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Period: 19th Century
Wooden Micro Carving Plaque by Johann Rint ca. 1880
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Wooden Micro Carving Plaque by Johann Rint ca. 1880
A small wall plaque with detailed relief carvings worked out of linden wood by Johann Rint ca. 1880....
Category
Austrian Black Forest Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early Original Painted 19th Century Pantry Box with Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large size pantry box or meal box is in original fantastic green paint. It is in the form of a large band box and hand carved handle and early wood peg construction.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Currency Bracelet/Manilla, Beri People, Sudan, 19th Century - No 1
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Early to mid-19th-century bronze currency bracelet / Manilla in circle form. Intricate graphical geometrical. This type of bracelet was worn/used by the Zaghawa People also called Bé...
Category
Sudanese Tribal Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Running Horse Gilt Weather Vane
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous example of a 19thc weathervane which served well and survived it's time on a country roof top.
A few dings and some wear by the front leg. Head is cast zinc. Was touched up...
Category
American American Craftsman Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Zinc
Tradesign in the Form of a Brick Storehouse
Located in Greenwich, CT
An advertising device or tradesign in the form of a brick storehouse, with ten arched windows or pigeonholes to display merchandise, constructed as a roofed box mounted on wheels, fo...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Hand Carved Singa Singa Tribal Carving from the Batak People, Sumatra
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large antique hand carved tribal carving from the Batak People, northern Sumatra, called a Singa Singa. Attracting our eye with its charismatic presence, this large hand carved scu...
Category
Indonesian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Massive Antique European Heraldic Wood Carving
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An impressive and well-carved high relief Heraldic Crest in dark stained wood. A pair of fierce rampant lions flank the oval crest with a few fleur-de-lis and labeled Veritas. With a...
Category
European Georgian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair Black Forest Candle Holders with Pewter Base and Spout, Germany circa 1860s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Pair Black Forest Candle Holders with Pewter Base and Spout, Germany circa 1860s
An antique pair of Black Forest candle holders with pewter base and spouts. Each made with an origin...
Category
German Rustic Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
Early Horse Blanket in Forest Green and Burgundy
Located in York County, PA
Loom-woven horse blanket, made circa 1890-1910. The striped and geometric pattern consists of lime green, sunfire red, and ivory, against winter/summer, reversible grounds of forest ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Hickory Dickery Dock Early Parker Brother Board Game
Located in York County, PA
Hickory Dickery Dock: Early Parker Brothers board game with great cat & mouse and tall case clock graphics, 1900.
Patented in 1899 and produced in 1900, this colorful Parker Brother...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Miniature Nine Patch Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This Miniature Nine Patch quilt is one of the smallest in scale that I have seen. Each block measures less than 2 inches to a side. It is from the collection of the Packwood House Mu...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
19th Century Monumental Bee Hive Butter Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century monumental original brown painted bee hive butter bowl in great condition. The one side is in a burl knot but in tack. Fantastic undisturbed s...
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century African Iron Currency Mfunte Mfumte Nigeria Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The price is for an individual currency and includes a stand.
The custom stands can display the currencies horizontally with the rounded point facing to the left or right or mounted vertically.
Please specify your preference.
The shape of a Mfunte currency has a seemingly simple yet complex design. The forged iron surface was scratched in an end-to-end direction to create a visually interesting surface, a central raised vein to create two sections, and swelling was incorporated on the front at the straight end. The aging of the iron has further added to the texture and attractiveness of the design.
Colonial coinage replaced Africa's traditional iron currencies...
Category
Nigerian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Original Painted Folky Textile and Country Store Rack
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cool original painted 19th century country general store display rack is in wonderful sturdy condition. Could be used for hats, jeans or Ame...
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$895 Sale Price
72% Off
19th C Blue & White One Patch Doll Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine hand made & sewn blue & white little doll quilt is in fine condition & has very fine piecing & quilting. The little gem has double borders and comes to us from a private co...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century American Hand Stitched Quilt
Located in Barrington, IL
Experience the charm and ingenuity of traditional American craftsmanship with this stunning Pennsylvania Dutch pieced quilt, hand-sewn in the late 1800s. Featuring the classic “Parad...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Cotton
Pair Of English Carved Walnut Figures Of Country Gentleman
Located in Essex, MA
Each standing figure wearing a jacket and a hat. One holding a pipe and a pitcher and another holding a tankard. Maybe once resided in a pub. Very well carved with tiny holes in wood...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Masonic Shelf Bracket Made Attributed to the John Haley Bellamy Workshop
Located in Nantucket, MA
From 1866-1871 Bellamy had a workshop he rented in a Masonic Hall in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He employed a number of carvers, including his brother Elijah. They made frames, cloc...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Adorned Iron 19th Century Pipe Tomahawk
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Heavily adorned presentation grade pipe tomahawk with pewter inlaid fish, moon, acorn and war axe on cast iron blade.
