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Period: 1880s
1880s Odd Fellows Lodge Banner from Dakota
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 1880s Odd Fellows Lodge all-seeing eye banner from Centerville, Dakota. Excellent hand painting and lettering. Centerville was platted in 1883. Dakota became the states of North and South Dakota in 1889. The area is now part of the Sioux Falls...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Silk
American Three Masted Clipper Ship in Bottle on Original Wood Stand, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
American three masted clipper ship in bottle with cloth rigging in full sail on a painted sea, flanked by a sea side town with evergreen trees, a pain...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Native American Sioux Authentic Fully Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully-beaded moccasins, with fully beaded soles.
Fully beaded moccasins were made as special gifts for elders, respected individuals, or during rites of passages for events suc...
Category
American Native American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Beads
"Peg-Leg Beggar" Mechanical Bank, American, circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Peg-leg Beggar" 19th century cast iron mechanical bank was probably inspired by the many disabled Civil War veterans begging for their subsistence. The bank was manufactured by the ...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Unusual Folk Art Chapel/Monument Model
Located in London, GB
19th Century Unusual Folk Art Chapel/Monument Model
An exceptionally well hand-crafted late 19th Century folk art model of a chapel or monument of sorts. With opening doors, hand pa...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Bronze & Iron Book Press
Located in Round Top, TX
Cast iron, bronze and wood book press. Great design.
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
American Wrought Iron and Gilt Trade Sign Bracket , Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
American wrought iron and gilt trade sign bracket with decorative scroll work and gilt ball motif. Late 19th Century
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Sioux Native Dragonfly Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux moccasins with dragonflies. Fully beaded, including soles.
Fully beaded moccasins were made as special gifts for elders, respected individuals, or during rites of passages for ...
Category
American Native American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Beads
20th C. Native American Plains Roach Headdress, Traditional Regalia
Located in Denver, CO
A striking 20th-century Native American Plains Indian roach headdress, also known as a hair ornament, traditionally worn during dances and ceremonies. Thi...
Category
American Native American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Fur
American Mahogany and Brass Ship Binnacle, Riggs & Brothers, Phila. Circa 1880
By Riggs & Brothers
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany ship binnacle with a brass-mounted dome helmet, internal dry compass by Ritchie of Boston, flanking removable burners with the original fonts and resting on an octa...
Category
American American Empire Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Folk art walking stick depicting a man on a chain-shaped shaft, USA 1880s.
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick of American folk art.
The stick is made entirely from a single branch of fruit wood, carved and ingraved. The tip is made of copper, smooth with decorative lin...
Category
American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Late 19th Century Flat Bottom Toy Noah's Ark with 34 Figures. German Circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered for sale is a very traditional Folk Art item; a handcrafted Noah's Ark toy with 34 hand-painted and hand-carved animals (includes Noah and Naamah). The flat bottom ark indica...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Silver Mounted Thirteen Grotesque Faces Molded Glazed Pottery Mug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Aesthetic Movement art pottery silver mounted mug modeled in relief with thirteen grotesque faces and dating from around 1880. The finely...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Rare Napoleonic POW Dominos Casket
Located in London, GB
Rare Napoleonic POW dominos casket
We are proud to offer a rare example of a late 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war (POW) hand carved set of domi...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Rare 19th Century French Earthenware Lobster or Crayfish Cake Mold
Located in Birmingham, AL
A rare 19th century French earthenware cake or baking from Soufflenheim in the Alsace region, circa 1880s. In the shape of a lobster or crayfish, this Alsatian mold symbolizes fertil...
Category
French Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Folk Art Walking Stick, Austria, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick: carved stag horn handle, depicting a man head with a snake and beard. Silver ring. Ebony wood shaft. Metal ferrule. Aust...
Category
Austrian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Black Forest Wood Carving of an Ibex
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An imposing ‘Black Forest’ wood carving of an Ibex,
standing on a rocky outcrop with realistically carved ribbed antlers and rippling fur.
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Jaques London Victorian Faux Book Chessboard Staunton Pieces & Hardwood Clock
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Antique Jaques of London faux leather folding book chessboard with the original Staunton Chess set dating to circa 1880, a travel chess set in the form of checkers pieces and lastly a Jacques of London Rosewood Chess clock...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Boxwood
Tapestry Peacock, Girafe, Lion, Deer, Exotic Birds Floral Folk Naive
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare folk, naive, vernacular tapestry
- Mythical quality depicting reminiscent of a garden of paradise with the animals and birds in harmony with each other.
- Charming tapestry de...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Folk Art Wartime Relationship Commemorative Plaque
Located in London, GB
19th century Folk Art Wartime relationship commemorative plaque
We are proud to offer a rare and unique commemorative wartime relationship plaque...
Category
Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19Thc Original Salmon Painted Double Horse Iron Weather Vane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Rare handmade double horse weather vane from A ranch in Texas.
This looks like the mother and her daughter horse. The salmon & lower part vane has remnants of mustard paint....
Category
American Adirondack Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
$2,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Oil on Canvas of Lady with King Charles Cavalier Spaniel on Lap
Located in Charleston, SC
Oil on canvas of lady with King Charles Cavalier spaniel on lap.
