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More Folk Art For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Blue Painted Sheet Iron Pennant with White Star on Stand
Located in Milford, NH
A sheet iron wavy pennant in old blue paint with a white star on both sides, mounted on an ebonized iron pole and square iron base. Probably used as a wind directional on a weatherva...
Category
Early 20th Century American More Folk Art
Materials
Iron, Sheet 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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Polish Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Folk Art Cane or Walking Stick with Burl Wood Handle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Folk Art cane or walking stick is completely unmarked, but presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1920 in the Folk Art style. The handle of the cane is a lacqu...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Tribal Sterling Silver Khoumya Dagger
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan sterling silver dagger with filigree designs handcrafted by artisans in Morocco, very fine quality craftsmanship with a bone grip engraved with Moroccan silver and chiseled ...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish More Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Phillips Stick a Soles and Heels Cobblers Shop Advertising Display Model
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Phillips Stick a Soles and Heels cobblers shop advertising display model
This piece dates back to the 1920s and would have been on display in a shoe shop window
The model is of a...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial More Folk Art
Norwegian Baroque Box, Carved Mythical Creatures + Figurative Scenes, Circa 1740
Located in New York, NY
Very special Baroque box with carved decorations of mythical creatures and figurative scenes
Carved monogrammed initials "HPP" + Family Crest, origin: Gudbrandsdal, Norway, circa 174...
Category
18th Century Norwegian Baroque Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Antique Original Hand Painted Flax Tool /Scutching Knife with Yellow and Red Tri
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique original green painted Swedish scutching knife with simplistic red and yellow trim accenting the hand painted flowers. This Swedish hand carved farm tool was used during the ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Amazing Collection of Alabaster Apples & Wire Basket, 15Pcs.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing 19thc wire basket filled with 12 big apples & two little crab apples. With the basket there is a total of 15 pieces. Some are marked made in It...
Category
1920s American Adirondack Vintage More Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Original Painted Rooster and Daisy's Iron Garden Ornament
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original painted iron garden ornament with roosters and daisy's in good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack More Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Art Nouveau American Carved Walnut Bowl
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a beautiful Art Nouveau Era, American carved walnut bowl from circa 1910.
Beautiful Art Nouveau design with floral motifs, a stunning ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau More Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Wooden Bowl, Sweden
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large wooden bowl, dated 1694 and inscribed with two names. Probably for celebrating marriage between "Borhans and Dottir..."
Category
Late 17th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Decorated Box with Overlays
Located in Nantucket, MA
Stained pine with hinged top, decorated with geometric design out of recycled piano keys. The interior with a removable organizing drawer. Illegible names with numbers are faintly wr...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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 More Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique French Doll Mold
Located in London, GB
A rare antique doll mould, early 20th century.
Patinated metal.
The largest one we have found.
French.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Copper
18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast with two rampant Lions of Judah flanking a topped crown cartouche with the Temple Menorah inside, the side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a r...
Category
Mid-18th Century Polish Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Brass
South Indian Bronze Dancers Ritual Breast Plate on Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and wonderful antique South Indian bronze breast plate mounted on a purpose made display stand believed to date from the 17th or 18th century. The...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Other Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Folk Art Martin Bird House, American, circa 1920s
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is an authentic "used" Martin Bird House which was used to attract Martin birds to nest, because of their propensity to eat and consume insects ...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage More Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Red, White, and Blue Ewe Kente Cloth African Textile
Located in New York, NY
This African men's Ewe Kente cloth was woven in fine cotton in the late 19th-early 20th century. It has some light staining in areas because it is in the c...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal More Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Modeled after Synagogue Facade
Located in New York, NY
The brass freestanding back-walled Hanukkah lamp consists of eight oil containers, a parapet, back, and sidewalls.
Eight triangular spouted oil containers are fastened to the back w...
Category
18th Century Polish Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Brass
18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast with two rampant Lions of Judah flanking a Tree of Life, this scene surmounted by a pair of fully formed birds. At the base of the tree in Hebrew, in high relie...
