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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Late 18th George III Provincial Folk Art Painted Oak Games Chess Side Table
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful and original George III provincial painted oak games table, with a canted column and cruciform base. The table has its original painted finish, with painted blue and whi...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Oak

Christ with the apostles by Andres Lopez
By Andres Lopez
Located in Mexico, DF
Oil on copper. Christ feet been washed by the apostles by Andres Lopez. ***this painting does not belong to the Mexican heritage***
Category

North American Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Antique showpiece grape harvest copper hand-finished
Located in Würzburg, DE
✓ Impressive craftsmanship ✓ Depiction of St. George ✓ Festive representation Dimensions: W: 45cm H: 87cm D: 42cm Item: Antique ceremonial butte wine butte Item no.: 998 Epoch:...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Copper

40 stuiver siege coin Breda
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: .BREDA . OBSESSA . 1625, coat of arms of prince Maurits, value above, rosette underneath, left and right city crest Reverse: blank RARE During the Eighty Years' War, Breda...
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Dutch Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Silver

Late 17th century wood carving of Putto
Located in Bakewell, GB
Late 17th century wood carving. C1690 carving of putti in a playing position on a original rocky base great patination and colour size 60cm...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Prehistoric Jamacoaque Pottery Figure
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Jamacoaque Pottery Figure. Chip on helmet. 11” x 5” x 7”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient ar...
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South American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Clay

FIRST HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY VERTICAL CASTLES MAJOLICA PLAQUE
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful vertically painted majolica plaque, attributable to the famous Castelli factory, located in Abruzzo (Central Italy), dating back to the first half of the 18th century. The ...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Maiolica

18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used d...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Framed Collection of Mesoamerican Pre-Classic Period Sculptures & Arrow Heads
Located in New York, NY
Incredible collection of pre-columbian clay sculptures / figures / statues / pottery, mounted and framed. The pieces date from the pre-classic (Formative) period of Meso-American cul...
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North American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Clay, Precious Stone, Hardwood

Late 17th Century Italian School Wooden Sculpture of Saint Anthony and the Child
Located in Leuven , BE
According to the legends, there are two Saint Anthony’s, they can easily be distinguished by their hair. This one is known as Saint Anthony of Padua, he is recognizable by his hair, ...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

18th Century Hindu Deity Statue
Located in Pasadena, TX
18th century poly-chrome statue depicting Hindu Deity. This 18th century statue is made of painted clay, plaster and wood.
Category

Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Hardwood

Finest Monumental Inca Royal Yupana
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Yupanas were used as calculators or abaci during the Inca Period. This is one of the finest and monumental an example of a Inca table Royal Stone Yupana or...
Category

Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Stone

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...
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German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Mayan Bichrome Tripod Bowl (Usulatan Ware)
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mayan Bichrome Tripod Bowl (Usulatan Ware). Quiche Area, Guatemala. C. 200 - 950 CE/ Mayan. Intact with small rim chip. Light orange and dark Mayan bowl is ...
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Guatemalan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Pre-Columbian Mantle Kilim Type Tapisserie Multicolor Designs - Nazca 200-600 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Beautiful Pre-columbian Mantle with a Central Kilim Type Tapisserie of Multicolor Designs with Priests Upraising their Arms Toward the Skies. It is surrounded by 2 Long Red Plain Cot...
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Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Textile

Prize announcement lottery made of a silver ducaton Utrecht
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: MO: NO: ARG: CON – FŒ: BELG: PRO: TRAI., armoured knight with sash an lifted sword on horse right, jumping over crowned provincial coat of arms Reverse: engraved text: Op no. 1137 / den 1 Novembr 1796 / Getrokken door / L.J. / Een Amerikaansche / Premie Groot / f 30000 On November 1, 1796, Lourens Joukes won a prize of 30,000 guilders on lot number 1137. In memory of this, he had a number of ducatons engraved to give to family and friends. Most copies only bear his initials. However, his name is known from a copy from the former Royal Medal...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Silver

