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Place of Origin: British
Vintage Industrial Factory Mould, English, Mahogany, Decorative, Wall, Pattern
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage industrial factory mould. An English, mahogany decorative wall-hanging pattern, dating to the mid-late 20th century. Strong industri...
Category

Mid-20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Original Signed John Houston "Mussel Gatherer" Framed Oil Painting
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful original framed abstract oil painting Entitled "Mussel Gatherer" Signed by Scottish artist John Houston Scotland, 2001 Measures: 9.5"W x 1.25"D x 10.25"H (in frame)....
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art British Folk Art

Materials

Giltwood, Paint, Paper

Paul Northmore Jackson Abstract Colorful Hand Painted Studio Pottery Mug, 1993
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From an extensive collection of studio pottery we are pleased to offer this fine abstract form studio pottery mug by Cornish based potter Paul Northmore...
Category

1990s Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Neal French Terracotta Sculptural Standing Lady Figurine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish terracotta sculptural figure of a lady by renowned sculptor Neal French dating from the latter 20th Century. The figure stands mounted on a wooden base and is simply modeled and in slight abstract wearing a long flowing dress with a matt terracotta colored finish. Neal French graduated from the Royal College of Art in London and worked for fifteen years as a designer, modeller and sculptor for Spode and Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. He then spent 20 years teaching at Hornsey College of Art and also did some work at Rye Pottery...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

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

David Leach Vertical Line Design Large Studio Pottery Vase
By David Leach
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and unusual large studio pottery vase of tapering waisted form with contrasting vertical stripes on dark brown ground by David Leach (1911-2005) and probably made in the early...
Category

1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Silver handle walking stick, depicting a horse head and a jockey, England 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: golden silver handle depicting a horse head and a jockey. Ebony wood shaft, metal ferrule. United Kingdom early 1900s.
Category

Early 20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Silver

A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass. This George III giltwood mirror has a rectangular glass plate below a shaped cornice with a central coat of arms for Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) flanked by foliate tendrils on a painted black ground. The sides consist of paired tied-reed columns with palm frond capitals enclosing similar black painted panels of fruiting vine tendrils rising from classical vases. English, circa 1805. See Wick Antiques, Britain on the High Seas: From Nelson to Churchill, pp.76-77, for a very similar giltwood mirror from a group at Merton Place, the house in Surrey which the Admiral shared with his mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815). They all featured his coat of arms surmounted by a baron’s coronet...
Category

Early 1800s Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Giltwood

Hand Built Sculptural Wood Fired Twin Handled Signed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A truly wonderful design piece, and one of my favourite pieces, is this hand-built wood fired twin handled studio pottery vase of sculptural form dating from the 20th century. The st...
Category

20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Antique English Staffordshire Pottery Toby Jug with a Tricorn Hat Lid
By Staffordshire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Staffordshire pottery Toby jug. In the form of a seated, smiling man holding a jug. The man's tricorn hat serves as a lid, and an inte...
Category

19th Century Georgian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

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

1930s Original Gilbeys Invalid Port Enamel Advertising Pub Garden Bar Sign
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
For sale we have a very striking, original 1930s/40s advertising sign in red and white enamel on black-ground for ‘Gilbey’s Invalid Port’. The enamel sign has the most amazing patina...
Category

1930s Industrial Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Enamel

English Edwardian Riding Crop, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
Edwardian riding crop from England with a handle made from bone and a leather whip. The bone handle is attached with a silver collar to the crop, giving it a lovely dimensional look...
Category

Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Bone, Leather, Hickory

Victorian "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box, 19th C.
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case. Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...
Category

Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Bone, Wood

Charles Voysey Design PAIR Antique Candle stick holders decorative décor
Located in London, GB
A rare pair of Pumpkin like design Arts & Crafts brass Candle stick holders by designer Charles Voysey Manufactured by Edward Barnard & Son Circa 1910 Pretty cool cut out pumpk...
Category

19th Century Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Sheila Casson Chestnut Salt Glazed Studio Pottery Jug
By Sheila Casson
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a very large Studio Pottery collection we offer this stunning vintage British Studio Pottery jug by renowned potter Sheila Casson and made in Ross-On-Wye and dating from the sec...
Category

20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

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

Primitive Cockerel Weathervane Sculpture by Martin Scorey (1961 - 2021)
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Primitive Cockerel Weathervane Sculpture by Martin Scorey (1961 - 2021) Carved and painted textured wood body with lead wings and small lead wattles. Simple bold silhouette. Circa 20...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Folk Art

Materials

Lead

Ian Rylatt Four Stylish Studio Pottery Coffee Cups
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning set of four stylish studio pottery coffee cups designed and made by Welsh based potter Ian Rylatt believed to date from the latter 20th Century. Ian Rylatt was born in L...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

English Brass and Wood Barrel Nautical Spyglass James Chapman, London Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass and wood barrel nautical ship captain's spyglass with a single draw, polished sunshade, lense cap, and engraved focal tube by maker James Chapman St. Catherines Dock, L...
Category

