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Place of Origin: British
Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game handmade & Pokerwork Board / Box, Circa 1910
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality handmade Miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own lidded pokerwork decorated box, which we date to the English Edwardian period, cir...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game Inlaid Walnut Box handmade, circa 1930's
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality handmade miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own inlaid walnut box, which we date to the early 20th century, circa 1930's.
The che...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique English Painted Wood Firescreen Flower Basket Dummy Board
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Englishpainted wood firescreen flower basket dummy board
During the 18th and 19th centuries, dummy board fire screens were highly fashionable, esp...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th century double sided English chemist sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided English chemist sign
Made from double sided glass with reflective silver illuminated text, this early 20th century example of an English chemist tra...
Category
1930s Late Victorian Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship,
Circa 1875
The charming simple sailor's woolie depicts a starboard side view of a Royal Navy second rate battleship...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Horace Elliott London Arts & Crafts Studio Pottery Blue Glazed Flower Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and stunning Arts & Crafts studio pottery vase of twisted floral shape made in London by Horace Elliott (British, 1851-1938) dating from the...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Owl Sculpture on Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage ceramic owl sculpture on stand with glass eyes.
Category
Early 20th Century Chesterfield British Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
$423 Sale Price
34% Off
The Fun One Hundred by Peter Davies
Located in Basildon, London
Peter Davies' 'The Fun One Hundred' is a quintessential piece that encapsulates the artist's witty and conceptual approach to contemporary art. Davies gained recognition for his meti...
Category
Early 2000s Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Zabihi Collection Dramatic Mid 19th Century English Needlepoint
Located in New York, NY
Dramatic mid 19th Century English Needlepoint ~
7'7'' x 16'3''
English needlepoint rugs, renowned for their profuse floral motifs, reached an artistic zenith in 1700-1750 but were...
Category
Mid-19th Century Aubusson Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game handmade in walnut Inlaid box, circa 1940s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality handmade Miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own inlaid hardwood box, which we date to the mid 20th century, circa 1940s.
The smal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Hand Carved Folk Art Mallard Duck Decoy, C.1920
Located in London, GB
Two separate antique duck decoys. c.1920
Beautifully hand carved and very charming. One solid wood with a lovely warmth, the other carved and painted to mimic a male mallard.
Woo...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
British Sailor's Large Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship Under Full Sail
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seafaring Artistry: A British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship,
Circa 1865–75
This remarkable British sailor's woolwork, or "wool...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$4,687 Sale Price
25% Off
British Sailor's Woolwork of Named HMS Atalanta Coming into Port
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large and Historically Significant Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Atalanta,
British,
Circa 1880.
This large and impressive sailor's woolwork, or "woolie," is a richly colored and wonderf...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign with Two Bermudan Ketches
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign off the Coast of Bermuda,
Circa 1865
The British sailor's woolwork or woolie, as this type of artwork is called, depicts a port ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A ‘FANTASTICALLY’ RARE, EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY and MUSEUM QUALITY Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes.
Made in Englan...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Glass, Mahogany
Suffragette Plate, "Deeds Not Words" & "Votes for Women", The Only Known Example
Located in York County, PA
ENGLISH PORCELAIN SUFFRAGETTE PLATE WITH "DEEDS, NOT WORDS" AND "VOTES FOR WOMEN" SLOGANS, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, CA 1905-1918
English porcelain plate, made for the Women's Suffrage movement in the U.K. One-of-a-kind among presently known examples, this wonderful Arts & Crafts design features a green, frog-like pattern around the border, surrounding violet and green or daisies, on a polka dot green background. Interspersed between the flowers are the words "Votes for Women" and, in Latin, the phrase "Facta non Verba...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Double-Sided "Kings Head" Hand Painted Metal English Pub Sign
Located in Brooklyn, NY
English two-sided handmade and painted metal pub sign depicting a king of clubs with the text "Flowers" above and "Kings Head" below (ca. early 1900s, England).
Identical imagery and...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century English folk art metal weathervane
Located in London, GB
19th Century English folk art metal weathervane
Removable from its mounted 19th Century hand carved church stand, this highly decorative English folk-art weathervane in the form of ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Antique Victorian Cast Iron Bookbinding Press Screw Nipping Press
Located in Tyler, TX
EXCELLENT Antique Victorian Cast Iron Book Press~~c. 19th century
Beautiful decorative Victorian era green book press nipping press
13" tall x...
Category
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Shell Work Diorama Scene
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Shell Work Diorama Scene
A unique example of an early 20th Century English folk art shell work diorama. Encased in a pine and wallpaper cove...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
An English Regency Blue John and Marble Clockcase with an enamel portrait
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An extremely rare English Regency Blue John and marble clockcase that has been retrofitted with a gilt bronze framed enamel portrait medallion of a lady. Presumably the clock that o...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Galvanometer Antique Measuring Instrument Used for Telegraph Cables 1850 circa
Located in Milan, IT
Vertical mirror galvanometer made in 1850 circa, oak and glass, three adjustable screws at the base. Tool constituted by a magnet bar movable inside a coil and connected to a needle. In the absence of current the needle is positioned vertically while when the coil is crossed by the current it creates a magnetic field that moves the needle. This type of galvanometer was used for measurement of insulation of telegraph cables...
