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Place of Origin: British
Antique Hand Painted Industrial Double Sided Blacksmith Trade Sign, C.1900
Located in London, GB
A wonderful hand painted and double sided trade sign for a farrier / blacksmith. c.1900. Hand painted by a skilled sign-writer in gold type on a black background. Double sided with ...
Category

Early 20th Century Edwardian British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

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

Antique Hand Carved and Painted Wood Coat of Arms Plaque Wadham College, Oxford
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th/Early 20th c., England, carved wood, gesso and paint, made of two panels held together with butterfly joints, later hanging hardware added. This Wadham College, Oxford Coat...
Category

Early 20th Century Medieval British Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

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

Folk Art Maritime Scrimshaw Shipwreck Tagua Nut "The Peruvian" 1899 E.E.Evans
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A carved and painted Tagua nut also known as vegetable ivory, the cargo of the Peruvian when it ran aground on the 8th of February 1899 during a vicious storm. Probably created by H...
Category

1890s Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

"Cabin by the Lake at Dusk" Midcentury Modern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
“The important thing is not to find, but to seek ». These words by André Gide are deeply echoed in this midcentury oil painting, which offers no answers, but invites us on a quest: t...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Paint

A Folk Art Bridge Model
Located in Conwy, GB
A scratch built painted pine model of a foot bridge Fab little thing, the staircases unhook for no reason that we can see.
Category

Early 20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Late 19th C Memento Mori Calligraphy In memory of Maria Arthur Manchip Died 1899
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fantastically decorative pen and ink calligraphy composition celebrating the life of a Maria Arthur Manchip who dies 1899. On paper, in a glazed period frame. Age related discolo...
Category

Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Framed Vintage Gilded "Gudgeon & Sons" Sign from 19th Century, England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th-century English gilded and ebonized wood sign advertising "Gudgeon & Sons". The Gudgeons were auctioneers based in Winchester, who remained...
Category

19th Century Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th C School Classroom Plaques Classics, English, History & Economics
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of four oak classroom door plaques, hand painted with gilt lettering, chamfered decorative edges and counter sunk fixing holes. More than likely from a well to do teach...
Category

Early 20th Century Edwardian British Folk Art

Materials

Oak

Hand carved chippendale influenced miniature 2 seat chair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Hand carved chippendale influenced miniature 2 seat chair circa 1990. Here we have a fine example of a well known chippendale design double seated chair.  Well carved in fruitwood showing all detailed carving, all presented in this scale.  This piece offers itself as a superb display item, or presenting soft toys...
Category

1990s Chippendale British Folk Art

Materials

Pine

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

An Unusual and Small Celtic Stone Head
Located in London, GB
An Unusual and Small Celtic Stone Head With ‘almond’ shaped eyes, a snub nose, and ‘prominent’ moustache Worn smooth from centuries of devotion or immers...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Stone

Andrew Hull Cobridge High Fired Trial Art Pottery Baluster Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Superb high fired Cobridge trial art pottery Baluster vase designed by Andrew Hull and dated 2004. The heavily made stoneware vase is of baluster shape wit...
Category

Early 2000s Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

A rare papier Mache adverting point of sale for Clarks Shoes
Located in London, GB
A rare papier Mache adverting point of sale for Clarks Shoes. Modelled on Glastonbury tor this early 20th century hand crafted papier Mache point of sal...
Category

1930s Late Victorian Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Paper

10 Carpet Lawn Bowling Hand Carved Wood & Stone Balls Antique Office Gift Idea
Located in West Hollywood, CA
10 Carpet Lawn bowling hand carved wood & stone balls antique office gift idea. A Beautiful Decorative Antique collection of 9 + 1 boules balls Carved Wood and a Jack Carved Stone ba...
Category

19th Century Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Stone

A Celtic Stone Head with ‘Staring’ Eyes, Long Nose and Slit Mouth
Located in London, GB
A Celtic Stone Head with ‘Staring’ Eyes, Long Nose and Slit Mouth Limestone British 2nd Century BC - 1st Century AD Size: 26cm high, 13cm wide, 16cm ...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Limestone

British Sailor's Woolwork with Ships off a Chalk Cliff
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork with Ships off a Chalk Cliff, Circa 1875 This exquisite sailor's woolwork, also known as a "woolie," dates back to approximately 1875. The artwork vividly ...
Category