1850s William IV Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

John Cole Rye Pottery Brown Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Early Rye Pottery individual brown glazed studio pottery vase by John Cole (British, 1908-88) and made around 1947. The heavily made stoneware vase is of w...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Antique Brass Inlaid Dentist Entranceway Wall Sign Plaque. c.1920
Located in London, GB
A beautiful brass wall plaque used for a dentist surgery. c.1920 Wonderful patination and depth of colour built up to the surface from oxidation from years of exposure to the elem...
Category

1920s Art Deco Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

19th C. Stoneware Children's Savings Pig Bank. England, Circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
In the late 19th century the concept of thrift became a principle by which parents encouraged their children to safe money by putting their pennies into a "piggy bank", thus the proliferation of these items by pottery manufacturers, this particular example marked "SS" on the underneath indicating "A Smith Ltd.", Longton, England whose ceramic, china, and pottery business began in 1846 by Sampson Smith. Nicely molded and in excellent condition, this proverbial pig themed penny bank is painted overall white with a multiplicity of green "spatter" spots, the pig standing on all fours has a twisted tail in back. The original finish is beautifully glazed resulting in a lovely patina to this completely original bank with no restoration or touch up paint of any kind and all of it's original hand paint intact. Since these type of antique banks typically were made without a coin removal trap, the only way to extract the coins would have been the old "knife in the slot" method and retrieving the pennies one by one; or the more simpler method of smashing and breaking the bank, which is why locating these banks is very difficult, rendering a fine example particularly rare. This example is a wonderful addition to a collection of authentic still banks, folk art, or for those who accumulate pig items. This recently came from an estate collection of pig still banks. A similar example is referenced as #633 "Two Toned Pig" in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" written in 1984 when collecting pottery banks...
Category

1880s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

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

English Cork Antique Mallard Decoy Duck, Original Paint Early 20th Century
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Antique English wood and cork Mallard drake decoy with original paint. Hand crafted in England. Lightweight, with impressionistic shape and form. Circa early 20th century. Tip of...
Category

Early 1900s Early Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Cork

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

Hans Coper Small Pot
By Hans Coper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hans Coper, small pot. -Stoneware, black glaze -Circa 1958 -Impressed with artist's seal Literature: Tony Birks, Hans Coper, Yeovil, 2013, p. 99 for a...
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Early 20th Century scratch built fairground roulette wheel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century scratch built fairground roulette wheel A unique example of an early 20th Century scratch built fairground roulette wheel. With a solid brass central weighted nob ...
Category

1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Micki Schloessingk Salt Glazed Studio Pottery Lidded Vessel
By Micki Schloessingk
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine vintage British studio pottery lidded vessel by renowned potter Micki Schloessingk (b. 1949) and made in Swansea, Wales. The stoneware vessel is of tall slightly graduated cyl...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

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

System walking stick with light, England 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System walking stick: a stick with light. Light in plastic knob at the end of a crook handle. Operated by a pivoting ring on the shaft, the light (which can be either yellow o...
Category

Early 20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Pair of 19th Century English Brass Brazier Tongs
Located in High Point, NC
19th century pair of English brazier tongs, made from brass. These are truly wonderful, and are so unusual! Once used to place hot coals in a hand-warming brazier, this Victorian ...
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Stylish Raku Metallic Glazed Conical Shape Signed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery raku vase applied with copper metallic glazes, signed and dating from the 20th century. The vase of rounded conical bottle shape stands on a wide rounde...
Category

20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

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 British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Eric Leaper Newlyn Studio Pottery Orange Glazed Tray or Shallow Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish studio pottery tray or shallow dish decorated in bright orange glazes by Eric Leaper, Newlyn and dating from around 1960. The pottery tray is of ...
Category

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

Materials

Pottery

Aylesford Pottery the Friars Red Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish The Friars Aylesford Pottery studio pottery vase decorated in red glazes dating from the 20th century. The Aylesford pottery was founded in 1954 by David Leach who taught...
Category

20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Double Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with a Double Decker Ship of the Line, ca 1850, depicting a larboard side view of a square-rigged double decker warship under standing rigging, ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Italian Vintage Table Soccer With Three Knobs
Located in Milano, IT
This charming foosball table, with its worn and authentic look, exudes an unmistakable vintage appeal that takes us back to a time when playing was a simple and genuine moment of sha...
Category

1920s Industrial Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Hand Built Sculptural Wood Fired Triangular Form Signed Studio Pottery Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A truly wonderful design piece, and one of my favourite pieces, is this hand-built wood fired three cornered triangular studio pottery dish of scul...
Category

20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Antique Salt Glazed Clay Apothocary Chemist Hand Painted Jar Tub Pot. c.1900
Located in London, GB
An original salt glazed clay apothecary jar. c.1900 Once containing boric acid and likely used is a pharmacy. Perfect for repurposing as a plant pot or log bin. Remnants of the hand...
Category

