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Place of Origin: German
Set of Two Vintage Christmas Small Nutcrackers, Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Wooden nutcrackers figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been their h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$84 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of beautiful Wood Carved Cherub Angel Heads, Vintage German, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair beautiful hand carved and hand painted cherub angel Heads, found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. Made by a woodcarver in the Oberammergau area, this area is well-know...
Category
1950s Baroque Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Hand Carved Prisoner of War 'POW' Domino Set
Located in London, GB
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-19th century hand carved Prisoner of War (POW) domino set. Made from mutton bone and hand carved with a detailed and carved motif b...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
German Carved Wooden Figure of Shepherdess with a Sheep
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful hand carved wooden figurine of an adorable girl - shepherdess with a sheep.
Dimensions: Height 35.5 cm / in, width 13 cm / in, ...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vibrant Blue Flute Player "Inolee" by Eva Fritz-Lindner
Located in South Burlington, VT
Inolee flute player- A 16 inch tall master work sculpture designed and hand-painted by Eva Fritz-Lindner
This is a creative handmade, hand-painted and hand glazed sculpture of a flute player named Inolee seated atop her favorite pet cow. It is one of Eva Fritz-Linder' rare family portrayals and is a unique creation. It was designed and hand-painted by the now deceased master artisan Eva Fritz-Lindner working at Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe over the past 50 years.
Creative design, lovely vivid colors, good opportunity to collect.
Dimensions: 16 inches tall
Glaze: Fine colors that only Eva Fritz-Lindner could execute by hand
Designer signature: signature i 3 on base
Most of her larger sculptures were produced in less than 10 copies Based Upon research and all were hand-painted individually by this artist ensuring each work of art was indeed unique.
Provenance: German collection.
Handmade, hand-painted, hand glazed
Only one.
About the artist:
The bold Folk Art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn.
From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic Folk Art animal...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$1,440 Sale Price
68% Off
Folk art carved walking stick depicting a German Shepherd dog, Germany 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: carved wooden handle depicting a German Shepherd dog’s head, sulphur glass eyes, bone teeth. Hawthorn wood shaft and metal ferrule. Silver gilt ring. Germany ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Porcelain Bear Statue, Germany, ca 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Porcelain Bear Statue, Germany, ca 1950s
Item e7269
An old porcelain bear statue, decorated with polychrome colors. Made in Germany ca. 1950s. Illegible maker's signature on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian German Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Porcelain Statue with Playing Bears, Germany, ca 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Porcelain Statue with Playing Bears, Germany, ca 1950s
Item e7267
An vintage porcelain statue depicting playing bears, decorated with polychrome colors. Made in Germany ca. 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian German Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Post Social Hobby Train Station
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1950s East German train station on the table. Station has 6 pieces. Please note the table is not included. Also there is some more of train cars (in the b...
Category
1950s Other Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$1,138 Sale Price / set
34% Off
17th/ Early 18th Century German Westerwald Salt Glazed Stoneware Jug
Located in Delft, NL
A 17th/ early 18th century German Westerwald Salt Glazed Stoneware jug
A German Westerwald jug with pewter lid. The salt-glazed stoneware jug with ha...
Category
17th Century Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Bavarian Traditional Costume Jewelry Cufflinks
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Bavarian Traditional Costume Jewelry Cufflinks
A pair Bavarian cufflinks from the middle of the 20th century. A beautiful piece of historica...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art German Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
German Jugendstil Stylized Tree Design Art Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very interesting German attributed jugendstil art pottery vase applied in relief with stylized trees and dating from around 1900. The vase stands on a narrow rounded unglazed foot ...
Category
Early 1900s Jugendstil Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Painting Cattle Carriage on an Alpine Lake, Oil on Canvas 19th century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Painting Cattle Carriage on an Alpine Lake, Oil on Canvas 19th century
A lovely antique oil painting depicting a Tyrolian farmers family which loads their cattle heard onto a boat. The scene is located on an mountain lake in the Alpine landscape. Oil on canvas 1st half of the 19th century. Framed with vintage gilded frame, paint partly with craquelure. This painting will be a highlight in each rural decoration.
Alpine oil painting...
