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Material: Metal
Hopi Hemis Katsina Doll, 1935 -1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hemis Katsina Hopi 1940 Cottonwood root, mineral pigments, spun wool, feathers. Excellent original condition overall. An extraordinary example of the Hopi Hemis Katsina, complete with a feathered Prayer Stick on back of Katsina. Katsina dolls...
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Large Brass Pigs Bookends / Pair
By Benjamin Stephens
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These two big pigs could even be doorstops as they are tall and heavy. They have a nice mellow patina / surface. They are in great condition and are signed and dated. Stephens copyri...
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Moorish Head Matt Vases Collection "Vittoria", Set of 3, Handmade in Italy
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This collection is a work of art that make a statement in modern décor and in the modern cultural art world. It can be used as a vase containing flowers, or as a beautiful centerpiec...
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2010s Italian Folk Art Metal Folk Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Art Deco Sideboard Makassar from France Around 1925 with Painted Mirror
Located in Greven, DE
Original Art Deco furniture from a time full of life and elegance. We get all of our furniture unrestored so that we can be sure that it is really original. We then offer these as original until we recondition the furniture in our workshop and then offer it as restored furniture...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Chrome

Handcrafted and Wonderful Tall African Male Water Carrier Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautifully handcrafted, traditional African bronze sculpture. If you are looking for a unique and beautifully handcrafted bronze sculpture to grace your living space then this traditional African male...
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20th Century Unknown Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Copper Painting by Germain Rotsaert, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Mid century artwork by Belgian artist Germain Rotsaert who uses melted copper and painted it to create colourfoul graphical works. Signed bottom...
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1960s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Rare Ironer Stove, France, circa 1880
Located in Paris, FR
Ironer pan with side body in cast iron and sheet iron. Chimney flue making a heating table, France, end of the 19th century. Measures: The base with t...
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Early 1900s French Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Oil and Enamel on Panel by American Artist Jacques de Beaufort
Located in Stamford, CT
Oil and Enamel on Panel by American Artist Jacques de Beaufort Unique 3-D elements and vivid colors. Provenance: Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago ...
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Early 2000s Post-Modern Metal Folk Art

Materials

Enamel

Hand Carved Volk Art Box with Mermaid & Brass Intarsia, Warsaw
Located in Esbjerg, DK
The fish-women or mermaid has been a symbol of the City of Warsaw, Poland since 1622. This box made around the beginning of the 20th century has a lot going on. Brass inlay 3 x W for...
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Early 1900s Polish Folk Art Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

19th Century American Primitive Carved Wood Cast Iron Glider Rocking Hobby Horse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American primitive handmade gliding hobby horse. The piece features a carved wood horse, red painted wood base, cast iron hardware with star accents, and leather straps and s...
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Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Batak Spiral Silver Earring 'Padung'
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
These large spiral brass earrings, crafted from a single thick brass wire are called 'Padung', a type of earring worn by the Batak Karo Tribe from northern Sumatra, Indonesia. This l...
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass, Silver

Folk Art Hand Made Twig Lantern
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1025 Folk Art hand made twig lantern. Take one 60 watt Edison based bulb Measures: Height to top of loop 16" Rewired supplied with 16" of metal chai...
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1930s Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Bamboo Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Timeless and elegant, this mirror will look stunning in any interior. A double decorative element divides the rectangular reflective surface while enclosing it in a delicate frame crafted of forged iron in the shape of slender bamboo sticks...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Folk Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Jicarilla Apache Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jicarilla Apache lidded waste basket with handle cutout, quadrupeds (we think dogs), and geometric designs. Acquired by Charles Graves, Indian agent i...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

"Defiant Comanche" Mixed Media Sculpture by Chris Pardell
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original mixed-media sculpture by Christopher Pardell, called "Defiant Comanche". The sculpture was produced in a limited edition by Legends, as number 167 of 950. The sculpture features the bust of Defiant Comanche Quanah Parker and was produced in 1991. The sculpture features the artist's signature "C.A. Pradell" in yellow ink on the font of the base, as well as an inscription of the artist's name on the back of the figure's sash. Quanah Parker was a war leader of the Quahadi band of the Comanche Nation and a prominent figure in the Red River War. Quanah Parker was never elected chief by his people but was appointed by the federal government as principal chief of the entire Comanche Nation. He became a primary emissary of southwest indigenous Americans to the United States legislature. Christopher Pardell began sculpting at young age. Influenced by the work of renowned sculptors Russell, Remington, and Rodin, Pardell wanted to pursue his passion for realism. His formal education was laid aside in favor of an apprentice mold maker position with a statuary company. As an apprentice to the Italian master artisans who ran the statuary, Christopher rapidly learned the skills that would enable him to excel as an artist and earn the stature that has come with his success. Never sketching his designs on paper, Christopher composes all of his work in three dimensions, in a marquette. This unique approach explains the unparalleled beauty and detail that are the trademarks of his work. Christopher's exceptional style and special talent have served to impress even the most discriminating collector. The sense of tragedy and drama of the Native American has long been an artistic theme of his. "I try to convey the spirit behind the Native American lifestyle. The sculptural nature of Native American dress...
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1990s Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze, Copper, Pewter