Period: Mid-19th century
Origin: Eastern...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Hand Carved Wood Wall Relief Plaque Panel Religious Figures, 18th-19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, well-carved, heavy work depicting religious figures. Perhaps featured in a church or temple at one time.
We are listing it as 18th-1...
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique American General Store Revolving Red Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique American general store revolving bolt and nut cabinet. Original paint.
Category
North American Primitive Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Double Nine Patch Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This finely made Double Nine Patch quilt is as crisp and fresh as the day it was made in the 1880's. The quilt has a beautiful array of printed fabrics. Each square measures just 3/4...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,495
19th Century Dutch Carved Monumental Wood Eagle Figure Seated on a Pedestal
Located in Queens, NY
Continental 19th century Dutch life-sized carved wooden eagle figure with open mouth on square pedestal.
Category
Dutch Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th C Nine Patch Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Nine patch chain with a saw tooth border. This early Pennsylvania nine patch is in fine condition.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Courthouse Steps Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Classic courthouse steps log cabin quilt with a good use of lights and darks. Solid red and orange logs play well against the printed fabrics. Excelle...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Ancient African Wooden Stool
Located in Soho, London, GB
Ancient wooden stool with four feet dating to the 19th century. From Congo, Africa.
Provenance: Galerie Démons et Merveilles, Paris; Private Collection, United Kingdom.
Category
Congolese Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
System Walking Stick, France, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System walking stick: shadow gadget cane with Napoleon profile on its ebonized wood handle. Malacca wood shaft. Iron ferrule. France 1870 circa.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Staffordshire Cottage Still Bank, English, circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very attractive and well-made decorative and colorful Staffordshire porcelain money box or savings bank; made in England, indicative of the style potters from that region employed, circa 1880. Nicely detailed with green floral facie, orange double pane windows and front door, and a white painted cottage with brown steps and green fauna at entry. There were no "coin traps" or provisions for coin removal so banks such as these are rare since smashing or breaking the bank was the only method by which the money could be retrieved.
The bank is in very good all original condition with only a minor "hairline" repair to one of the chimney stacks (see image). It is very sound and done a long time ago and is hardly noticeable.
Being a cross collectible, this would be a very unique addition for a Staffordshire collector indeed (the subject being a money box), or a welcome compliment to any still bank...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Horn and Silver Dress Cane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Circa 1890 horn and silver dress cane. Horn handle cast in silver which is signed "OD800" with a floral design work, exotic natural painted shaft, and a brass ferrule. 5 1/2" x 2 3/4...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Antique Decorative Lead Plaque, Scandinavian, Viking, Arts and Crafts, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a heavy antique decorative lead plaque. A Scandinavian, relief panel with Viking long ship scene, dating to the Arts & Crafts movement of the late ...
Category
Scandinavian Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Lead
19th Century Original Red Painted Child's Wheel Barrel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original red painted metal children's wheel barrel has a wood insert and black and redwood painted handles. The tin and wire wheel is also original. ...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Group of Three Folky Wood Carnival Milk Bottles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These folky handmade Carnival knock down milk bottles are in good condition. These bottles are hand turned with a nice mellow patina. These bottles are us...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,195 / set
Primitive Healing Figure
Located in New York, NY
Hill tribe healing figure carved of solid wood. 19th-early 20th century Golden Triangle area, Southeast Asia Indochina. This is a healing figure used to aid in healing. Arms folded ...
Category
Southeast Asian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$544 Sale Price
54% Off
Beautiful Antique African Spoon 19th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful hand carved African spoon in wood
Category
African Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Dominos
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war dominos 31
A good example of a late 19th Century Napoleonic prisoner of war (POW) hand carved set of 31 dominos, in a sliding painted ...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bone
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Travel Writing Chest / Box with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish folk art travelling writing chest / box with original marble paint from Lulea Norrbotten,
Northern Sweden.
A charming Swedish Folk Art Chest with untouched or...
Category
European Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Spinning Wheel, Walnut Wood, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spinning wheel. Walnut wood carved and turned. XIX century.
Vertical spinning wheel made of carved walnut wood decorated with fine lines in certain areas and the use of balustrade...
