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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Small hand--painted cabinet, dated 1736
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Small cabinet with 1 door. Hand painted with decorative floral motives.
Dated: 1738. Inside has 2 shelves, a small drawer is missing.
Category
Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
Strongbox Safe Chest Iron Painted Armada 12 bolt lock Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration on later sledge feet...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pre-Columbian Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a pre-Columbian bust or full effigy figurine. Earthenware figurines like this were made in great abundance throughout Mesoamerican history, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events across Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, or coiffure, and ear spools...
Category
Central American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pre Columbian Large Inca Early Colonial period Wood Kero South American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Large Pre Columbian INCA / Early Colonial period Wood Kero
A superb Large Inca Kero cup profusely carved in the mosaic style with a image of the Inca or...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Diminutive 18th Century American Chippendale Mirror
Located in Hudson, NY
A fine diminutive 18th century American Chippendale mirror with cut-out scroll work crests and ears in mahogany retaining original dry surf...
Category
American Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood
A Rare Standing Stone / Slab / Marker with ‘Triskele’ Low Relief Design
Located in London, GB
A Rare Standing Stone / Slab / Marker with ‘Triskele’ Low Relief Design
Sandstone
Late Celtic - Early Christian
7th – 8th Century AD
Size: 62cm high, 28cm wide, 19cm deep - 24½ i...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Sandstone
18th Century Hammered Copper Jug or Pitcher with Iron Loop Handle, French
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an antique 18th century, French provincial, hammered copper jug or pitcher with an iron loop handle.
The jug or pitcher is all hand made with a hamm...
Category
French Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Wooden 19th Century Polychrome Sculpture Of A Medieval Tower
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An early 19th century European hand carved and painted sculpture of a medieval tower in wood with its old patina.
Category
Belgian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Rare Brazilian Colonial 18th Century Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
18th-Century Brazilian Devotional Shrine from Minas Gerais
A rare and historically significant 18th-century Brazilian devotional shrine from Minas Gerais, an exceptional piece of col...
Category
Brazilian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
AR Denarius Gordian III (238-244)
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus feeding snake on her arm from patera
Gewicht: 3.41 g
Kwaliteit: Prachti...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
American "Human Effigy" Female Stone Sculpture, Tennessee, 1000 AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
A Native American Human Effigy female statue, Holliston Mills Site, Tennessee , sandstone, circa 1000 AD
Dimensions: 11.75 inches tall and 3.75 inches width 5.75 diameter
All stone carvings from America's Prehistoric past are scarce. The majority of known carved stones come from the far western Mimbres, Hohokam or Casas cultures.
This sculpture is unique.
Quality: fine original condition with varigated patina as found. Notice the detail of the carved ear spools...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Sandstone
Very Rare 17th century Italian Judaica wood silver Circumcision Knife
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Here we have this important and very rare example of early Judaica, made in Italy or south Germany, this Circumcision Knife is made from iron, has the guild mark on the blade as used...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Iron
Peru Inca 1200 AD Lambayeque Pre-Columbian Blackware Ceramic Vase with Warrior
Located in Miami, FL
An Inca Peru pre-hispanic black ware huaco vessel, from Lambayeque.
Beautiful piece, created under the Inca culture between the 750 / 1375 AD at the Sican...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
$1,312 Sale Price
25% Off
Pre-Columbian Tairona Tumbaga Pendant
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pre-Columbian Tairona Tumbaga Pendant
Rare original Columbian gold copper alloy Tairona Tumbaga effigy. This beautiful piece of jewelry from the 10th to 12th century Tairona culture...
Category
Colombian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Large 18th Century Leeds/Staffordshire English Creamware Charger or Wall Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, very large, 18th century English creamware pottery charger or wall plate.
With a raised feather edge border.
Simply a great antique English pottery...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Creamware, Pottery
Vintage Portuguese Handcrafted Wooden Stand Cross with Gilt Bronze Christ
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Vintage handcrafted wooden stand cross with gilt bronze Christ and ornaments on a beautiful carved wooden base, Portugal, 1930-1939.