"Magic Mouse" Mechanical Bank, Japan, circa 1964
Located in Incline Village, NV
For the mechanical bank and toy enthusiast, listed is a tin, lithographed and painted, all original 1960s mechanical bank made by the Yone Company of Japan (see image of logo on side panel). The company was founded in 1950 and is typical of the post war companies who produced outstanding children's toys. The action is unique, clever, and encourages saving money. With the bank wound (attached key wind on the underneath (see image); place a penny on the spot provided on top of the bank. The mouse dashes out of the grey shoe...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Metal Folk Art

Materials

Tin

Large 19th Century Swing Handled Brass Pan
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large 19th century swing handled brass pan This is a lovely looking Pan, the pan was obviously a very treasured piece, it has robust copper riveting and a...
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Mid-19th Century Country Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Brutalist Welded Steel & Stone Abstract Sculpture by Sue Taves, Indoor/Outdoor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning brutalist welded steel & stone abstract sculpture by Sue Taves . great indoor or outdoor,,garden.. Powerful composition,, signed and dated,, Modernist abstract,,
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1990s American Brutalist Metal Folk Art

Materials

Stone, Cut Steel

Plains Beaded Knife Sheath 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beaded Knife Sheath Plains 1930s Cut glass trade beads, hide, sinew, tin cones, twisted hide, dyed horsehair. Excellent original conditio...
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1930s American Native American Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Early 20th Century American Gray Cast Iron Eagle
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th century American cast iron eagle. It came from Pittsburgh.
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Early 20th Century North American Industrial Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Moroccan Handpainted African 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 shad...
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20th Century Moroccan Arts and Crafts Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Antique Cast Iron Eclipse A 13 Windmill Weight
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This is an antique Eclipse windmill weight model A 13 in the crescent moon design produced by Fairbanks Morse & Company during the late 1800s to early 1900s. It has a nice age patina...
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19th Century American Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

American Cast Brass Engraved Yachtsman's Speaking Trumpet, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
American hand held cast brass engraved Yachtsman's speaking trumpet with bell shaped soldered mouthpiece, coned-shaped column with original interior red paint, and terminating on a r...
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1830s American American Empire Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

19th Century "Peace, Friendship, Trade" Treaty Knife
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Treaty knife we assume accompanied or took the place of a Peace Medal. Blade from a US Cavalry sabre, elk bone handle. Guard stylized arrowhead. Handle is ...
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Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Pawnee Pipe Tomahawk, circa 1850-1870
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pawnee pipe tomahawk. File burnt and tacked with remnants of yellow paint over entire shaft. Exhibited in the Wichita Falls Museum 1967, Maryland Academy of Art and Science 1969, Flo...
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1850s American Native American Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Victorian Antique Brass and Cast Iron Umbrella Stand Valet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Victorian 19th century brass umbrella stand or stick stand. Antique brass top divided into three sections to hold either walking sticks or umbrellas. Umbrella brass valet rack with 3 sections and hunter green iron tray and supported upon a tubular frame cast iron face...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Large Danish Maple and Mahogany Pond Yacht Ship Model
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large elegant wooden pond yacht ship model in maple and mahogany. High quality, hand-built. Deck fitted with small screws. Denmark 1920-1930....
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Early 20th Century Danish Other Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Cast Bronze Sculpture of Lounging Woman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cast bronze sculpture depicts a woman, captured in a moment after she just finished a swim at her favourite lake. She’s gazing upon the view, reclining on a rock as she air drie...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

1970s Piaget Lady Watch in Gold and Jade
Located in Milan, IT
1970s Piaget lady gold watch, with the face watch in Jade, with original watch strap in alligator signed by Piaget. In excellent condition, it works p...
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1970s Swiss Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Jade, Gold

