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Period: 1890s
Set of Two Majolica Jugs, Nimy Faiences Imperiale Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
A set of 1851-1898 Belgium majolica pitchers, pottery jugs with pewter top.White hand painted cherubs sitting in a painting impression and accesso...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
$316 Sale Price / item
70% Off
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Jig Doll
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century English Folk Art Jig Doll
We are proud to offer a late 19th century hand carved, painted Folk Art English jigger doll example. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate 'toys' for adults or children. They are dolls with loose limbs that step dance...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Majolica lume cuollomozzo produced in Vietri sul mare or Caltagirone
Located in Lugo, IT
Oil lume with a cuollomozzo on a circular base with a raised edge.
Cylindrical stem with a thickening and a constriction that supports the oil container.
Two handles, one of which is...
Category
Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Maiolica
Swiss alp painted box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp painted box
Category
Swiss Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Italian Marble Sculpture of a Robed Child Holding Two Fishes, Late 19th Century
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-532 detailed marble sculpture of a robed boy holding 2 fishes.
Category
Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Ceramic Sculpture with a Group of Playing Putti's 19th Century Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful in detail and charming 19th century unglazed terracotta sculpture. Features a design of three cherubic children with lamps and fruit, playing with two goats on the base of ...
Category
Belgian Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
$1,437 Sale Price
20% Off
Arts & Crafts Copper Handled Chestnut Roaster c.1890
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Arts & Crafts hand crafted handled copper chestnut roaster dating from around 1890. The chestnut roaster has a hammered and pier...
Category
British Arts and Crafts Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Architectural Wood Decoration, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Antique architectural oakwood element nicely carved with leaves on wood pedestal, circa 1890.
Category
French Country Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Handcrafted and Stable Solid Oak & Great Patina Joint Stool Or Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Solid oak joint stool, great shape and beautiful color.
This handcrafted joint stool seat is both rustic and stylish. It is an absolute joy to watch and to sit on. It is as stabile ...
Category
European Renaissance Revival Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Antique "Latin-Français" Lexicon by Emile Chatelain – 1890 - 3Y20
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This rare 19th-century Latin-Français lexicon by Emile Chatelain, published in 1890 by Hachette et Compagnie in Paris, offers a valuable linguistic reference for scholars and collect...
Category
Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Late 19th Century American Hooked Rug with Lions
By Frost
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Frost pattern design from Maine, late 19th century. Museum mounted and ready to hang.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
American Carved Wood & Painted Ship Officer on Watch with Ship Lantern, C. 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American Folk Art carved wood and painted ship officer on watch standing on a two tiered squared plinth with a brass and galvanized ship lantern hanging from wrist. Late 19th Century.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Chocolate Molds, c.1890 - set of 4
Located in Savannah, GA
A set of four highly detailed cast iron chocolate molds, circa 1890
rooster: 5 inches wide by 3 inches deep by 5 ½ inches tall
rabbit and swan: 4 ½ inches wide 2 ¼ inches deep by 3 ...
Category
Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$1,200 / set
Turkish Kilim Konia Light Blue Background Decorated with Ram's Horn
Located in Firenze, IT
Those who know the language of the Kilim read it like a book understanding what the weaver tells. Like a mirror, the Kilim reflects the life of the woman who wove it and the culture ...
Category
Turkish Kilim Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century English Quirky Country House Fire Escape
Located in London, GB
19th century English country house fire escape
We are proud to offer a rare example of a 19th century quirky county house fire escape, once of the Fasque House, Fettercaine Estate, ...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Meissen Hoopoe Birds, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A pair of Meissen Hoopoe birds naturalistically modelled perched on leafy tree stumps after the models by J J Kandler with blue crossed sword marks, 19th century.
Batch 71 61579 ...
Category
German Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Red Tree Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
To the best of my knowledge, this is an original pattern. I have named it Tree with Saplings for want of an official name. The center tree boldly stands out against the red diamond....
Category
American Country Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,195
Jacob's Ladder Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This is the most interesting version of the Jacob's Ladder quilt pattern that I have seen. The colors and fabrics make it unusual as well as the strong diagonal patterning. Use of th...
Category
American Country Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,075
Bent Wood Victorian Sled with Unique Form
Located in Vienna, Austria
A Victorian wooden sled, the type one often finds on vintage European Christmas cards. Designed for a child, it can be pushed or pulled.
You can al...
Category
Austrian Victorian Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood
$766 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Folk Art House Table or Wall Art
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa late 1800s, wood, and glass, American, possibly New York. Charming beyond belief, this polychrome Folk Art House was originally made to feature a ...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Framed and Glazed Watercolour by H Hadfield Chubley A Large Watercolour paintin
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Framed and Glazed Watercolour by H Hadfield Chubley
A Large Watercolour painting by H Hadfield Cubley 1858 1934 an early 20th century piece. A beach scene with fisher folk Cockling ...
Category
Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Victorian Folk Art House Table or Wall Art
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa late 1800s, wood, and glass, American, possibly New York. Charming beyond belief, this polychrome Folk Art House was originally made to feature a ...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Solomon Islands Coral Stone Ancestor's Carved Head
Located in Leuven , BE
The Tribes from the Solomon Islands worshipped the skulls of their ancestors as being the home of their spirits. If no remains of a great man were pres...
Category
Solomon Islands Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Coral
Collection of Three Cast Iron Star Victorian Daughters of the Revolution Markers
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Collection of three Daughters of the Revolution cast iron star markers. Marked GAR Thos Feushaw Post 75 Conn.