1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Susan Parkinson Studio Pottery Architectural Tankard
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery porcelain mug decorated with columns design by Susan Parkinson for the Richard Parkinson Pottery and made between 1953 an...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Late 18th George III Provincial Folk Art Painted Oak Games Chess Side Table
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful and original George III provincial painted oak games table, with a canted column and cruciform base. The table has its original painted finish, with painted blue and whi...
Category

Late 18th Century George III Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Oak

British Sailor's Woolwork of Ship Near French Island
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Ship Near French Island, Circa 1875 The sailor's woolwork or woolie as they are also known depicts a starbord view of a British merchant ship sailing on...
Category

1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Hand Painted Antique Industrial Road Closed Racing Sign, C.1940
Located in London, GB
A wonderful painted wooden road sign for The Road Racing Club. c.1940 Great colourway with hand painted black lettering on yellow background, with some patination.
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy White Fleet Frigate
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy White Fleet Frigate The sailor's woolwork depicts a portside view of a square-rigged three masted ship flying the White Ensign. The blue s...
Category

1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Hand Painted Antique Industrial Fairground Carnival Panel Sign, C.1930
Located in London, GB
A pair of large early 20th Century fairground panels. c.1930 Of large proportions. Possibly Irish, depicting racing scenes, from a fairground attraction. Hand painted and complete...
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Tile Titled Nude
By Eric James Mellon 1
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and unique, fresh to market, stoneware studio pottery tile shaped panel hand painted with a rear profile of a walking female nude titled Nude by renowned ceramic artist E...
Category

Early 2000s Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Duke & Duchess of Windsor Sotheby's New York Memorabilia Auction Catalogue Book
Located in Dublin, Ireland
This is a two-volume boxed set of sale catalogues each with 550 pages which were produced by Sotheby's Auction House in New York in 1997 for the disposal of the effects of the Duke a...
Category

20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Paper

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of Canadian Fort
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of Canadian Fort, circa 1860, a British sailor's folk art woolwork depicting a fleet of various sized and rigged vessels and gunboats sailing around a Ca...
Category

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Antique Copper Inlaid Entranceway Wall Trade Sign Plaque. c.1920
Located in London, GB
A beautiful copper trade sign. c.1920 Wonderful patination and depth of colour built up to the surface through oxidation from years of exposure to the elements. Elegant type engrave...
Category

1920s Art Deco Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Early 1900’s Musicians prop money collection monkey
Located in London, GB
Early 1900’s Musicians prop money collection monkey Wearing an adorable velvet bell boy style suit & hat. By repute the top hat once used to collect change for a travelling musician...
Category

Early 1900s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Antique Royal Artillery Shell Carrier Stick Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive antique shell or cordite carrier featuring a royal crest, later used as a stick stand. Originally for ceremonial use in a royal artillery, this early 20th century piec...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian British Folk Art

Materials

Leather, Canvas

Early 20th Century English Folk-art Policeman Whirligig Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Folk-art Policeman Whirligig Figure An early 20th Century hand carved English folk-art policeman whirligig figure. With natural wear and patina this figur...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Early 20th Century English Folk Art Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Folk Art jigger doll A wonderful example of a unique Folk Art handcrafted jigger doll we have lovingly ...
Category

1930s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Pine, Paint

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 Edwardian British Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Vintage Mid-Century Industrial Ceramic Glove Mould Statue. c.1960
Located in London, GB
Vintage industrial ceramic glove factory moulds. c.1960 Wonderfully formed, very tactile and a great decorative item. Price is per item.
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial British Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

20th Century Pedigree Airedale Terrier Relief Carved Best in Show Panel
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Wonderful 20th century relief carved Airedale terrier best in show award plaque, winning rosette to the left and the winners trophy to the right. The Winn...
Category

20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Folk Art English Whirligig/Weathervane Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Folk Art English Whirligig/Weathervane Figure A quirky and charming example of an early 20th Century English folk art whirligig / Weathervane Figure. Stood on a r...
Category

1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Large Noah’s Ark
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Large Noah’s Ark A larger than usual example of an early 20th Century hand carved / painted pine Noah’s ark. With lifting roof and sectioned lifting central hul...
Category