Moorish Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber glass. The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay. This has a long metal top spout that unscrews so the bottle can be filled to pour the perfume or rose water into this little luxe bottle. This is a recycled vintage French perfume bottle Reve D'Or and mark in the bottom by "L T Piver Paris". Handcrafted in Marrakech, Morocco by skilled artisans that used recycle perfume bottle and add the metal overlay...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Navajo Picture Writing on Muslin, Six Weasel People with Two Lizard Guardians
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unknown Navajo picture writing on muslin Six Yeis With Two Water Creature Guardians Muslin, mineral pigments, sand. Navajo Medicine Man active 1947 - 1970 To aid in recalling all th...
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Mid-20th Century American Native American 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...
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

19th Century Original Painted Hubley Gorilla Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century original painted Hubley gorilla door stop in fine condition. This is very rare and unusual.
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1890s American Adirondack Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Salmoiraghi Antique Brass Tacheometer, Surveying Measuring Instrument, 1860
Located in Milan, IT
La Filotecnica Ing A. Salmoiraghi Milan Centesimal tacheometer 133 b normal N. 55858 Catasto Italiano model of the second half of the 19th century, of burnished brass, complete with ...
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1860s Italian Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Leaded-Glass Window Picturing The Queen of the East, ca. 1899
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Antique Leaded-glass window depicting "Batavia, Queen of the East' & the Coat of Arms of Batavia, in wooden door, execution Atelier van Gebrand Glas 't Prinsenhof - Jan Scho...
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1890s European Art Nouveau Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Lead

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

Materials

Iron

Monumental Porcelain Roadside Rest Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super rare vintage porcelain highway sign. Great green coloring with white lettering. Retired highway sign letting drivers know there is a place to pull o...
Category

1970s American Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Early 19th Century Original Paint Decorated Dutchy Heart Piano Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early Pennsylvania dutch 19thc decorated piano stool has a girl & floral details with in a heart design . The form of the stool is Victorian with cast iron feet with a glass bal...
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19th Century American Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Job Lot of American Folk Art Pictures Plaques Beatles Solid Silver Coin Beatles
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely selection of wall hanging pictures covering a range of American folk art This is a selection of man cave display items from America, the listing includes the following 1:- Solid Silver Troy ounce coin, September 11th 2001 Land of the free commemoration 2:- An American flag pin broach...
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20th Century American Post-Modern Metal Folk Art

Materials

Silver

19th Century Northern Plains Spontoon Pipe Tomahawk
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains spontoon style pipe tomahawk with solid brass head, carved and file burnt and painted original haft. Period: 19th century Origin: Northern Plains Size: Head 11 1/2",...
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Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Swedish Antique Toy Rocking Horse, All Original, Origin: Sweden, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
Swedish antique toy rocking horse, origin: Sweden, circa 1870 - 1900. Beautiful, untouched, original condition including the paint, ...
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19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

French Late 19th Century Weathervane
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sensational later 19th century girouette - weathervane of a Galleon found in the South of France. The galleon is expertly crafted from beautifully patina...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Stone, Copper

Parchment Moroccan African Art Wall Decoration
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 Arts and Crafts Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

English Victorian Painted Shoemaker's Boot Sign
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian red & blue painted and decorated wood carved shoemaker's boot sign.     
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal

18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah Lamp, Galicia, 18th century. The backplate is cast and pierced featuring dense 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 Chanukah Lamp), served a purpose, having been used on one of the days that Chanukah fell on the Sabbath, as Sabbath Candlesticks. This lamp was made by the technique known as "sand casting". This process begins with a wooden mold that was carved out to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. The mold is pressed into fine sand mixed with clay, then removed, and molten brass poured into the impression. When a mold wears out, a casting from that mold is often used as the mold for the next generation. Those later lamps...
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Mid-18th Century Polish Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Spinning Wheel, Walnut Wood, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spinning wheel. Walnut wood carved and turned. XIX century. Vertical spinning wheel made of carved walnut wood decorated with fine lines in certain areas and the use of balustrade...
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19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Oil on Panel with Iron Frame
Located in Houston, TX
Coastal oil painting mounted to a cobalt blue iron frame. This beautiful painting of a sailboat docked at the base of a cliff would dress up any wall. Measures: 25" D x 39 1/4" W x...
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19th Century French Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Pair of Table Lamps with Hand Carved Temple Lions Mounted in Nickel
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic pair of antique hand carved temple Lion sculptures that were mounted in Nickel as table lamps in the 60's giving them both a midcentury and antique feel. From a unique home in Cambridge, Massachusetts with an art collection ranging from Picasso to Calder to Lichtenstein. Most likely these carved lions are 19th century Asian, perhaps earlier. Remnants of old paint and lacquer are still attached. One lion...
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1960s Central Asian Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Nickel

