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Place of Origin: English
1940's Folk Art John Carr's Jacquard Puppets The Turnip's, Scarecrow & Gardener
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming collection of hand crafted puppets by John Carr, (William & His Turnips) depicting a scare crow, a gardener with a hoe and 12 turnips.
Develope...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Pine
Lovely circa 1890 Victorian Hardwood Games Compendium Chess Horse Racing Dice
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian games compendium with a complete suite of games
This is a very well made and c...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Appliqué Collages Henry vii & Queen Elizabeth 1st
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A really fabulous pair of Folk Art collages by a Sophie Louise Munns (signed on the original backing paper).
Full length portraits in interior sett...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Paper
Lucie Rie & Hans Coper Signed Stamped Yellow Glazed Stoneware Bowl, circa 1950
By Lucie Rie, Hans Coper
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous mustard-yellow glazed stoneware bowl with manganese rim by famed European potters Lucie Rie & Hans Coper.
The bowl is signed with each artist's impressed seals on the b...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Painting Oil Naive Cutter Boat Spirit Alfred Wallis Oil Length 40cm 16"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Cutter pz17 in full sail past a lighthouse
Board length 24cm., 9 1/2", height 21cm., 8 1/4"
Floated on a cream mount in a recycled black moulded frame with some losses Length 40cm.,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Heavy Pair of Highly Polished Library Binoculars
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional pair of polished and lacquered English Marine binoculars. Rare amber filtered lenses. Geared focal knob. Clear crisp optics. Circa 1930.
Category
1930s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Pair of English Large Cast Iron Punch & Judy Doorstops, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English large cast iron Punch & Judy matching doorstops . Late 19th century.
Category
1880s American Empire Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Terracotta Sculpture by Barbara Tribe, St Ives, 1960s
By Barbara Tribe
Located in London, GB
Terracotta sculpture call "TOTEM" signed and dated by Barbara Tribe, 1966.
Barbara Tribe (1913-2000) was a Australian-born sculptor who spent much of her life living and working in St Ives (Cornwall UK).
She was the first sculptor and the first woman artist to be awarded the coveted New South Wales Traveling...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Large Rare Hand Carved Lions Mane Bust Head in Wood with Solid Marble Base
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning very large and decorative solid wood hand carved Lion's mane mounted to a marble base
A very good looking well made and decorative...
Category
20th Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Vintage Masonic Lodge Rotating Sign Liberty Hall Strict Order Candle Holders
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this vintage Masonic Lodge rotating wood sign with brass candle holders
A g...
Category
20th Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Bone Shoe Horn with Button Hook
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English bone shoe horn and button hook most likely for high button shoes in the Victorian period. There is a monogram which appears to be the letters S H. Wonderful de...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Vintage French Country House Private Property Wall Sign
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique French Private Property Sign
A fantastic original sign with “Private Property Do Not Enter” written in French.
It has a great aged patina with some wear to the original blu...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Provincial English Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
Ann & John Farquharson Studio Pottery Sculptural Bison Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish sculptural Studio Pottery of a bison made by Ann & John Farquharson and dating to the later 20th or early 21st century. The standing figure is hand formed with piped clay t...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Early Watercolor View of a Sailor with Pet Bird, circa 1800
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique watercolor view of a sailor with pet bird, circa 1800, a lovely detailed painting of a sailor seated in rough chair, tenderly spoon feeding a finch pe...
Category
Early 1800s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Carved Wood Iron Ship Half Hull Models
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of mirror image antique half hull models crafted in pine, paint decorated, and faithfully rendered in form to early iron ship hull de...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian English Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
19th Century Pair Staffordshire Pottery Greyhounds
By Staffordshire
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century pair Staffordshire pottery pen stands in the form of resting greyhounds. The pair are poised with crossed paws laying on a cobalt blue scalloped pedestal with gold gilt ...
Category
19th Century Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Large Shepherds Walking Stick with Two Spaniel Dogs Heads
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage style double headed Spaniel dog shepherds walking stick
This one is very decorative and functional, it’s a wonderful height ...
Category
20th Century Victorian English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Dumbell Lignum Vitae Weight Training Fixed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare piece of weightlifting memorabilia.
Unusual conversation piece for use or as a collectors piece
Beautiful, tactile lustrous patina. Lignum vitae is sought after for the beauty of its grain, coloring, patina, density and toughness
The dumbbell is a free weight...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Sterling Silver and Coral Rattle Whistle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver baby rattle and whistle has a bulbous shaped form. The surface of the tiered body is embellished with impressive embossed leaf decoratio...
Category
1870s Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Painting Naive Oil Four Cornish Lugger Spirit of Alfred Wallis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Lugger in full sail riding a wave past a lighthouse with land on the horizon.
Characterful naive picture in the spirit of Alfred Wallis.
Provenance: Pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Folk Art
Materials
Other
Sconce Wall Iron Hood Vernacular Folk Baroque 17 Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Extremely rare survival of a 17th century vernacular iron wall sconce
Unusually incorporating a hood to protect against fire and reflect the heat back into the room so it does not r...
Category
17th Century Baroque Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Mid-Century Male Head Gentleman Bust Statue on Wooden Stand
Located in London, GB
A cast head of a gentleman on a wooden base.