African Black Stone Palette Dish Bowl Ashtray Relief Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Native carved blackened stone artifact, weighs 2 lbs 12 oz. Age is unknown, estate purchase.
Category

Puerto Rican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Cast Stone

Pre-Columbian Prehistoric Large Pottery Dog Head
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Pottery Dog Head from West Mexico. Lobed base with dog head emerging from upper shoulder of vessel. Chip on dog muzzle and jar rim. Dates between 200 BC and 200 AD. 7 ¼”D x 7 ¼...
Category

Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Clay

Pre-Columbian Manabi (Ecuador) Pottery Dog
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Manabi (Ecuador) Pottery dog figure with incising. 4 ½” x 2 ½” x 3 ½”. 100 BCE - 250 CE Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and pas...
Category

Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Clay

A Roman gold pendant with portrait cameo
Located in UTRECHT, UT
The loop attached to an oval fitting with radiant decoration. The cameo made of agate, showing the profile of a female bust with hair pinned up. The portrait in the style of Faustina...
Category

Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Gold

St. John Santos Sculpture, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A large Saint John the Baptist santos sculpture, 18th century. 17 ½ inches wide by 14 inches deep by 43 inches tall
Category

European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

1746. West-Friesland. First audit Teunis Kist in Medemblik
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: BONI PASTORIS – EST TONDERE – PECUS NON DEGLUBERE, coin goddess Juno Moneta leaning against the coat of arms of the generality, in the background a screw press with two geni...
Category

Dutch Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Silver

1645. Death of Hugo de Groot
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: HUGO GROTIUS NATUS MDLXXXIII. 10 APR. OBIIT MDCXLV. 28 AUGUS (rosette), draped bust of Hugo de Groot right, signaturre RA on de arm Reverse: DE FENIX / VAN HET VADERLANDT, /...
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Dutch Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Silver

"The Binding of Issac" An Italian 17th century Polychrome Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A masterful example of religious storytelling rendered in sculptural form, this Italian 17th century polychrome relief sculpture depicts the powerful biblical scene of The Binding of...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Incredible 20.30 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Specimen from Kunar Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Incredible 20.30 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Specimen From Kunar Afghanistan WEIGHT: 20.30 grams DIMENSION: 2.8 x 1.2 x 0.9 Cm ORIGIN : Kunar Afg...
Category

Afghan Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Crystal

18th Century Trompe L'Oeil Oil painting, "Le Prisuer"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
18th Century Trompe L'Oeil Oil painting, "Le Prisuer" Framed. See pic for details on piece written in french. Very handsome and fun piece for any unique space. Message us with ques...
Category

French Napoleon III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Chancay Large Standing Female Cuchimilco
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Large standing female figure with raised arms. Relief facial features, with red-orange and chocolate brown painted decoration, on a cream slip ground. Crossed straps on her chest, an...
Category

South American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Pottery

Opulent 18th Century Baroque Reliquary of Blood of Saint St. Francis '15th Cent'
Located in North Miami, FL
Opulent 18th century Baroque carved giltwood reliquary (a container for relics) monstrance with curled scroll design. It houses a first-class relic of the blood of the15th Century sa...
Category

Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

76.80 Carat Natural Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline Carving Gemstone From Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
76.80 Carat Natural Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline carving gemstone From Africa Weight: 76.80 Carats Dimension: 3.5 x 3.0 x 0.7 Cm Origin: Africa C...
Category

Malagasy Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Crystal

Two Terracotta Lions with Shields, French, Mid-18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Possibly designs for Chenets.
Category

French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

Small Ecuadorian Moulded Clay Figure on Stand
Located in London, GB
This rare and wonderful example of a formative stage figure from the woodland period is attached to a small wire and wood stand, and is in extraordinarily very good condition for its...
Category

Ecuadorean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Clay

17th Century Italian Polychrome Carved Wood Statue Of Saint Florian
Located in Bilzen, BE
A fine quality 17th century Italian polychrome carved wood Saint Florian Saint Florian (Latin: Florianus; 250 – c. 304 AD) was a Christian holy man a...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

