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Place of Origin: European
Vintage Carved Wood and Poly Chrome Painted Figural Musical Clock Figurine
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage hand carved and hand painted musical clock is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in or near Austria in circa 1950 in a Folk Art style. The carving depicts a male figure leaning against a post mounted Black Forest styled clock. The carving is quite detailed and well executed on all sides and has been hand painted in a realistic style. Both the clock and the music box are currently not working as both have been over-wound and would require servicing. The head of the carving should turn slightly left to right while the music box is playing, but in its current state it is unknown whether the mechanism functions and/or what tune the music box may play. In addition, there is currently no key for the clock, but these normally use a standard small music box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art European Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Charcoal Petal Gourd I by Julie Nelson
Located in Geneve, CH
Charcoal Petal Gourd I by Julie Nelson
-One Of A Kind-
Dimensions: D 28 x H 22 cm
Materials: Ceramic stoneware and porcelain.
Artist Julie Nelson uses the materiality of clay as a m...
Category
2010s Post-Modern European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Two Polychrome Roosters
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of Chinese export glazed ceramic roosters with polychrome plumage in pinks, greens and orange with and striking red crowns and wattles, perched on weathered green striated tre...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Export Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Stainless Steel and Horn Tableware Set for 6 Germany 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Stainless Steel and Horn 12 Pieces Tableware Set, Germany 1930s
A rustic tabelware set consisting of six knives and six forks. The handles are made of genuine deer horn. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black Forest European Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th C. Black Forest Wall Mounted S Swiss Carved Wood Goat on a Plaque
Located in grand Lancy, CH
19th C. Black Forest Wall Mounted Carved Wood Goat on a Plaque
Category
1880s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Calvarium Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee shelf. Original polychromed painted decoration, European in origins, age related wear...
Category
18th Century Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Traditional English Painting Swans on River Molember East Molesey Surrey England
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 - By the Molember, East Molesey, Surrey, England
(Mole...
Category
Late 20th Century European Folk Art
Materials
Other
Abstract Metal Midcentury Sculpture by Alain Douillard Black Metallic Form
By Alain Douillard
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Alain Douillard
Famous French metal abstract sculptor, circa 1975,
mid-20th century art sculpture
Black abstract freeform by the artist, signe...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Large Marble Solitaire Board Game with 33 Early Handmade Clay Marbles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a complete board game of marble solitaire with a large turned maple board from the 20th century and handmade clay or stone marbles from the mi...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art European Folk Art
Materials
Stone
1920s Belgian Jenever Sign
Located in Antwerp, BE
1920s Belgian Jenever Sign.
Antique sign - Art Deco sign for Jenever Made in Belgium:
J. Theunissen - Vieux Spécial - Hasselt - Belgium.
A lithographic tin sign from the 1920s sig...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco European Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Carved Wooden Milliners Head, Vintage Italy, circa 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved head. Italy, 1930s or older. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Foun...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
17th century Jesus Christ Santos Sculpture
Located in Springfield, OR
For your consideration is this beautifully carved, painted and detailed Cristo depicting Jesus nailed on the cross. I had an expert take a look at it and he believes the Jesus figure...
Category
17th Century Folk Art Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Wooden Csrved Male Head Gentleman Bust Art
Located in London, GB
A wonderfully carved wooden head of a male.
Age unknown, but super decorative and skillfully carved from a single piece of heart wood. Heavy and solid and in as found condition. S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Charming French Papier Mache and Wood Large Antique Horse, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
With original leather bridle, saddle, head-dress and accompanying booklet.
A wonderful thing, beautiful patina.
Category
19th Century Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
20th Century Oil on Board Italian Seascape Signed Painting, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Oil framework on panel depicting a seascape at dawn of pleasant decor and good pictorial quality. Wooden frame carved with g...
Category
1930s Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
WWII Trench Art Artillery Shell Bullet Coin Ashtray
Located in Forney, TX
A fascinating Word War II trench art sculptural ammo ashtray.
Typically hand-crafted by a soldier from found objects during their down time at war, especially in the trenches of WW1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art European Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Festina Lente, ancient sign hostaria
Located in Felino, IT
Festina Lente, antique hostaria sign. heavy metal plate with relief figure, mounted on solid wood panel. many woodworm marks are present. woodworm treatment has been done. writing is...
Category
1910s Classical Roman Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Tôle
19th Century German Black Forest Hunting Plaque
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Large German wooden plaque hand carved in basswood in German Black Forest style. About 1890. The hunting plaque shows a large hare figure and oak leaves in a naturalistic detailed st...
Category
Late 19th Century Black Forest Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
17th Century Oil on Panel Flemish Signed Antique Painting, 1660
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Flemish painting from the 17th century. Artwork signed lower right C. Droochsloot referable to the Dutch painter Cornelis Droochsloot (1630-1674), lacking authentication. Oil...
