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Material: Metal
Samuel Mazy Biscuit Porcelain Rose Bush Sculpture in Biscuit Porcelain Pot
By Samuel Mazy
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy. This Rose Bush is handmade in biscuit porcelain with painted copper leaves...
Category
2010s French Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Mid-Century Modern Green Yellow Lava Glazed Studio Ceramic Pottery Table Lamps
Located in Studio City, CA
A pair of fabulous Mid-Century Modern green and yellow lava-glazed ribbed ceramic table lamps. Quite fantastic, beautifully colored, and designed. Caught o...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Vernier Octant by John Todd, London, circa 1850.
An eleven inch radius vernier octant by John Todd with ebonised wooden frame with inset bone scale marked ...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Leather Strap with Six Brass Bells, Switzerland ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Leather Strap with Six Brass Bells, Switzerland ca. 1900s
Item e6991
An antique leather strap with six brass bells from the swiss Alps manufactured ca. 1900. These bells are ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Bell System Telephone Double Sided Flange Porcelain Sign
Located in San Mateo, CA
Flange mount double sided Bell public telephone porcelain sign. The porcelain has good color. There are some losses around the edges and in the sign.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Metal Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Reliquary Kota, Gabon, 1925
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional Kota reliquary comes from the Mahogwe tribe, which lives along the Ogooué River in Gabon. The Mahogwe are part of the Kota ethnic group located in the northeastern r...
Category
1920s Gabonese Tribal Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
The Riace Warriors, A Fine Pair of Cold-Cast Copper and Resin Replica Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Riace Warriors, a fine pair of cold cast copper and resin figures of the Riace Warriors, reduced replicas of the original bronze sculptures currentl...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Putaway, Vintage Toy Chest in Lacquered Metal, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Putaway, vintage toy chest in lacquered metal, circa 1960.
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Berber Tribal Silver Cuff
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Berber tribal bracelet.
Moroccan ethnic bracelet from the High Atlas of Morocco.
Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroccan si...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
Vintage Toy Motorbike by Oriental Metal Industries, India, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental Metal Industries Motorcyclist is vintage mechanical toy, realized in 1970s.
Vintage metal toy representing a big motorcyclist on hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Important 18th century Persian Jewish silver Amulet for mother and newborn
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Mysterious Amazing, 18th century silver talismanic amulet, Amulet for mother and Newborn with image of Lilith in the center made by Jews in Persia, the top of the Amulet has an amazi...
Category
1790s Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Agate, Silver
A Roman bronze head attachment of a youth
Located in UTRECHT, UT
A finely detailed appliqué with the face of a youth, wavy hair framing the circular face, with well defined eyes, pierced for inlays.
5.5 cm (h)
Provenance:
Ex Jean-Phillipe Mariaud de Serres...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Classic Vintage Zuni Inlay Ranger Buckle Set by Celestine & Elizabeth Cooche
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary example of a vintage Zuni inlaid and sterling silver ranger buckle set by lapidary masters Celestine and Elizabeth Cooche, circa 1970s.
This is classic and highly ...
Category
1970s American Native American Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver, Other
Bronze Currency Bracelet/Manilla, Dogon People, Burkina Faso, 19th c. - No 3
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
19th-century bronze currency bracelet / Manilla in horseshoe form with fixed opening. Intricate graphical design with a lattice pattern. This type of bracelet was worn or used by the...
Category
Mid-19th Century Burkinabe Tribal Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Framed Display of Lettering Pens Nibs William Mitchell Circa 1920
Located in London, GB
An unusual sample board advertising William Mitchell’s Lettering Pens containing numerous nibs and pens in its original oak wooden frame, and Circa 1920 in date.
Inscribed “William Mitchell’s Lettering Pens made in England, British Pens...
Category
1920s English Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Other
Moroccan Vintage Berber Tribal Ethnic Cuff
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan Berber tribal bracelet from the High Atlas of Morocco.
Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroccan silver nickel.
The...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
50cm Louis Vuitton Trunk, 1940s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Louis Vuitton trunk from the 1940s. 50 cm wide. Perfect for weekend trips or for storing items in the house. Case has "Louis Vuitton, Made In France, 149620" impressed on fro...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19thc Rooster Weathervane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid 19thc original fantastic surface rooster weather vane. Custom made black wooden base. Wonderful full body patina. three dimensional look.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
3L Shatranj Chess Set by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
3L Shatranj chess set by Madheke
Dimensions: W 54.8 D 54.8 H 9.5 cm
Materials: Leather, Metal, Wood
Inspired by the Bentley 3-Litre, the 3L Shatranj pays homage to the engineeri...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Painted Faux Grain Tole Cutlery Caddy
Located in Houston, TX
Painted faux grain tole cutlery caddy from France circa 1880-1910.
Note: Original/early finish on antique and vintage metal will include some, or all, o...
Category
1870s French French Provincial Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Quilled Sioux Native Authentic Child's Dress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lakota Sioux child's dress quilled on buffalo hide; collected and entered into the Maryland Academy of Art and Science prior to 1880. It was deaccessioned...
Category
1860s American Native American Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Other
Cobalt Blue Moroccan Ceramic Bowl with Silver Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful cobalt blue Moroccan footed ceramic bowl with silvered metal overlay.
Great large decorative ceramic bowl.
Measures: Diameter 11 inches x 4 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Sanggori Brass/Copper Head Ornament, Toraja People, Sulawesi
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Zena Kruzick
Early 20th century tribal sanggori brass or copper alloy head ornament, Toraja people, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
These sinuous brass and copper alloy head piec...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Cast Iron Vintage Door Stop of a Prancing Horse C1920
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous prancing horse door stop in cast iron. Great detail and patina.
Category
1920s British Industrial Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron, Nickel
19th Century Carved Bull Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Carved and painted wood bull sign. Life size head with carved and painted details, real horns fitted to the head by lead sleeves. The top of the head fashioned from a thick sheath of...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Iconic Vintage Ph5 Chandelier for Louis Poulsen of Dk with Abstract Art Work
Located in Søborg, DK
Iconic Vintage PH5 chandelier by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen of Denmark from the 1960s with abstract art work by G61.
Titled “ kaleidoscope”
The a...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
1800s Skeleton Key Locksmith Trade Sign
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is one of the best locksmith trade signs we have offered. It’s early and all handmade in iron with original paint. It's very well done and a wonderful piece of Folk Art.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Folk Art Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
African Art by Kasongo Kamba, Lumiere Dans Une Lumiere, Relief in Brass 1977
Located in Delft, NL
African Art by Kasongo Kamba, Lumiere Dans Une Lumiere, Relief in Brass 1977
African Art by Kasongo Kamba,
Title: Lumiere dans une lumiere,
African Art...
Category
20th Century Congolese Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Cast Iron Siamese Cat Door Stop with Gold Remnant
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Art Deco Modern cast iron Siamese Cat door stop with gold paint remnants. Rare hard to find Sculptural Cat. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, paint mostly gone.
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Lusterweibchen of a Victorian Lady ca. 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Lusterweibchen of a Victorian Lady ca. 1920
A lovely antique lusterweibchen chandelier of a victorian noble lady holding a ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Yoruba Nigeria African Red Royal Beaded Headdress Crown on Lucite Stand
Located in North Hollywood, CA
West African hand beaded head dress crown from Yoruba, Nigeria.
This artistic beautiful and functional art piece is covered with beads in ivory, red and black colors with faces bird...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 Brand Advertising Plaque - 2Y346
Located in Bordeaux, FR
A charming vintage advertising plaque for "Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 Brand," showcasing the iconic whiskey branding. This piece is in original, untouched condition, preserving its auth...