1920s Victorian Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

19th Century English Folk-art Lead Face Fragment
Located in London, GB
19th Century English Folk-art Lead Face Fragment Dated from the second half of the 19th Century this architectural fragment depicts a young girls face with plaited hair. Highly lik...
Category

19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Lead

19th Century English Folk-art Painting on Paper
Located in London, GB
19th Century English Folk-art Painting on Paper A 19th century English folk art water colour on paper depicting a solider on horseback. Entitled “London March”. It’s a naïve example...
Category

19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Carved Wooden Hebridean Ram Trophy Mount
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Early 20th Century Carved wooden mount of a Ram with real Horns. Anatomically imperfect, charismatic and amusingly brilliant. Label verso reads Hebridean Ram, Isle of Lewis 1932..
Category

Early 20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Horn, Wood

English Pub Sign "The Magdalen"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a monastery abbey ruin, entitled: The Magdalen. A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork and ready for d...
Category

20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Paint, Wood

Contemporary British Framed Oil Painting on Canvas (White Roses In Mustard Pot)
Located in Austin, TX
A fine contemporary British oil painting on canvas of white roses in a mustard pot displaying a masterful use of color, space, and light, mounted to an attractive gray-washed and sil...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Folk Art

Materials

Silver Leaf

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

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

Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Reindeer Made by Henry Payn Hopper
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Reindeer of a Large Size, Made by Henry Payn Hopper, Circa 1865-70 The large woolie depicts a starboard side view of the HMS Reindeer under steam and sail. ...
Category

1860s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

British Sailor's Woolwork Picture of Five Ships Off a Coastline
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork Picture of Five Ships offshore, Circa 1875 The large sailor's woolwork or sailor's woolie depicts five different ships. The largest ship is in the center ...
Category

1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Antique Metal Enamel Advertising Sign Spratt's Bonio Per Food Dog Biscuits 1910
Located in Portland, OR
A very rare antique enamel on tin lithographic Adertising sign for Spratt's Bonio dog biscuits, circa 1910. This wonderful advertising sign, has the lengend "All dogs love Spratt's b...
Category

1910s Other Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Circa 1780 Sailor's Pen & Ink Wash Sketch Of a Pilot Fish Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming late 18th century pen and ink wash sketch on paper of a pilot fish, housed in a period glazed and hardwood veneered frame . Beau...
Category

Late 18th Century Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Glass, Hardwood, Paper

19th Century Silver Mounted Coconut Cup
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century silver mounted coconut cup from England. The cup itself is made from a coconut, which has been hand carved with geometric patterns, and worn smooth from age and u...
Category

Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Silver

British Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Victor Emanuel with Red and White Ensign Border
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of HMS Victor Emanuel with Red and White Ensign Border, Named after Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia (also known as Piedmont-Sardinia) and future King of It...
Category

1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Antique German Industrial 'Feather Cleaning' Factory Model Diorama, C.1900
Located in London, GB
An incredibly detailed diorama of a feather and down processing machine. German, c.1900 A one of a kind model of an industrial machine, with plenty of moving parts and high attent...
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Early 19th Century Carved Coconut Cup with Silver Mounts
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century hand-carved decorated coconut cup with continental silver mounts. The coconut is artfully hand-carved with wonderful geometric patterns all over the piece. The r...
Category

1830s Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Silver

Circa 1920 English Hand Painted Fairground Ghost Train Destination Stop Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful and original travelling fairground double sided ghost train destination sign. Of simple construction, two thin boards sandwich the central box and are fixed with wing nu...
Category

1920s Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

British Sailor's Woolwork of a Ship in Dramatic Seas off a Coastline
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Ship in Rough Seas, Circa 1875 The British sailor's woolie depicts a starboard view of a three-masted ship under sail in extremely rough weather as th...
Category

1870s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

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

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 English Wooden Skiff Model
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty antique English Edwardian Thames river rowing skiff model with sale, hand crafted in mahogany with ambitious accuracy. Presented on a hand crafted wood...
Category

Early 20th Century Edwardian British Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Vintage Industrial Red Hand Painted Fire Bucket. c.1950
Located in London, GB
A well-used painted fire bucket. c.1950 Really nice example - the colour, patination and style are perfect with rivetted construction. Brass plaque present, dated 1950. Perfect for ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial British Folk Art

Materials

Steel

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