Category
1660s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Pair Antique Black Forest Gun Holders, Austria late 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Pair Antique Black Forest Gun Holders, Austria late 19th Century
An antique pair of Black Forest gun holders mounted side by side on the wall. They consist of a wooden rod covered...
Category
Late 19th Century Rustic Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Horn, Wood
Carved Wooden Milliners Head, Vintage Italy, circa 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved head. Italy, 1930s or older. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Foun...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late C19th Italian Oil On Board Cat Painting With Bark Folk Art Frame
Located in London, GB
Late C19th Italian oil on board cat painting.
Wonderful and rustic scene depicting four cats chasing a frog with folk art style bark frame. Signed Saglio Rossini Joseph. In good con...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Lady Portrait, 1850
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Ancient Italian painting from the 19th century. Oil on canvas framework depicting a portrait of a young girl in pose of good pictorial quality. Carved and gilded wooden and plaster f...
Category
1850s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
1776 Green Floral Painted Cabinet
Located in Albignasego, IT
Green Floral Painted Wardrobe Dated 1776
Measurements: H.165 cm – W.130 cm (142 at the frames) – D.42 cm (50 at the frames)
Essence: Fir
Period: 1776
Origin: Tyrol
Tyrolean wardrob...
Category
1770s Neoclassical Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Fir
17th Century Oil on Canvas Antique Religious Italian Painting Magdalene, 1680
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a religious subject Penitent Magdalene of excellent pictorial quality. Large size p...
Category
1680s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Oil on Panel Spanish Antique Religious Painting Ecce Homo, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Spanish painting from the 18th century. Artwork oil on panel depicting a religious subject, Ecce Homo, of good pictorial quality. Painting on wooden panel over 3 cm thick, id...
Category
1750s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Seascape Landscape Painting, 1730s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian school of the first half of the 18th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a refined landscape of good pictorial quality. In the foreground we find numerous characters acc...
Category
1730s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Ancient wrought iron door knocker with dragon head
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Ancient knocker with a dragon's head in wrought iron and decoration of points and lines typical of Spanish forging from the 17th century.
Category
18th Century Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
French 1900s Tramp Art Folk Mirror with Brass Tacks and Intersecting Corners
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French rectangular Tramp Art hand-carved wooden Folk mirror from the early 20th century, with raised diamond motifs, geometric patterns, intersecting corners and brass tacks. Creat...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art European Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Set of 4 Small Swedish Folk Art Chairs, Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of four Swedish 18th Century Folk Art chairs
Set of 4 smaller chairs with its old vintage patina in pine. "Allmoge", the Swedish word for Folk Art, is exactly what these four ea...
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Vintage Union Jack, Circa 1950s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a beautiful Union Jack parade flag, dating from the early 1950s, during the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The flag is printed on cotton, with machine-sewn hemmed...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
20th century publicity sign ...
Located in Brecht, BE
a publicity sign for sneakers "Vans" ... fun object ...
Category
Late 20th Century European Folk Art
Materials
Resin
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel circa 1864.
Beautiful piece of traditional swedish history. Being a small model with a foot peddle this machine was likely to used to sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Schwerer Handspiegel 2-seitig LUCIEN BAZOR Bronze versilbert Jugendstil
Located in Aachen, DE
Schwerer Handspiegel 2-seitig LUCIEN BAZOR Bronze versilbert
Frankreich, Jugedstil / Art Déco um 1925, Größe 24,5cm, zweiseitig (identische Seiten), Bronze versilbert, in Original-...
Category
1920s Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th century fairground figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground figure
In the form of Benito Mussolini this early 20th century hand carved French fairground knockdown figure is in original untouched condition. With ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art European Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Ripple MAKHNO 3D Tile. Ceramic object
By MAKHNO PRODUCT
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
The RIPPLE tile by MAKHNO Product is a unique 3D ceramic tile that mimics the serene movement of water ripples. When light falls on the tile, the 3D effect is further emphasized, cr...
Category
2010s European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary 3D Tile Drops by MAKHNO
By MAKHNO PRODUCT
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
The DROPS 3D ceramic tile from MAKHNO Product is created with the intention of bringing the raindrops indoors, making you feel like you are standing outside in the midst of a summer ...
Category
2010s European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Modern 3D Tile Drops by MAKHNO
By MAKHNO PRODUCT
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
3D tiles DROZH features a raised geometric pattern that creates a stunning three-dimensional effect. The pattern consists of interlocking triangles that create an optical illusion as...
Category
2010s European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Bamboccianti School Genre Scene Painting 1660
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the 17th century. Oil artwork on canvas depicting a splendid genre scene called bambocciante, this because it belongs to the pictorial school developed ...