Category
Late 19th Century Biedermeier Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Carved Wooden Milliners Head, Vintage Germany, circa 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved head. Germany, 1960s. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Found at an...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
WEKARA art deco 20s 30s salt glaze jewelry can confectionery box South. Germany
Located in Landshut, BY
Traditional salt glazed pottery box
Manufactured in Germany
around 1925 by WEKARA
Wekara:: W ( for WE German pronounciation) for Wilhelm E. K for Krumeich A for aus (from) RA fo...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
16th-17th Century Bellarmine Jug
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lovely late 16th or early 17th century Westphalian salt glazed stoneware jug of the "bellarmine" type. Also known as Greybeards or Bartmann jugs, these v...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique German Folk Art
Early 1900 Hand-Carved and Stylized Dogs Playing Fetch Sculptures, Pair Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Go fetch!!
These wonderfully stylized dog sculptures truly display the energy and joy of dogs when they have just fetched an object. They can't wait for you to take the stick or bal...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts German Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Erzgebirge Christmas Nutcracker Decoration Piece Germany Vintage 1970s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A vintage nutcracker from the Erzgebirge region, in shape of a robber or nobleman made of turned wood and painted in vibrant colors, dating back to the 1970s.
This nutcracker feature...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Wood, Paint
$303 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Grey Illuminated Letter F , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter “ f “ was made in Germany during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal body and a grey plastic cove...
Category
1970s Industrial Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
wooden Gingerbread Cookie Speculaas Springerle Rolling Pin Antique German 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing wooden rolling pin. Some hand carved cookie springerle molds on it. It is in very good condition, some scratches but this is old-age. A n...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Blue Lady Ema with Handbag Eva Fritz-Lindner, 1970
Located in South Burlington, VT
Blue lady with her handbag- mastertwork from Eva Fritz-Lindner.
A serene tall handmade and hand painted sculpture of a lady carrying her handbag named EMA - a friend of the artist- e handcrafted and hand painted in beautiful blue colors. On bottom atelier mark i 3 D and with tree (black brush mark). Ema was the late Eva Fritz-Lindner's (1933-2017) good friend.
Designer/maker: Eva Fritz-Lindner with stamp i3D, circa 1960-1970.
Glaze: Light and dark blue matte colors are bright and vivid and the hand painting only adds to the charm; light original glaze crazing appropriate for age.
Additional comments: Most of her larger sculptures were likely produced in less than 100 copies based upon research and all were hand painted individually by this artist ensuring each work of art was indeed unique.
Dimensions: 12.5 inches high.
Handmade / handarbeit and hand glazed, few survive.
Provenance: Old German collection.
About the artist:
The bold folk art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn.
From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic folk art animal sculptures and unique wall and garden works of art inspired by nature and possibly the local zoo at Karlsruhe. Owls and family concepts were a particular specialty. During this time she created designs for building and garden ceramics, vessels and small sculptures. Since 1964, the sculptress worked as a freelance artist in her own studio in Karlsruhe-Durlach. The artist designed important works in the field of building ceramics, including wall designs in mosaic, in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden, Schwäbisch Gmünd and Göppingen. Of particular note, she created enormous scale owl sculptures for the palace gardens in Karlsruhe in 1967 (see photo).
In 1962, Eva Fritz-Lindner was awarded the silver medal at the Prague International Ceramic Exhibition.
The artists' ceramics are owned and located in the Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf, in the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$384 Sale Price
74% Off
Victorian Casted Iron Candle Stick with Bears
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Victorian Casted Iron Candle Stick with Bears
A great Victorian casted iron candle stick, Germany circa 1860. It is depicting a mother bear holding one cub in her left paw and anoth...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Iron
18th Century oil on board of lady attributed to Balthasar Denner
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Here we have a oil on board attributed to denner circa 1730. Depicting a typical subject of his, showing the face in high detail. Would benefit from a professional clean. Which we co...
Category
Mid-18th Century Renaissance Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
German Antique Handmade Salt Glazed Fruit Patterned Stoneware Bottle
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and unusual antique German salt glazed hand worked stoneware bottle decorated with stylised fruit designs dating from the 19th centur...
Category
1870s Folk Art Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Toy, Wind Up Big Size Car, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up big size car is a mechanical toy sports car, nicely detailed.
The original clockwork works, even though a bit slowly.
Original key not included.
Unknown manifacture...
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Miniature Portrait of a Sleepy Eyed Man, Circle Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
By Christian Wilhelm Dietrich
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Miniature portrait of a sleepy eyed man, circle Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Germany 18th century, inscribed on back, refer to ph...