39.70 Carat Attractive Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal from Kunar, Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Attractive Bi-Color Tourmaline Crystal from Kunar, Afghanistan WEIGHT: 39.70 Carat DIMENSIONS: 3.3 x 1.2 x 1 Cm ORIGIN: Kunar, Afghanistan COLOR: Mint Green and Green TREATMENT:...
Category

Afghan Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Rock Crystal

Pre-Columbian ceramics can– Tiahuanaco Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture" Material: Ceramic Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD) Dimensions: 12 x 09 cm in dia...
Category

South American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of 18th Century Native American Tobacco Store Hanging Trade Figures
Located in Nantucket, MA
Extremely rare and very special pair of 18th century native American tobacco store hanging trade figures, hand carved in the half round full length figur...
Category

American Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Peru Pre-Inca 1270 AD Chimor Pre Columbian Double Face Vessel In Earthware
Located in Miami, FL
Pre Hispanic earth ware vessel from the pre-Inca Chimu culture. Beautiful ancient vessel, created in northern coast of Peru around the 900 / 1470 AD. by the Chimu culture. This is...
Category

Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

18th Century Italian Old Master, Two Monks Eating Lunch, Cathedral in Background
Located in København, Copenhagen
18 c. Italian Old Master. 2 monks eating lunch, cathedral in the background. Painting of high quality. Oil on canvas. 51 x 65 cm. The black antique wooden fram...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Hand Painted Allmoge Water/Beer Tankard, Dalarna, Sweden, Circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
Scandinavian drinking tankard with exceptionally beautiful painting, origin: Dalarna, Sweden, circa 1800, incised with Farmer's Marks on Bottom: JH / SH The word "tankard" originall...
Category

Swedish Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

John Charles Maggs Painting - English - W7910 SALE
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
John Charles Maggs Painting - English - W7910 In excellent condition with no damage. This is a John Charles Maggs Painting, circa 1850. Maggs (1819 - 1896) was a painter best known...
Category

English Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

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

German Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

MARIA SYBILIA MERIAN SEA-LIFE ENGRAVINGS [SET 6] Circa 1800
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Set of Six Exquisite Sea Life Engravings by Maria Sybilla Merian, Circa 1800 – From G.E. Rumphius, Amsterdam A remarkable and rare set of six sea life engravings, meticulously etche...
Category

Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Paper, Walnut, Giltwood

Pre-Columbian Multi-Color Chancay Textile, Cubist Animals, Peru 1100-1400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Pre-Columbian multi-color Chancay textile with animal figures in cubist form. The Chancay are known more for their textiles than for their ceramics. Textiles from elite Chancay tombs include elaborate gauzes, embroidery, painted plain weave and tapestry, and three-dimensional fibre...
Category

Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Textile

Pre-Columbian Ica Fringed Textile Panel, Ex Kate Kemper, Peru 800 to 1200 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A semi-ovoid rectangular panel with heavily fringed border having a very tightly woven multi-color geometric pattern consisting of two scroll devices containing multiple stylized zoo...
Category

Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Textile

18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure, a hand carved and painted fruitwood figure for a Christmas Crèche or Krippe. Excellent and delicate details to the head and hands. The half figure stands on a dowel set into platform base, dressed in original fine linen robe...
Category

Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Linen, Fruitwood

Large Antique Temple Carving, Polychrome Buddhist Statue
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large antique temple carving, polychrome Buddhist statue. This wonderful carving, is the top part of larger piece, the paint is a dusty slightly c...
Category

Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Indian Sandstone Nandi Sculptures, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Indian stone carvings depicting reclining a cow / bull / ox, Nandi, or Vrishabha, the bull vahana or vehicle of the god Shiva, outfitted with saddles, bridles, and headpieces upon th...
Category

