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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
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
Small Swedish 18th Century Primitive Rococo Folk Art Armchair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century Rococo Folk Art armchair from the typical main Swedish folk art category furniture
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
German 16th-17th Century Brass Baptismal Basin, Probably Nuremberg
Located in Virum, DK
A German 16th-17th century embossed and chiseled brass baptismal basin adorned with Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon and (unreadable) text, probably Nuremberg. The basin featu...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Late Naive English School "Bull Broke Loose" Bull Baiting Oil on Canvas
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th century oil on canvas depicting a bull baiting scene
In England during the time of Queen Anne, bull-baiting was practised in London at Hoc...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Maple
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
Pre-Columbian Inca Mantle with 16 Figures, Peru, 1476-1534 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Inca Mantle with 16 figures in cubist form with multi-color fringes.
This pieces with a Certificat de Bien Culturel from France.
For the Incas finely worked and highly decorativ...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
South Indian Bronze Dancers Ritual Breast Plate on Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and wonderful antique South Indian bronze breast plate mounted on a purpose made display stand believed to date from the 17th or 18th century. The...
Category
Indian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Wooden Dairy Bowls
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very nice hand-carved 18th century dairy bowls made out of the rootwood. Some are later painted and som of them stamped with years and name.
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of 17th Century Engravings of Swedish Kings Karl X & Karl XI
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of fine engravings of two Swedish monarchs by Samuel Blessendorf for Puffendorf’s History of Sweden, in antique birch frames, 1663 and 1696.
Engravings of Swedish King Karl X Gustav (b. 1622 - d. 1660) dated 1663 and his successor, King Karl XI (b. 1655 - d. 1697) from 1696 by Samuel Blessendorf, a Prussian enamel painter and engraver, born in Berlin in 1670. He designed and engraved these portraits for Puffendorf’s History of Sweden by Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694), Historiographer to King Karl X of Sweden.
Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf (b 1632 – d 1694) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1684 when he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at age 62. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paper
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
Mid-18th Century Hand Drawn English Farm Map on Vellum, circa 1740s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century hand drawn English farm map on Vellum circa 1740s
Henry Maxted & Isaac Terry, Surveyors.
A Map of a Farm in the Parish of Blean in the County of KENT: Belonging to Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson circa 1743.
A beautiful hand drawn map...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Lambskin
Pre-Columbian Warrior Banner, Chimu, Peru, circa 1100-1476 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Pre-Columbian ornamental banner with fringes composed of warriors/divinities holding figures in their hands, surrounded by geometric frets. Two-headed birds in alternating colors decorate the top and bottom of the banner. This one-of-a-kind tapestry has preserved its vibrant original colors and fibres. Professionally cleaned.
Provenance: Private European Collection
Textiles from elite Chimu tombs include elaborate gauzes, embroidery, painted plain weave and tapestry, and three-dimensional fibre sculptures. Among others, shades of yellow and brown, scarlet, white, lavender-blue and olive green were the colors used. Birds and a deity wearing a crescent-like headdress have been the most popular decorative motifs.
Many Chimu textiles...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast with two rampant Lions of Judah flanking a topped crown cartouche with the Temple Menorah inside, the side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a r...
Category
Polish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Abstract Geometric Checkerboard Pre-Columbian Early Nazca Textile - 100-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Bold color and dramatic design make this style a favorite among collectors of modern art. Excellent condition. Several minor holes are effectively backed with a compatible color, and...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
18th Century Original Red Painted Hutch Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic all original red painted lift top table with shoe feet and early rose head nails. All original hardware and construction. Take notice to the very narrow seat base. Suc...
Category
American Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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
Spanish 16th Century Saint John The Baptist Fresco
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful 16th century fresco of a very young Saint John the Baptist retrieved then transferred to canvas. Stunning wear and patina, very soft...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique Original Hand Painted Flax Tool /Scutching Knife with Yellow and Red Tri
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique original green painted Swedish scutching knife with simplistic red and yellow trim accenting the hand painted flowers. This Swedish hand carved farm tool was used during the ...
Category
Swedish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
15th Century Tribal Wood Panel with Mahakala, Tibet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
15th century tribal wood panel with Mahakala, Tibet
A dramatic wood panel from the front of an early Tibetan chest, with all the original mineral ...
