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Vintage Thomas Walker & Sons Nautical Trade Sign with Ship Log Instrument
Located in Morristown, NJ
A vintage trade sign from the esteemed Thomas Walker & Sons Ltd, renowned makers of ship’s logs and chronometers in Southampton, UK. The sign is be...
Category
English Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Italian Midcentury Ceramic Modernist Collectors Vase by Art Rumi Orobico, 1950s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous and rare, unique ceramic vase hand painted and signed with G.R. by artist from Italian ceramic studio Orobico Arte Artigianato (ART RUMI) in the 1950s.
The vase is made of ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Laura Andreson Signed Monumental Glazed Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed (in Fall greens and browns) large bowl/vase by renowned American potter Laura Andreson. Gorgeous in its Mid-Century Modern design and shifting colors.
Signed on the base by Andreson.
A quite special and rare work. Certainly, one of the best pieces of Andreson's work we have had the pleasure to come across. Highly collectible. Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933-1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York.
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art.
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery.
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California.
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California.
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California.
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah.
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California.
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California.
1974 California Ceramics...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Glass Pedestrian Crossing Sign
Located in New York, NY
Colorful Pop Art Pedestrian Crossing sign on glass. Found vintage art at it's best! Front has 4 small rubber elements and back has rubber edging. Final ...
Category
North American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Rubber, Paint
Trade sign for a wine shop: three bottles with french label wine, France 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A trade sign for the window of a wine shop, depicting three bottles with the label of French wines: Chateau Santenay, Chateau Ponsac, Chateau Ermitage. Made of carved solid fruitwood...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood, Lacquer
Vintage Heavy Cast Iron Dog Lawn Sign
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Vintage Heavy Cast Iron Dog Lawn Sign. Made in iron with great patina
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings Cradle
Located in Hanover, MA
Molded plywood doll cradle by Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings, circa 1956.
Creative playthings of Princeton, NJ was founded in 1949 by Frank & The...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 2 Mask
Located in Paris, FR
Mask Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 2, with real natural hair Geisha wig
on head model and with Nô Theater natural wood mask.
Base: 28,5x26,3cm.
Category
Japanese Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Prison Road Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage metal road sign for a United States Prison. Sign is letting the car know that they are now "LEAVING the TRAVEL RESTRICTED AREA." Interesting piece of automotive memorabilia...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Steel
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Painting, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a river landscape with eighteenth-century architecture, characters and animals. Lacquered and gilded woo...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Manual Entrance Bell in wrought iron, Tyrolean Craftsmanship from 1950s
By Vienna School of Arts and Crafts
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Manual entrance bell in wrought iron, Tyrolean craftsmanship from 1950
The wrought iron structure is a classic stylized dragon figure, very common in the Austrian Alto TIrolo area.
...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron, Bronze
Vintage Hand-Carved Malagasy Ebony Wood Sculpture – Nude Woman, Signed - 2Y421
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage hand-carved Malagasy sculpture depicts a graceful nude woman, meticulously crafted from solid ebony wood. Signed Bera, this original mid-century artwork (1950-1969) refl...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Vintage Hand-Carved Malagasy Ebony Wood Sculpture – Nude Female Figure - 2Y418
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This authentic vintage Malagasy sculpture showcases a beautifully hand-carved nude female figure, crafted from solid ebony wood. A remarkable example of African craftsmanship, this p...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Early 20th Century Kodak Advertising Enamel Sign, English, For Train Rides
Located in Crespières, FR
This antique Kodak advertising sign is made of thick enamel in black, yellow and red colours.
The colours are bright and shiny, with an good relief.
The condition is fairly good co...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
20th Century Oil on Masonite French Signed Landscape Painting, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on masonite depicting countryside landscape with shepherdess and cows of good pictorial quality. Large-scale and impactful pa...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Masonite
20th Century Oil on Masonite Signed A. Corradi Landscape Italian Painting, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil painting on masonite depicting a countryside view, river landscape with boats and characters of good pictorial quality. Painting adorn...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Masonite
Arne Tjomsland Teak Bear Cub Vintage Midcentury 1950s Figure Sculpture Norway
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Arne Tjomsland was Norways leading souvenir designer in the 1950s and 1960s. Arne Tjomsland's artistic style is characterized by soft structural lines and minimal detailing on his cr...
Category
Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Restored Long Two-Strand Rattan Wall Mirror W/ Stick Reed Rattan Border
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Frankl style rectangular rattan mirror features a single-strand rattan frame with an inner stick rattan border. Restored to new for you. All rattan, bamboo,...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Rattan
1940's Bronze "Egyptian Style" Door Handle
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1940's bronze " Egyptian Style " door handle
Two pairs available.
Pair can be sold independently
Price given for two pairs.
Category
European Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Maple wood photo frame by Giglio Florence Italy
Located in Lugo, IT
Maple wood photo frame signed Giglio Florence Italy
Note the assembly technique (photo)
Good condition.
