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Place of Origin: British
Traditional English Painting Angler Fishing at Teddington, London England
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1991, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Solitary Angler on the River Thames at Teddington near L...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Victorian Antique Brass and Cast Iron Umbrella Stand Valet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Victorian 19th century brass umbrella stand or stick stand.
Antique brass top divided into three sections to hold either walking sticks or umbrellas.
Umbrella brass valet rack with 3 sections and hunter green iron tray and supported upon a tubular frame cast iron face...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Ivory Petal Gourd IV by Julie Nelson
Located in Geneve, CH
Ivory Petal Gourd IV by Julie Nelson
One Of A Kind
Dimensions: D 34 x H 32 cm
Materials: Ceramic stoneware and porcelain
Artist Julie Nelson uses th...
Category
2010s Post-Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
20th Century Traditional English Painting Rochester Castle View, Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th century, 1908-1996), 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso.
Title - "Rochester Castle from C...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Watermill at Tresmeer Cornwall, Figures at Work
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1994, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Watermill at Tresmeer, Cornwall
Figures busy work...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Naive Pair of Children's Shoes & Floral Still Life Paintings
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A delightful pair of floral still-life paintings, dating to the mid/second half of the 19th century. Oil on canvas and presented in period maple frames with gilt slips. Each painting...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Traditional English Painting Cornish Haybarn on Farm Near Launceston, Cornwall
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), undated, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Cornish Haybarn at Treglith Farm near Launceston in C...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Folk art walking stick, leather discs and black horne, England 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: stick with metal tip, the shaft made from an iron core in which leather discs are inserted, with a progressive diameter up to the handle. The cane is polished...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Traditional English Painting A Monastery Garden, England, View from Interior
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - In a Monastery Garden. A view through timber framing int...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Unknown English artist, 1800s. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unknown English artist, 1800s. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed. English port lot with fishermen who land fish.
In good condition, needs a clean...
Category
19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Traditional English Painting the Italian Lake, Hever Castle, Kent England
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1991, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - The Italian Lake at Hever Castle...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Maritime Scene on River Medway, Kent, England
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Misty Morning, River Medway, Kent. Finely detailed maritime scene...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Working Horses Returning Home in Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - "The Ploughman's Return", a rural scene of English worki...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Woodstacks at the Alma Arms, Weston Green, Surrey
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1994, undated, inscribed verso
Title - Woodstacks at the Alma Arms Inn, Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey, Eng...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting River Workers, Beckford Bridge Bingley Yorkshire
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1991, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Beckford Bridge near Bingley Yorkshire. Two men work...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Church and Figures at Altarnun, Cornish School
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Church and Village at Altarnun. Cornwall. Church of St N...
Category
Late 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Other
1950s British Coastal Scene Seascape Oil on Board Painting by Arthur E. Milne
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Wonderfully textured West Country coastal scene in oil using palette knife signed by Bristol artist, Arthur E. Milne. Milne was a painter of landscapes, portraits and flower pieces in oil, watercolour and pastel.
Capturing the mood of the rugged West Country coast with his technique of laying on thick layers with visible palette-knife strokes. Signed bottom right Arthur E.Milne, complete with labels on the reverse.
Arthur Edwards...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Six Foot Carved Wood Codfish
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved wood codfish trade sign reminiscent of the signs that used to hang in the English fish terminals in the 19th century. Detailed carving with gills, fins, scales, eyes and snout...
Category
2010s British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Model of a War Sailing Ship, Made Out of Bone, United Kingdom, 1793-1815
Located in Milan, IT
A British model of a sailing ship, made out of bone. Made by French prisoners of war (POWs), held in British prisons, during the Napoleonic Wars, which took place from 1793 to 1815 and the following years. Prisoner of War Models...
Category
1790s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Daniel Sherrin (b. 1868, d. 1940) Scottish Landscape, Signed
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Daniel Sherrin (b. 1868, d. 1940) Scottish landscape. Signed D. Sherrin. Oil on canvas. 51 x 76 cm. The frame is 12 cm. wide. In good condition, some crazing. Beautiful, wide gold fr...
Category
20th Century British Folk Art
Pair of Exceptional Yacht Cabin Lanterns by Davey & Co.
By Davey & Co.
