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Material: Softwood
Italian Wooden Sun Face Mask Carving by Hermann Reichegger
Located in Hastings, GB
A wonderfully detailed sun face mask carving by Hermann Reichegger, of the Ahrntal Valley
Due to its remote geographical location, the Ahrntal valley remained a high valley untouc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Antique Carved & Painted Troubadour or Minstrel, Nodder Figure with a Violin
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century carved and painted wood figure of a troubadour or minstrel wearing a hat and long coat with his trousers tucked into knee-high boots and having a violin under one arm wi...
Category
Late 19th Century European Black Forest Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Abalone, Gesso, Pine, Paint
Antique Folk Art Carved Gesso over Wood and Hand Painted Native Man Statue
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Presumed to date from the late 19th century, this life-sized Folk Art carved and hand painted study depicts a Native man dressed in traditional attire and holding a staff. The artist is unknown and this sculpture is unsigned and done in a very realistic style. The carving, likely done in Cyprus wood...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood, Paint
$5,995 Sale Price
73% Off
Carved Bantam Wearing a Crown
Located in Greenwich, CT
An early 19th century French carved bantam sporting a crown, well carved in pine. Good detailing to face, plumage, tail feathers and feet. Possibly originally from a ring toss game...
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Cobbler Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
A carved cobbler's boot-form trade sign, in old gold paint.
Carved in two pieces of pine, capped with lead,
circa 1870
Very good condition, measures: 14" x 9 ½”.
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Lead
Rare Antique Statue of a Chinese Child Performing Tai Chi
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare Japanese antique statue of a Chinese child performing Tai chi capturing the pose in motion. Middle Edo period, circa 1750. Made from polychrome on carved ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Cypress
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Light Color Pine and Bentwood Box with Handle
Located in Houston, TX
Swedish light color pine and bentwood box with handle. Originally used in the late 19th century as a grain scoop.
Note: Original/early finish on antique...
Category
1880s Swedish Rustic Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood, Pine
Carved Spread Wing Eagle
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a spread wing eagle, most likely from the late 19th to early 20th century. This carved pine eagle is poised for takeoff and rendered with fierce facial details and well-carved plumage. The carved eagle shows intricate detail, including individual feathers. The eagle is accented with white and yellow paint to highlight the head and beak.
The eagle's wings are spread widely, in a manner similar to Bellamy eagles...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$2,950
Rustic Black Forest Wall Mirror, Austria circa 1870
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Extraordinary rustic wall mirror from the 19th century around 1870 in Austria. An unusual piece of a Black Forest mirror that has been elaborately handcarved out of basswood in an ex...
Category
Late 19th Century Black Forest Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Softwood
Set of Seven Handmade Vintage Primitive Vintage Nesting Cubes/Blocks in Pine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Primitive set of seven blocks and boxes (some four-sided, some two) which nest in the largest box (ca. early 20th Century, USA).
Thoughtfully crafted with finger jointed-edges and un...
Category
Early 1900s American Primitive Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Hand Carved Indian Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand carved Indian girl sculpture with amazing details. Minor cracks in carvings in areas.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
American Monumental Pine Hand-Carved Mortise and Pestle, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Period American pine mortise and pestle hand-carved from single log. All original, Early 19th century. Pestle is 28" long and 3.75" diameter.
Category
Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Life size Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Wooden Statues
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Life size Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Wooden Statues
These charming early 19th century Statues stand almost 6ft high, they each have a socket in their hand which once would...
Category
1870s Romantic Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
California Chocolate Hand Carved Wood Box with Grizzly Bear on Top
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Quinby California chocolate hand-carved wood box with grizzly bear on top c1910. 18" by 5 1/2" by 10" tall. Looks like a clear pine with brown paint. Great condition with very minor ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Italian Painted Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
An Italian neoclassical style painted two drawer commode raised on square tapering legs with arabesque decoration and reserved black and white panels of Asian figures.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
$9,800
Recycled Pine Wine Bar Menu, Black Board a Good Handsome Piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Recycled pine wine bar menu, black board
A good handsome piece simply made with 4” old pine and waxed and polished
The attractively bordered board is r...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Massachusetts Goldeneye Hen Decoy, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early vintage goldeneye ("whistler") hen decoy, from Massachusetts, circa 1920s, having a solid carved pine wide body with sloping tail, the hand whittled head with long neck set on ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Native American Coushatta Lidded Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor two sides and top. This woven by L.C. John, the last of the great Coushatta basket...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Other
Carved Pine Half Hull Model of a Coasting Schooner
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Pine Half Hull Model of a Coasting Schooner, circa 1920, a hollow-carved shell half hull model with clipper bow and great shear, and nice serpentine carved trailboard....
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
American Walnut Carved Spread Wing Eagle Perched to Flee on Rocky Plinth C. 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American walnut carved spread wing eagle perched to Flee on rectangular rocky pine plinth, Early 19th century.
Eagle is 27 wide and 17 deep at base.
