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Period: 19th Century
Pair of 19th Century Candlesticks
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A pair of French 19th century ebonized oak candlesticks. Skillfully turned in a faux bamboe.
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
$714 / set
Woods Hole Golf Club Antique Sign from Cape Cod
Located in Sandwich, MA
Antique sign from the Woods Hole Golf Club in Falmouth, MA circa 1900. Includes original wrought iron bracket meant for mounting on a square post. Great original surface. Also reads ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
A bridal headdress from Papua called 'ambusap'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iatmul, Papua New Guinea, 20th century
This ceremonial headdress is traditionally worn by a young bride as she enters her new husband’s home for the first time. Adorned with shells—...
Category
Papua New Guinean Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber
19th Century Oil / Canvas Painting
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century gilt wood framed oil on canvas painting featuring basket of fruits and flowers. The painting is in good antique condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Ar...
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Ship’s Figural Transom Carving
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very Scarce Ship’s Figural Transom Carving, Early to Mid 19th Century, a hand carved and hand painted figural plaque of an elegant woman in blue dress with...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Wood, metal
Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’
South Africa
19th Century
Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long
Provenance:
Taylo...
Category
South African Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mounted Wood Horse Head
Located in Houston, TX
This fabulous carved Horse head is from a French Saddlery. Saddleries were used to design, manufacture, rebuild, and repair a wide variety of saddles, saddle trees, harnesses, riding...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$3,500
Early 19Thc Hand Carved Wood Canister
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19thc hand carved wood canister inlaid bottom & top.
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Massive Antique Folk Art Candle Driven Tiered Windmill Form "Carousel"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic Folk Art Candle-Powered Carousel in the form of a Tiered and Steepled Gazebo. Carved and painted wood in green and off-white with gilt details, Multiple tiers with a center s...
Category
Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Decorative Carved Wooden Horse in Original Paint
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th century carved wooden horse in original paint.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Hand-Carved Wood Javanese ‘Wayang Topeng’ Theatre Mask, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A visibly old mask from the Javanese masks theatre ‘wayang topeng’: carved from hard wood, and painted on the front side. This mask is from Cirebon in Ja...
Category
Indonesian Other Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Cast Iron Shoemaker’s Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
19th century cast iron shoemaker’s trade sign
A highly decorative example of a late 19th century cast iron French shoemakers shop trade sign. Hand crafted from a hand cut iron metal...
Category
French Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
English Country Papier Mache Horse
Located in Queens, NY
English Country style papier mache life size model of horse on rectangular platform base. (19/20th Cent.)
Category
British Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper, Wood
19th Century Arapaho Large Panel Tobacco Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Arapaho large panel, tobacco bag with old collection tag "tobacco bag" white seal #450. Brain tanned buffalo calf. All original, remains soft and supple. S...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hide
Antique Late 19th Century Seascape Lighthouse Oil Painting
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unsigned Maritime oil painting. Very good quality, by the hand of a professional painter. The painting is soiled from 100 years of exposure. The frame has some losses (chips) to the ...
Category
American American Classical Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Antler Candle Holder with Deer Horns, Germany Around 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Antler candle holder with deer horns, Germany around 1900
A rustic candle holder, made of horns from the deer. The spout features a turn...
Category
German Rustic Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Antler
Erotic cast pewter plaque, France 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Erotic cast pewter plaque: A good surprise. In the bedroom with a bourgeois interior, the master of the house surprises the maid asleep, feather duster in hand and petticoat up. By E...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
19th Century Carved and Painted Wooden Horse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century carved and painted wooden horse
This is a superb piece of Folk Art, superbly carved in wood, the paint is original, it is quite br...
Category
Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Balinese Temple Offering Tray / Bowl 'Dulang' with Polychrome
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Balinese offering tray; "Dulangs" served two main purpose, one purpose was to carry offerings atop woman’s heads during ceremonies. The present "Dulang" was used exclusively in temples to display offerings and features hints of turquoise polychrome at its base. This "Dulang" has faded polychrome and chipped...
Category
Balinese Other Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Carved 19th Century English Ship's Figurehead of a Classical Male
Located in Essex, MA
Life-size draped classical male ship's figurehead of English 19th century origin. The carving is quite similar to that of the figurehead rescued from the HMS...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Carved Hannya Noh Devil Mask Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather cheeky looking carved and stained wood devil mask, turn off the century in age.
Possibly reference to the Hannya Noh Mask used within Japanese th...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Mid-19th Century Carved and Painted Wooden Tang Dynasty Horse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid-19th century carved and painted wooden Tang dynasty horse
This is a superb piece of Chinese Folk Art, superbly carved in wood, in the classic statue...
Category
Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Antique Rugs Blue Caucasian Kazak Rugs, Geometric Carpet Livingroom Rug
Located in Wembley, GB
Kazak rugs have primarily been produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces and the rugs of the Caucasus typically display bold geometric designs in primary colours. Kazak rugs are a type of Armenian rug...
Category
Caucasian Kazak Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
19th Century Decorated Stoneware Jug from Keene, New Hampshire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century blue decorated stoneware jug has a interesting design and is signed by the maker J.S.Tamaka.
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique french Royal Wedding Quilt
Located in Doha, QA
This rare and outstanding French antique Royal Quilt with flower design and each square consisting of four Fleur-de-lis originally was used for ceremonial Royal weddings at the Roman Catholic Churches. The borders of the Quilt represent the typical Greek key design and the middle part is various flowers and leaves, some of them close to tulips images, which at that time were symbol of love and loyalty. Weddings Quilts...