Age unknown, but super decorative and skillfully sculpted. Very heavy and solid and in as found condition. Some minor losses to his ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
Vintage Industrial Red Hand Painted Fire Bucket. c.1950
Located in London, GB
A well-used painted fire bucket. c.1950
Really nice example - the colour, patination and style are perfect with rivetted construction. Brass plaque present, dated 1950. Perfect for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial English Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Tile Titled Nude
By Eric James Mellon 1
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and unique, fresh to market, stoneware studio pottery tile shaped panel hand painted with a rear profile of a walking female nude titled Nude by renowned ceramic artist E...
Category
Early 2000s Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Charming Advertising Sign, Re Lion Oxo for Winter Health
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A charming advertising sign, Re Lion Oxo for Winter Health
This is delightful piece showing a very fierce lion (Re-Lion) the sign is an original grocer shop print, the frame is no...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art English 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 English Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage Early 20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas Landscape and Cattle. c.1910
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th century landscape oil painting. c.1910
Very skilfully painted landscape scene focusing on a herd of cattle.
Some very minor damage to the edges as pictured.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Folk Art two-sided sign maker's sample board in original paint, one side having square color samples with various border treatments, each panel numbered (one through 25), the other...
Category
Late 18th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Sailor's Woolwork (Woolie) with Heart Valentine and Flag Surround
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Flag of Nations Woolwork with Heart Valentine and Flag Surround,
Circa 1880
The distinctive British sailor's woolwork or woolie showcases a flag designed in a patriotic sty...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique 1939 Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Compact
By Barker Brothers Silver Ltd.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George VI English sterling silver and enamel compact with military interest; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This fine antique George VI sterling silver and guilloche enamel compact...
Category
1930s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of 1894 Watercolour Paintings by H Brock Univited Guest, a Lion in the Path
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of late Victorian watercolors signed H Brock and dated Apr 1894
The first is titled “An Uninvited Guest” and the second “A Lion...
Category
1890s Late Victorian Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
British Sailor's Woolwork of Two Ships Under Way.
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Two Ships,
Circa 1765-75
The British sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard view of three=masted Royal Navy ship under full sail sailing past ...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Wool
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
Late Georgian Rare Tunbridgeware Wood and Silk Sewing Basket
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare late Georgian or early Regency Tunbridgeware sewing basket dating from 1820-1930. The inner basket has a rounded base with a stacked block design in various colored woods with...
Category
1830s George III Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Vintage Rustic Folk Art Metal Farm Sign
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Metal Farm Sign
An original metal hanging sign which would have hung at the entrance to Crosscombe Farm in Somerset, the sign is double sided with identical signage on both ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Rustic English Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
JAMES NORTHCOTE 1480-1517 PAiNTINGS PRINCESS BRIDGET & MARRIAGE OF SHREWSBURY
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of 16th to 17th century, miniature oil paintings which are after the originals by James Northcote (1480-1517) t...
Category
17th Century Charles II Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Vintage Art Deco Mid Century Oak and Glass Office Advertising Sign, C.1940
Located in London, GB
An unusual wooden and glazed office sign. c.1940
Reserve painted leaded glass office/advertising sign. Origins unknown, but great font and size.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Oak
18th century English Chippendale Mahogany Mirror with Inlay Medallion
Located in Savannah, GA
18th century English fancifully carved Chippendale mahogany mirror featuring fruitwood inlay medallions. Original finish, lovely contrasting wood tones on carved medallions.
See meas...
Category
1790s Chippendale Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood
English Pub Sign "The Magdalen"
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic English pub sign (one-sided) featuring a painting of a monastery abbey ruin, entitled: The Magdalen.
A very fine example of vintage advertising artwork and ready for d...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Pair Of Early 20th Century Folk Art Decoy Ducks
Located in Hastings, GB
Great pair of circa 1910-1920 folk art decoy ducks, hand crafted in cork and wood, each with an old iron bracket to the base, probably used to pull them along in the water. Each of t...
Category
1910s Folk Art Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Cork
Large 19th Century Flo Blue Soup Bowls in Watteau Pattern or Doulton
By Watteau Doulton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of five flo blue soup bowls signed Watteau Doulton and in pristine condition. These English bowls are nice generous sizes.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Classical Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Circa 1920's English Riding Crop
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1920's hickory riding crop from England. The handle is made from bone, which has been artfully cross-hatched for added design interest. The handle is attached to the crop by ...
Category
1920s Edwardian Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Leather, Hickory
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...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Decorative Wood Carved Tramp Art Keepsake Box or Sailors Valentine with Heart
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A superb Folk Art sailors valentine Tramp Art keepsake box. Wide in form, this beautiful Primitive wood carved box features the letters S and M with a heart between on both sides. Tw...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Katerina Evangelidou Greek Stoneware Hand Built Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A hand-built squat studio pottery vase of slight tapering rhombic form in matte pink glazes by Katerina Evangelidou (Greek, c.1960). The four sided vase has two erupting vertical sea...
Category
20th Century Modern English Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Life-Size Vintage Clown Statue, English, Plaster, Day of the Dead
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a life-size vintage clown statue. English, heavy, solid plaster cast standing figure dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1950.
Standi...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Mid-Century Owl Sculpture on Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage ceramic owl sculpture on stand with glass eyes.
Category
Early 20th Century Chesterfield English Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Pair of Vintage Carnival Mirrors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very cool pair of vintage carnival fun house mirrors. Both are convex mirrors in a black wood frame. Mirrors are made of Lucite not glass. So...
Category
1960s Vintage English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 English 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 English Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 English Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
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