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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
French 18th Century Chestnut Brusque
Located in Atlanta, GA
A terrific 18th century Arte Populaire Brusque from the Ardeche region of France. A vessel used for preparing chestnuts.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Chestnut
Original 18th Century Tyrolean Spinning Wheel in Walnut, Still Working
Located in Vigonza, Padua
A museum tool, made entirely by hand that recalls the peasant culture of the past.
Category
Austrian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Old Cedar Wood Sweet Refined Egyptian Mummy Mask
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Elegant old cedar wood sweet Egyptian mummy mask, 8 3/4 Inches high. Soft weathered surface and great expression. Areas of chips erosion and little bits mis...
Category
Egyptian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
Antique Wrought Iron Eel Fork Mounted on to a Basalt Rock
Located in Søborg, DK
A wrought iron eel fork from the 18th century.
Extremely decorative and a functional piece of art.
Who ever made this made an extra effort to not just make ...
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
The Sacred Heart of Jesus, Oil Painting on Canvas 18th century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The Sacred Heart of Jesus, Oil Painting on Canvas 18th century
An antique oil painting depicting the sacred heart of Jesus. Oil on canvas with p...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
African Tribal Art Antique Ancient Koma Terracotta Ghana Abstract Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A striking abstract modelled terracotta figural torso the expressive visage gesticulating with open singing mouth and beard and ridged coiffure carrying a object on his back, in heavy solid terracotta with red pigment A splendid and rare example of ancient abstract art.
Size: H 8.5 " W 5 W 2.5 . 22x12 x6cm on included high quality custom metal stand. overall height including stand 13.5 " , 35 cm
West Africa, Ghana, Koma Land culture, 13th to 16th century CE
Ex Anthony Powell...
Category
Ghanaian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Antique 17th-18th Century Wood Italian Seated Saint Figure Fragment with Beard
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique 17th-18th century Italian carved wood seated saint figure fragment with beard. Possibly earlier. Remains of paint or pigments.
Arms and one leg missing, old damage to nose and other areas. Mounted on vintage base...
Category
Italian Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
J Platt Great Wheel Spinning Wheel
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large wheeled walking spinning wheel designed to be operated while standing, also known as a Great Wheel. Made by J.Platt, as marked on the end of the oak base or table, who made w...
Category
American Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Ash, Oak
Group of Mounted Natural Sea Stone Specimens from Denmark
Located in New York, NY
A delightful grouping of natural sea stone specimens of flint and chalk from the shores of Denmark. Each stone is unique with the result of years of ero...
Category
Danish Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Metal
Swedish Stump Chair
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Stump Chair
Made out of a single log of pine tree, made between in year 1680-1730.
Metal ribbon and nails added in late 1800 century.
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Venetian Hand Painted and Gilt Figural Pagoda Two Drawer Commode, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
Venetian hand painted and gilt figural pagoda two-drawer commode with scalloped edge top, gilt carved shell form handles, and resting on a scalloped edge floral skirt with the origin...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Exceptional 1750 Red and Blu Painted Blanket Chest, Central Europe
Located in Albignasego, IT
Small Antique painted blancket chest
Measures: H. 31cm - L. 72cm - P. 45cm
Rare small chest in painted fir wood.
The decorations are geometric, of an intense blue color, with ...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Two Glass Inlay Pairs
Located in London, GB
Two pairs of two halves from the same bar, finely detailed, with pointed ears and eyebrows, opaque yellow face, opaque red on the mouth, nose, eyes and ears, translucent cobalt blue edges to the mouth, nose and ears, with translucent emerald green leaves above and between the translucent cobalt blue brows and eye line, translucent pink pupils, with translucent cobalt blie and opaque white snake scales below the face, in translucent cobalt blue matrix, cut in the lower part of a cartouche design.
These rare heads might represent the Agathos Daimon, the tutelary deity of Alexandria, who was also identified with Serapis, the male counterpart of Isis-Thermouthis (who in turn was a graecisized form of the early snake harvest goddess Renenutet). In a statue of Isis-Thermouthis in Alexandria museum (no. 25773, ex-collection King Farouk I), reproduced in Gotten, Pharaonen, no. 151, the snake goddess...
Category
Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Glass
18th-19th Century Italian Wood Carved Angel
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely angel, his right hand extended as if to touch something or hold
something. He appears very calm and peaceful, clothed in a partial shroud
which is draped over his shoulder...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tinaja Andaluza De Cal
Located in Madrid, ES
Maravillosa tinaja de barro española , concretamente andaluza, de Granada.
Se usaban para hacer la mezcla de cal para pintar de blanco las casas de los pu...
Category
Spanish Country 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
18th Century Naive Birds Eye Oil on Canvas of a Country House and Formal Gardens
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Engaging 18th century oil on canvas of a Chateau and Formal Gardens. impressive attention to detail. France Circa 1740.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
European Antique Artifact Hand Carved Wooden Foot
Located in Malibu, CA
Antique rare & ancient artifact, a foot, wearing a sandal, the bottom of the foot has been carved with the sandals bottom as well.