Category
Late 18th Century Polish Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Brass
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Poland, 18th century.
Brass, cast, an openwork, rectangular base is screwed onto the sides, raised on four legs, and the back wall. A cuboidal tray, internally d...
Category
Mid-18th Century Polish Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Brass
18th Century Wooden Torah Pointer from Alsace
Located in New York, NY
Rare Alsace carved wooden Torah Pointer (YAD), 18th century.
The body of the pointer is engraved in its first part with a decoration of palmettes and stripes. It then continues with...
Category
Early 18th Century German Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Whale Weathervane
Located in Houston, TX
This wonderful vintage whale weather vane has a fantastic aged patina. The rustic wooden whale sits on a custom wood base attached by a metal rod with a D...
Category
Early 20th Century English More Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Folky Iron Door Stop of Horse and Buggy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Folky original black painted cast iron door stop. This guy was found in the midwest but I'm sure its origin is Pennsylvania or Ohio.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack More Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Northwest Persian Bagface, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Northwest Persian Bagface Bag, c. 1900
Kurdish weaving is often enigmatic. While Kurdish weavers were certainly influenced by the larger weaving traditions, be it Persian or...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian More Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Hand Painted Allmoge Water/Beer Tankard, Dalarna, Sweden, Circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
Scandinavian drinking tankard with exceptionally beautiful painting, origin: Dalarna, Sweden, circa 1800, incised with Farmer's Marks on Bottom: JH / SH
The word "tankard" originall...
Category
18th Century Swedish Country Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Square Belgium 18th Century Baroque Oak And Iron Casket
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Square Belgium 18th century Baroque oak and iron casket.
Category
Mid-18th Century Belgian Baroque Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Early 18th Century Wooden Folk Art Ink Sander
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very lovely wooden ink sander with small carvings all around it.
Category
Early 18th Century Danish Folk Art Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Patriotic Tobacco Flannels Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Long before the hazards of smoking became known, tobacco companies offered premiums included with the purchase of cigars and cigarettes. They were often flannel panels with the flags...
Category
1910s American Country Vintage More Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Early 20th Century Eastern European Paper Cut Ketubah, Jewish Marriage Contract
Located in New York, NY
An Eastern European Kethubah Strikingly Decorated in Papercut Form, and with the Central Traditional Hebrew Text of a Most Uncommon Petite Appearance.
Uni...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Wrought Iron and Gold Votive Candelabra Electrified or Table Lamp
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Large size 57x28x22 cm
This very beautiful wrought iron and gold candelabra with two side candles and another electrified central candle
This is an ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Medieval More Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Folk Art Dog
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large hand-cut iron dog Folk Art lawn or store trade sign is in good condition with a worn and rusted patina. It sits on its on with cut-out flaps for sitting flush to the floor.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack More Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Rich Lane Shy Little Girl Etching Drawing, 1792
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique drawing titled shy little girl.
Technique: Etching
Date: 1792
Artist: Rich Lane
Signed
Measures: Image size 21.5 × 15.5 cm
Total dimensions 31 × 22 × 1.8 cm
Weight 6...
Category
1790s British Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Iron Horse Shoe and Horse Head Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early pair of handmade cast iron horse shoe and horse head andirons. This pair is in wonderful as found condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack More Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Small Tooled Leather Box from Mexico
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th century small tooled leather box from Mexico
This small box has lovely tooled workmanship and its clearly handmade with care
Measure:...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican More Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Early 19th Century Hand-Carved and Painted Shovel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine original red painted hand-carved pine shovel was found in New England. The patina is the best. Condition is very good and it does have a lot of nice age wear.
Category
Early 18th Century American Adirondack Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Collection of Ladies Leg Calipers
Located in Nantucket, MA
A collection of ladies leg calipers
Group of nine user-made whimsical calipers in the form
of ladies legs, cut from steel.
Used to measure inside and outside diameters.
Each on a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antiquity of Roman Large Bust-Weight of Venus with Silver Inlaid Eyes, Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large bust weight of Venus with silver inlaid eyes and celestial diadem,Roman culture,Germany,2nd-3rd century AD.
