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Material: Metal
Ships Cargo Spotlight on Tripod
Located in Norwell, MA
Tripod mounted marine spotlight. Fitted to a maritime compass pedestal, this large Yoke mounted ships floodlight had been meticulously polished and la...
Category
1950s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Style Ships Bow Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Art Deco period ships bow lantern with red and green lenses in a polished steel case that has been wired for home use. Weight is 9 pounds.
Category
1920s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Prize announcement lottery made of a silver ducaton Utrecht
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: MO: NO: ARG: CON – FŒ: BELG: PRO: TRAI., armoured knight with sash an lifted sword on horse right, jumping over crowned provincial coat of arms
Reverse: engraved text: Op no. 1137 / den 1 Novembr 1796 / Getrokken door / L.J. / Een Amerikaansche / Premie Groot / f 30000
On November 1, 1796, Lourens Joukes won a prize of 30,000 guilders on lot number 1137. In memory of this, he had a number of ducatons engraved to give to family and friends. Most copies only bear his initials. However, his name is known from a copy from the former Royal Medal...
Category
1790s Dutch Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Modernist Abstract Steel Sculpture, Brutalist Guitar by John Metzen
By John Metzan
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract sculpture, Brutalist guitar by John Metzen. Wonderful use of color, texture and space, twisted steel and blue coated wire.
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Metal Folk Art
Materials
Steel, Wire
Roger Capron, Decorative Panel in Lead, 1960's
By Roger Capron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cut, engraved and gilt panel in lead representing a armed horserider. His armour is highlighted with gilt lines. The ground is also gilt as weel as one flower which come off the styl...
Category
1960s French Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Modernist Abstract Brass and Enamel Wall Sculpture by C. Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic modernist contemporary wall art sculpture. Brass and black enamel construction. Retains original C Jere hang tag. Stunning.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
Large Pair of Port and Starboard Ships Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Large pair of meteorite ships port and starboard lanterns in polished steel cases with clear Fresnel glass lenses and colored red and green filters. Mounted to thick wood bases with ...
Category
1920s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Wilcox Crittendon Brass Chain Feed
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished and lacquered solid brass chain housing deck feed with cover. Company hallmark inside lid. Mounted to a thick wood base with carved rope border. W...
Category
1910s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Vintage Collection of Seven Small Lead Marine Soldiers
Located in Sofia, BG
This collection contains seven marine soldiers in various poses with typical uniforms. All figures are hand painted and are standing on their own base. Circa 1940.
Category
Early 20th Century French Metal Folk Art
Materials
Lead
Bronze Medallion of Henry Baer
Located in Round Top, TX
Bronze medallion of Henry Baer. Famous for design of the Puck Building in NYC!
Category
1890s American Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Abstract Welded Steel Sculpture "Yellow White" by Robert Brock
By Robert Brock
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract welded steel sculpture "Yellow White" by Robert Brock. Intricately designed, precision welded slender steel rods with cut steel sheets bent and painted. Rods pierc...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Solid Brass Ships Port Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished and lacquered ships port lantern with Fresnel glass lens, vented top and mounting tabs. Very unusual shape. Mounted to a custom wood base ...
Category
1870s Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Brass Nautical Distress Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Brass battery powered floating distress lantern with Fresnel lens and hoop handle. Weight is 1 pound.
Category
1950s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Malcello Fantoni Abstract Raised - "Copper Bottles" c. 1960 - W7407
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
Marcello Fantoni Abstract Raised "Copper Bottles" c. 1960
This is a Marcello Fantoni abstract raised copper bottles with wood base, c. 1960.
We have discounted the shipping cost t...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Christ with the apostles by Andres Lopez
By Andres Lopez
Located in Mexico, DF
Oil on copper. Christ feet been washed by the apostles by Andres Lopez.
***this painting does not belong to the Mexican heritage***
Category
Mid-18th Century North American Spanish Colonial Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Group of Six 19th Century French Copper Kettles
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Group of six continental copper spouted and handled kettles. One marked "Carlstom Yarberg" and another "SKS Wasa."
Period: 19th century
Origin: Continent...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Brass Yacht Winch on Wood Base
Located in Norwell, MA
Quality geared yacht winch that has been polished, lacquered and mounted to a thick wood base with carved rope border. Weight is 11 pounds.
Category
1930s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Pair of Massim Canoe Splash Boards from Papua, New Guinea
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of decoratively carved wood splash boards from the southeastern region of Papua, New Guinea, presented on custom stands. This pair of vintage tribal boards have been carved fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
African Kenyan Bells with 3 Kisi Metal Tally Sticks / Provenance Douglas Dawson
Located in Chicago, IL
African Kenyan bells with 3 Kisi metal tally sticks provenance Douglas Dawson. Came from the Goldberg Family Collection.