Indian Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Sandstone

Indian Sandstone Nandi Sculptures, Pair
Indian Sandstone Nandi Sculptures, Pair
$5,500 Sale Price / set
57% Off
Wooden Made Crucifixion of Jesus, Italian Manufacture, Late XVI Century
Located in Roma, IT
Crucifixion of Jesus is an original wood sculpture realized at the end of the XVI century. Rare sculpture in lacquered and painted wood (lacque...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Huge 18th Century Heraldic Armorial Plaster Gesso Gilt Lion
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large scale heraldic gilt lion off naive depiction, constructed around a pine carcass with a thick hessian and plaster/gesso skin. The original gilt is beautifully faded, the pl...
Category

European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Gesso, Plaster

13.70 Carat Glamorous Rubellite Tourmaline Drilled Craving from Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Glamorous Rubellite Tourmaline Drilled Craving From Africa Weight : 13.70 Carats Dimensions : 2.8 x 1.4 x 0.5 Cm Origin : Madagascar Africa Clarity : SI Color: Pink The rubel...
Category

Malagasy Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Crystal

Carved Candle Stick
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century carved candle stick.
Category

Italian Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Paint, Wood

Carved Candle Stick
Carved Candle Stick
$1,540 Sale Price
30% Off
Glamorous 46.05 Carat Tri Color Combined Tourmaline Specimen from Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Glamorous Tri Color Combined Tourmaline Specimen From Afghanistan WEIGHT: 46.05 Carat DIMENSIONS : 3.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 Cm ORIGIN: Afghanistan TREAT...
Category

Afghan Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Rock Crystal

Elegant Terracotta Standing Court Dignitary, Tang Dynasty, EU Passport
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Elegant Standing Court Dignitary with joined hands in blue robes and a bird headdress. Polychrome Traces. When China was unified again, first briefly ...
Category

Chinese Tang Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Italian Carved Wood and Silver Gilt Floral Prickets, Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian carved wood, gesso, and silver gilt floral prickets with centered spikes for candles, bulbous ring columns with bead work, and terminating on stylized lions paws feet...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Iron

JAMES NORTHCOTE 1480-1517 PAiNTINGS PRINCESS BRIDGET & MARRIAGE OF SHREWSBURY
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of 16th to 17th century, miniature oil paintings which are after the originals by James Northcote (1480-1517) t...
Category

English Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Giltwood

Zoomorphic Llama Vessel with an Elongated Body
Located in London, GB
This zoomorphic vessel in the shape of a llama with an elongated globular body is from the Chancay civilisation, dated between 1000 and 1400 AD. Th...
Category

Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Clay

Ecuadorian Carved Skull Shaped Whistle
Located in London, GB
This unique and amazing Ecuadorian primitive piece is a whistle carved in a skull form, and dates to the formative stage from the woodland period. It measures 2 in – 5 cm wide, 2 ½ i...
Category

Ecuadorean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Clay

Miniature Altar with Mother Mary with infant Jezus in Renaissance style, 1657
Located in Gorssel, GE
Wooden miniature altar with Mother Mary with infant Jezus in Renaissance style. This altar - used for private devotion - was made in the 17th century a...
Category

Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Incredible Loose 31.00 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Drilled Craving from Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Incredible Loose Bi-Color Tourmaline Drilled Craving From Africa WEIGHT: 31.00 Carat DIMENSIONS: 2.5 x 2.2 x 0.6 Cm ORIGIN: Madagascar, Africa Color : Pink and Green TREATMENT...
Category

Malagasy Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Crystal

An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Located in London, GB
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin Superb colour and patina Bronze Eastern Iran or Central Asia 2000 BC SIZE: 35cm wide - 13¾ ins wide A similar pin in the Louvre-France, was exh...
Category

Persian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Copper

46.55 Carat Stunning Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline Carving from Madagascar Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
46.55 Carat Stunning Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline Carving From Madagascar Africa Bicolor Tourmaline Carved Weight: 46.55 Carats Dimension: 3.3 x ...
Category

Malagasy Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art

Materials

Crystal

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