The goddess is depicted nude, slightly gazing to her right with deta...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Turkish Hand-Knotted Ethnic Rug
By Turkoman
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-knotted antique ethnic rug from Eastern Turkey,
circa 1940. Size: 3ft 6 in x 5ft 8in.
Traditional Turkish carpet with floral abstract design.
Antique oriental accent rug...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Moorish More Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 18th Century New England Handmade Tin and Wood Candlestand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a early 18th century New England monumental floor candle stand is from circa 1700-1720. It is a handmade of tin the entire top a...
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Folk Art Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Austrian Pair of Cufflinks in Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Charming pair of mother-of-pearl cufflinks in 800 silver. The cufflinks have a left and right hand portrait of a Lady in dark brown mother-of-pearl in Art Deco design. Handmade in Au...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage More Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Plaids One Patch Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This one-patch quilt made almost entirely of plaid cotton flannels is both simple and sophisticated. It took an artistic eye to put together this large combination of plaids in a pal...
Category
1920s American Vintage More Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Set of Five 18th Century Wooden Pigment Jars
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A set of 5 late 18th century wooden pigment jars. The softwood lidded jars are made in a baluster shape and decorated with the original black paint and hand painted color names in Du...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique More Folk Art
Sculptural Downton Abbey Laundry Pincers
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of over-scale laundry pincers used at the turn of the century by a laundress in a great country house like that depicted in Downton Abbey for remo...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
Early 20th Century Tooled Leather Box from Morocco
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th Century Tooled Leather Box from Morocco
Leather box was found in France.
The Workmanship of this piece is second to none.
Beautifully too...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan More Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Magnificent Chimu Precolumbian Tapestry with 21 Multicolor Royal Attendants
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete and magnificent Chimu Pre-Columbian Tapestry with 21 multicolor Royal attendants and fringe. No restoration, professionally cleaned. Overall excellent condition.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
American Folk Art Painting Signed J.W. Fosdick 1903
Located in South Burlington, VT
American Folk Art Pyrography At Its Finest
This is an original and beautiful 23 inch by 19.25 inch hand-painted and hand incised work of art on board of a lovely Victorian lady enth...
Category
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Handmade Folky Rustic Horses Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of galloping cast iron horses are in great condition with wear consistent from age and use. There is fragments of old worn black painted surface. These are not manufactured...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack More Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pair of Folky Thread and Buttons Painted Pantry Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of folky original painted pantry boxes. One is larger then the other. The smaller of the two is carved buttons and the larger states thread on ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Country More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Unusual Folky "Apple Tree" Table Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted wood "apples" on cast iron base - supported by wrapped wire "branches", highly decorative - and well made.
Category
Early 20th Century American More Folk Art
Rustic Antique Wood and Leather Bench with Great Patina and Character
Located in New York, NY
A simple, quirky, rustic wooden bench with a beautifully worn leather seat and crosshatch leather back. This antique low bench from Ethiopia looks gr...
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian More Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
"Black Jack" Antique Double Clamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An unusual small scaled forged iron double clamp having expressive molded spade form decorations. Mounted on a stepped oak base retaining its original green polychrome.
Category
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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 More Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Homemade Tin Basket
Located in Darnestown, MD
Handmade basket of heavy tin with a wood bottom. The hinged lid opens from both sides. Measures 18" to top of handle and 16" in length.
Category
Early 20th Century American More Folk Art
Materials
Tin
19th Century Milliners Painted Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Milliners painted wood head. Original condition and original paint.
Category
Late 18th Century American Country Antique More Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
Antique African Queens Throne Seat
Located in Lambertville, NJ
African Ashanti queens royalty bench. The throne seat is carved from one piece of wood with its original patination to the finish. Extraordinary style and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal More Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Copper Alloy African Ankle Bracelet from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 20th century African ankle bracelet made from copper alloy. These antique tribal bracelets were used as forms of currency, meant to be worn about the ankle. This beautiful a...
Category
Early 20th Century African More Folk Art
Materials
Copper
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