Measures: Height 19...
Category
Italian Gothic Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Corsican Bronze Hoard
Located in London, GB
Dagger L: 27.8 cm,
Luniform bronze, possibly a belt buckle L: 10.8 cm,
Shield-shaped bronze with a point Diam: 6.5 cm,
Pommel Diam: 3.7 cm,
Violin-bow brooch L: 17.5 cm,
P-Shape...
Category
European Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$87,788 / set
Antique Bridal Bench, Scandinavian Wabi Sabi, c 1600s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Antique Norwegian bridal bench made from rare black alder, this bridal bench approximately dates back to the 17th century.
Wear consistent with age and use adds character, with a b...
Category
Norwegian Romantic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Dutch Kaas Hudson Valley of New York
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Massive 18th century Dutch kaas made in the Hudson Valley of New York, circa 1790-1810. It is made of walnut and has four shelves and one large draw across ...
Category
American Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY NEOCLASSICAL PAPER PEINT WITH VENUS
Located in Firenze, FI
Wonderful papier peint painted in lean tempera on paper, applied on canvas, with carved wooden frame, painted with tempera and gold paste. The papier peint represents Venus as if she...
Category
French Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Paper
GORGEOUS! Incan Kero Qiru Museum Quality! Finest in world. 15th 16th Century
By Pre-Columbian
Located in Peoria, AZ
Incan Kero
Tumbler-shaped drinking vessel
Period: 15th 16th Century
Region: Peru
Material: Wood
Polychroming
Finest in the world!
Museum quality!
Keros were used in Peru to consum...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Midsummer Night
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century folk-art painting on board in wonderful colors including dusty blues and oranges, depicting finely attired characters in period costumes in a bacchanalian outdoor fes...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$4,900
Ancient Persian Blue Glazed Pottery Vessel Jug Islamic Calligraphy Khurasan 1200
Located in Portland, OR
A rare ancient Persian totally intact 12th/13th Century Islamic vessel/jug, from Khurasan.
The vessel with a deep blue glaze and having a band of incised Islamic calligraphy to the t...
Category
Persian Khorassan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Swedish Folk Art antique rustic Trunk /Chest
Located in Boden, SE
18th Century Swedish antique rustique Chest from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
The chest has untouched original paint.
The trunk was dated 1799 to celebrate a birthday ,and the ...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine
A Fine and Large Egyptian Limestone Relief Carved in Shallow Relief
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Large Egyptian Limestone Relief Carved in Shallow Relief
Traces of original polychrome
Old Kingdom / 5th Dynasty / 2454 - 2311 B.C
Size: 32cm high, 70cm wide, 5cm deep - 12½ ins high, 27½ ins wide, 2 ins deep
Provenance:
Ex Private Swiss collection, acquired mid 1960s and thence by descent
Ex Rupert Wace Limited London
Ex Private London collection
cf A...
Category
Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Limestone
Antique Set of Rustic Carter Cutlery with Carved Horn Handles 18th
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Set of Rustic Carter Cutlery with Carved Horn Handles 18th
A rare antique set of knife and fork as serving cutlery. The handles are made of deer horn with handcarved heads o...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800
Located in Portland, OR
An important & rare antique American political printed silk broadside, an elegy on the death of President George Washington, dated 1800.
A poem on the Death of President George Was...
Category
Federal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silk
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
Pre-Columbian Cupisnique Stirrup Vessel from Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pre-Columbian ceramic stirrup vessel in Cupisnique style circa 700-500BCE. This ancient vessel features a robust squatted body and a short thick stirr...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Primitive Side Table, Scandinavian Wabi Sabi, c 1600s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Rare antique Norwegian primitive side table, circa 1600s. Made from black alder.
Wear consistent with age and use showing beautiful patina. Newer legs.