Category
Tibetan Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron
16th Century Wooden Madonna with Child, circa 1500
Located in Esbeek, NL
Beautiful Madonna with child, original polygrome,
circa 1500
Flemish, South of Netherland.
Category
Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Roman Carved Marble Torso in Military Dress, circa 2nd-3rd Century
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved Roman marble figure of a male in military dress, late Roman Period, circa 2nd-3rd century.
The figure portrayed dressed in military att...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Gaming Board
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare 18th century Italian gaming board "Nobilissimo Giuoco Della Mea" Or "The Nobel Game of Chance" in original paint and decoupage, (lacca povera) depicting a game which appears to be a board version of "Put and Take" with different characters representing either plus or minus points. Four corners with scalloped carved coin wells, the centre slightly dished for either a top or ball to roll within.
Characters include:
Scimmia/Monkey - put 6, Re/King - take 1, Vople/Wolf take 3 , Pascia/Lord - take two and so on. Other characters include, Cinese/Chinese, Colombo/Pidgeon, Crepascolo/Twilight, Armigero/Knight?, Gezelia/Gazelle, Adone/Adonis, Gonhiere/Gondolier, Araba Fenice/Arab Phoenix?, Vecchio/Old Man, Leone/Lion.
A very similar game board is in the collection of the Medici Villa...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Poplar
French 18th Century Tabernacle Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very lovely mid-18th century French tabernacle display cabinet wonderfully constructed from painted walnut. A wonderful conversation piece to displ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Wooden Bowl, Sweden
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large wooden bowl, dated 1694 and inscribed with two names. Probably for celebrating marriage between "Borhans and Dottir..."
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1700s Religious Figure with Heavy Patina
Located in Peekskill, NY
The patina and age of this well done carving make a striking display. I'm guessing its 18th century and Italian. It has just the right look.
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ancient Coptic Textile with Classical Figures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely woven of wool and linen, this large, ancient, museum level Coptic textile depicts figures derived from classical antiquity, some playing musical ...
Category
Egyptian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
Classicist Altar / Temple, circa 1790
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique altar / temple in classicism. Solid wood with stucco elements. The temple is built on four saber-shaped columns which are richly decorated. Removable top consisting of three ...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stucco, Wood
English Regency Mahogany Marble Top Console, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency mahogany marble-top console with flanking Phoenix heads, original ormolu mounts, ebonized tapered legs, centered gilt urn and terminating on rectangular molded edge b...
Category
English Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Gold
18th Century Wooden Torah Pointer from Alsace
Located in New York, NY
Rare Alsace carved wooden Torah Pointer (YAD), 18th century.
The body of the pointer is engraved in its first part with a decoration of palmettes and stripes. It then continues with...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Large Antique Temple Carving, Polychrome Buddhist Statue
Located in Chillerton, 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
18th Century Zinc Chapeau Bicorne Sign
Located in Brecht, BE
An item for the zinc collectioneur or someone who loves items that are quirky and rare to find.
This is a French enseigne/sign, from the very short period in French history "incroya...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Ancient Northwest Coast Stone Club Estimated A.D. to Pre-European Contact
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Ancient Northwest Coast Stone Club estimated A.D. to Pre-European Contact.
This is an exceptional ethnological treasure of great aesthetic quality and rarity. The stone club is ca...
Category
Canadian Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Slate
Pre-Columbian Chancay Coca Leaf Bag with Shamans and Zoomorphic Figures, Peru
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Brown Chancay coca bag with shamans and zoomorphic figures depicted in the centre on a in various colors on a red background.
This piece is accompanied by ...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Big Hand Carved Painted Stag Sculpture in Wood, Early 18th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A big hand carved painted stag sculpture in wood, early 18th century. Pre-owned by a collector. This sculpture are one of a kind.
The stag deer are a symbol of spiritual authority...
Category
Swedish Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Hardwood
Norwegian Tankard
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine and important Norwegian tankard in birch burl wood with carved lion motif on top of lid, thumb piece and feet. Beautiful color, ceremonial mar...
