair, its dark mahogany, spindle back, olive upholstered seat the first thing to catch the eye. It was made in France during 19th Century, a lineage that shows clearl...

An  elegant pair of giltwood frames enclosing twenty six  Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti intaglios dating from the early 19th Century. The various shaped plaster intaglios feature su...

France, 1900 Architectural church model with weathered wood construction, Gothic arched window openings and tall steeple. 15”w x 38”d x 27”h Ref. O2253 $ 4,600

Striking vintage table lighter modeled after the iconic Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra attack helicopter. Made in Japan circa 1970s, this sculptural lighter is finely detailed in chrome-plated...

An impressive high French Pharmacy Cabinet in oak. This cabinet was crafted in France around 1910. Elegantly refinished with black glossy lacquer. The lower cabinet featuring a lar...

Giuseppe Rivadossi, 'Blocco Galla' coffee table, Swiss pine, Italy, ca. 1969 This captivating monolithic 'Blocco Galla' coffee table is designed by Giuseppe Rivadossi, dating around...

In the 19th century, remembrance often took the form of hair, carefully arranged and preserved beneath glass. This relic transforms a simple lock into a quiet archive of love and los...

In the 19th century, remembrance often took the form of hair, carefully arranged and preserved beneath glass. This relic transforms a simple lock into a quiet archive of love and los...

Antique early 20th Century Continental solid silver and lapis lazuli mounted miniature mirror, of oval form, with the glass surrounded by segmented lapis lazuli panels and the revers...

Vintage Barware Musical Golden Rolls-Royce Crystal Decanter Set with 4 Shot Glasses ESM Collectible Luxury Barware Gift Description Celebrate the elegance of classic motoring with t...