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Place of Origin: English
Regency Penwork Decorated Box, C1810
Located in valatie, NY
Regency Penwork Decorated Box c1810. "A sycamore veneered box decorated in penwork. The sides of the box are decorated with what looks like stylized marigolds. ...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Folk Art

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Brass

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...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage English Folk Art

Materials

Oak

A wonderful 1950s signed abstract fibreglass sculpture by Ron Hitchins
Located in London, GB
A wonderful 1950s abstract fibreglass sculpture by Ron Hitchins in Verdigris finish, mounted on wooden stand with carved initials "RH" This piece was from...
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1950s Vintage English Folk Art

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Fiberglass, Wood

20th Century Traditional English Pastel Summer Evening by the Thames
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 - "Summer Evening by the Thames near Hampton Middlesex", a colourful busy scene of people enjoying boating and fishing on the river near London. Medium: pastel on thick layered card, unframed. A sheet of protective paper is attached to the upper edge, which we will leave in place to protect it until it is with its new owner for framing. Measures: Painting : 15.5 x 10.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a private UK collection of this artists work. Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. We have measured to exclude the unpainted edges. Artist: Norman Arthur Olley was born in 1908 to a British Army family stationed in Lucknow, Bengal India. His mother died there in 1911, and his father in 1936. Norman married in Gravesend Kent in 1937, and at the beginning of the war in 1939 he was an aircraft sheet metal worker. He and his wife to Surrey in the late 1940's -early 1950's where he was a long term member of the Thames Valley Arts Club and where he regularly exhibited his work. In 1951 his painting "View from Richmond Park" was held in high regard at a very well attended exhibition in Esher, Surrey. The East Molesey area was one of his favourite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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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...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

19th Century Victorian Staffordshire Cottage
By Staffordshire
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English Staffordshire Cottage.
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1870s Victorian Antique English Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Traditional English Painting of an Artist Sketching in Yorkshire
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 - "The Challenge", an Incident Occurring During a Sketching Tour at Farnham, Yorkshire in 1945. With a rather angry looking bull tethered in the pasture, below the artist, one can only imagine the incident! Medium: watercolor with pen and ink on stiff watercolor paper, unframed Painting : 9.5 x 13.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a private UK collection of this artists work. Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. We have measured to exclude the unpainted white edges. Artist: Norman Arthur Olley was born in 1908 to a British Army family stationed in Lucknow, Bengal India. His mother died there in 1911, and his father in 1936. Norman married in Gravesend Kent in 1937, and at the beginning of the war in 1939 he was an aircraft sheet metal worker. He and his wife to Surrey in the late 1940's -early 1950's where he was a long term member of the Thames Valley Arts Club and where he regularly exhibited his work. In 1951 his painting "View from Richmond Park" was held in high regard at a very well attended exhibition in Esher, Surrey. The East Molesey area was one of his favourite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Circa 1850 Folk Art Carvings of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert on Horseback
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Pair of mid-19th century folk art carved and polychrome painted wood figures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on horseback with origin...
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Mid-19th Century Antique English Folk Art

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Pine

Table Slab Single Piece Elm Sculpture
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Sculptural table using the natural characteristics and form of the elm as the inspiration to create furniture that transcends purpose into organic art. - The patina and wear that ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art

Materials

Elm

Traditional English Painting Cloister Garth at Rochester Cathedral, Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1989, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Cloister Garth of Rochester Cathedral in Kent. This is p...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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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...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

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 ...
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18th Century Georgian Antique English Folk Art

Materials

Pine, Paint

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...
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1940s Vintage English Folk Art

Materials

Metal

John Seddon Bailey & Co Fulham Pottery Salt Glazed Stoneware Spirit Flagon
By Fulham Pottery
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare English Aesthetic Period salt glazed stoneware spirit flagon designed by John Seddon for Bailey & Co, Fulham and dated 29th December 1880. The flagon is of square shape with a...
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1880s Aesthetic Movement Antique English Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century Oil on Canvas Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Antique Dog Portrait
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fine oil on canvas depicting a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel peeking from his kennel, very much in the manner of Landseer. Age related craquelure to the painted surface, some mi...
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Mid-19th Century Antique English Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Untitled, Mix Media, 1968
Located in London, GB
Untitled, mix media, 1968 Additional information: Style: mixed media Label to verso Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm This work has been part of a private collec...
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20th Century English Folk Art