Located in Norwell, MA
Pair of top quality Davey & Co. ships lanterns. With arched and vented tops, carry handles, beveled glass, hinged doors, burners, etc. Fitted with makers badges reading "Davey & Comp...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 20trh Century English Antique Nestle's Condensed Milk Container
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare Nestle's sampler condensed milk cylinder cardboard container in very good condition for its age. This is a great addition for any collector of advertising memorabilia...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
English Victorian Painted Shoemaker's Boot Sign
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian red & blue painted and decorated wood carved shoemaker's boot sign.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Edwardian Art Nouveau Copper & Oak Shop Sign "Townrow" Hatter Hosier
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful English Art Nouveau period polished copper & oak mounted shop sign, "Townrow". Circa 1905.
There is some damage to the left hand side oak mount, please refer to the late...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau British Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Large Early 19th Century Painted and Silkwork Picture 'The Good Samaritan'
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
The picture retains its original gilt frame. The image is rendered in a mixture of silkwork and hand painted decoration and depicts the injured traveler on the roadside being aided by the Samaritan while the Levite and the Priest are seen in the distance. This parable is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.
A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"
This work is vastly bigger than 19th century silkwork pictures...
Category
Early 19th Century George IV Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
carving pair oak folk naive hunting deer dog Demeter sea monster L88.5cm 34 3/4
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming naive/folk art/sculptural pair of carvings. Crisp, fluid, characterful carving. Lustrous patina.
One a hunting scene in a wood near a cottage : a hunter shooting deer wit...
Category
17th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
Located in Cheshire, GB
Enamel sign for Colman’s Starch, of rectangular form decorated in blue and white enamel.
Dimensions
Height 16 Inches
Width 62.5 Inches
Depth 0.5 Inches.
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Unusual Hand Carved Clown Motif Umbrella, Paragon, S. Fox & Co
By S. Fox & Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Hand Carved Clown Motif Umbrella, Paragon, S. Fox & Co
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
The Silver Crane Company English Ceramic Parker Pen Pottery Desk Tidy
Located in Linkebeek, BE
The Silver Crane Company English Ceramic Parker Pen Pottery Desk Tidy
Wear consistent with age and use
Collector - Advertising pencil case - desk
A scarce novelty ceramic lidded desk tidy modeled as a Parker fountain pen...
Category
1980s Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique English Regency Period and Styled Hand Painted Toleware Tea Caddy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique English toleware tea caddy dates to circa 1820 and done in the period Regency style. This tea caddy is constructed of tin with a cast i...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th C Naive Oil on Board, Boy & His Big Cabbage Folk Art Rutland Gallery London
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A intriguing early 19th century naive oil on board, showing a well furnished interior scene of a wee lad with a table ladened with oversized food.
circa 1810
A label on the re...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
George IV Painted Puzzle Jug, Dated 1823 with Initials JA
Located in Spencertown, NY
The puzzle jug consisting of a handle with pierced yellow painted decoration above and below the band of three spouts, floral painting on each side with int...
Category
1820s George IV Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Early 19th C George III Folk Art Shell Work China Man Sailor Maritime Naval
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderfully detailed and intricately decorated early 19th century shell work figure.
Depicting a traditionally dressed Chinese gent, with his wispy beard, hat and holding his bask...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Four Pair of rare Georgian Miniature Mahogany Shoes decorated Mother of Pearl
Located in Leuven , BE
These stunning and unique Miniature Georgian shoes were produced in England during the early 19th century, circa 1830. They are hand carved from Mahogany wood and feature the most wo...
Category
1830s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
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 Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
A rare folk art papier mâché and straw work study of a duckling, circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
This most rare and unusual folk art study of a duckling is remarkable in its fine detail. It is constructed of papier mâché which is then been veneered with cut and shaped straw whi...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art British Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique carpet beater, guitar-shape, United Kingdom, late 1800s.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique carpet beater, to remove dust from carpets, in the shape of a guitar in heavy twisted metal wire woven into a honeycomb, to obtain greater resist...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Star Petal Gourd III by Julie Nelson
Located in Geneve, CH
Star petal gourd III by Julie Nelson
One Of A Kind
Dimensions: D 22 x H 26.5 cm
Materials: Ceramic stoneware and porcelain
Artist Julie Nelson uses ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Original Hand-Painted Wooden Fairground Signage, circa 1950s
Located in Faversham, GB
When in use, the panels were linked together with couplings to form an oval shape and the mechanics of the fairground ride would sit within the centre....