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century European Carved Pine Trunk
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century European carved pine trunk
Brilliant antique trunk / blanket chest from Europe. This can also be used as a toy chest, games chest, linen chest, etc.
The chest meas...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine
18th Century Copper and Iron Estate Made Weather Vane
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible large estate made weather vane on a later base. Beautifully worn and with a wonderful patina, the vane features honest later repairs in copper to the centre, dating to ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Antique Painting on Copper, "The Mockery of Christ”
Located in Milano, IT
Painting on copper. Italian school of the late 17th century. The scene, which recounts a moment in the Passion of Christ, is filled with the charac...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Sconce Wall Iron Hood Vernacular Folk Baroque 17 Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Extremely rare survival of a 17th century vernacular iron wall sconce
Unusually incorporating a hood to protect against fire and reflect the heat back into the room so it does not r...
Category
English Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pre Columbian Rare Lambayeque Wood Figure
Located in London, GB
Pre columbian Lamabayeque wood figure Peru Circa 750 to 1375 AD
A rare standing figure of a deity with triangular tear drop shaped eyes holding a child,
Carved in very dense heavy hard wood
Measures: Height 14 inches, 36 cm weight, 1.5 kg approx
Ex collection of a Oxford Academic, reputed to have came from Pit rivers...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Santa Lucia Model Ship, Museum Quality
Located in Bafra, 55
The handmade, historical Santa Lucia model ship is a sailboat made of mahogany and eucalyptus wood. At a length of 28 inches and a height of 20.7 inches, t...
Category
Turkish Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Naive American School Gouache Marine, Estate Scene Maritime
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th/early 19th century gouache on paper landscape, an unusual composition with passing ships two large naval, small rowing and sail boats centred by a large country estate.
It has the feel of being American in origins, but we could be wrong. Some creasing lines are apparent, but apart fro that is good untouched condition, housed in a period maple and gilt slip frame and glazed.
Provence By descent from Douglas Shepherd (1922-1989), a designer and architect working on public houses for the brewery firm Ind Coope. He was heavily influenced by and was a serious collector of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, including leading designers and artists such as Charles Ashlee and Jessie M King...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paper
18th Century Swedish Folk Art Root Wood Bowl
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine organic late 18th century Swedish / Scandinavian folk art root wood bowl in it's original finish, great patination and an skilfully executed brass repair. Ca 1790.
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Archeological Hand Painted Ceramic Vessel From Mexico, Circa 12th Century
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Hand painted ceramic vessel from the El Cajon region of Nayarit, Mexico, circa 12th century. The four pointed peaks most likely allude to the cardinal points.
Category
Mexican Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
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
Memento Mori in Wood with Chrismon, Monogram of Christ, Italy End of 17th Cent
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ. Valuable sculpture in fruit wood in almost true-to-life measurements, sculpted with art and finished with a wealth of details. The wood was covered with a thin layer of pellet and finished in color.
Immediately above the forehead, in correspondence with the anterior neonatal fontanel, the CHRISMON is painted in purple red. The monogram of Christ or Chi Rho (or CHRISMON) is a combination of letters from the Greek alphabet, which form an abbreviation of the name of Christ. Solar in nature, often inscribed in a circle with multiple rays reminiscent of the cosmic wheel deriving from the ancient solar emblems of Egypt. The symbol consists of two large overlapping letters, the 'X' and the 'P'. They correspond, respectively, to the Greek letter '?' ('chi', which reads kh, aspirated) and '?' ('rho', which reads r). These two letters are the initials of the word '???st??' (Khristòs ), the name of Jesus, which in Greek means "anointed" and translates the Hebrew "messiah". On the sides of these two letters, there are very often two others: one 'a' and one '?', alpha and omega...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
Ancient Japanese Haniwa Terracotta Figure Kofun C 6th century Asian Art Antiques
Located in London, GB
A rare Haniwa figural head
Kofun period (3rd-7th century), circa 500-600.
The hand-built yellow earthenware hollow figure of typical form, the face...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
18th Century One-Door Wardrobe, Central Europe
Located in Albignasego, IT
One-door wardrobe in fir from 1700
Measures: Height 185cm – Width 115cm (130 to the frames) – Depth 50cm (57 to the frames)
Spruce wardrobe, with one door, in excellent conditi...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Pre-Columbian Ceramic Vessel from Mexico, Date Unknown
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Prehispanic turtle vessel with human head and red paint, from the outskirts of Ixtlan del Rio, Nayarit, Mexico, date unknown. Appears to be a candleholder or copal burner. Rim on the...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Italian Small Speckled Silver Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Set of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian hand-carved speckled silver leaf tassel ornaments.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. These tassels were commonly used to adorn 18th and 19th century French and Italian chandeliers...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf
15th Century French Carved Limestone Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare 15th century French carved limestone fragment depicting the back of a man's head with a wavy hair texture, and mounted on a c...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble
carving pair oak folk naive hunting deer dog Demeter sea monster L88.5cm 34 3/4
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming naive/folk art/sculptural pair of carvings. Crisp, fluid, characterful carving. Lustrous patina.