Category
18th Century Baroque Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood
$1,500 Sale Price
25% Off
Midcentury Mercedes Mb300 Sedan Windup on Stand by Prameta with Driver Keyc1958
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous articulated Mercedes MB300 sedan by Prameta. Green sedan sits mounted on a stand. Key for winding the clockwork mechanism is in the form of a chauffeur. In excellent vintage...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
German Majolica Wire Basket Plate, circa 1900
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in Austin, TX
Lovely German wire basket aqua plate with swallows, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Country Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Wire
20th Century Leather Pommel Horse
Located in Nashville, TN
Leather pommel horse by Wilh. Holbeck Essen-Werden (see label). In excellent vintage condition with age-consistent patina and character. height is adjustable. Pommel can be styled in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial German Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Advertising Glass Sign "Trink Coca Cola - Eiskalt". 1950 - 1959
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Tin Penny Toy Bi-Plane Horn, Germany, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
Penny Toys were just that; toys made to sell for a penny or very inexpensively. This particular toy was manufactured in Germany (probably Nuremberg) for the ...
Category
1910s Folk Art Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Big wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been thei...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$284 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Set of Rustic Hunters Cutlery with Chamois Horn Handles
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique set of rustic hunters cutlery with chamois horn handles
A rustic set of six knives and forks. The handles are made of genuine chamois horn and feature a decorated silver kno...
Category
Late 19th Century Black Forest Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Grey Illuminated Letter R , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter “ R “ was made in Germany during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal body and a grey plastic cove...
Category
1970s Industrial Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Grey Illuminated Letter E, 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter “ e “ was made in Germany during the 1970s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a black metal body and a grey plastic cove...
Category
1970s Industrial Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$141 / item
Nice Carved and Painted Tyrolian Carnival Fasnet Mask
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Nice Carved and Painted Tyrolian Carnival Fasnet Mask
A handcarved pine wood, hand painted, antique wooden carved carnival mask from the region of South Tyrol. Excecuted in the firs...
Category
Early 20th Century Black Forest German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Cabin Decor Antler Candelabra, circa 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Cabin Decor Antler Candelabra, circa 1900
A very rare and great cabin decor style five-armed candelabra with five candle spouts. Made of original deer and virginia deer...
Category
Late 19th Century Rustic Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Antler
18th Century Watercolor of a Great Sword Duel in Germany
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A truly rare and remarkable scene of hundreds of swordsmen meeting in a towns square. The circle is closed around the two in the duel, each of whom have drawn blood. German school 18...
Category
1750s Folk Art Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Terracotta Wall Plate with Lovely Children in Traditional Costumes by Johann Mar
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Terracotta Wall Plate with Lovely Children in Traditional Costumes by Johann Maresch
A large terracotta wall plate depicting a relief couple of farmers childs in a rural enviroment....
Category
Late 19th Century Country Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Decorative Antique Antler Candelabra with Three Spouts, 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Decorative antique Antler candelabra with three spouts 1900
A countrycore antique three-armed candleholder, made of antlers from the deer and virginia deer. It was executed in the B...
Category
Late 19th Century Rustic Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Antler
18th Century German Pewter Passover Plate
Located in New York, NY
Pewter passover tray, Germany, 18th century.
The outer rim has wriggle- work engraving of the order of the Seder service, along with a pair of birds fl...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
$6,600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C. German Stag Horn Thermometer and Barometer
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A remarkable German Folk Art Weather Station in the Black Forest Style. Elaborate and sinuous construction with stag horns of various sizes, boar tusk...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Horn
Oil On Canvas. Old Master, South-german Master App. 1780s.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Oil on canvas. OLD MASTER, South-german master app. 1780s. Biblical scene titled "Die dienenden Engel", the servant angel. A museum´s quality work with fine details.
Condition repor...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Baroque Antique German Folk Art
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage 1960s German Large Turned Wooden XL Display Model of Screwdriver nr 7
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very unusual extra large vintage wooden display model of a screwdriver nr 7.
Turned and carved out of one piece of wood, probably used as displa...
