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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
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
Mid-20th century sheet metal shoemakers trade sign
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th century sheet metal shoemakers trade sign
A sculptural sheet metal mid-20th century English boot makers shop trade sign. Still with its original loop hanging and side supp...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Wedgwood Ceramic Jug, with Hunting Scenes, England 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
The jug is made of fine pottery with a cream colored glaze cover. The flared body shows elements in relief in the first elevation. Then a central band wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
English Country Papier Mache Horse
Located in Queens, NY
English Country style papier mache life size model of horse on rectangular platform base. (19/20th Cent.)
Category
Late 19th Century Country Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Paper, Wood
Tom Brittain Original Signed Sepia Etching Victorian House
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tom Brittain Original Signed Sepia Etching Ltd Edition A/P (Artist Proof) Victorian House
Tom Brittain's original signed sepia etching of a Victorian house is a piece of artwork that...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Large Apothecary Chemist Carboy Pharmacy Shop Trade Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A 19th century hand blown glass chemist window display carboy. Used as a symbol of the pharmacy from the 17th century to the early 20th century.
A rare example with a hollow cut ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Limited Edition Art Print, Venice Canal, Framed, William Russell Flint
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage limited edition art print of Venice. An English, framed painting titled 'Palazzo on The Grand Canal' by Sir William Russell Flint, dating to the late 20th ce...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Paper
A pair of bobbin turned teak candlesticks - Royal yacht HMS Renown
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
A pair of bobbin turned teak candlesticks - Royal yacht HMS Renown
A pair of teak candlesticks. The brass drip pans to concave turned candle sockets over tapered bobbin turned colu...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Early 20th Century English Folk-art Hand Carved Gentleman Boxwood Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Folk-art Hand Carved Gentleman Figure
We are proud to offer a unique hand carved English folk-art figure of a quirky looking, very well dressed aged Engl...
Category
1910s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Boxwood
Pair of English Medieval Style Carved Caryatids
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of 19th century English medieval style limewood female caryatids carved as Queens or valkyries. These carvings are matching in design, each dep...
Category
19th Century Medieval Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
Everidge Stevens Celtic Pottery Newlyn Blue Medallion Funnel Shaped Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Cornish Celtic studio pottery vase decorated in the blue Medallion design by Everidge Stevens and Maggie Fisher and dating from around 1970. Made in Newlyn the vase of tall funnel or chimney shape has a wider rounded base and narrows slightly to a simple rounded open top. The lower body is decorated in matt black with a raised band separating the base from the continuous decorative pattern applied around the body with abstract incised lines decorated in mottled blue coloring with matt black around the upper rim. The vase has an incised D mark to the base along with an original Celtic Pottery...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
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
Early 20th Century Aunt Sally English Fairground Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century aunt sally english fairground game.
We share what we love, and we love this oversized early 20th Century example of a carved wood Fairground Aunt Sally knock do...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Pair of English Regency Faux Painted and Gilt Armchairs, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English Regency faux painted and gilt armchairs with quatrefoil and cross hatching splat backs, scrolled arms, and terminating on faux bamboo legs. Chairs have been upholster...
Category
1820s Regency Antique British Folk Art
Mike Dodd Studio Pottery Green Ash Glazed Teapot and Cover
By Mike Dodd
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish English studio pottery teapot and cover decorated in green ash glazes by renowned potter Mike Dodd (British, b. 1943) and dating from t...
Category
20th Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Experimental Glazed Cup, 2006
By Eric James Mellon 1
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine stoneware cup decorated in experimental glazes by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, 1925-2014) and dated 2006. Trained at the Central School of Arts and...
Category
Early 2000s Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
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
Ivory handle walking stick depicting a dog’s head, England 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: carved ivory knob depicting a dog's head with an open mouth. Eyes in glass paste. Brass ring. Bamboo wood shaft. Brass ferrule. England circa 1890.
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Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Silver handle walking stick, signed Brigg, London 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick cane: a sterling siver handle depicting a chick. Ebony wood, metal ferrule. English hallmarks, signed Brigg, London. UK 1920 ca.
Category
1910s Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
Bob Fierek Cornish Studio Pottery Bowl with Barnacles
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An impressive Cornish studio pottery bowl applied with barnacle designs by Bob Fierek and dating from the latter 20th century. The bowl is of wide rounded form standing on a narrow r...
Category
20th Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Peter Hayes Mother and Child Raku Fired Studio Pottery Sculpture
By Peter Hayes
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery sculpture titled Mother and Child by renowned potter Peter Hayes and made around 1996. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular slate base and is abstr...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Elsa Benattar Large Glazed Lidded Studio Pottery Bottle Shaped Ewer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a very large collection of 20th and 21st century Studio Pottery we offer this large and stylish Studio Pottery streak tenmoku colored glaze lidded ewer by Elsa Benattar...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
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
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
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
English Folk Art Church Model
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Church Model
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-20th Century folk-art church model. Built from scratch using various material...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Studio Pottery Glazed Figure of a Resting Bird Signed Heptagon Dated 1976
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual studio pottery glazed figure of a resting bird signed Heptagon to the base and dated 1976. The figure is well potted with its wings resting on its fanned tail feathers and...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Horse & Rider Hand Hooked Rug Mounted & Framed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine hand hooked horse & rider rug is in a black frame and mounted ready to hang in your home. It is wired for hanging and in pristine condition. Its been prof. cleaned.
Category
1930s Adirondack Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Brampton English Rare Large Salt Glazed Thatched Cottage Table Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual antique English large salt glazed stoneware jug modelled a a thatched cottage by Brampton and dating from around 1820. The six sided jug stands raised on a molded ...