Category
European Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Late 19th Century Cased British Sailing Vessel Folk Art Maritime
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 19th/early 20th century cased display of a painted British sailing vessel, built by Joseph Packer, who was a carpenter in Ramsey
The detailed s...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass, Pine
Pair of Swedish Pillar Console Tables, Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of Narrow Scraped Two Pillar Console Tables, Sweden, circa 1830.
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden Plate/ Tazza with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Folk art wodden plate / Tazza from Southern Sweden.
Fantastically nice large Wooden plate on foot/ Tazza. In Sweden called "So...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
C.1880 American Folk Art Top Hat Hatmaker’s Trade Sign
Located in Briarcliff Manor, NY
A hard-to-find and charming sheet iron hatmaker’s,trade sign from the mid to late 19th century. The sculptural curves of the brim and the hat itself are engaging and amusing. This...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Mennonite Original Pattern Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This original pattern Mennonite quilt most closely resembles the Philadelphia Pavement pattern. The use of entirely solid colors changes the look consi...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Big Tray with Original Paint Serving Bowl
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Tray / Serving bowl from Boden Norrbotten ,Northern Sweden .
A large farmers handcrafted tray or serving bowl or centerpiece.
In solid pine wood.
A h...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
1888 Calligraphy of Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, Riding a Stag
Located in York County, PA
Large and elaborate calligraphy drawing featuring Diana, goddess of the hunt, riding a stag, signed and dated 1888:
Late 19th century American ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Pine Scalloped Hanging Plate Rack
Located in West Chester, PA
A pine scalloped hanging plate rack in original blue paint.
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Finely Carved Statue of a Bull, Black Forest ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Finely carved statue of a bull ca. 1900
The antique Black Forest carving of a bull which is chafing on a tree stump. It was made most pro...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Original Painted Basket Iron Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine cast iron door stop is in original painted surface and great condition. Really great paint. The basket is filled with vegetables and fruit.
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
60" 19th Century American Hooked Rug Framed
Located in Water Mill, NY
Monumental 19th American hooked rug mounted as a wall hanging.
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Beautiful 19th Century French Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful 19th century, French oil on canvas.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-Masted Ship under Steam, Minotaur Class
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-masted Ship under Steam,
HMS Minotaur or HMS Agincourt,
Minotaur Class Broadside Ironclad,
circa 1880
The sailor's woolie depicts a portsi...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19thc Oil Painting on Board of Wagons on the Dusty Trail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc oil painting on Board Wagon Train on Dusty Trail. Great Scenery of the difficulties of a life left in the past when manual labor and travel was based...
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Spanish Colonial, Painted Wooden Crucifix of Christ on a Stylized Tree
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This carved wooden crucifix of Christ on a stylized tree form, is Guatemalan or Mexican, likely created in the late 1800s by a naive artist of the peri...
Category
Central American Spanish Colonial Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
39% Off
American Polished Steel Sky Light Binnacle with Rope Carved Base, Phil. C. 1880
By Hands & Sons
Located in Charleston, SC
American polished steel sky light binnacle with rope carved base, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Norfolk VA. Late 19th century. Binnacle has been electrified fo...
Category
American American Empire Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
A Lobi sculpture
Located in grand Lancy, CH
A Lobi sculpture with nice patina and nice style
Category
Burkinabe Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,800
19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Motif Wood Box with Swing-Out Compartment
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This unusual antique Black Forest box features a pair of fully dimensional bears cavorting at the base of a tree stump. The mother and cub hav...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Boule Ball "C" With Star Decor, Pétanque, 1880s, France, Craftsmanship
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful, unique Boule ball, France, late 19th Century.
In the 19th century, the manufacture of boules balls underwent significant development in France as the game of boules, part...
Category
French Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
A Large Antique Wabi Sabi Wooden Tray, Scandinavia c. 1800s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A large antique wabi sabi tray with heavy patina from age and use. Old repiars with metal.
Category
Norwegian Romantic Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Bronze Alloy Mongo/Ekonde Woman's Leg Adornment ('Konga'), DRC
Located in London, GB
Married women of the Mongo and Ekonde cultures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo wore heavy cast bronze leg adornments such as this, known as 'Konga'. This piece was sand cast,...
Category
Congolese Tribal Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Colorful Glazed Terracotta Passata Bowl
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful glazed terracotta passata bowl from Southern Italy (Puglia). This rustic 19th century terracotta bowl was used in the Italian c...
Category
Italian French Provincial Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Northern Plains War Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains war club with stylized stone buffalo head. Raw hide wrapped adorned with brass tacks. Much patina from use, blood, grease and sweat. Mu...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
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