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Material: Metal
Large 19th Century French Copper Champagne Funnel Marked Courtois Ay 1806 Marne
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very large decorative antique copper funnel used for decanting Champagne. This object was made in Ay, Marne, France. One of the Grand-Cru Champag...
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19th Century French Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Handmade Ceramic Accessories Dragonfly Red
Located in Lisbon, PT
These handmade decorative accessories combine the traditional Portuguese ceramic and glazing techniques in a modern approach of shapes and color, as they bring such brightness and jo...
Category

2010s Portuguese Modern Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Solid Brass Ships Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished brass ships lantern with large reserve oil tank by Perko. With red glass Fresnel lens that has protective brass bars, vented top, burner, etc. Weight...
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1940s Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

1960's French Portrait Pilot/ Captain Gentleman in Uniform Caricature
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper Image : 25 x 19.5 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. Idea...
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Mid-20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Signed Bronze Ballerina by Italian Sculptor Sergio Benvenuto, Italy, 1950s
Located in Manhasset, NY
A large bronze Ballerina signed Sergio Benvenuto. A finely sculpted bronze as only Benvenuto can. Here he shines his favorite subject matter, The Ballerina. She stands poised and con...
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Mid-20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Parchment Moroccan African Tribal Art Wall Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp sha...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

1746. West-Friesland. First audit Teunis Kist in Medemblik
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: BONI PASTORIS – EST TONDERE – PECUS NON DEGLUBERE, coin goddess Juno Moneta leaning against the coat of arms of the generality, in the background a screw press with two geni...
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1740s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Silver

Stylized Bird Weathervane
Located in Branford, CT
Stylized weathervane. Weathered zinc and sheet iron. Circa 1900. L 30" H 20". Excellent original condition.
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Zinc

1645. Death of Hugo de Groot
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: HUGO GROTIUS NATUS MDLXXXIII. 10 APR. OBIIT MDCXLV. 28 AUGUS (rosette), draped bust of Hugo de Groot right, signaturre RA on de arm Reverse: DE FENIX / VAN HET VADERLANDT, /...
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1640s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Silver

1641. Marriage of William of Orange and Princess Mary
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: albionum genuit / rex me summusque / monarcha Carolus / et sponsam me iubet / esse tuam / princeps me Henricus / genuit fortissimus / heros nassoviæ, et / sponsum me iubet /...
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1640s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Silver

1913. 50 years Dutch-Indian Railroad Company NGC MS 62
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: NEDERLANDSCH-INDISCHE SPOORWEGMAATSCHAPPIJ, locomotive seen from the front, harvest goddess in front Reverse: 50 / JARIG BESTAAN / 1863- / -1913, Indian macara motive, styli...
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1910s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Silver

Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , 5 feet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing ! Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , Selling two pens. One 5" high 6 " in diameter.. other 50" h , 4" in diameter. Very well made, Qualit...
Category

1950s American Folk Art Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Steel

18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used d...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Vintage Toy, The Flyer 1956 Locomotive and Coach, 1956
Located in Roma, IT
The Flyer 1956 locomotive and coach is a rare vintage toy. Vintage wind up tin toy train made of two pieces, locomotive and coach. The original se...
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Mid-20th Century German Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Very Early X-Ray Building Sign
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is one of the best signs I've ever had. It's 10 feet 8 inches long by 19 inches by 5 inches thick. The letters are painted in the negative, just like an X-ray. The letters are "...
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Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Tin

Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of a Standing Nude Women
Located in Cirencester, GB
"The Portrait" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed paper size: 24.5 x 19inches Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French...
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Mid-20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

French 20th Century Impressionist Painting Rocky Coastline with Boats & Figure
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Combing the Beach" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) watercolour painting on card, unframed stamped verso painting: 6 x 9 inches A delightful original painting by the 20th century Fren...
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20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Tribal Ceremonial Silver Ornament/Neckrings, Sculpture, Miao, Guizhou, Plus Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great and important ceremonial neck rings ware by the people of the Minorities of China, the Golden triangle ,Mongolia and Tibet. These pieces were made of low content of s...
Category

