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Place of Origin: British
English 19th Century Painting of Racing Pigeons
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Fabulous 19th century oil painting on canvas of a group of four racing pigeons pecking in the grass. The work is unsigned but recalls the influence of artist Edward Henry Windred, fa...
Category

19th Century Other Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

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

Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game handmade & Pokerwork Board / Box, Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high 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

Late 19th Century Edwardian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Antique Vintage Rustic Bird Folk Art Fairground Shooting Target
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Vintage Rustic Bird Folk Art Fairground Shooting Target A superb original steel fairground shooting target. A one off folk art piece of nostalgic fairground fun. It is useab...
Category

Mid-20th Century Rustic British Folk Art

Materials

Cut Steel

Framed Mozart Miniature Portrait Painting Prof. A Mattei, Hand painted Vintage
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely stylish sentimental portrait of a lMozart Framed in a beautiful wooden frame, made in the 20th Century. Painting signed by artist. Beautiful and highly decorative. A very pr...
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20th Century Biedermeier British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

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 Hand Carved Folk Art Mallard Duck Decoys, 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. Pri...
Category

Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

19th Century Complete Games Compendium in Hardwood Jointed Box Many Games
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high quality antique Games Compendium, complete with over 8 individual games, all in its original hardwood storage box with a hinged lid. All the pieces are well made and complete. The box is made of a jointed hardwood, possibly red walnut and is a high quality piece in its own right. The box has developed a lovely color and patination from use and wear. The box lid has two brass hinges and two brass loop catches to secure it closed. The interior is sectioned into different sub compartments by hardwood dividers. Many different games are included within the compendium, including; Horse racing game...
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

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

Large Heavy Duty Cast Iron Gentlemen Wall Sign Plaque, C.1920
Located in London, GB
A large and incredible heavy duty cast iron Gentlemen sign. c.1920 In original condition with an amazing patina. Likely once mounted outside a public...
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial British Folk Art

Materials

Iron

Monumental Portrait of Lt. General Hay MacDowall by Sir Henry Raeburn, 1805–1815
By Sir Henry Raeburn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary and monumental oil on canvas portrait by renowned Scottish artist Sir Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), depicting Lieutenant General Hay MacDowall in full military regalia....
Category

Early 19th Century Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

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

English Sailor's Woolwork Picture of a Port Side View of a Royal Navy Frigate
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Sailor's Woolwork Picture of a Port Side View of a Royal Navy Frigate, Circa 1865 A very attractive and unusual sailor's woolwork of a Royal Navy Frigate flying the Blue Ens...
Category

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

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

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

English Pub Sign, "Free House - The Lord Nelson"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a portrait painting of Lord Nelson in full regalia, entitled: Free House - The Lord Nelson. A free house in Great Britain is a pu...
Category

20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

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

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

English Pub Sign, "The Ship"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a British brigantine or two-mast sailing ship featuring flags with St. George's cross, entitled: The Ship. A very f...
Category

20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Circa 1920 English Bamboo Walking Stick
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1920's English walking stick made from bamboo. These look wonderful in a hall stand or for actual use if needed!
Category

1920s Edwardian Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Bamboo

English Shipwright's or Carpenter's Sash Fillister Plane by Atkin and Sons
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English shipwright's or carpenter's sash fillister or plough plane, c.1900, of finely patinated beech wood and brass by Atkin and Sons, Sheffield Works, Birmingham Marked A &...
Category

Early 1900s Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Brass

Bespoke Antique Victorian Carved Ivory Dog Head Magnifying Glass Object of Vertu
Located in Forney, TX
A most charming fine quality antique Victorian era object of vertu magnifying glass, custom made from various earlier elements. English refinement, sophistication, and Victorian ele...
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

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

Collection 1900s Edwardian Miniature Tin Toys Farm Animals People and Park Trees
Located in Haarlem, NL
Large collection of tin 1900s Edwardian miniature toy figures. A few tin houses a shed, gazebo's, flower arches, lots of trees and shrubs. Dovecote, pretty fences, a bench, a parrot tree, a birdcage, a plant Stand, a fountain, farm animals and lots of human figures in Edwardian clothing about: 29 trees (trees shrubs, palmtrees) 11 decorative fences 2 arches 18 figures (girl with dog, a couple, lady with...
Category

Early 20th Century Edwardian British Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Tin

Exceptional Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with a Van Dyke mustache, sword and leather boots, she with ...
Category

18th Century Georgian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Pine, Paint