Thank you
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Italian Midcentury Ceramic Modernist Collectors Vase by Art Rumi Orobico, 1950s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous and rare, unique ceramic vase hand painted and signed with N.D.R. by artist from Italian ceramic studio Orobico Arte Artigianato (ART RUMI) in the 1950s.
The vase is made of...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Moroccan African Tuareg Vintage Runner Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan nomadic African Tuareg rug runner with wo and cotton embroidered geometrical modernist designs.This rug was used for room separation in the Berber tents...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Sculptural Pitcher by André Aleth Masson France 1950s
Located in HYÈRES, FR
Sculptural Pitcher by André Aleth Masson.
Beautiful Black Satin Ceramic.
Signed by the " Triskèle " and 3 Masson "
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Three Hand Carved Folk Art Canes / Sticks by Joseph Deveau, Circa 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A pair of folk art hand carved canes or walking sticks and a small stick by Joseph Deveau (1901-1999). Deveau lived most of his life in Essex, MA., bu...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Floral Organic Modern Ceramic Wall Plate / Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage handmade fully glazed Swedish midcentury modern wall platter / centrepiece with organic, floral decor depicting a gazelle with a direct gaze surrounded by vegetation in brown, ochre, green, white and bright pink colors on a striped dark blue background created with the experimental sgraffito technique that Tilgmans became famous for. Designed and handpainted in the late 1950s by Eivor Lang and manufactured by German/Finnish Paul Harald Tilgman in his workshop in the small town of Kortedala close to Gothenburg, Sweden. Milky white glaze on the base and sides with curved, muted green decor framing the image along the edge. Three holes for hanging - two in use with metal wire. Signed under base. An handpainted piece in beautiful condition.
Paul Harald “Harry” Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light colored glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme. This type of work was the most popular in midcentury Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Handcrafted Italian Art Studio Large Stoneware Bowl Aqua Color
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large 1960s Mid-Century Modern handcrafted large pottery platter.
Hand-made stoneware decorative plate with classic sandy fat lava glaze.
This ceramics were known to collectors as 'f...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Oil on Masonite Italian Signed C. Filippelli Landscape Painting
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil on masonite artwork depicting a country landscape with a peasant woman of good pictorial quality. Painting of beautiful size and propo...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Masonite
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Painting Signed A. Corradi, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil on canvas artwork, first canvas, depicting an autumnal view, countryside river landscape of good pictorial quality. Painting adorned w...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
David Kovesi Woman in Garden Abstract Painting
By David Knox
Located in New York, NY
Stunning small vintage painting by NY artist David Kovesi of a woman walking thru her garden.
This painting, oil on board has fabulous vibrant...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
SS United States Sign Notice and Information for Passengers
Located in Hanover, MA
Hefty enameled solid aluminum framed passenger safety and information sign from Passenger Stateroom 139 on the Main deck of the SS United States.
Fo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Glazed Terracotta Vase, Circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This vase is made of glazed terracotta. African work. Circa 1950.
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Doug Lafortune Sr. Salish Carved Wood and Abalone TOTEM Pole
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
72" TOTEM by Doug Lafortune. Salish TOTEM pole of a raven and beaver cedar TOTEM pole. Carved TOTEM pole with abalone and shell inlays. Carved. .72” x 9...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Vintage Wind-Up Toy, Circa 1950 "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a very rare toy that I have not seen an example of before, and judging by it's action and appearance, I would venture to say it is post war, probably made in Japan for the American market (boy looks very American). I have called it "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" which resembles the clockwork movement. To operate: hold the toy in the left hand with thumb on chest and then; wind up attached original key with the right hand several times; and release. With a smiling face, the boy will roll his head back and forth, while diligently shining his black boots, using an up and down motion with his right hand. The toy works quite well and will go on for some time. It is made up of several materials. The head, hands, and shoes are made of composition; it has a tin body; the clothes jersey, hat, and "falling" trousers" are made of fabric. The toy is in good original condition; some wear to boy's hat and jersey in back (see images), a slight "bend" to tinplate in the rear; but for the most part, the toy is very sturdy, works well, has a nice appearance, and wonderful charisma.
This is a charming rare toy that operates as it should, and is a "must have" for collectors of post-war vintage wind up toys...
Category
Japanese Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Composition, Tin
Elizabeth Arden Vintage Wooden Signs
Located in Milano, IT
Rare advertising sign of Elizabeth Arden, an entrepreneur who founded, in that name, her cosmetics company, dating from the 1950s, taken from the Lake...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Double sided porcelain subway/ bus sign "LADIES REST ROOM"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Double sided porcelain subway/ bus sign "LADIES REST ROOM".. Great old sign..Nice original condition, minor staining to one side,(see photo)
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Abstract Lion Painting
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous French abstract lion painting found at an antique fair in the South of France. Great color palette of blues, greens and oranges creating this s...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Lincoln Bank" Still Toy Savings Bank, American, circa 1950
Located in Incline Village, NV
This seldom seen bank is technically a mechanical bank but basically it is a still bank with a slight mechanical function, that being; once it is full of coins, it opens up automatic...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Large Midcentury Porcelain Letter "B" from the Stix Baer and Fuller Sign
By Bauhaus
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large 44.75" H porcelain letter B, from the former Stix, Baer & Fuller sign. This letter was once on the Mid-Century Modern Stix, Baer & Fuller department store in the Westroads Shop...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Renato Bassoli Stone Soldier Sculpture, Signed 1955
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful stone statue designed and produced by Renato Bassoli in 1955, of fine Italian manufacture.