Category
Great Britain (UK) Antique 1880s Folk Art
Spiderweb Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
I have delayed posting this quilt because I have been on a search for a name for the pattern. The closest I have come are: The Banner Quilt; A Dainty Quilt and Spiderweb. None seem t...
Category
American Country Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,075
Circa 1880 Salish Appliqued Moccasins, Native American Plateau, Deer Hide
Located in Denver, CO
Step into the 19th century with this exceptional pair of antique appliqued moccasins, attributed to the Salish (Flathead) peoples of the Plateau region, circa 1880. These rare moccas...
Category
American Native American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Thread
Late 19th Century Hand Painted Bluebill Rochester Duck Decoy Antique
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Found in Germany at an estate sale, this hand carved and hand painted duck decoy is perfect for the collector. Well used by a previous hunter the paint has faded through time althoug...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Antique Grape Vine Carved Black Forest Wood Music Box Needs Service
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood music box with grape vine carving to the top
A very good lookin...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Genuine 1880s Albany Slip Glazed Anna Pottery Stoneware Pig Flask
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Albany slip glazed Anna pottery stoneware pig flask by Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna. Anatomically correct prone pig. In sized inscriptions "Fine Old Burmann Inn" and alongside "Lard Oil Drill". Underside flask opening under tail. Anna Pottery was s operative by the Kirkpatrick brothers between 1859 and 1896. They took part in art exhibitions such as Philadelphia Centennial in 1876 and the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago 1893. In 1938 the first inscription of Anna pottery was published in the New York Historical Society. Pieces of Anna pottery pigs...
Category
American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$6,000 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique 1881 Book "Ce que disent les champs" by Baronne de Mackau - 2Y228
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Condition: Fair
Comments: This book is in fairly good condition for its age. The cover and spine show light wear, while the pages exhibit some foxing and a slight yellowing typical o...
Category
French Empire Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$145 Sale Price
55% Off
19th Century French Rustic Pottery Pitcher
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French pottery pitcher.
Pottery from Normandy.
Category
French Country Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Book: Le Livre et les Arts qui s'y Rattachent (1887) by M.P. Louisy- 2Y96
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This classic book, "Le Livre et les Arts qui s'y Rattachent", authored by M.P. Louisy, explores the relationship between books and the arts, providing valuable insights into the subj...
Category
French Empire Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$359 Sale Price
75% Off
Plant Pot Pillar Majolica Austria Vine Leaves Ceramics from 1885
Located in Berlin, DE
Flower column / flower vase Majolika Austria, museum circa 1885
Richly carved body (two-part) with plastic vine leaves on a plastic rock surface. In t...
Category
Austrian Renaissance Revival Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Rustic Pottery Pitcher
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century French pottery pitcher.
Pottery from Normandy.
Category
French Country Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century German Carved Wooden Deers Head
Located in London, GB
19th century carved wooden deer’s head
We are proud to offer a delightful example of a 19th century hand carved German deer’s head. This ite...
Category
German Victorian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century French Pottery Vase with Grapes
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th century French pottery vase with grapes.
Pottery from North of France Normandy.
Measures: H 8.8” / D 8.4”.
Category
French Country Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Majolica Nautical Jardiniere Onnaing, circa 1880
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
19th century, large Majolica Nautical jardinière signed Onnaing, the feets are dolphins and the front is decorated with boats on the sea, the handles are anchors.
Category
French Victorian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Burns Tam O' Shanter Staffordshire Figure Decorative Scottish Antiques
Located in London, GB
A charming large antique staffordshire flat back pottery double figure of Tam O`Shanter and Souter Johnny from the world famous poem by Robert ...
Category
British Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Frank Paton Oil painting on canvas of Puppies playing
Located in Milano, IT
Charming and lively interior scene featuring two puppies playing with a rag, set in a rustic environment with clay pots and scattered straw. The subject reflects Frank Paton's typica...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Bookends / Pair of Matching 19th Century Original Cream Painted Sad Irons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky pair of original cream painted cast iron sad irons are in good condition. They make a great pair of bookends or door stops.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$716 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Jules Gourdault's "La Suisse Pittoresque" - Second Edition c. 1882 - 2Y69
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This is a second edition of "La Suisse Pittoresque" by Jules Gourdault, published by Librairie Hachette. The book is in fairly good condition, with some wear on the cover, slightly yellowed pages...
Category
French Empire Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Swedish Birch hook 1886
Located in Farsta, SE
A large pine hook made in 1886 in Sweden is a historical tool used for various purposes. Pine or birch hooks, often made from a sturdy piece of wood, were commonly used in agricultur...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Birch
19Thc Hand Carved Bear
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Hand carved bear on a wood base in very good condition.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Mennnite Tree Everlasting Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Mennonite quilt of Sawtooth Bars is given the name Tree Everlasting. The quilt is in excellent, unwashed condition. The Bars are quilted with cable patterning and scrolling vine...
Category
American Country Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Navajo Child's Blanket
Located in Sharon, CT
A late classic small (child's) blanket.