Category
1820s George III Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Art Deco Folkart Pair Oak Hand Carved Figural Bookends
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Art Deco folkart pair of hand carved oak bookends with figures dating from around 1930. The bookends have been carved from a single block of wood with a flat polished book...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage 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
Victorian Unusual Hand Sculpted Leather Lioness Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and unusual Victorian hand sculpted pressed leather figure of a lioness dating from the latter 19th century. The figure is beautifully made and portrays a prowling lioness ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Alexander Lauder Sgraffito Art Pottery Handled Bird Vase
By Alexander Lauder Barum
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning three handled art pottery sgraffito pattern vase decorated with two birds perched on oak tree branches by Alexander Lauder, Barnstaple dating from around 1890. This qualit...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Reverse Painted English Glass Games Board
Located in London, GB
19th Century Reverse Painted English Glass Games Board
We are proud to offer a highly decorative 19th Century reverse painted glass games board. Depicting some delightful floral ...
Category
19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Paint
Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Experimental Glazed Cup, 2006
By Eric James Mellon 1
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine stoneware cup decorated in experimental glazes by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, 1925-2014) and dated 2006.
Trained at the Central School of Arts...
Category
Early 2000s Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Shop Counter Display, English, Plaster, Decorative Figure, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage shop counter display character. An English, plasterwork decorative retail figure, dating to the Art Deco period, circa ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco British Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Arts & Crafts Copper Handled Chestnut Roaster c.1890
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Arts & Crafts hand crafted handled copper chestnut roaster dating from around 1890. The chestnut roaster has a hammered and pier...
Category
1890s Arts and Crafts Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Mark Griffiths Large Twin Handled Studio Pottery Vase with Grasses
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English large twin handled studio vase decorated with wheat like grass stems by Shropshire based potter Mark Griffiths (British b.1956) and dating from the 1970’s. The...
Category
20th Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
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
Vintage Shop Retail Display, English, Plaster, Decorative Figure, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage shop retail display character. An English, plasterwork decorative merchandising figure, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
Superb character, with a raised ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco British Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
J. W. Morris Sheep Painting
By John Morris
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous antique oil painting of long haired sheep in the highlands on a snowy day by British Artist John W. Morris. A beautiful soft palette creates this antique treasure. While thi...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Country Stool with original Hand Painted Scene to top, English mid 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an English mid 19th century, country stool, with a chamfered rectangular Elm top having a hand painted, country scene on it. It has three turned oak legs that are pegged into...
Category
Mid-19th Century Country Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Elm, Oak
English Sailor's Woolwork of a Battleship with White Ensign
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Sailor's Woolwork of a Battleship,
Circa 1865-75.
The sailor's woolie depicts a starboard side view of a second rate battleship flying the White ensign under sail. White se...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mary Rich Islamic Influence Gold Lustre Patterned Porcelain Studio Pottery Bowl
By Mary Rich
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish studio pottery porcelain miniature teapot with Islamic influence design in rich gilding on a green coloured ground by renowned potter Mary Rich (b.1940) and dating from the 20th Century. The small barrel...
Category
20th Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Hand Painted on Wood Advertising Sign for Golf Equipments, 1920s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This vintage sign for collectors is truly special. Made of wood with relief decorations and hand painted. The advertising sign was dedicated to the golf attire and equipment.
Category
1920s Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Grasshopper
Located in Greenwich, CT
A grasshopper weathervane with body of pitted iron rotating on vertical rod with N E W S directionals below, now on wooden box stand with one side removable. The grasshopper was the ...
Category
1930s Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large Antique English Blue & White Staffordshire or Pearlware Cradle Figurine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare, large English pearlware or Staffordshire pottery cradle.
Decorated with an overall basketweave pattern and blue highlights,
circa 1800.
Measures: Length ca. 5 5/8 in...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
English Shell Grotto House
Located in London, GB
An English shell grotto modelled on a cottage, with doors and a glazed window with mirror interior. Nicely worked throughout with no losses.
Category
1930s Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Shell
English Pub Sign, "Fountain Head"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a Classical urn or fountainhead spouting cascades of water in a park setting, entitled: Worth Brewery - The Crickete...
Category
20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Sonia Lewis Studio Ceramic Craquelure Glazed Miniature Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning studio ceramic porcelain squat shaped miniature rounded vase decorated in a brown stained craquelure glazed finish on a white ground by renowned Cambridgeshire based potte...
Category
20th Century Modern British Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
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
Copper Ships Masthead Lantern On Base
Located in Norwell, MA
High quality solid copper and brass trimmed masthead lantern. With maker's badge from Tung Woo Masthead and Serial No. M123. Thick Fresnel lens, hinged top ve...
Category
1920s Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century English Folk art Whirligig Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art whirligig model
We are proud to offer charming one-off example of an early 20th century Folk Art whirligig model. This ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid 19th Century Sailor's Elaborate Woolie
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's elaborate woolwork, circa 1855, with a photograph of the sailor held in a woolwork frame set on the British flag on a cruciform reserve; with the "Honi Soit Qui Mal ...
Category
1850s Folk Art Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Collectible Hand Carved Vintage Wood Rococo Gilt Wall Hangar
Located in Lomita, CA
Beautiful gilt touches and an intricate carved theme with griffins and other mythical creatures from heraldry make this wall hangar reminiscent of a dramatic opening from Game of Thr...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Early 20th Century oversized English Trebor sweet shop trade sign.
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century oversized English Trebor sweet shop trade sign.
A wonderful example of massive scale, Trebor Barley Sugar & Fruit Centres sweet jars. Bea...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage British Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
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