The statue is made of natural dark stone, very beautiful.
The statue would appear...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Vintage Moroccan Modernist Wool Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Many French carpet designers of the mid-20th century were commissioning their weavings in Morocco, which at the time was a French colony, in that they could obtain beautiful pile car...
Category
Moroccan Art Deco Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ikat Textile from Timor Island with Stunning Naturally Coloured Dye, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Timor, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. A wonderful textile with dis...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Rare American Mid Century Push Mud Jr Pinball Game - Bagatelle
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Rare American Mid Century Push Mud Jr Pinball Game - Bagatelle.
Pinball game still in full working order. Made in America. Sold as a decorative item but in reasonable working order...
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Yoruba Indigo Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hand dyed Yoruba (Nigeria) cloth from the Esie area, 1950s.
Category
Nigerian Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
African Nigeria Epa Helmit Mask with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Epa helmet mask, Nigeria, Africa.
Fully carved mother and child; painted red and black with touches of white;
Provenance: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis; The Eiteljorg Mu...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Modernist Studio Ceramic Tile Art by Irina Lorin
By Gills Lorin
Located in Buffalo, NY
Framed mid-20th century Irina Lorin Signed ceramic art tile of figure, consisting of three framed tiles, mid-20th century. 3 tiles measuring 8" x 11" retai...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Grasscloth, Wood
Mid-Century Teak Mask with Stand
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare teak mask, mid-century.
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Large Scale Mexican Folk Art Ceramic Angel Vessel
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large scale Mexican Folk Art ceramic or stoneware angel vessel, Mexican, circa 1950s. We purchased the estate of an Atlanta Coca Cola executiv...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Metal Restaurant Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
Metal restaurant sign from a restaurant in Buenos Aires. Nice size and paint.
Category
Argentine Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Tin
Finger Lakes Telephone Corporation Building Facade Painting, Marcellus New York
Located in Garnerville, NY
Very nice painting with a folk art feel by the artist, Horace M. Stone, Jr. (1919-1978). The piece was executed in 1956. Stone has depicted the brick facade of the main offices of th...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
Bamileke elephant mask
Located in Diest, BE
Elephants are often associated with political power in the highly stratified kingdoms of the Cameroon grasslands. Because imported beads were historically rare and costly, beadwork i...
Category
Cameroonian Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Korhogo Cloth, Natural Fiber, Raffia, Beads
Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth Totem By Raymond Williams
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Chief Shakes Raven pole by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth artist Raymond Williams. This finely crafted model totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth master carver Raymond Williams, the father of the current generation of Williams carvers. It depicts an iteration of the Tlingit Chief Shakes pole of Wrangell, Alaska – a popular motif for the Williams family. The top figure is Raven’s Grandfather, who perched on the Box of Daylight. The middle figure is Raven, and below is frog. This model illustrates how Raven stole the sun, moon, and stars and released them into the world. This pole was probably made for Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in the 1950s. 27"
PERIOD: 1950s
ORIGIN: Seattle/Williams Family
SIZE: 27"H
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Category
American Native American Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Painted Iron and Blue Glass Trolley, Attributed to Pier Luigi Colli
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful trolley designed and produced in the 1950s , attributed to Pier Luigi Colli, with glass possibly made by Cristal Art.
The trolley is made entirely of white painted iron, wh...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Moroccan Vintage Tribal Kilim Rug Textile North Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan authentic vintage flat-woven Tribal Kilim rug from the Middle Atlas of Morocco, North Africa. Handwoven clectible Moroccan textile in stripes of red and dark green, black an...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Marcel Marti Bronze Abstract Totem Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Superb Marcel Marti (1925–2010) attributed abstract patinated bronze sculpture that is unique from every angle. This is a striking postwar piece of art fr...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Wood Carved American Folk Art Muscle Car
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand carved Folk Art American Muscle car. Wood carved with original paint surface.
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1950s British Coastal Scene Seascape Oil on Board Painting by Arthur E. Milne
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Wonderfully textured West Country coastal scene in oil using palette knife signed by Bristol artist, Arthur E. Milne. Milne was a painter of landscapes, portraits and flower pieces in oil, watercolour and pastel.
Capturing the mood of the rugged West Country coast with his technique of laying on thick layers with visible palette-knife strokes. Signed bottom right Arthur E.Milne, complete with labels on the reverse.
Arthur Edwards...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1956 Mexican Soda Tin Sign
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare 1956 Mexican soda tin sign.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
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