Vintage English Nautical Binnacle in Tall Copper/ Brass and Mahogany Housing, Ty
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

Marble Solitaire Game Hardwood Board with 34 old Glass swirl Marbles, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Marble Solitaire game, having a very good hardwood board and a complete set of 34 glass swirl marbles, all dating to the first half of the 20th century. The circular ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art

Materials

Glass, Hardwood

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

A Large English Victorian Cast Iron Painted Doorstops, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Large English Victorian Cast Iron Painted Doorstops, 19th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Dimensions: Height: 41.5cm. Width: 20cm. Depth: 9cm.
Category

19th Century Victorian 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

19th Century Tobacconist’s Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
English carved and polychrome decorated wood tobacconist’s trade sign in the form of a “Turk” wearing a distinctive headdress and dressed in a long robe, this advertising figure rela...
Category

19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

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

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

Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Internalite Enquiries Illuminated Sign, c1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning illuminated 'Internalite' directional sign made in England by K.F.M Engineering. c.1920. Wall mounted brass frame housing the internal illuminations above single sided ...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Early 20th century English fairground carousel central fragment
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English fairground carousel central fragment A hand carved example of a vibrant and highly decorative fairground carousel central mirror panel. With its original...
Category

1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Early 20th Century Folk Art Fairground Elephant
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk Art Fairground Elephant We share what we love, and we love this charming and naively formed early 20th century hand craved fairground ride figure. With a de...
Category

1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

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

British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Sunset
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship with Sunset, Circa 1875 This is a lovely example of a sailor's woolie with wonderful color and subject. The sailor's woolwork or sailor...
Category

1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

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

Hand Engraved Carved Industrial RESERVED Slate Sign Plaque, C.1920
Located in London, GB
An elegant hand engraved slate reserved sign. c.1920 A thick chunk of slate, hand engraved for use as a reserved sign.
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial British Folk Art

Materials

Slate

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

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

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

Antique Victorian Press - Mahogany
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful small antique press, made of mahogany wood. The press was used as a hobby, for example for pressing flowers, for example for making herbariums, a popular hobby at the end...
Category

1870s Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

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

Antique Miniature Staffordshire Pottery Spaniel Dog Figurine with Confetti Fur
By Staffordshire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English Staffordshire pottery figurine. Depicting a seated Spaniel. With confetti fur and painted black highlights. Simply a wonderful Staffordshire dog figurine...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Hermes Riding Crop
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Hermes riding crop with deer antler handle. The shaft is covered in a beautifully braided leather and finished at the bottom with twine. The...
Category

1960s Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Silver

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

Large Copper and Brass Ship's Port Lantern Light by Meteorite Birmingham England
By Meteorite
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large early 20th Century Antique British solid copper and brass nautical Port signal lantern/lamp with Fresnel lens. With maker's badge from English fir...
Category

Early 20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Brass, Copper

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

A Rare Standing Stone / Slab / Marker with ‘Triskele’ Low Relief Design
Located in London, GB
A Rare Standing Stone / Slab / Marker with ‘Triskele’ Low Relief Design Sandstone Late Celtic - Early Christian 7th – 8th Century AD
 Size: 62cm high, 28cm wide, 19cm deep - 24½ i...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Sandstone

19th Century Bone Shoe Horn with Button Hook
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English bone shoe horn and button hook most likely for high button shoes in the Victorian period. There is a monogram which appears to be the letters S H. Wonderful de...
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

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

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

1977 English Pub Sign for the "Red Lion" by David Fisher
By David Fisher
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1977 dated & signed English pub sign for the "Red Lion". Double sided on wood in original frame. Signed by the artist "David Fisher A.B.I.D." and date "Jan 1977". Featuring the ever ...
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Antique English marine chronometer J. Mc Cabe No. 280 - 8 days charge 19th century
By James McCabe
Located in Milano, IT
Antique English marine chronometer with mahogany outer case and brass elements. The wooden case has a double opening, one to access the chronometer movement and the second, top, with...
Category

Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

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

English Pub Sign, "Benskins (Puss in Boots)"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a cat playing a violin fiddle - from the beloved fairy tale Puss In Boots - in the light of a streetlamp at night, e...
Category

20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Circa 1880 Victorian English Countryside Painting
By J.S. Henry
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 Victorian English country side painting, English. A winding road through haystack fields with a couple coming in from work. Thatched roof farmhouse complex & distant villa...
Category

1880s Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood

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