20th Century Chinese Modern Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Hand Made Folk Art Sterling Necklace and Earrings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modern and Architectural Sterling Necklace and Earrings - hand-made and trending, this piece, along with their earrings have the effortless and artistic flavor of Architect, Frank Ge...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Metal Folk Art

Materials

Sterling Silver

Walking stick, silver handle depicting an elephant head, Germany 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: silver and bone knob, which depicts at its end an elephant head with rolled trunk in pure Art Nouveau style. Bone fangs and sulfur glass eyes. Wooden barrel painted bl...
Category

Late 19th Century German Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Silver

Unusual Folk Art, Bespoke Billiard Themed Floor Lamp, 8-Ball, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Folk Art, Bespoke Billiard Themed floor lamp.. 8-ball. Modernist, que sticks, Hand crafted, Shade measuring 16" in diameter.
Category

1940s American Folk Art Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Antique French Signed Impressionist Crayon Drawing Boats in Honfleur Harbour
Located in Cirencester, GB
"The Harbour - Honfleur" by Camille Meriot (French 1887-1975) signed and dated 64' crayon drawing on paper paper : 9 x 6.25 inches Fine original French Impressionist painting by t...
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Mid-20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Old Farm Buildings at Carrog, Original British Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
Old Farm Buildings at Carrog by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's watercolour on art paper, unframed overall paper measures: 15 x 22 inches titled and dated 'April 1990' *FRE...
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Late 20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Large Vintage Yellow Iron Facade Letter T, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial facade letter “T” was made during the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia and comes from an old facade inscription POŠTA. In czech language Post Office. The weight...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Letter Painter Kvetoslav Dostal Shop Sign, circa 1900
Located in Wien, AT
This vintage sign comes from the shop of Prague letter painter Kvetoslav Dostal. It was probably manufactured circa 1900, as the wrought iron frame construction shows Art Nouveau inf...
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Late 19th Century Czech Arts and Crafts Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

19th Century Wrought Iron and Brass Firedog Andirons
Located in Savannah, GA
Rare small size pair of wrought iron Christmas tree shaped firedog andirons with decorative brass finials. See measurements below.
Category

1820s Unknown Folk Art Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Early 20th Century Ceremonial Chiefs Coat From Africa
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th-century ceremonial chief's coat from Africa represents a magnificent display of cultural heritage and craftsmanship. These coats hold deep significance, symbolizing pow...
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Early 20th Century African Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Handmade Helmet
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Great piece of Folk Art. Handmade metal helmet with leather flaps.
Category

1950s Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
Located in Cheshire, GB
Enamel sign for Colman’s Starch, of rectangular form decorated in blue and white enamel. Dimensions Height 16 Inches Width 62.5 Inches Depth 0.5 Inches.
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Early 20th Century British Metal Folk Art

Materials

Enamel

Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
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Yvette Dubois-Habasque French Cubist Abstract Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Abstract Composition" original Oil Painting on canvas by Yvette Dubois Habasque (1929-2016) signed front and back Dated: 2010 canvas: 7.5 x 13 inches Fine original abstract paint...
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21st Century and Contemporary Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Canal Scene with Houses, Original British Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
Canal with Houses. by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's watercolour on art paper, unframed overall paper measures: 14.75 x 22 inches *Free shipping on this painting*: American...
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Late 20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Antique American Soldier Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved and painted Pine with rotating sheet iron swords, with black hair, mustache and beard, bicorn hat, blue jacket with tacks for buttons, black boots mounted on a yellow circular...
Category