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large carved and polychrome painted tobacconist's figure almost certainly 17th or early 18th century
For a related example see Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 412, plate 436.
Originally this may well have been a tobacconist's shop window figure. For a similar, but slightly earlier unpainted example, see Sotheby's, The W. J. Shepherd collection of treen, 30th November 1983, Lot 393, illustrated in Pinto "Wooden Bygones of Smoking and Snuff Taking", plate 1.
Carved wooden figures, often painted, were placed outside tobacconist's shops as signs from the 17th century onwards. The earliest of these figures is the 'black boy' or 'blackamoor'. 'At the sign of the black boy' or 'at the sign of the blackamoor' was a popular address for tobacconists since the early 17th century. The 17th century figures...
Category
17th Century English Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Country House Horse Stable Name Plaques Signs
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming collection of six, hand painted Horse stable name plaques.
Each plaque is pine, with an ebonised painted ground and gilt lettering. Age related knocks and abrasions comm...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Antique Cheese Boards
Located in Houston, TX
Antique cheese boards from France, dating to early 20th century. Heart-shaped handles carved into boards. Two available and sold individually, priced $7...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$795 / item
Vintage ANRI Folk Art Hand Carved & Painted Sculpture "The Lumberjack" by Duquet
By ANRI
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage folk art hand carved and polychrome painted sculpture is signed with the maker's label of the ANRI group of cavers from Italy and done in circa 1960. This carving was bought from a private estate with another one of one entitled "Old Habitant", which has the identical script on the front and back, but posted separately. These carvings were done by the master carvers of the ANRI factory who worked from a model, usually unique to them, but this one shows it is an example of a work done by the Master Quebec wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Antique Corner Cupboard top Circa 1830's Farmhouse
Located in Newfoundland, PA
This is an absolutely stunning early 1800's corner cupboard top, someone many years ago separated this from the base. I purchased it more than 20 years ago for my 18th century farmho...
Category
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Large Vintage Folk Art Eiffel Tower Accent Light or Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage and substantial Folk Art rendering of the Eiffel Tower was made during the 1970's, presumably in the United States and lights up, providing a subtle red glow to accent the piece and the space. The tower is composed of intricately cut softwood panels, backed with a plastic sheeting or acetate with a clear gloss finish. This unique Folk Art light...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Softwood
Pair of Antique Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Circular Wall Plaques
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique folk art carved wall plaques are unsigned, but believed to have originated from Greece in approximately 1920. These circular wall plaques are done with a softwoo...
Category
Early 20th Century Greek Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Erie County New York Judges & Police Conference Portable Lecturn or Podium & Bag
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
The maker of this lecturn is unknown, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1965. The podium is composed of pine boards and playwood with h...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Faux Grain Painted Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Faux Grain Painted Chest, second half 19th Century, a diminutive six board chest with excellent quality original vinegar grain painted finish in a faux yellow pine patte...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Vintage ANRI Folk Art Hand Carved and Painted Sculpture "Old Habitant" by Duquet
By ANRI
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage Folk Art hand carved and polychrome painted sculpture is missing the paper label from its base, but being attributed to the ANRI group of carvers from Italy and done in circa 1960. This carving was bought from a private estate with another one of a Lumberjack, which has the identical script on the front and back and does have the ANRI label. These carvings were done by the master carvers of the ANRI factory who worked from a model, usually unique to them, but this one shows it is an example of a work done by the Master Quebec wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Barrow's Goldeneye Drake Decoy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Scarce vintage Barrow's Goldeneye Drake Decoy, signed RAS '76. The Barrow's Goldeneye is a very unusual, rare species to see as a decoy. This is a real ...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Mid-Century Quebec Folk Art Carved & Polychrome Pahined Robed Clergyman & Child
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-carved wooden sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Quebic Canada and date to approximately 1950 and done in the period Folk Art style. The sculpture ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century American Folk Art Circus Fairground Wagon Faun Mask Billy Jamieson
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large American circus wagon mask, carved from a single piece of soft wood, likely to be pitch pine. Depicting a mythical creature probably a Faun.
The mask retains its original st...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Tramp Art Style Top Desk in Nautical Design
Located in Nantucket, MA
Elaborately chip carved in a nautical motif design with a tapered scalloped gallery and three drawers each with a glass pull. Found in Upstate New York
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th C Elizabeth Pulman (1836-1900) Maori Portraits & Landscape Photography
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Pulman (Elizabeth, 1836-1900). A fine collection of Maori Portrait of Chiefs, natives, and landscapes of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, c .1870, albumen prints laid on contemporary...
Category
19th Century New Zealand Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paper
Antique Scandinavian Folk Art Carved Wooden Double Handled Pitcher
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-carved wooden folk art pitcher is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Scandinavia, likely Denmark, is approximately 1890 in a period Folk Art style. The pit...
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Folk Art Penguin Whirligig, circa 1930s-40s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Penguin Whirligig from Plymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1930s - 1940s, a hand cut and painted wooden flat silhouette of a large penguin in ...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large Painted Overmantel
Located in London, England
Overmantel mirror with original plate and gilding in repainted finish.