Category
20th Century French Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage 20th-Century Pewter Tastevin - Grape Motif with Hallmark - 2Y554
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This charming vintage 20th-century pewter tastevin, featuring an intricate grape motif and a hallmark (unidentified), is a true piece of French winemaking tradition. Measuring 2.5 cm...
Category
1940s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
Italian Giant Clamshell Swan by Gabriella Binazzi
Located in Voorburg, NL
This beautiful large clamshell swan is designed and handmade by Gabriella Binazzi. She creates original and unique objects using strange materials such...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Folk Art
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Oceanic Gope Carved Wooden Ancestor Spirit Board
Located in Forney, TX
An Oceanic "Gope" Papuan ancestral spirit board, 20th century, collected from the Gulf Province, Papua, New Guinea, Kerewa or Hohao village tribe.
Hand...
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Folk Art Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 1900s Embossed 'Slow Children' Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely rare California ‘Slow Children' playing sign. Entire sign is embossed with an old-time child wearing knickerbocker trousers. From the early 1900s. Great piece of history. P...
Category
Early 20th Century American Metal Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Antique Early 20th C Hanging Trade Shop Sign "Antiques" Star of David Solomon
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Hanging double sided trade sign, sheet metal with a black ground and gilt lettering. Two pretty cast iron riveted hanging brackets.
A small Star of Solomon is located in the corner ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Bell of the Dutch Colonial VOC Fortress in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The bell of the VOC fortress in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, marked JAFFANAPATNAM Ao 1747 VOC
Cast in Jaffnapatnam or Colombo from Japanese copper, 1747
Measures: Height 44 x diameter 36...
Category
Mid-18th Century Sri Lankan Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Samuel Mazy Three Stem Glazed White & Purple Porcelain Pansy Sculpture
By Samuel Mazy
Located in Toronto, ON
Enhance your table with these delicate porcelain flowers by French artist Samuel Mazy, exclusive to Maison Nurita in Canada. Mazy has been working as a ceramist for nearly 20 years i...
Category
2010s French Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Rare Pre-Columbian Inca Silver Mask with Gold Sequins
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A rare, sheet silver human face mask with simple relief facial features including large, almond shaped eyes and downturned mouth. Classic stepped pyramid headdress with round, very t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Silver
After Jean Louis Grégoire Spelter Figure "Boy Playing Pipe"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
After Jean Louis Grégoire (France, 1840-1890) A Charming French 19th-20th Century Patinated Spelter Figure of "The Animal Charmer", depicting a sta...
Category
Early 1900s French Folk Art Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Northern Plains Porcupine Hair Roach
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern plains purple dyed porcupine guard hair surrounded by white and blue deer tail, twisted yellow cotton centre.
Period: First quarter of the 20th century
Origin: Northern Plains
Size: 18 1/2"
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Headdresses, bustles and lances native american indian hair roaches headdresses...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Metal Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Double Sided French Zinc Clock Smiths Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided French zinc clock Smiths Trade sign
We are proud to offer a rare example of an early 20th century French double sided clock smiths trade sign. With i...
Category
1910s French Victorian Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Patinated Bronze School Bell or Town Crier Bell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderfully patinated school or town crier bell. While it works great, it would be a terrific decorative piece, especially on a console table with a story of primitive items and b...
Category
19th Century Early Victorian Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Vintage Illuminated Letter v, 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter V was made in Italy during the 1980s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a vhite metal ...
Category
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Swedish Folk Art bridge bookshelf, designed by Petrus & Sture Lundström 1925
Located in London, GB
A wonderful and skilfully executed piece of Swedish Folk Art. In 1925 readers of the Swedish family magazine Allérs familj-journal, would have found instructions for building this im...
Category
1920s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Set of 2 Latin American Folk Art Vintage Tea Spoons
By OWO Ceramics
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Handmade folk art vintage tea spoons. Featuring beautiful motifs inspired by the indigenous worldview and spirituality, these vintage folk art spoons embody Latin America’s rich cultural heritage.