Early 20th Century North American Folk Art Metal Folk Art

Materials

Sheet Metal

19th Century Traditional English Painting of an Artist Sketching in Yorkshire
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "The Challenge", an Incident Occurring During a Sketching Tour at Farnham, Yorkshire in 1945. With a rather angry looking bull tethered in the pasture, below the artist, one can only imagine the incident! Medium: watercolor with pen and ink on stiff watercolor paper, unframed Painting : 9.5 x 13.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a private UK collection of this artists work. Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. We have measured to exclude the unpainted white edges. Artist: Norman Arthur Olley was born in 1908 to a British Army family stationed in Lucknow, Bengal India. His mother died there in 1911, and his father in 1936. Norman married in Gravesend Kent in 1937, and at the beginning of the war in 1939 he was an aircraft sheet metal worker. He and his wife to Surrey in the late 1940's -early 1950's where he was a long term member of the Thames Valley Arts Club and where he regularly exhibited his work. In 1951 his painting "View from Richmond Park" was held in high regard at a very well attended exhibition in Esher, Surrey. The East Molesey area was one of his favourite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...
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Late 20th Century English Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Traditional English Painting Working Horses Returning Home in Kent
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "The Ploughman's Return", a rural scene of English worki...
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Late 20th Century English Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Folk Art Lunch Box Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unusual folk art "Lunch Box" Sculpture / wall hanging. Very unique and colorful with vintage lunchboxes. Unsigned and unattributed. Origin Unknown. This...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Aluminum

Folk Art Model of a Toy Depicting a Steam Train, USA, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
A toy model of Folk art, steam train, consisting of two elements, the locomotive and a coal wagon. Made of oak wood with metal details. the chimney, like the round elements that run in the upper part, is made of brass with traces of gilding. Wooden bars to emulate the arms of the wheels. Washers and screws secure the wheels, complete with spokes. The service car...
Category

Early 20th Century American Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Brass

Bronze Resting Camel Sculpture on Marble Stand French School
Located in North Hollywood, CA
French School of an Egyptian Middle Eastern Camel Sculpture on Marble Stand. Large and heavy art Deco Style Bronze Resting Camel on White Marble Stand Sculpture. Boasting a dark pati...
Category

Late 20th Century Egyptian Moorish Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

California Interstate 15 Freeway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interstate 15 freeway sign. Cool piece of California signage. Good condition. Great coloring and patina.
Category

1990s American Metal Folk Art

Materials

Steel

20th Century Traditional English Painting a Farm in Claygate, Surrey
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "The Old Barn - Manor Farm, Claygate, and Surrey", a vibrant farming scene with figures working and leading a horse away towards fields. Medium: acrylic over pencil, on board, unframed. Painting: 14.5 x 10 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a private UK collection of this artists work. Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. We have measured to exclude the unpainted edges. Artist: Norman Arthur Olley was born in 1908 to a British Army family stationed in Lucknow, Bengal India. His mother died there in 1911, and his father in 1936. Norman married in Gravesend Kent in 1937, and at the beginning of the war in 1939 he was an aircraft sheet metal worker. He and his wife to Surrey in the late 1940s -early 1950s where he was a long term member of the Thames Valley Arts Club and where he regularly exhibited his work. In 1951 his painting "View from Richmond Park" was held in high regard at a very well attended exhibition in Esher, Surrey. The East Molesey area was one of his favorite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...
Category

Late 20th Century English Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Traditional English Painting Swans on River Molember East Molesey Surrey England
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...
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Late 20th Century English Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Pre World War 1 Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
By E.S. Ritchie & Co
Located in Norwich, GB
Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath. The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation. E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass...
Category

Early 1900s Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
Located in Cirencester, GB
Original Fashion Design Illustration by Roz Jennings, British watercolor and ink on card, unframed size: 12 x 8.25 inches condition: very good...
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Late 20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Copper Clad Cedar Biomorphic Form by Bill Anson
Located in Palm Desert, CA
As part of his Copper Clad Cedar Collection, this one of a kind Biomorphic form by Bill Anson is a wonderful example of his mixed media work utilizing cedar...
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Two Hunting Dogs Bronze Sculpture
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a bronze sculpture of two hunting dogs. One dog is depicted with his nose to the ground, having caught the scent of the hunt. The other dog p...
Category