Category
Norwegian Romantic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand painted Pine Wedding Cabinet, anno 1782
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A beautiful cabinet from the rural south of Germany dating from 1782. The cabinet was once given as a wedding gift. Made of solid pine and hand painted in vibrant colours. The cabine...
Category
Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron
18th Century Wooden Cross, Guanajuato, Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Wooden cross
Guanajuato, Mexico
Wood, paint
22 x 13 inches, (56 cm x 33 cm)
18th century
A wonderful old wooden cross with a painted crucified Christ figure, an angel, possibly Mary Magdelene...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Federal Gilt Swag Mirrors
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of federal gilt mirrors of rectangular form with thin molded frames and tall vase and acanthus leaf garland and swag decoration to crowns as well as to bases, retaining origin...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Ancient American "Human Effigy" Stone Pipe, Woodland Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
Early American Pre-Historic Human Effigy stone pipe, woodland period, 2500 BP
Formerly in the Harold French collection, Amboy, Indiana (photo)
All st...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
18th Century Ngelima Bronze Currency Piece on Custom Steel Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare 18th-century Ngelima bronze currency manilla is a stunning artifact, weighing an impressive 20 pounds of solid bronze. Adorned with intricate incised line drawings at its e...
Category
Congolese Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
18th C "Stolen or Strayed" Gem Penned Notice Sign For its Return Giltwood Frame
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A stolen gem!!!! beautiful penned circa mid to late 18th century notice for it to be returned. Housed in a later glazed deep moulded gilt frame
“Stolen or strayed the 8th instant At...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Early Americana Painted Wood Monogrammed Trunk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Primitive trunk / chest composed of a hinged wood plank top and painted wooden frame with brass and steel embellishments (brass nailheads with hand-hammered steel handles / hinges / ...
Category
American Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
15th century Florentine Sculpted Wooden Head of Christ
Located in Leesburg, VA
Head of Christ, fragment of a Lamentation group
Possibly Maiano Workshop - Giovanni da Maiano (d. 1478) (?)
Florence, Italy; probably late 1460s or early 1470s
Presumably limewood; ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late-Period to Ptolemaic Period Egyptian Wooden Mummy Mask Ear on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
This Late Period to Ptolemaic Period Egyptian carved wood ear, once part of a mummy mask, stands as a poignant testament to ancient Egyptian customs and beliefs. Dating back over 250...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Group of Ancient Roman Bronze Tools & Hair Pins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine group of ancient Roman bronze implements and artifacts.
Consisting of pins & several small scale tools.
From the private collection of Lawrence Majewski, who was a former co...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Swedish 18th Century Yellow Folk Art Painted Wooden Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A painted turn of the 18th-19th Century Swedish Folk Art wood box, with original yellow paint on the exterior. The original ochre yellow color has be...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pre-Columbian ceramics vessel
Located in Madrid, ES
Pre-Columbian Redware Ceramic Flask Vessel – 15 x 13 x 5 cm
This striking Pre-Columbian redware ceramic vessel showcases the sophisticated artistry and utilitarian craftsmanship of ...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Pre-Columbian Colima Hunchback Figure Vessel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pre-Columbian figural vessel from West Mexico Colima culture (circa 300BC-400AD). Made of molded clay, the stoneware vessel depicts a seated hunchback...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
17th CENTURY MAJOLICA PLATE MONTELUPO
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid polychrome majolica plate belonging to the Montelupo ceramic workshop. The enamel has also been applied to the rim, in an elegant aqua green, while the background is white d...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Maiolica
Casas Grandes Ramos Prehistoric Pottery Olla
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes, Ramos Polychrome type, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A hand-built and stone-burnished pottery olla jar of a globular form with...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
18th Century French Wrought-Iron Dragon Weathervane
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning and rare 18th century French hand-wrought iron weathervane, from Normandy, with a stylized dragon "flag" the moves according the wind, and with four wrought-iron flowers t...