Category
North American Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pair Of Small Portraits In Micro Marble Marquetry
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair Of Small Portraits In Micro Marble Marquetry
Pair of small portraits in micro marble marquetry of Italian origin from the end of the 18th century Framed in London in the 19th c...
Category
Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Folk Art Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Branford, CT
Folk Art sculpture of a woman. Carved stone with traces of original paint. Relief carved heart and diamond-shaped on chest (possibly a sundial). American. 19th century. H 28-1/4" W 1...
Category
Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Carved and Painted Wood Architectural Element in the Form of a Mask "Green Man"
Located in Stamford, CT
A carved and painted wood "Green Man" mask from a facade of a mansion near Seattle, late 19th century. The Green Man is a legendary being primarily interpreted as a symbol of rebir...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Unusual Tramp Art / Folk Art Wood and Stone Clock, sculpture. cabinet.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Tramp Art / Folk Art Wood and Stone (granite) Clock, sculpture. cabinet.. Amazing decorative item.Antique hand crafted,Stone ,granite cylinders,
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Granite
Pair of Gate Posts Sculptures circa 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
You don't see these everyday! Rare and exceptional architectural elements consisting of parcel gilt metal and wood with beading and ball feet attributed as late 19th Century or early...
Category
American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$7,500 / set
19th Century 3 Dimensional Copper Rooster Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century American full bodied copper rooster weather vane with gilded and red overpaint and cast zinc feet. Some weathering in areas of later black overpaint. 26"H x 20"W includi...
Category
American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Bronze Medallion of Henry Baer
Located in Round Top, TX
Bronze medallion of Henry Baer. Famous for design of the Puck Building in NYC!
Category
American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Fruitwood Console Table – Late 19th Century – Country Style
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
Add a touch of authentic French charm to your home with this antique console table in fruitwood, dating from the late 19th century. Sourced from a former wine cellar in the Loire Val...
Category
French Campaign Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Spanish American War Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This patriotic quilt was made to commemorate the Spanish American War that took place for 10 weeks in 1898. The main issue was Cuban independence from Spain....
Category
American Country Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Pair Romantic Oil Paintings English Landscape Barnstable Devon
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful pair of antique English oil paintings in the Romantic style
Believed to be a scene from near Barnstable, Devon
We date this pair to circa 1890
Very evocative treatment of the natural setting by the artist
Inscribed on the back 'Near Barnstable'
Also inscribed 'Last Gleams of the Setting Sun'
Signed F Hider...
Category
English Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Large Painted Overmantel
Located in London, England
Overmantel mirror with original plate and gilding in repainted finish.
Circa 1890.
H 144cm x W 124cm x D 7cm
Category
British Victorian Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Pine
$2,725
Very Rare West Riding Constabulary Cast Iron Wall Plaque
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Very rare west riding constabulary cast iron wall plaque
This branch of the British police force was established in 1825, Yorkshire was divided into ...
Category
British Colonial Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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
English Late Victorian Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$915 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Bronze of an Edwardian Lady on a Window Seat
By Noel Ruffier
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A bronze of a Mme Sans-Gene (Madam Without-a-Care) by Noel-Rouffier, depicted as an Edwardian lady on a window seat.
Category
French Edwardian Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
44 Star Antique American Flag, Wyoming Statehood, ca 1890-1896
Located in York County, PA
44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN HOURGLASS ARRANGEMENT ON A DUSTY BLUE CANTON; REFLECTS THE ERA WHEN WYOMING WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1890-1896
Wyoming was ...
Category
American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Price Upon Request
Homemade, Antique American Flag with Exceptional Folk Qualities, 1896-1908
Located in York County, PA
HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A TINY CANTON RESTING ON THE 6TH STRIPE AND AN EXTREMELY FOLKY PRESENTATION OF 45 STARS IN A “NOTCHED” PATTERN THAT MIGHT BE UNIQUE TO THIS EXAMP...
Category
American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
44 Star Antique American Parade Flag, Wyoming Statehood, ca 1890-1896
Located in York County, PA
44 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH ENDEARING WEAR FROM LONG TERM USE AND WITH ITS STARS ARRANGED IN A NOTCHED PATTERN THAT LEAVES 4 SPACES OPEN FOR THE REMAINING WESTERN TERRI...
Category
American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Price Upon Request
45 Stars Antique American Parade Flag, Utah Statehood, ca 1896-1908
Located in York County, PA
45 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH ITS STARS ARRANGED IN A NOTCHED PATTERN, 1896-1908, UTAH STATEHOOD:
45 star American national flag, printed on coarse, glazed cotton. Evide...
Category
American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Price Upon Request
42 Stars in a Whimsical Medallion Configuration, ca 1889-1890
Located in York County, PA
42 STARS IN A WHIMSICAL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR AND INCORPORATES 7 TINY STARS; NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, REFLECTS TH...
Category
North American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Price Upon Request
45 Star Antique American Naval Jack, ca 1896-1908
Located in York County, PA
LARGE & BEAUTIFULLY FADED, ANTIQUE AMERICAN JACK w/ 45 STARS ARRANGED IN A “NOTCHED” PATTERN, INTENTIONALLY LEAVING SPACE FOR THE 3 REMAINING WESTERN TERRITORIES YET TO BE ADDED; MAD...
Category
American Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Price Upon Request
Antique American Flag w/ 13 Stars in the Betsy Ross Design & 45 Stars on Reverse
Located in York County, PA
13 STARS IN THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN, WITH 45 STARS ON THE REVERSE; ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE AND SIGNED BY A PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED FLAG-MAKER, ANNIE MAC LACHLAN OF JERSEY CI...
Category
American Other Antique 1890s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
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