Dims are of a single bell.
Category
19th Century African Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
American Folk Art Table Lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
Very stylish folk art carving of an urn with flame. Likely from a hears of the mid nineteenth century.
This sculpture is hand carved from pine and retains the original painted and gi...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Solid Brass Ships Port Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships port lantern with deep red fresnel lens set into a highly polished and lacquered case. Lantern has been wired with electric socket for h...
Category
1930s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ships Cabin Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships cabin lantern with three glass panes, hinged access door, carry handle, mounted to a custom wood base with rich dark finish. Wired for...
Category
1920s Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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
Folk Art Welded Steel Chair Handmade /Designed in the Manner of Norman Cherner
Located in Buffalo, NY
Folk Art welded steel chair / sculpture handmade /designed and built after the iconic bentwood side chair by Norman Cherner, amazing quality, construction, clean, flawless seams. Ret...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel
1940's Bronze "Egyptian Style" Door Handle
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1940's bronze " Egyptian Style " door handle
Two pairs available.
Pair can be sold independently
Price given for two pairs.
Category
1950s European Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Greek Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Salonika, Greece, 19th century.
Openwork backplate with scrolled branches; three stylized flowers support central triangular c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century American Angus Association Cow Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century American Angus Association cut iron cow form weather vane with cutouts A-A-A. A few "dings" from a rifle. Used for target practice. The American Angus Association starte...
Category
19th Century American Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
3 Dimensional Copper Rooster Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Early 20th Century 3 dimensional copper American rooster weather vane on more modern stand. Directional arrow clipped. Gold leaf finish. 16"H x 12"L....
Category
Early 20th Century American Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Two Folk Art Bottle Cap Baskets
Located in Branford, CT
Two folk art bottlecap baskets.
H 15-3/4" D 8-3/4"
H 14-1/2" W 12-3/4" D 9".
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$950 / item
‘Lepe Beach Winter 2017-18’ by Martin Scorey
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A framed collage of driftwood, glass bottles, pebbles and metal items, including a spoon, a set of scales inscribed ‘Salters Improved Sprung Balance’ and a pair of binoculars, all on...
Category
2010s English Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Cast Iron Horse Pony Bank Figure
Located in Asheville, NC
Adorable small vintage cast iron horse bank. Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage neon propaganda from Steiff. 1960 - 1965
By Steiff
Located in CADALSO, ES
This object was only issued for Steiff dealers.
Has never been sold to private persons
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Painted Miniature Normandy Church
Located in Washington, DC
Painted miniature Normandy church. Two pieces.
The doors on the bottom level open.
Category
19th Century French Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Beninese Bronze and Rope Bust
Located in Miami, FL
Created in Benin some time during the late 19th Century, and acquired at the Albert F. Gordon Tribal Arts Gallery in New York in the early 1970s, this is a bronze cast bust embellish...
Category
Late 19th Century Beninese Tribal Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
"Juan Concho" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"Juan Concho" gold tone photograph signed by Carl Moon; 8" x 10". Published "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 144. This piece is in the original frame; was displayed in Carl Moon's studio and passed to his son and daughter where purchased. A copy of the book "In Search of the Wild Indian" comes with; rare and exceptional.
S OF CARL MOON
1903 to 1914
MS 285
Collection Guide
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Carl E. Moon learned his craft as an apprentice to a photography studio. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened his own studio, and made pictorial studies of Indians in the region. Between 1907 to 1914, he worked for Fred Harvey...
Category
1910s American Native American Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Other
Bronze bull by sculptor Emilio Musso
Located in Torino, IT
Bronze sculpture depicting young bull made by Emilio Musso.
Vigorous young bull, sculpted in all his massive, muscular beauty.
The bull figure towers above a plinth honoring the ci...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$2,585 Sale Price
20% Off
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Located in London, GB
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Superb colour and patina
Bronze
Eastern Iran or Central Asia
2000 BC
SIZE: 35cm wide - 13¾ ins wide
A similar pin in the Louvre-France, was exh...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Persian Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Italian modern geometric metal sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern geometric metal sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1970s
Metal sculpture with a rectangular base with reference to the brutalist s...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Medal In memory of the gunpowder ship disaster on January 12
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: VIRTUTIS SOCIIS FRATERNO MORE LIGATIS PROSPERA CONTINGIT CLAUDERE LUSTRA DECIM DIE 19 OCT. 5807, all-seeing eye in a halo, woman in draped robe and with sun on her chest, kn...