Category
French Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique 18th Century Dutch Delft Tile of a Mermaid & Serpent
By Delft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 18th century Dutch Delft pottery tile.
Depicting a mermaid in the ocean wringing a snake with her hands.
Simply a wonderful Dutch Delft tile!
Date:
18th Cent...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Antique Medieval European Castle Gothic Forged Iron Processional on Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A spectacular early European castle altar processional / torchiere stand. circa 1730 or earlier.
Born in Continental Europe in the early 18th century or earlier, some later elements, most likely Germanic, Medieval Gothic style, hand forged iron sculptural cross form mounted with primitive push-button panel opening to reveal heraldic coat of arms embossed brass plaque, with The Nelsons family banner, royal crown crest with cross, standing mythical goat and stag heraldic supporters, shield escutcheon castle, fleur-de-lis, three diamonds and eagle shield...
Category
European Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
18th Century Catholic Altar Front
Located in Brecht, BE
A rare find this 18th century Spanish altar front, original gilt on chestnut,
hand painted, highly decorative wall art, different, genuine, love t...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Chestnut
Framed Pre-Colombian Peruvian Textile, 900 to 1470 AD
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Peruvian Pre-Colombian (Chancay) textile panel of camelid wool embroidered on cotton with three birds, each holding a lizard in its beak.
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Peru Pre-Inca 900 / 1470 AD Chimu Pre Columbian Vessel In Earthenware Pottery
Located in Miami, FL
A pre-Inca Chimu culture, pre Columbian vase in earth ware.
This beautiful little vessel vase, was created in the northern Peruvian region by the Chimu culture between the 900 / 1...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
$446 Sale Price
25% Off
18th Century Spain Manises Valencia Ceramic Plate Lustre-Painted Decoration
Located in Epfach, DE
Beautiful ceramic plate from Valencia made in the early 18th century. The ceramic has been glazed with a glossy painted bird depiction. The bird depictions are very rare and hard to find. The ceramic is glazed in an enamel bath...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Rare 18th Century Painted Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This magnificent 18th-century Brazilian shrine, originating from Minas Gerais, is a stunning example of Colonial baroque religious craftsmanship. Crafted from wood and adorned with h...
Category
Brazilian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Oil on Canvas Venetian Architectural Capriccio Landscape Painting
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian school of the mid-18th century. Oil on canvas painting depicting an invented landscape composition of remarkable pictorial quality. On the right is a ruined building, probab...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
AR Didrachm Sicily, Akragas, 480-470 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: AKRA / ΓA in retrograde, eagle right
Reverse: crab
Weight: 8.93 g
Grade: About extremely fine
Mint: Akragas
Reference: Hoover 99
Year: 480-470 BC
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Antique 19th C Hindu Shiva Brass Votive Head Indian Ritual Art Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Antique Indian Hindu Shiva Brass Votive Head – 19th Century
Beautiful 19th-century brass votive head of Lord Shiva, finely cast with detailed moustache and turban. This larger form ...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
18th Century, New England Paint Decorated Folk Art Box or Crate
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming hand-painted wooden box exemplifies early American folk art, blending utility with artistry. The box is constructed with rose head nails, a detail indicative of late 18...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Danish Wrought Iron Mounted Fish Fork
Located in Søborg, DK
A wrought iron fish fork from the 18th century.
Extremely decorative and a piece of pure folk art.
Who ever made this made an extra effort to not just make it functional but also so...
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Native America Ancient Hand Carved Stone Pipe Idol Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
From Native America and a collection dating to 1951, comes this unique old hand carved stone human effigy pipe figure idol , likely Hopewell culture with its bun head and ear spool...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$3,600 Sale Price
47% Off
18th Century Scandinavian Painted Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th century Scandinavian painted baroque chest of drawers
Fine quality solid oak chest of drawers, circa 1840.
The chest has 4-drawer and the ...
Category
Danish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Oak
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