Mid-20th Century Edwardian British Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Victorian Era Gilded Metal Wedding Pin Cushion, C.1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victorian era gilded metal wedding pin cushion, C.1900 Hand made twisted and gilded sheet metal chair pin cushion Wedding cushions were in high style ...
Category

Early 20th Century High Victorian British Folk Art

Materials

Metal

English Newlyn Attributed Arts & Crafts Hand Beaten Copper Plaque with Heron
By Newlyn Industrial School
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English Arts & Crafts hand-crafted beaten copper plaque or dish with a heron attributed to renowned Cornish workshop Newlyn and dating from around 1900. The dish is ha...
Category

Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Exceptional Life Size Wicker and Bamboo Racing Motorcycle
By Tom Dixon
Located in Hastings, GB
A superb sculpture in the form of a racing motorcycle, using wicker rattan and bamboo the detailing on this piece is fantastic, even down to the rear inter...
Category

1980s Modern Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Wicker

Eric James Mellon Hand-Crafted Studio Pottery Head Sculpture Dated 1963
By Eric James Mellon 1
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual studio pottery head sculpted by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, 1925-2014) and dated 1963. Trained at the Central S...
Category

1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Antique English Georgian Brass Candle stick holders decorative interior décor
Located in London, GB
Antique English Georgian Brass Candle stick holders A elegant English Georgian small size with waisted detail Nice aged patina very good cond...
Category

19th Century Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Brass

Alan Wallwork Studio Pottery Split Pod Sculpture
By Alan Wallwork
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stoneware studio pottery 'split pod' form designed by Alan Wallwork (British, 1931-2019) and dating from around 1980. The heavily made sculptural pod sta...
Category

1980s Modern Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century English Framed Decalomania Découpage & Watercolor Farm Art Picture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original British School Decalomania decorative art watercolor and cut paper farm scene mounted in a heavy black wood frame, circa 1860. These were largely created by young girl...
Category

1860s Georgian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Hardwood, Paper

19th C English Country House Double Fronted Teal & Auburn Dolls House
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather lovely and very original 19th century dolls house. Double fronted hinged front, opening to reveal six interior sections, with remnants of period wall paper. layers of origi...
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Evening Flight Over the Lake — Mid-20th Century Painting After The Field, 1939
Located in Northport, MI
A striking mid-20th century landscape painting titled Evening Flight Over the Lake, inspired by the evocative November 4, 1939 cover of The Field—“The Country Newspaper.” This atmosp...
Category

1940s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Paint

Large Leather Model of an Elephant from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large English model of a standing elephant from the early to mid-20th century, in cowhide leather with wooden tusks. Dimensions are approximately: H 41 inches x W 47 inches...
Category

20th Century British Folk Art

Materials

Leather, Wood

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

19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with Triple Decker Ship of the Line and Sloop, ca 1850, depicting a starboard side view of a majestic square-rigged...
Category

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Wool

A Large Gothic Revival Carved Oak Barometer with a Rare Snail Tail Thermometer
By Bruce James Talbert
Located in London, GB
A large Gothic Revival oak barometer with blind trefoil carved pediment, a rare snail tail mercury thermometer flanked by turned and incised uprights with sunflower carvings. A small...
Category

1880s Gothic Revival Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Oak

Early 20th century barbers point of sale hair comb and brush
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century barbers point of sale hair comb and brush We share what we love, and we love this rare example of an oversized point of sale barbers hair...
Category

1930s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art

Materials

Plastic, Wood

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

Silver Mounted Thirteen Grotesque Faces Molded Glazed Pottery Mug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Aesthetic Movement art pottery silver mounted mug modeled in relief with thirteen grotesque faces and dating from around 1880. The finely...
Category

1880s Aesthetic Movement Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Derek Clarkson Attributed Large Abstract Glazed Porcelain Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A tall and striking studio pottery porcelain vase decorated in abstract colored glazes on a celadon ground attributed to Derek Clarkson and dating from ...
Category

20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Chris Barnes Morvern Studio Pottery Deer & Birds Painted Lidded Jar
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery lidded jar decorated with deer and birds in an abstract landscape made at Morvern Pottery in Cumbria by Chris Barnes (British, b.1959) dating from aroun...
Category

Early 2000s Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Frank Paton Oil painting on canvas of Puppies playing
Located in Milano, IT
Charming and lively interior scene featuring two puppies playing with a rag, set in a rustic environment with clay pots and scattered straw. The subject reflects Frank Paton's typica...
Category

1880s Victorian Antique British Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Elizabeth Anderson Harbour Pottery Studio Pottery Jug and Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and finely made studio pottery jug and vase decorated in trailed glazes by Elizabeth L Anderson and made at the Harbour Pottery at South Quay Studios in Maryport, Cumbria a...
Category

20th Century Modern British Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

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