Rare, Mammoth Fetish Bowl by Marvelita Phillips, One of Only Four Ever Made
By Marvelita Phillips
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fetish Bowl 1998 Marvelita Phillips ( 1949 - ) Ceramic pot, pine tar, turquoise, azurite, shells, coral, deer antlers, feathers, jet, horsehair, deer sinew, leather. A truly magnificent Fetish Bowl appearing in near pristine original condition and one of only four examples extant of these largest Fetish Bowls ever made by Marvelita Phillips. The bowl is coated with a pine tar mixture of a proprietary mixture of turquoise, azurite, and coral that stuck to the fetish bowl. This is meant to give the fetishes great importance and value. There are three very large carved shed deer antler Water Serpent...
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Late 20th Century American Native American Metal Folk Art

Materials

Other

Tribal African Iron Hook Currency
Located in Dallas, TX
Tribal African Currency.
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Early 19th Century African Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Unique Folk Art Copper Viking Ship Table Piece with Shields and Boxes on Deck
Located in Lisse, NL
High quality Viking Folk Art. This all handcrafted, realistic and detailed Viking ship was undoubtedly designed and crafted by a Scandinavian artisan. This impressive table piece is...
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Early 20th Century European Medieval Metal Folk Art

Materials

Copper, Brass, Bronze

Midcentury Custom Made Carved Mahogany Urn Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A vintage, highly unique table lamp, including double cluster sockets on long brass stems (two pull chains included), above urn form, carved mahogany wood body, with gadrooned detail...
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Mid-20th Century American George III Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Cutis Jeré Brutalist Brass Sailboat Sculpture, 1977
Located in Nantucket, MA
Signed and dated Curtis Jeré (Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fells) brass sailboat wall sculpture dated 1977. Complete with the second boat in the distance as...
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Mid-20th Century North American Brutalist Metal Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Not Disturbing, Assemblage with Old Drill and Ceramic Figurine
By Rick Farrell
Located in Chicago, IL
A found object is a natural or man-made item, or fragment of an item that is found by an artist and kept because of some intinsic interest the artist sees in it. Beginning with Picasso, who incorporated newspapers and matchboxes into his cubist collages and constructions, this idea has been carried forward. It was popular with the Dada and Surrealist movements and with such great artists as Damien Hurst and Henry Moore. Here, artist Rick Farrell...
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2010s North American Folk Art Metal Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Wire

"Tanko" a Bronze Resting Cat by Barbara Beretich
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Entitled "Tanko", this is a beautiful and sleek bronze cat sculpture by Barbara Beretich(1936-2018). This lounging cat is displayed while grooming itself with its curvy tail wrapping around it's body and legs. Beretich's unique use of patina accentuates the subtle presentation of movement. We currently have 2 of these, same mold and patina. On a chair, sofa or on its own, this sculpture sits elegantly wherever it is placed. This is a lost wax cast and the piece is from her home gallery as seen in picture #6. During her younger years in California, Beretich's family raised multiple animals including hogs, cows, sheep and horses. After graduating from the University of Illinois with a BA in art. The following year Beretich spent time in Europe where she met and became lifelong friends with French artist, Francoise Gilot. Ater Europe, she moved to Claremont CA...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

French Mid-19th Century Coq, Rooster
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very handsome mid-19th century Coq - Rooster from the South of France. Beautifully crafted in zinc with fabulous patina. Now resting on its iron base. A terrific accent piece.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Zinc

Three Little Pigs Original Painted Iron Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fun original painted cast iron bank has the "THE THREE LITTLE PIGS" embossed on the front of the bank. The form is the best! The condition is go...
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Early 20th Century American Adirondack Metal Folk Art

Materials

Iron

18th Century French Hammered Copper Jug or Pitcher with Iron Loop Handle
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an interesting 18th century, French, hammered copper jug or pitcher with an iron loop handle. The jug or pitcher is all hand made with a hammered ...
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18th Century French Folk Art Antique Metal Folk Art

Materials

Copper, Iron

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