20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

Exceptional Harris & Co Gilt Copper Running Horse Weather Vane w/ Cast Zinc Head
By Harris & Co.
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional gilt copper running horse weather vane made by Harris & Co, Boston. Harris & Co was purchased in 1868 by the father/son team Josephus and Ansel Harris and run by Ansel...
Category

19th Century American Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Copper, Zinc

Antique Sterling Silver Figurines
Located in Brea, CA
9 antique sterling silver figurines originating from Israel. See images for figurines in close detail and measurements of each.
Category

20th Century Israeli Metal Folk Art

Materials

Sterling Silver

Contemporary Giraffe Iron Sculpture, with Use of Tools and Other Objects C20
Located in Coimbra, PT
Giraffe by José Jerónimo single piece of art Iron sculpture with use of tools and other objects Signed Measures: 81 x 41 x 15 cm. Private collection.
Category

Late 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Iron

Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
Located in Cirencester, GB
Original Fashion Design Illustration by Roz Jennings, British Watercolor and ink on card, unframed. Size: 12 x 8.25 inches. Condition: very good. A beautifully colorful and characte...
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Late 20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Nias Tribe 'Nifatali-tali' Hand-Woven Wire Necklace, Indonesia c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This 'Nifatali-tali' necklace is a type of necklace worn by the people of Northern Nias Island, North Sumatra. This necklace is equally worn by men and w...
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Marcel Marti Bronze Abstract Totem Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Superb Marcel Marti (1925–2010) attributed abstract patinated bronze sculpture that is unique from every angle. This is a striking postwar piece of art fr...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

WareHam Sea Scene, Signed Original British Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
English Town by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's watercolour on art paper, unframed signed lower corner overall paper measures: 15 x 22 inches Lovely original watercolour paintin...
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Late 20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

19th Century Bronze Gold Weight Depicting a Traditional Hunter. Akan, Ghana
Located in London, GB
This Akan gold weight depicts a traditional hunter, smoking a pipe. He is shown holding a knife, with a second knife secured in his belt. A musket is balanced over his shoulder, and ...
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19th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

System walking stick with a brass plomb line, France 1910.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System stick: stick with the function of determining the vertical direction with respect to a specific point. Ebony barrel, ivory knob. Inside the knob there is a plumb line. ...
Category

Early 20th Century French Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass, Iron

Original Vintage Toy, Wind Up Circus Performer, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Circus Performer is an original vintage toy. Vintage wind up mechanical toy representing a circus performer. Made in tin by th...
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Early 20th Century French Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century French Post-Impressionist Painting, French Sea over Rocks
Located in Cirencester, GB
Landscape Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Inscribed Verso on back oil/gouache painting on artist paper, beautifully painted. Very good condition Size: 15 x inches x 23.75 inc...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Mid 20th C. Irish Artist Watercolor Painting of Blue Sky Stormy Seascape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Size: 11 x 15.25 inches Superb original watercolour painting by the well listed and popular Irish painter, Frank Forty (1902-1996). The painting came from a private collection of this artists work. Frank Forty was an Irish painter best known for his landscapes of County Donegal and Kerry, as well as locations in England. He was born in 1902 and died in 1996. As well as being a Consultant Surgeon and a musician, Frank Forty was a highly accomplished and accredited artist, having exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists, the Medical Art...
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Mid-20th Century Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Silver gilt handle walking stick depicting an hunting scene, Germany 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: handle, made out of silver gilt representing an hunting scene, with hunter and dogs. Ebony wood shaft. Metal ferrule. Germany circa 1890.
Category

Late 19th Century German Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Silver

Fine Bronze Pendant. Gan, Burkina Faso
Located in London, GB
This crescent-shaped bronze pendant, features a central abstract figure. Below the figure, two stylised small birds perch in the middle of the pendant. Throughout, the surface of the...
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Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

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