Category
1850s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Cock in Wood by R.J Lakin from Streatham Workshop in London, Carousel, 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Cock in wood by R.J Lakin from Streatham Workshop in London.
Unique piece from Carousel 1930. Devided piece of Beam
in sculpted wood hand-painted with optical illusion, 1930.
Rare...
Category
1930s Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Art Deco Brass Illuminated Advertising Cinema Ladies Flambosign Sign
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous Art Deco illuminated Ladies sign from renowned manufacturers 'Flambosign', England circa 1930.
- The worn brass casing marked 'Flambosign' houses an etched lucite perspex...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Lucie Rie & Hans Coper Signed Stamped Yellow Glazed Stoneware Bowl, circa 1950
By Lucie Rie, Hans Coper
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous mustard-yellow glazed stoneware bowl with manganese rim by famed European potters Lucie Rie & Hans Coper.
The bowl is signed with each artist's impressed seals on the b...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Fine Late 19th Century Straw Work Model of Clarendon House, Piccadily, London
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
A fine late 19th century straw work model of Clarendon House Piccadilly, London. Excellent attention to detail. Clarendon House was a town mansion which stood on Piccadilly from 1660...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Straw
Sailor's Woolwork (Woolie) with Heart Valentine and Flag Surround
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Flag of Nations Woolwork with Heart Valentine and Flag Surround,
Circa 1880
The distinctive British sailor's woolwork or woolie showcases a flag designed in a patriotic sty...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
British Sailor's Woolwork of Three Royal Navy Ships, Circa 1885
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork of three royal navy ships
Circa 1885
The British sailor woolwork depicts an unusual scene of three different types of Royal Navy Ships which are all flying the White...
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Carved Oak Early 20th Century Rabbit Sculpture
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Early 20th Century Characterfully stout, anatomically enigmatic Rabbit. Oak. European, Circa 1920.
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Primitive Windsor Chair in Original Paint
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
Primitive Windsor Chair in Original Paint, dating from the early 19th century. This chair is Sycamore and was made in the West of England, Devon or Cornwall and is very rare in reta...
Category
Early 19th Century Primitive Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
Matched pair of Early 20th Century English Hand Crafted Fairground Fragment
Located in London, GB
Matched pair of Early 20th Century English Hand Crafted Fairground Fragment
These historic hand carved early 20th century English fairground ride decorative fragments have stood the...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Folk-Art Hand-Crafted Bedpost Doll Figure
Located in London, GB
19th century folk-art hand-crafted bedpost doll figure
A rare and highly artistic example of an English 19th century folk art bedpost doll figure. With hand carved detail including ...
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Scottish Early 20th C. Pond Yacht
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This charming antique “pond yacht” from Scotland will appeal to the sailor, the toy collector, the kid-at-heart types alike for the sporty and real...
Category
20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique 19th Century English Wooden Finishing Plane
Located in Middleburg, VA
A fine 19th-century English joiner's finishing plane crafted from dense beechwood, with a rich patinated surface developed through decades of use. The sculpted rear handle and gracef...
Category
19th Century Industrial Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Scottish Bagpiper's Bonnet on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful yet strong early 20th century Scottish bagpiper's bonnet with a woven wool checkerboard headband and decorated with a large black ostrich feather plume and a white feather hackle, mounted on a turned wood stand.
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Feathers
Lucie Rie 'Austrian/British, 1902-1995' Squeezed Oatmeal Glazed Pottery Bowl
By Lucie Rie
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stoneware oatmeal glazed bowl with small crater and speckled inclusions with a wavy rim with a fine manganese glazed edge by Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902-1995) dating from aroun...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Sailing Ship Diorama 19th Century Signed
Located in Norwood, NJ
George Vempley Burwood, British (1844-1917) signed and dated. Sailing ship, schooner diorama, shadow box with figures and painted background.
Category
1890s Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson Folk Art Carved Oak Oval Cutting or Cheese Board
By Robert Thompson
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This solid oak oval cutting board was made by the renowned English furniture maker Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson in his signature Arts & Crafts style. The cutting board has a raised han...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Early 20th century English estate made decoy duck.
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English estate made decoy duck.
A true example of an early 20th century English estate made decoy duck form, with glass eyes. With a wonderful, pointed shape and p...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Antique Carved Slate Miniature Chest of Drawers. Welsh, Late 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A charming miniature chest of drawers made from carved slate
With dummy drawers and Prince of Wales feathers detail.