Category
Early 1800s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Silver
1900s, French Zinc Shop Sign
Located in High Point, NC
This enigmatic shop sign was produced in France, circa 1900. A large zinc wall decoration hanging on a small chain, which may or may not be a piep, features a jug extremity with a lo...
Category
20th Century French Folk Art Metal Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Ruby Zoisite Feather Bundled Buffalo Fetish by Amos Pino, 2002
By Amos Pino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Feather Bundled Buffalo Fetish
Ruby Zoisite, turquoise, spiny oyster, feathers, sinew.
Amos Pino
2002
3 inches H. x 3 inches L. x 1.5 inches W.
This buff...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Native American Metal Folk Art
Materials
Other
“La Paloma” Artwork Panel by Alvar Sunol, circa 1960
Located in Saint ouen, FR
“La Paloma” artwork panel by Alvar Sunol - Circa 1960
Brass plaque on wood
Signed
Measures: 60x60cm.
Category
1960s European Art Deco Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Italian post-modern terracotta sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1991
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian post-modern terracotta sculpture by Edmondo Cirillo, 1991
Sculpture with a square base in terracotta, it develops in height and resembles a totem. The sculpture is modeled wi...
Category
1990s Italian Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Bronze sculpture depicting sinuous female body
Located in Torino, IT
Bronze sculpture depicting female nude.
Small statue made of bronze with parts, such as the face, gilded with mercury and wooden base.
The sculpture depicts a sinuous female figure...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Sioux Child's Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux child's moccasins. 5 1/2" brain tanned elk. Classic Sioux buffalo hoof design with yellow crosses with red faceted beads and commercial tanned elk hide.
Period: circa 1940.
Or...
Category
1940s American Native American Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Other
Albert Chubac, TOTEM Sculpture, circa 1980, France
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac (1920-2008), TOTEM sculpture,
Unique piece,
Iron and plexiglass,
circa 1980, France
Measures: Height 110 cm, width 21 cm, depth 32 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Gene...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Beautifully Patinated Ornamental Bird Fragment from the 19th C. on Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An ornamental bird fragment from the 19th century presented on stand. This antique decorative metal piece from Indonesia features a bird with crown an...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Rare Guillermo Azoulay “Robuste” Signed Art 72/100 Gold Leaf Art
Located in Houston, TX
Measure: With frame: 40” W x 37.25” H
Robuste
Guillaume Azoulay
Rare Guillaume Azoulay “Robuste” State II Gold Leaf Serigraph
In excellent condition. Numbered and signed 72...
Category
Early 2000s Art Deco Metal Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Handmade Brutalist Sheet Metal Goose
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Whether it's a goose or a duck, or some other waterfowl this handmade metal bird is sure to make a splash in any space. Layers of cut and welded sheet metal give a wonderful lifelike...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 2 Italian Obelisk 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of two Italian obelisk made in Italy in 1950s.
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Chrome
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast and featuring a deer in the center surrounded by open scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Hanukkah Lamp...
Category
Mid-17th Century Polish Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$7,356 Sale Price
20% Off
Grand miroir industriel 1960's
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Grand miroir industriel 1960's
Category
1960s French Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage Monumental Patinated Metal Palm Tree
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic vintage patinated metal palm tree. A chic torch cut design in a gnarly metal finish. A real boho tropical look. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century Bohemian Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Very Rare West Riding Constabulary Cast Iron Wall Plaque
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Very rare west riding constabulary cast iron wall plaque
This branch of the British police force was established in 1825, Yorkshire was divided into ...
Category
1890s British Colonial Antique Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Native Salmon Ladder Maquette
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Salmon ladder/rattle maquette by Lillian Pitt (1943 Wasco). Made of copper tubing and hanging cut copper salmon. Maquette for public commission at the Uni...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Metal Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Olinalá Mexican Traditional Lacquer, Silver Leaf and Oil Painting Art Urns
By ACOOCOORO
Located in Mexico City, MX
Three urns, two trays, one gourd.
Turned solid cedar wood; maque and lacquer carving; silver leaf; oil painting.
Commemoration, ceremony, and veneration of the ancestral are acts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Metal Folk Art
Materials
Silver Leaf
A Kerala Hand-Carved Wood Boat Prow with Lovely Curved Fleur-de-Lis Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A South Indian (Kerala) wooden boat prow from the mid-20th century. This exquisite example of a hand-carved boat prow from Kerala features a steeply pointe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Metal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
French Zinc Horse Head, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French zinc horse head, circa 1930
Category
Early 20th Century European Folk Art Metal Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Candlestick in Iron, France, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Jicarilla Apache Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jicarilla apache lidded waste basket with quadrupeds (we think horses) and geometric design. Outside faded but still graphic. Handle cutouts. Acquired...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Metal Folk Art
Materials
Other
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