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Period: 1940s
Vintage Hand Carved Folk Art Walking Cane with Red Bird
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage circa 1940s hand carved Folk Art cane by Fritz Rummler (1888-1983) Fredericksburg Texas. Branch of a tree carved into a bird with his feet...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tall one of a kind cowboy and horse spinning whirligig American Folk Art piece. Most likely from a larger folk art environment. Sheet steel constructi...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Iron, Sheet Metal

Tramp Art Jewelry Box with Pincushion Top
Located in NYC, NY
A handcrafted dresser or jewelry box with hinged pincushion lid and applied, chip-carved decoration. The interior with framed mirror on underside of lid and papered in a purple and w...
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American Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Mirror

Make do Stool
Located in Seattle, WA
Muslin covered barrel trimmed in tape measure. Great little Folk Art piece that was used as giant pincushion and stool for home seamstress.
Category

American Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood, Fabric

"God Bless America" Patriotic Piece of Folk Art
Located in Seattle, WA
Wonderful patriotic piece of Folk Art. Red, white and blue wall shelf featuring hand-carved eagle and painted stars and stripes.
Category

American Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Ship from World War-II
Located in Dallas, TX
Folk Art Pacific Princess Ship made by sailors from World War-II Made with matches and other wood and paint.
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Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Wood

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Located in CADALSO, ES
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Early 20th Century Folk Art English Whirligig/Weathervane Figure
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Folk Art Gate in form of a Face
Located in Darnestown, MD
One of a kind iron gate in the shape of an elongated face. It would be functional as a gate but would also be terrific hung indoors as a piece of outsider art. The movable earrings...
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American 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

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19th Century Tramp Art Carved Box
Located in Nantucket, MA
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H 5.25 in W 13.5 in D 9.5 in
Antique Jewelry Box Art Deco Period
Located in New York, NY
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Art Deco 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Antique Jewelry Box Art Deco Period
Antique Jewelry Box Art Deco Period
H 1.25 in W 4.5 in D 2.38 in
DuBarry Ivorine Celluloid Jewelry Box with a Turtle Shaped Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Celluloid made its appearance in the mid-19th century. One of its most popular forms was to imitate ivory including the grain lines. This jewelry box is marked "PY-RA-LIN" DuBarry. T...
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American Victorian Antique 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Deco-Tel Rotary Phone Telephone American Flag Patriotic 1970s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Deco-Tel Rotary Phone Telephone American Flag Patriotic 1970s. Circa 1970s. Measurements: 12" H x 5.5" W x 5.5" D.
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American Classical Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Peter Hunt Cape Cod Folk Art Painted Watermelon Tray, Signed
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large hand-painted watermelon metal tray by Massachusetts folk artist, Peter Hunt. Hand-signed on front anno domini 1960 par pierre le chasseur d'orleans. Hand signed on verso Welc...
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Metal

c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box
Located in Downham Market, GB
An antique tramp art box. A beautiful & early piece of tramp art, intricately layered in the traditional manner with notch carved wooden strips & finished with a pressed brass lion r...
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British Rustic Antique 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Pine

c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box
c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box
H 6.3 in W 10.63 in D 6.7 in
Nautical Folk Art Hand Carved Wooden Whimsy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American whimsy with traditional 'ball in cage' decoration, all carved and whittled from one continuous piece of wood, circa early 20th century. The bottom tip suggests that this pie...
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H 1.25 in W 11.25 in D 1.25 in
Antique Folk Art Ornately Carved Wooden Picture Frame with Birds & Flowers
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This ornately hand-carved picture frame is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Eastern Europe, and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Folk Art style. The frame is co...
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Unknown Folk Art 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Folk Art Halloween Display Pumpkin Form
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Halloween display pumpkin form We are proud to offer a unique example of a mid-20th century handcrafted folk-art Halloween display pumpkin. Constructed of metal segment she...
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British Folk Art Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Tin

Folk Art Halloween Display Pumpkin Form
Folk Art Halloween Display Pumpkin Form
H 7.5 in W 11 in D 11.5 in
English Folk Art Mr. Bear
Located in London, GB
The Folk Art Mr. Bear We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-20th century Folk Art figure of a charming bear. Made from a light wood hand carved body, sheet metal legs, ...
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Wood

English Folk Art Mr. Bear
English Folk Art Mr. Bear
H 11 in W 5 in D 3 in
1940s Folk Art Miniature Parthenon on Walnut Pedestal
Located in Chicago, IL
Walnut display pedestal topped with miniature 1940s Folk Art pantheon. Pedestal has Masonite roof, and both pieces are in overall good condition. Pantheon is missing one column.  ...
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English Folk Art Carved Cocker Spaniel Plaque, circa 1949
Located in London, GB
English Folk Art carved cocker spaniel plaque, circa 1949 A wonderfully detailed hand carved cocker spaniel dog plaque with unusually ornate dated reverse ...
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Unique English Folkart Boot Makers Shop Advertising Sign
Located in London, GB
Unique boot makers shop advertising sign We are proud to offer a unique early 20th century 3-dimensional hand painted bootmakers/cobblers advertising trade sign. Made from old war d...
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Scratch Built Train Steam Engine with Trailer Dated, circa 1945
Located in London, GB
Scratch built train steam engine with trailer dated, circa 1945 We are proud to offer a folk-art English scratch built tin and wood steam train and trailer model. A wonderfully aged...
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Fort Devens and Surrounding Countryside Illuminating Diorama Scale Model
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage illuminating diorama of countryside small town, Fort Devens, Massachusetts and surrounding countryside. Appears to be a model of the early or original constructed fort. Fort Devens was a United States Army Reserve military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Plywood

Outsider Art of House on Corrugated Metal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Primitive painting of farmhouse scene on corrugated tin.
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Outsider Art Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Seated male Portrait
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Signed oil painting of bare armed young American man seated with his head resting on his hand. Framed in painted wooden frame with gold leaf liner. Signature is not clear. Image siz...
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American Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Seated male Portrait
Seated male Portrait
H 31 in Dm NaN in
Sophie and Moxie's "Modern Beauty Shop" Steel Sign, circa 1940
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Double-sided, solid hand-cut steel trade sign for a "modern" beauty shop run by two gals, "Sophie & Moxie". Painted surface is rust-spotted and weathered t...
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Amazing Set of 1940s "Constructivist Couture" Folk Art Drawings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An amazing collection of 6 original figural drawings on paper circa 1940 - - 3 female and 3 male characters 'modeling' fantasy couture in kaleidoscopic colors. Executed in a Constructivist style with a hint of 1940s WPA poster...
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American Vintage 1940s Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Unique vintage wood building model or architectural folly
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rather unique wood hand made model of a building or possibly just an architectural folly to occupy someone's time. In any event it is a great looking piece of folk art. Some of the...
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