Category
1960s Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Decorative Folk Art Zither Made of Matchsticks by a Wayfarer
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Decorative Folk Art Zither made of Matchsticks by a Wayfarer
An unusual zither model completely made of matchsticks which where glued together and carved afterwards. Handmade most p...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Turn of The Century "Clown" Themed Chocolate Mold Pattern Germany Circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
Turn of the century chocolate mold pattern was used in the making of chocolate in the shape of a clown circa 1900; which was the dawn of chocolate manufacturing in Europe. To capital...
Category
1910s Folk Art Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Folksy Hand Carved Tyrolian Carnival Fasnet Mask
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Folksy Hand Carved Tyrolian Carnival Fasnet Mask
A folksy wooden carved carnival mask from the region of South Tyrol. These masks are used in Austria, South Germany and Italy at the...
Category
Early 20th Century Black Forest German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rustic Black Forest Root Wood Hunter, circa 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rustic Black Forest Root Wood Hunter ca. 1920
A rustic wooden hunter statue with deer. It was carved out of a piece of root wood. Germany, Black Forest,...
Category
Early 20th Century Black Forest German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Arnold, DAF "Continental Transport" Delivery Van, 1950's
Located in Vienna, Austria
Arnold, DAF " Continental Transport " delivery van . This tin truck set,was made in the 1950 's by Arnold ,in West Germany.
Originally produced for children...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
$901 Sale Price
20% Off
Black Forest Wooden Nutcracker 1950s Germany
Located in Den Haag, NL
Wonderful angry Owl Nutcracker .Glass eyes ,Black Forest . 1950s
Category
1950s Black Forest Vintage German Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
A Pair Antique Leather Stirrup Holders
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Pair Antique Leather Stirrup Holders
A pair antique leather stirrup holders. Handmade in the first half of the 20th century. Good condition with tra...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic German Folk Art
Materials
Leather
$275 / set
Set of Three Vintage Paintings with People in Rococo Costumes
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Set of Three Vintage Paintings with People in Rococo Costumes
A set of three paintings depicting two noble ladies and a noble man in Rococo costumes. Handpainted with enamel paint o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gothic German Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Pair Lovely Antique Candle Holders with Chamois Horns
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Pair Lovely Antique Candle Holders with Chamois Horns
A lovely pair of rustic candle holders, made of horns from the chamois. The spout and base are made of turned and ebonized wo...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic German Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Unknown, Still Life with Meat and Vegetables, Oil on Canvas, Germany, 1909
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Unknown - still life with meat and vegetables, oil on canvas, Germany 1909
An impressive still life painting depicting meat, and diverse vegetables. Painted in oil on canvas with pastell colors. Framed with antique richly decorated gilded frame. Signed with monogram of the artist "AP 09" (1909). This authentic antique painting will be a highlight in every dining room or restaurtant.
The Biedermeier period runs parallel to the Romantic period and both are characterized by similar features. Domesticity, closeness to nature, folksiness and need for harmony are buzzwords of this time. The focus is on the simple, the conservative and the tried and tested. There is little experimentation and more observation and enjoyment. The art style is kept very realistic and shows great similarity to photography. Domestic idyllic representations, beautiful landscape and impressive portraits are the most popular topics for oil paintings...
Category
Early 20th Century Belle Époque German Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage German Plate Hand-Painted Triangular Dish Catchall 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Original German vintage hand-painted "Handgemalt" small triangular shape ceramic plate.
Ivory grey with a hand-painted scene of a couple with a dog, trees, birds, in Yellow, blue, gr...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
German Military Folk Art Gouache Painting, circa 1866
Located in London, GB
Military painting, circa 1866
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-19th century German gouache folk art military painting. This exampl...
Category
19th Century Antique German Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Three Vintage Behind Glass Paintings with Biedermeier Scenes
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Three Vintage Behind Glass Paintings with Biedermeier Scenes
A set of three behind glass paintings depicting scenes from the Biedermeier period. Handpainted in Germany ca. 1950s and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Country German Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Taunus European Ford Factory German Automotive Presentation Vintage Car Plaque
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A Handcrafted ford factory commemorative plaque for the Taunus automobile manufactured in Germany celebrating the 30th anniversary of chief designer Herman Schmtz. Hand hammered bron...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Fairground Paper Mache Sculpture of a Witch or Farmer's Wive
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Fairground Paper Mache Sculpture of a Witch or Farmer's Wive
A large half-relief sculpture of the witch from the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. Probably used as decoration in...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian German Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1920s
An antique barber shop children chair. With rotatable height adjustment and a wooden h...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian German Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
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