Materials

Paper

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...
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Early 2000s Modern English Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Gilt Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio with Bust of a Woman, 19th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A 19th-century Intaglio Tassie - A seal with the bust of a woman holding an olive branch. Thick gilt paper wrapped around the edge mimicking a frame. There are a few tiny faults in t...
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19th Century Grand Tour Antique English Folk Art

Materials

Plaster

British Sailor's Woolwork with Unusual Border and a Fine Chain Stitch
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork with unusual border, Chain stitch, Circa 1875 The unusually designed charming sailor's woolie depicts a starboard side view of a British two-masted sh...
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1860s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art

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Wool

Large Hand Painted Industrial Railway Number Wall Sign Plaque, C.1940
Located in London, GB
Hand painted industrial signs used at a depot on the North Yorkshire Railway. c.1940 In original condition, hand painted on heavy duty aluminium. Some numbers are double sided and...
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Mid-20th Century Industrial English Folk Art

Materials

Aluminum

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...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

Materials

Other

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...
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19th Century Georgian Antique English Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Early 19th Appliqué Collage Sir Percival Radcliffe 3rd Baronet of Rudding Park
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A beautiful applique collage of late Georgian silkwork figures and decorative section, no doubt from a larger textile hanging. They have later been to remounted in 19th century into ...
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique English Folk Art

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Textile, Silk, Pine

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...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Traditional English Painting of a Village Scene with Figures, Dog and Horses
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 - "Springtime Rendezvous by a Murmuring Stream". Charming image of a village lane with a figure walking his dog, and another relaxing on the stone wall watching...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

Materials

Other

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...
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20th Century Modern English Folk Art

Materials

Stoneware

Traditional English Painting Hampton Court Bridge in London
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1996, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Hampton Court Bridge from Cygnet Island, a London scene ...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

English Pub Sign, Squirrel
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a squirrel with a nut, untitled. A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork and ...
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20th Century English Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Traditional English Painting Chalk Church from Fulborough Marshes in Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), c.1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Chalk Church from Fulborough Marshes near Gravesend, K...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

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...
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art

Materials

Steel

Traditional English Painting Landscape at Goose Eye Farm Braithwaite Yorkshire
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 - View of Goose Eye Farm near Braithwaite Yorkshire, England...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Traditional English Painting Statue of Mary and Christ, Rochester, Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1996, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Bronze Statue of Mary and ...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Fetching Folk Art British 19th Century Rocking Horse with Glass Eyes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful 19th century nursery rocking horse having charming detailed head with a dished face and flared nostrils. He retains his original saddle and leather stirrups and is mounted ...
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19th Century Antique English Folk Art

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Early 20th C Hanging Trade Shop Sign "Antiques" Star of David Solomon
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Hanging double sided trade sign, sheet metal with a black ground and gilt lettering. Two pretty cast iron riveted hanging brackets. A small Star of Solomon is located in the corner ...
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art

Materials

Metal

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...
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art

Materials

Brass, Copper

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...
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20th Century Modern English Folk Art

Materials

Porcelain

Exquisite 1/25 Limited Edition Alan Biggs Solid Bronze Owl Signed and Numbered
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning limited edition 1/25 Alan Biggs signed statue of an Owl. A very decorative and well made piece, the finished so smooth and tactile, I absolutely love it and don’t really want to let it go. It is in bronzed which has a wonderful patinated finish, signed A Biggs to the rear with the edition number 1/25 Condition wise we have deep cleaned, hand condition waxed and hand polished it from top to bottom, it is in gallery perfect order. Dimensions Height:- 27cm Width:- 7.5cm Depth:- 10.5cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point. Alan Biggs From full length life-size public commissions to intimate portrait heads, Alan works from sittings, photographs and measurements. For public commissions and outdoor pieces a site visit is essential. Each mould is created from a clay model, and subsequently cast in bronze or resin bronze. Alan works with a foundry in Birmingham. Alan is a sympathetic portrait sculptor of children...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art