Category
Norwegian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre-Columbian Gold Quimbaya Necklace with Six Frogs
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Gold Quimbaya necklace with beads in the shape of six frogs of delicate and slender shape with a beautiful gold color and patina, very nice expression with two narrow lines on the ba...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Swedish Gustavian Two-Light Giltwood Wall Scones
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Gustavian two-light giltwood wall scones.
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Large Antique English Blue & White Staffordshire or Pearlware Cradle Figurine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare, large English pearlware or Staffordshire pottery cradle.
Decorated with an overall basketweave pattern and blue highlights,
circa 1800.
Measures: Length ca. 5 5/8 in...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
18th century English Chippendale Mahogany Mirror with Inlay Medallion
Located in Savannah, GA
18th century English fancifully carved Chippendale mahogany mirror featuring fruitwood inlay medallions. Original finish, lovely contrasting wood tones on carved medallions.
See meas...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood
18th Century Mannekin Santibelli Saint
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Intriguing 18th century Italian Santibelli in walnut. These small saint figurines were created in the spirit of the 'chreche' figurines (depiction of t...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
African Currency, Thoung Knife
Located in Dallas, TX
Most forms were developed from traditional metal objects that were already in use such as weapons, tools, bracelets and anklets. While some continued to be functional for work or dec...
Category
African Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Published Papagayo Polychromed Rattling Tripod Bowl, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Papagayo polychrome pottery bowl, Mandador variety. Round bottomed bowl rests on three animal headed rattle legs. Exterior painted wide band with two stylized plumed serpents of jagu...
Category
Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
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
Pair of Costa Rican Terracotta Ovoid Bowls
Located in London, GB
This beautiful and highly decorative pair of Costa Rican terracotta bowls are ovoid in shape and come from the Talamancan Mountains region. They are decorated stylized human faces in...
Category
Costa Rican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Rare Pre-Columbian Inca Silver Mask with Gold Sequins
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A rare, sheet silver human face mask with simple relief facial features including large, almond shaped eyes and downturned mouth. Classic stepped pyramid headdress with round, very t...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
18th Century Folk Art Shelf With Heart And Pineapple Carvings
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautiful folk art "Love" Shelf. An old tradition where the man had to make a gift for the fiancee, mostly the items were made in wood with birds or hearts and painted nicely.
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Square Belgium 18th Century Baroque Oak And Iron Casket
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Square Belgium 18th century Baroque oak and iron casket.
Category
Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Earthenware Bat Pedestal Dish, Coclé Culture, Panama, 600-800 A.D.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Earthenware bat pedestal dish, Coclé Culture, Panama
Earthenware dish on a low pedestal foot; the dish face is painted black, red and purple on a cream ground, each half of the bi...
Category
Panamanian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Pre-Columbian Nazca Stepped Textile Poncho, Nazca Peru, 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Nazca Tunic/Poncho of stepped design and fringe in yellow ocher, burgundy and brown. Perfect condition, museum quality.
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pair Of Scandinavian Rococo Folk Art Wooden Paintings
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of early Swedish Rococo Folk Art wooden paintings or table tops.
Category
Scandinavian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Spanish Conquistador Carved Wood Figure
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Spanish Conquistador carved wood figure.
18th century Carved and painted wood Spanish Conquistador figure or sculpture. This beautif...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Wooden Folk Art Ink Sander
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very lovely wooden ink sander with small carvings all around it.
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
William Penn's Treaty, Pennsylvania, Engraving, London, 1775
By John Boydell
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
John Hall (1739-1797) William Penn's Treaty With The Indians After Benjamin West, Published by John Boydell, 1775 London, Engraving 17"-inches x 22 1...
Category
English American Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Engraved MARIA SYBILIA MERIAN - G. E. RUMPHIUS Sea Life Prints [Set of 7]
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Six exquisitely framed sea life prints engraved by Maria Sybilla Merian from G.E. Rumphius, Amsterdam, circa 1800. A unique set of seven beautifully et...
Category
Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paper
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Antiquity of Roman Large Bust-Weight of Venus with Silver Inlaid Eyes, Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large bust weight of Venus with silver inlaid eyes and celestial diadem,Roman culture,Germany,2nd-3rd century AD.
The goddess is depicted nude, slightly gazing to her right with deta...
Category
Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
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
18th C Catalan Money Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
18th C Catalan wall-hanging money box having original powdery blue paint with original lock plate.
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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