Circa 1890.
H 144cm x W 124cm x D 7cm
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Pine
$2,738
Figurative Charcuterie Dinner and Lunch Menu Board A very decorative piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Figurative Charcuterie Dinner and Lunch Menu Board
A very decorative piece with the theme of Pork, a humorous piece
The attractively headed board has MENU pin board or CHALK board...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Door of Hope Missionary Doll Folk Art Antique Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming early 20th century Chinese door of hope missionary doll of an elderly gentleman.
A notably early example, in original untouched condition. The painted face has a particul...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Pine, Paper
19th Century Oil On Tin Bird of Pray Golden Eagle
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming and well executed oil on tin depiction of a golden eagle perched on a rock face with a pleasing pallet of pink and yellow.
19th century in age, housed in it original oval...
Category
19th Century European Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Small Collection of Folk Art Wooden Letters A Small collection
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Small Collection of Folk Art Wooden Letters
A Small collection of painted wooden letters, the letters are 1” thick, they were made in India, the have small hooks on the back to hang...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Circa 1940s English Showman's Mini Rollercoaster Travelling Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful period showman's mini rollercoaster, constructed in pine with its original steps and single ride on cart. Typical of the travelling fairground community, the coaster has ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large Gilded Mirror
Located in London, England
Large gilded French mirror with original plate. Circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Pine
$3,319
Monumental 19th Century Fisherman Atop Fish Double Whirligig Weather Vane
Located in Nantucket, MA
Monumental 19th century fisherman atop fish double whirligig weather vane, from Harpswell, Maine, circa 1890, an exceptionally large rustic weather vane from a fisherman's shanty, with whirligig arms on figure and at tip of fish's snout. Great little details include the individual fingers on the tips of the arms. Very worn weathered traces of the original paint. Descended within the family from the Great Grandfather maker. Truly an exceptional piece of New England folk art...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large Coushatta Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor on top. This basket is attributed to Elssa (LC). Made from longleaf pine needles native to the state stitched with raffia on the sides. The lid with rounded knob is decorated with multiple pine cones and green raffia pine needles. This beautifully shaped basket is a masterpiece with its tight weave and snugly fitting lid, hallmarks of a skilled maker. 10 1/2"D x 11 1/4"H
The Coushatta Tribe first entered documented history...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Pair of Early 19th Century Silk Embroidery Folk Art Animals Elephant & Leopard
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A exceptional pair of hand embroidered silk animals (leopard & elephant), housed in faux rosewood frames and original marble paper backings.
Very much in the naive, folk art aesth...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Silk, Pine
Neo-Gothic Style Faux-Bois Painted Cabinet from the Jura, circa 1900s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Delightful and unusual pinewood cabinet from the Jura region of France, painted with a faux-bois effect. The style has elements reminiscent of the Gothic aesthetic. The top section h...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Belgian Pine Childs Hat Block, Milliners Form
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Belgian pine childs hat block, Milliners form
This is the form of a Bowler Hat with a narrow brim it is a superbly attractive piece
The Block comes from Belgium and is in excelle...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Chinese Turned Wooden Mortar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite pinewood vessel is an early 20th century mortar once used daily in a provincial kitchen to grind herbs, spices, and condiments. The rustic container was hand-turned to an...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Untitled 36 by Neshka
Located in Geneve, CH
Untitled 36 by Neshka
Dimensions: 23 x 23 x 166 cm
Material: Charred cedar sculpture with fir and acrylic base
Neshka ( Agnieszka Krusche ), is a native of Kraków, Poland, and a...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cedar, Fir
$6,303 / item
Hobby Horse Ride On Pull Along Mobile Wheels Childs Toy Wood Leather Modern
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Unusual folk, hobby horse trainer on wheels
- Exudes charm and character
- Usable & robust in good working order
- Great collector's piece also
...
Category
1950s British Folk Art Vintage Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Pine
Pair of 19th Century Continental Dutch Red Painted Pine Lions
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Continental Dutch style (19th Century) red painted pine large kneeling lion with gold manes.
Category
19th Century Other Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Native American Coushatta Lidded Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor two sides and top. This woven by L.C. John, the last of the great Coushatta basket...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Other
George III Folk Art Treen Secret Book Box Initials J S Country House Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful treen secret book box, with hand carved decoration to the edging and elaborate initials "J S"
Hand painted pages, age related patina form yea...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Stunning Victorian Large Scaled Dutch Oil Painting of a Winter Scene by R Tuey
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Dutch oil painting of an elderly man in a winter scene by R Tuiy
A very good looking and decorative oil painting, this is ...
Category
1880s Dutch High Victorian Antique Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
Pair of North African Folk Art Hand Made Red Ochre Dishes
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of North African Folk Art Hand Made Red Ochre Dishes
2 Lovely Large Dishes, brightly painted in Red Ochre, the dishes are each hand turned from one...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Softwood Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
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