Category
American Tribal Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$2,000
Sterling Silver Native American Indian Motif "Note Holder" American, Circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very rare and unusual piece, a sterling silver "note holder" fronted by an Indian Chief on the front in high relief. A bale on top provides for a necklace and hanging as a decorative piece of jewelry. Other decoration on the front includes a tomahawk and a peace pipe criss-crossed beneath the Indian. The back is plain with a decorative "repousse" floral border, and "sterling" clearly marked in the lower left (see image). It is 2 7/8" high x 2" wide resembling and in the style of a match safe; probably manufactured by Unger Bros. of Newark, New Jersey, circa 1880, but difficult to observe all of the surfaces because of the frontal "notes" in permanent place. A note holder would have been used to write down reminders and/or notations by the user; the surfaces appear to be a celluloid type material. Condition is excellent with six notes intact; a very slight "crease" to the back side; hardly noticeable (see image).
Appropriate Americana for the discerning collector with a Western Native American...
Category
American Native American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
English American Empire Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Yacht Binnacle from Italy Circa 1880 with Dry Card Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Yacht binnacle of a very unique and rare design. With Italian compass on gimbals. Mushroom style hood with hinged doors. Ornate pedestal with wood base...
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Pair of Faux Marble Columns, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Pair of faux marble columns, circa 1880.
This lot is an exceptionally rare original pair of faux marble effect columns dated 1880. These...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Circa 1880 Southern Cheyenne Beaded Moccasins, Native American, Hide
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional pair of 19th-century Southern Cheyenne beaded moccasins, circa 1880, is a rare and authentic example of Plains Native American craftsm...
Category
American Native American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
American Child's Sampler, Circa 1887 by "Clara R. Nolan"
Located in Incline Village, NV
Charming American Sampler by "Clara R. Nolan"; well made, bright and colorful, with an intricate needlepoint floral rose petal border in colors of red...
Category
Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Linen
Antique Yacht Binnacle With Verdigris Finnish
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth century yacht binnacle in original untouched condition. With mushroom top and matching burners. Oval viewing port exposes the gimbaled compass marked with makers name of a...
Category
North American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Hand Carved German Apothecary Shop Display Figure
Located in London, GB
19th century hand carved apothecary shop display figure.
A rare hand carved 19th century apothecary shop display figure. Of German origin this figure would likely have sat either on...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Oak
19th Century Eagle Painted Cast Iron Nut Cracker
Located in Stamford, CT
American 19th century eagle nut cracker. Cast iron with original painted finish.
Category
American Empire Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
39-Star "Protection" Benjamin Harrison Political Kerchief
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a printed linen political kerchief for Benjamin Harrison, from his 1888 Presidential campaign. The kerchief features a waving 39-star American flag at the center of a wh...
Category
American Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Linen
A Large Gothic Revival Carved Oak Barometer with a Rare Snail Tail Thermometer
Located in London, GB
A large Gothic Revival oak barometer with blind trefoil carved pediment, a rare snail tail mercury thermometer flanked by turned and incised uprights with sunflower carvings. A small...
Category
British Gothic Revival Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antoni Gaudi Decorative Ceramic Spanish Tiles of Casa Vicens, circa 1888
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Decorative ceramic tiles by Antoni Gaudi, inspired by the marigold and dianthus motifs on the decorative ceramic tiles he designed for the facade of Casa Vicens, which constitute som...
Category
Spanish Jugendstil Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$1,737 Sale Price / set
50% Off
American Pottery Pig Bank, Circa 1880's
Located in Incline Village, NV
American pottery still bank in the shape of a pig, used for saving coins (usually pennies) to encourage children the importance of thrift. Pottery still banks are somewhat scarce since the typical way to remove coins was to smash the bank open, albeit, with this particular example, perhaps a knife was used for coin removal (note the wear to the coin slot---see images) or perhaps the additional wear is also from many coins having been deposited.
The bank is in good all original condition , from an unknown potter (unmarked) circa 1880's, and probably a variant of #633 "Two Toned Pig" in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" written in 1984 when collecting pottery banks...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Victorian Oil Painting Cornish Coastal Scene Maritime 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a collectable Victorian oil painting depicting a Cornish coastal scene
Beautiful scene with Turneresque skies - moody and atmospheric
Various boats in the foregrounde...
Category
Victorian Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
American Brass Spot Light on Telescopic Barber Pole Tripod Stand, NY, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass Nautical Swivel spot light on telescopic barber pole tripod stand, Troy, NY. Late 19th century. Original candle and has been electrified.
Category
American American Empire Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
"Harness Racer at Belmont Park 1884, Philadelphia" by Agustus Kollner
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Watercolor on paper, signed lower right Agustus Knoller and dated 1884. Inscribed on the reverse in pencil "This trotting came off Aug 15th 1884 at Belmont Park...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Chart of West Coast of South America by James Imray and Son
Located in Norwell, MA
Chart of West Coast of South America compiled by James F. Imray and published in 1880. The chart captures the west coast from Valparaiso to Truxillo. Includes ...
Category
English Antique 1880s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
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