The engraving details on the tea spoons are superb, showcasing intricate patterns and designs that are characteristic of Bolivian folklore art.
By seamlessly merging beauty, practicality, and history, these engraved...
Category
20th Century Bolivian Folk Art Metal Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Nickel
Ashanti Bronze Figurine, Asante People, Ghana, 1950s
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Akan Ashanti cast bronze figurine. The Ashanti or Asante People from Ghana have a rich tradition of crafting bronze pieces to commemorate important figures from their culture or peop...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th C Hindu Shiva Brass Votive Head Indian Ritual Art Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Antique Indian Hindu Shiva Brass Votive Head – 19th Century
Beautiful 19th-century brass votive head of Lord Shiva, finely cast with detailed moustache and turban. This larger form ...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
WWI Era Military Trunk Painted by Artist Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing folk art military radio trunk with a painted bust of an native American Indian by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). WWI era canvas covered trunk used to store radio parts...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Rare Wiener Werkstätte of America Inc New York Enameled Advertising Sign
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare, domed, black and white enameled Art Nouveau advertising sign for Wiener Werkstatte. (founded by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and Fritz...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Iron
American Nautical Brass Housing & Wood Collar Floating Distress Beacon, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical brass housing and wood collar floating distress beacon with a glass lens, mid-19th century.
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Vintage 20th-Century Ceramic Cheese Serving Platter with Fruit and Leaf - 2Y344
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This charming vintage cheese serving platter from the 20th century showcases a beautiful hand-painted fruit and leaf motif, adding a touch of rustic elegance to any table. The platte...
Category
20th Century French Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
English Pub Sign, "Charrington - The Eagle Tavern"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of an eagle in flight with mountains in the background, entitled: Charrington - The Eagle Tavern.
A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork, ready for display.
Charrington & Co. Ltd, Anchor Brewery, Mile End Road, Tower Hamlets, London E1
The partnership of Charrington and Moss was first recorded at Mile End in 1770.
Registered as Charrington & Co. Ltd in July 1897
In 1962 they merged with United Breweries Ltd (formerly Northern Breweries of Great Britain Ltd...
Category
20th Century English Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Fine Quality Antique French Toy "Dancing Couple", circa 1880, Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
One of a kind, fine quality antique toy, "Dancing Couples" is of French manufacture, it is marked in raised lettering "A.L. Paris" at the top of the base. It is also very similar to several French toys noted in "Antique Toys" by Jeffrey Levitt, and the young lady's face is almost identical to the bisque face on a French toy referenced on page 209 plate #372.
This outstanding toy consists of two figures, a young man resembling Napoleon Bonaparte, and a young lady, dressed in period clothes with bisque (porcelain) faces and heads and wooden legs. The base is some type of metal composite consisting of a cast lead alloy. The polychromed hand painted blue and red metal dance floor is also a lead alloy. The wire stands supporting the figures is of ferrous metal.
The bisque faces are very lifelike with flesh tones and blue eyes, rosy cheeks to the lady with bisque auburn hair. He is dressed in original period Napoleon type military clothes...
Category
1880s American Victorian Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Hand Painted Double Sided Pub Sign C1950
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Double sided pub sign from the United Kingdom. Hand Painted and in excellent condition. Rough hewn wood well constructed with a heavy duty frame ...
Category
1950s British Folk Art Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Navajo Picture Writing On Muslin, Two Humpback Yeis with Two Bat Guardians
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unknown Navajo Medicine Man
Navajo picture writing on muslin
Two Humpback Yeis With Two Bat Guardians
Muslin, mineral pigments, sand
Navajo Medicine Ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Metal Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century 3 Dimensional Copper Rooster Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Molded sheet copper rooster weather vane. Flattened full bodied form with molded body and feather details. Large tail with custom wood stand. 20"H x 19"W
Period: 19th century
Origin...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
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