Category
1660s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Dune 3D Tile for interior by MAKHNO
By MAKHNO PRODUCT
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
Our Duna tile was hung by winds and created a unique relief that adds to your home a sense of non-primitive movement and a sense of calm. Imagine, as if you are in a desert and you a...
Category
2010s European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Flapjack Handmade Ceramic 3D Tile by MAKHNO
By MAKHNO PRODUCT
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
The FLAPJACK tile from MAKHNO Product is a truly innovative and versatile piece of design that offers both functionality and beauty. This multifunctional wall tile is a true master...
Category
2010s European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Fish creative 3D Tile for interior by MAKHNO
By MAKHNO PRODUCT
Located in Jõe tn 2-2 korrus, Tallinn
With its elegant and delicate design, the FISH is not just a mere wall decoration, but a work of art that elevates any space it is installed in. The tile's intricately detailed patte...
Category
2010s European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Biblical Painting Moses Striking the Rock
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian school of the first half of the 18th century. Oil on canvas artwork of considerable size and excellent pictorial quality depicting a splendid landscape with a biblical scene ...
Category
1720s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Impressive Huge 19th Century Pawnbroker Folk Art Sign with Three Spheres Symbol
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An impressive rare and monumental in scale folk art pawnbroker trade sign with its original trio of giltwood spheres which represent the universal symbol for the pawnbroker trade.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Swedish Hand-Painted Decorative Three-Panel Glass Screen
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Antique Swedish Hand-Painted Decorative Three-Panel Glass Screen
Exquisite antique Swedish hand-painted decorative three-panel screen. Crafted with finely carved and intricately det...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Still Life Painting Flowers, 1720
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the early 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting an amazing still life with flowers and a view in the background of excellent pictorial quality. ...
Category
1720s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique Pine Book Shelf, Wabi Sabi , Scandinavia 1800s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Beautiful antique book shelf in pine. Handcrafted by a Norwegian cabinetmaker in the mid 1800s.
A great vintage book shelf with a lovely patina. Should be attached to a wall to ensu...
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th century set of four Fairground knock down figures.
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century set of four Fairground knock down figures.
The best examples of fairground are we have uncovered. An amazing set of 4 early 20th century hand crafted lead weighte...
Category
1920s Late Victorian Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Large Antique Terracotta 19th Century Dairy Bowl Kitchen Decoration, C.1880
Located in London, GB
A very large 19th century dairy bowl. c.1880
Terracotta with beautiful green glazed bowl with wonderful ancient stapled repair. Some minor chipping here and there, but a great dec...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Four ceramic boxes by Cloutier, France, 1960's
By Cloutier Freres
Located in Paris, FR
Four ceramic anthropomorphic boxes by Cloutier.
Two "smalls" Diam. 12.5 cm, H. 19 cm
Two a bit bigger Diam. 15cm, H. 21 cm
Category
1960s Modern Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
A Primitive Ceramic Mask by Accolay Pottery France 1960s
By Accolay Pottery
Located in HYÈRES, FR
An important wall mask by Accolay Pottery.
France 1960s
Signed under
With nice colors
Category
1960s Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic owl vide-poche by Olivier Pettit, France, 1960's
By Olivier Pettit
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic owl vide-poche by Olivier Pettit, signed
Category
1960s Modern Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Gio Colucci (1892-1974) Green Glass Statue, 1950-1959, Expressionism
By Gio Colucci
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Gio Colucci 1960s statue in polychromed soft green glass, an unique piece of Abstractism, one of the last art pieces of the Artist.
Acquired at : Bernard Oger et Étienne Dumont, c...
Category
20th Century Expressionist European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Articulated Artist’s Wood Mannequin
Located in Garnerville, NY
A wonderful vintage articulated wood artist's mannequin. A must have for the artist or objet d'art. The interior coils and bands that position the model are in good condition. The qu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ceramic vide-poche by Roger Capron, France, 1970's
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Vide-poche by Roger Capron, black ceramic, signed
Category
1970s Modern Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Oil on Canvas Belgian Lady Portrait Painting Signed and Dated, 1920
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Large Belgian painting dated 1920. Oil on canvas framework, on the first canvas, depicting a portrait of a lady (Maria Erminia Segers 1855-1924) of excellent pictorial quality. Large...
Category
1920s Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Still Life Painting, 1720
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the early 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a fabulous still life with flowers and a view in the background (right) of excellent pictorial q...
Category
1720s Antique European Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Swedich stump chair
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
A very decorative and sculptural stump chair made in solid pine. Hand carved by a Swedish cabinetmaker mid last century. This chair will fit in any interior and wil be a centerpiece ...
Category
1930s Vintage European Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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