One a hunting scene in a wood near a cottage : a hunter shooting deer wit...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Late 16thC French Wood Carving of a Female
Located in Malibu, CA
16th century artifact imported from Europe; a beautiful figure with patinaed painted wood. An alter piece with a hook on the back for hanging. Lovely adorn...
Category
European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th C Rare Wood Female Carving Artifact
Located in Malibu, CA
18th century wooden carving of an female form.
Presumed to be a French church piece.
This figure has a beautiful face.
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Americana Carved Elm Burl Bowl with Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A massive Americana bowl hand-carved from Elm wood (with some possible burl pattern in the wood) circa 18th century. The bowl was from Northeastern part or Eastern Woodlands of the U...
Category
American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre-Columbian Style Nayarit Indian Polychromed Effigy Alligator Pipes
Located in Lomita, CA
This grouping of alligator-like or crocodile effigy antique pipes is both beautiful and intriguing. The wear on the backs and underside of the polychrome...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Antique Indian Hindu / Jain Brass Votive Head Devotee Asian Art
Located in London, GB
Antique Indian Hindu or Jain brass votive head
Period :19th century
Measure: Height 12 cm
Presented with display base.
Category
Tibetan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze
18th Century Tall Wooden Sculpture of St. John the Baptist
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A stunning tall 18th century male life like antique sculpture of St. John the Baptist, carved from wood and once a decoration from a French church or cathedral. This statue will add depth and meaning to any contemporary home. This statue will work well in either a classic or contemporary setting. Exceptional quality!
The dimensions are:
Height: 124cm (48.8in)
Width: 35cm (13.8in)
Depth: 39cm (15.4in)
In good antique condition throughout with no signs of age. The carved wooden sculpture remain in good, clean condition. The antique carved statue...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th or 19th century French ship chandler's trade sign, circa 1800, an oval pine double sided sign built with large dove-tails, advertising Cooperage and...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine
18th Century American Pine Decorated Blanket Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century American pine decorated blanket chest, probably from New England, circa 1770 having a dovetailed case on wide bracket feet, the li...
Category
American Chippendale Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Cherub Carved from Wood with Polychrome & Gilt
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian cherub, carved from linden wood wood. This graceful and exceptionally well-carved figure was likely part of an altar ensemble. The eyes and face are particularly well-form...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Trireme Greek Model Ship, Museum Quality
Located in Bafra, 55
This historical ancient Greek trireme ship model is made of high-quality wood and handcrafted with great care and effort. At 26.3 inches in length, 5.1 inches in width, and 11.8 inch...
Category
Turkish Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Dowry Chest with Exceptional Interior Painting, Dated 1782
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Swedish Gustavian dowry chest with original paint on the interior and exterior. The interior painting depicts a marriage scene and...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Petite Pre-Columbian Chupícuaro Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
This small olla jar is a beautiful example of Mesoamerican pottery, decorated with red, white, and orange slip in the style of Chupícuaro ware. Th...
Category
Central American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Italian Large Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian large gold leaf tassel ornaments.
These were once used to decorate historic Italian churches for feast days like Ch...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Exceptional Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with a Van Dyke mustache, sword and leather boots, she with ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
18th Century Italian Rococo Tassel Ornaments with Gold Trim 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments with gold trim.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Smyrna Boat Model Ship, Museum Quality
Located in Bafra, 55
This handmade wooden sailboat model from linden and mahogany trees is of high quality design. Measuring 30 inches in length, 6 inches in width, ...
Category
Turkish Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Panart Lancia Model Ship, Museum Quality
Located in Bafra, 55
This handmade, sailboat model is truly a special piece. The graceful touches of mahogany and laurel wood make it aesthetically beautiful. Its length of 23 inches and width of 7 inche...
Category
Turkish Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Speckled Gold and Silver Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Set of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian hand-carved speckled gold and silver leaf tassel ornaments.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. These tassels were commonly used to adorn 18th and 19th century French and Italian chandeliers...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A joined enclosed American walnut, white oak, pine, beech, maple, krappa (crabwood), and letterwood Boston chest of drawers with lidded top
Ipswich/Bosto...
Category
American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Wooden Hand of an Antique Mannequin, Italy, 18 th Century
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful sculptured hand of a wooden Mannequin,
Italy late 18 th Century mounted on a wooden stand,
very fine sculptured and good, old Patina of the wood,
very beautiful decorati...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Iron Stick
Located in Boden, SE
An old antique swedish 18th century iron candlestick .
Very charming and solid.
The candlestick is called "Stumpastake" in swedish.
These were good when you wanted to take advanta...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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