Miniature chests, bureaus and similar pieces of folk art were c...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Slate
Lucie Rie Signed Stamped Yellow Speckle Glazed British Pottery Bowl, circa 1950s
By Lucie Rie
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous earth-toned, yellow, green, brown speckle glazed ceramic footed bowl by famed Austrian-born British potter Lucie Rie.
The bowl is signed with Lucie Rie's impressed seal on the base.
A rare and unique work. Simply a must for any collector of Rie's work or a beautiful stand-alone piece sure to light up any setting.
Dame Lucie Rie...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-Masted Ship under Steam, Minotaur Class
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-masted Ship under Steam,
HMS Minotaur or HMS Agincourt,
Minotaur Class Broadside Ironclad,
circa 1880
The sailor's woolie depicts a portsi...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
English Type GSR Nautical Binnacle in Copper/ Brass and Mahogany Housining
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Made by John Lilley & Gillie Ltd., England. A standard binnacle form in copper/brass housing with arms set with red and taupe painted iron Kelvin's balls (the taupe one with open hol...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial British Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Primitive Portrait of a Girl, English, Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful naive oil painting of a girl.
Fabulous muted colors. The austerity of the image is matched by the simplicity of the antique bleached oak frame.
I have chosen not to resto...
Category
1820s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Oak
Antique English Rolls Razor Safety Blade Sharpener
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this English rolls razor blade sharpener, circa 1930. Made by Rolls Razor, Ltd., of Cricklewood, London. The Rolls Safety Razor product was a sophisticated safety-razor whic...
Category
1930s Industrial Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Sign
Located in London, GB
An Edwardian Folk Art sign with overscale finger, insribed ‘Left Luggage’.
Category
20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
$1,226
Antique Victorian Quality Oil Painting by C R Breytle
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality original antique oil painting of a horse, two dogs and a gentleman in wonderful colours and original gilt frame
A charming original artwork
H 40 x W 49 x D 5cm
Date 1880
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paint
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Frigate Within Floral Reserve
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Frigate Within Floral Reserve, circa 1840, a British Sailor's hand-crafted woolwork picture with a larboard side view of a ship-rigged friga...
Category
1840s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
19th Century Slate Animal Grave Markers Tomb Stones Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of slate animal grave markers, these appear to of all been from the same family/estate/property. Likely all working animals and much loved.
All initialed and dated to...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Slate
An Extra Large Oil on Canvas Painting Aft. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Suffolk, GB
An extra large oil on canvas painting aft. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA of Return from Hawking measuring 177 x 263 x 12 cm (including frame)....
Category
19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Antique British Colonial Heart Form Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming 19th Century English heart form sailors valentine ambitiously handcrafted with exotic seashells around a sailboat image as seen through a glass lens.
Category
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Vintage Pond Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Wooden pond yacht with natural finish and painted white above the waterline. Linen sails, blue deck.
70" long x 11 1/2" wide x 78" ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Lead
$7,554
Rare and Important English Shadow Box Model of a Full-Rigged Ship
Located in Norwell, MA
19th Century shadow box. Ship at center flanked by a steamer and a pilot boat. Profusely painted background depicts the cliffs of Dover and numerous sailin...
Category
1890s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Castle Hedingham William II Medieval Style Art Pottery Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual Castle Hedingham medieval style pottery jug marked for William Rufus (William II, son of William the Conqueror) and made by Edward Bingham ...
Category
19th Century Medieval Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Weighted Resin Chess Set Game in Jointed Wood Box 9.5cm Kings, Ca 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English resin moulded "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in a jointed pine box, all dating to the early/ mid 20th century, Circa 1930's.
The chess p...
Category
Early 20th Century Medieval British Folk Art
Materials
Resin, Pine
Edwardian Shellwork Valentine Diorama of a Lighthouse with Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
Edwardian Shellwork Valentine Diorama of a Lighthouse with Ship
Date: Circa 1900
Origin: England
Materials: Shells, coral, seaweed, chromolithograph, wood, glass
Dimensions: 10 3/4 inches diameter x 2 inches deep (27 cm x 5.08cm)
A finely executed example of turn-of-the-century maritime folk art...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Flag 1953
Located in Hastings, GB
British Royal Family
A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd, June 2nd 1953.
Due To The Size This Flag Would Have Been Designed t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
19th Century sailor's Woolie of a British Steam Frigate, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a British Steam Frigate, circa 1850, a hand crafted sailor's woolwork picture with larboard side view of a British Naval Auxiliary Steam Frigate unde...
Category
1850s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Midcentury Abstract Art Acrylic Oil On Canvas Painting Artwork 1960s 1970s
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A striking, energetic piece of original abstract artwork dating from the 1960s/70s. Acrylic and oil have been used to create bold lines and brushwork on the canvas giving the piece a...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
$1,525 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Horn with Brass Closure and Brass Tip for Storage, Drinking, 420
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful horn - typically used as a drinking cup on the camp, or storage of anything from gunpowder to tobacco - today, with the addition of a beaurtiful brass hinged top and adde...
Category
20th Century Rustic British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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