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Bronze

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...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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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...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Traditional English Painting Farmer Storing Apples in Higham Oast House, Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1993-95, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - In the Oast House at ...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Giraffe Carousel Ride, England, circa 1920
Located in Culver City, CA
56 Inch tall Giraffe carousel ride. England, circa 1920. Carved wooden giraffe in original hand painted finish with large glass eyes. Measure...
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20th Century English Folk Art

Materials

Glass, Wood

David Leach Feather Design Grey Glazed Studio Pottery Bowl
By David Leach
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and stylish studio pottery bowl decorated with an abstract feather patterned design in a grey powdered glaze by David Leach (1911-2005) and probably dating from his early day...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Late 17th/Early 18th Century Polychrome Tobacconist Figure Sign Folk Art Carving
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large carved and polychrome painted tobacconist's figure almost certainly 17th or early 18th century For a related example see Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 412, plate 436. Originally this may well have been a tobacconist's shop window figure. For a similar, but slightly earlier unpainted example, see Sotheby's, The W. J. Shepherd collection of treen, 30th November 1983, Lot 393, illustrated in Pinto "Wooden Bygones of Smoking and Snuff Taking", plate 1. Carved wooden figures, often painted, were placed outside tobacconist's shops as signs from the 17th century onwards. The earliest of these figures is the 'black boy' or 'blackamoor'. 'At the sign of the black boy' or 'at the sign of the blackamoor' was a popular address for tobacconists since the early 17th century. The 17th century figures...
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17th Century Antique English Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Mike Dodd Studio Pottery Green Glazed Faceted Stoneware Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Mike Dodd (British, b.1943) Studio pottery vase with a faceted body and decorated in green trailed glazes dating from the 20th Century. The stoneware vase stands on an unglazed foot ...
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20th Century Modern English Folk Art

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Stoneware

English 19th Century Victorian Whimsical Gothic Influenced Shelf
Located in Wells, ME
English Victorian country hanging shelf with gothic influence. This shelf was probably made by an individual who wanted to create a shelf with character for a particular spot or pers...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art

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Pine

Superior Antique English Cork Mallard Decoy, Original Paint, Early 20th Century
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A superior antique English wood and cork Mallard drake decoy with original paint Lightweight and hand-carved - large impressionistic shape and form Circa early 20th century Measur...
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Early 1900s Early Victorian Antique English Folk Art

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Cork

Traditional English Painting Children Feeding Swans Richmond Park London
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Feeding the Swans by the Pen Ponds - Richmond Park...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

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...
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20th Century Modern English Folk Art

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Clay

Miniature Antique Comb Back Windsor Armchair Based on the 18th Century Design
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely miniature antique 18th century style Windsor Comb back armchair A good looking and decorative piece, most likely a salesman sample ...
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Early 20th Century Georgian English Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Traditional English Painting Winter Morning Surrey Farm England Horse & Cart
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 - Winter Morning at a Surrey Farm, England A horse and cart with a farm dog...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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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...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Traditional English Painting Rochester Castle in Kent, View from Vicarage Garden
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 - Rochester Castle from...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

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 ...
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Early 19th Century Antique English Folk Art

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Canvas, Birdseye Maple

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...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Traditional English Painting Country Village Pack Horse Bridge Crossing River
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1992, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Country Village and Pack Horse Bridge, and Ford by...
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Late 20th Century Victorian English Folk Art

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Other

18th Century Copper and Iron Estate Made Weather Vane
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible large estate made weather vane on a later base. Beautifully worn and with a wonderful patina, the vane features honest later repairs in copper to the centre, dating to ...
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1790s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art

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Copper, Iron

Traditional English Painting English Farmyard Scene in Kent Farmer & Pigs
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 - Contentment, an English Farmyard Scene in Kent depic...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

Traditional English Painting Chickens at Farm in Thames Ditton Surrey
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Sunshine After Rain, Manor Farm, Thames Ditton, Surr...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art

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Other

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