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
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 British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
George IV Folk Art Portrait of The Brighton Match Maker 1828
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful folk art hand penned and coloured portrait of the Brighton Match Maker 1828.
Housed in its original frame with a decorative perforated border and wee verse that reads
...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Chart of Japan by James Imray and Son
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of southern Japan compiled by James F. Imray and published in 1870. The chart captures the coast and islands. Includes Nagasaki, Kii Channel, Gulf of Yed...
Category
1870s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
British Royal Navy Mast Crown
Located in Norwell, MA
Painted metal mast crown from a British Royal Navy fighting ship. Quite rare to find, especially in this size. With a surround of sail and stern segment...
Category
1940s Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Charcoal Petal Gourd I by Julie Nelson
Located in Geneve, CH
Charcoal Petal Gourd I by Julie Nelson
-One Of A Kind-
Dimensions: D 28 x H 22 cm
Materials: Ceramic stoneware and porcelain.
Artist Julie Nelson uses the materiality of clay as a m...
Category
2010s Post-Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 20th Century Folk Art Pencil on Paper Odd Dog "Job" Oak Frame Rottweiler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interesting side profile portrait of a panting Rottweiler, well executed pencil on paper housed in its original oak frame and oak slip.
Has its original framers label on the reve...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Paper
Green and Copper Hand Guilded Wallpaper, Non-Repeating Mural, Made by Hand in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Igneous is a design made from carbon powder and using Custhom’s innovative process of hand-foiling wallpapers, creates a unique distressed or highly polished finish in a wide range o...
Category
2010s Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Welsh Folk Art Column Form
Located in London, GB
19th Century Welsh Folk art Column Form
Really quite extraordinary piece of Welsh folk art, "The Marquess of Angleseys Column" dating mid to late 19th Century. Constructed from carv...
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Slate
19th Century Matched Pair of Sailor's Yachting Woolies
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very unusual 19th century matched pair of sailor's Yachting Woolies, circa 1870, a true pair of woolworks featuring mirror images of the same Yawl rigged yacht, and period photograph...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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 Georgian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Silk, Pine
Early 19th Primitive Naive Interior Scene Folk Art Military Wooden Leg Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A busy oil on canvas interior scene showing an exaggerated early 19th century social scene in the naïve self taught style.
A military/naval officer is showing off his wooden leg ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Birdseye Maple
Pink and Copper Hand Guilded Wallpaper, Non-Repeating Mural, Made by Hand in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Igneous is a design made from carbon powder and using Custhom’s innovative process of hand-foiling wallpapers, creates a unique distressed or highly polished finish in a wide range o...
Category
2010s Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Tradesman Sample Buckle Boards Haberdashery Shop
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of early 20th century buckle sample boards, thick card with cord sewn steel buckles and hand numbered in graphite.
Faded green backing paper with a pleasing red boarder, s...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Steel
19th Century Victorian Period Black Painted Canterbury or Magazine Rack
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A Victorian period, late 19th century ebonised or black painted Aesthetic three division Canterbury or magazine rack standing on turned feet ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Chart of West Coast of South America by James Imray and Son
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of West Coast of South America compiled by James F. Imray and published in 1880. The chart captures the west coast from Valparaiso to Truxillo. Includes ...
Category
1880s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Chart of the East Coast of England
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of the East Coast of England, from Dungeness to Flamborough, including the entrances to the Thames River. Drawn by hydrographer J.W. Norie in 1841. Includes Kent, Essex and Suf...
Category
1840s Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Bernard Rooke Small Studio Pottery Nature Vase
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Norwich, GB
British studio pottery small vase by Bernard Rooke. Featuring leaves and bird decoration. Inscribed BR. Circa 1970.
In very good condition, with no damage.
Bernard Rooke studied p...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Copper Metallic Hand Guilded Botanical Wallpaper, Made by Hand in Uk
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Rye features bold oversized leaves, complementing the bestselling metallic Columbia Road design of large eucalyptus stems. Inspired by the Barbican Conservatory in London Rye offers ...
Category
2010s Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Large Oil on Board by David Hosie
By David Hosie
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
Very large oil on board by this important Glasgow artist, signed lower right.
Born 1962.
We have been in contact with David and he has told us that this work was one of a series of...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage British Folk Art
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