Category
French Baroque Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
19th Century Blackfeet Fighting Dag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet fighting dag native made with blade from a wagon wheel or barrel rim. Blade goes full length of handle and protrudes 8 1/4". Much patina from use. Fastened with nail rivets...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$15,000 / set
Antique Antler Mirror with Console Table, Austria, ca. 1860
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Antler Mirror with Console Table, Austria, ca. 1860
A large antler mirror with console table, made in Austria ca. 1860. The mirror is de...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Glass, Wood, Stucco
Antique Print with Humoristic Scene Featuring Wild Boars and a Painter
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Print with Humoristic Scene featuring Wild Boars and a Painter
A colorful antique oil print depicting a humoristic scene in the Black Fore...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Italian Demi-Lune Painted Floral Consoles with Spade Feet, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian neoclassical style painted demilune consoles with a centered floral medallion surrounded by a faux marbleized top, floral painted border and swag skirt, and terminat...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Native Kiowa 19th Century Pictorial Child's Teepee
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Child's teepee depicting highly graphic battle scene painted on brain tanned deer skin. This piece was acquired from Wilma Silvey, age 89, in 2005, white woman, was handed down through her husband's family, Joseph Silvey (Silverfish). His father was "Long Hair Hanging" (Kiowa Comanche) and his mother...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
English fairground panel
Located in London, GB
English fairground panel
We share what we love, and we love this very well carved turn off the century fairground rounders panel/frieze, depicting a...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$4,110
Paint Decorated Games Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
Paint decorated ochre and brown double-sided game board, one side with Canadian checkers, the other with Parcheesi, Canada, circa 1890.
Measures: 25 1...
Category
Canadian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Rare 19th Century Sponge / Spatter Ware Childs Tea Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 17 piece child's tea set is quite rare to find and in pristine condition. The set is in pristine condition. This set was found in Pennsylvania. There is six cups and saucers and...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Walking stick ivory knob with pug dog head, Germany 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: carved ivory knob depicting the head of a pug dog. Glass paste eyes. Band in 800/1000 silver, with oak leaves in relief. Bamboo wood cane. Metal ferrule. Germany circa...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ivory, Glass, Wood
17/1800s Museum-Quality Wall Shelf, Primitive Farmhouse / Cabin RUSTIC Antique
Located in Skien, NO
Extremely Rare - Museum-Quality 17/1800s Norwegian Wall-Hanging Shelf
This important and exceptionally rare antique wall-hanging shelf originates from Trøndelag / Trondelag, Norway,...
Category
Norwegian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bentwood, Pine
19th Century Italian Fairground Panels
Located in Southampton, GB
A pair of 19th Century decorative Fairground Panels with original paint.
Can be hung either vertically or horizontally, forming what would make a great transom above a door.
Italy, ...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
$1,646 / set
Victorian Miniature Black forest Antler Casket 1860
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Victorian Miniature Black forest Antler Casket 1860
A marvelous antique rustic casket. It is made of wood, veneered with antler pieces. On top an antler plaque...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
Chinese Painted Bamboo Walking Stick, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century walking stick from northern China is comprised of a length of thin bamboo that has been steamed and bent into a hook shape. The bamboo segments are painted in alter...
Category
Chinese Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo
Antique Brass Middle Eastern Dallah Arabic Coffee Pot
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
19th century antique Middle Eastern traditional Arabian tinned copper and brass Dallah coffee pot.
Islamic Moorish coffee pot hand-hammered and chased c...
Category
Omani Moorish Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
American Salesman Sample Late 19th Century Wooden Flat Bed Cargo Wagon
Located in Incline Village, NV
Salesman Sample : Late 19th century. American (4) wheeled hand carved all wooden horse drawn flat bed cargo wagon, in excellent condition with original red st...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique English Tole Tray with Orientalist Painting
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty 19th century English oval tole tray with two cut out handles featuring a colorful orientalist oil painting complete with figures in a boat architecture and tropical setting ins...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Tribal mask with feather head-decoration
Located in Munich, DE
Add a touch of culture with this striking tribal mask. Its intricate design and feather decor makes it a captivating decorative piece for any wall.
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Middle Eastern Dallah Arabic Coffee Pot
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
19th century Middle Eastern traditional Arabian tinned copper and brass Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased copper with riveted brass...
Category
Omani Islamic Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Late 19th Century Primitive Oil on Canvas Portrait of "Dash" Clumber Spaniel
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 19th Century primitive oil on canvas portrait of a Clumber Spaniel "Dash" by E Daulby to Mr R Crickmore, no doubt a commission for a much loved faithful friend. Dated 1884 Some ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Mannekin Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 19th century French mannekin head in beech with original polychrome remains.
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Beech
Centre County Pennsylvania Blanket Chest with Salmon and Black Floral Decoration
Located in York County, PA
PAINTED, CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA BLANKET CHEST IN SALMON AND BLACK WITH FLORAL DECORATION, 3 DRAWERS, AND APPLIED, SPLAY FEET, circa 1815-1825
S...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bronze Portrait Bust of a Black Man 'Marbruk' by Arthur Kaan
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Artur Kaan (Austrian, 1867-1940)
'Marbruk'
Signed and dated A. Kaan '95 and Verwielfältigung vorbehalten (reproduction reserved)
Bronze on marble base, H 28.5 cm?
Note:
...
Category
Austrian Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Carved Wooden Angel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Impressive wood carved angel with amazing detail. Certainly the work of a master carver. Found among the entire contents of a Catholic Church in the Midwest which was said to have cl...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Antique English Doulton Burslem Glen Urquart Highland Whiskey Dispenser
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare and large glazed ceramic whiskey dispenser with strong form and color. Mark on the base dates to 1882-1891. Urquart owner's inscription also i...
Category
English Rustic Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Konya Hotamis Kilim Rug Wool Old Central Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Central Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Hotamis, Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special color...
Category
Turkish Kilim Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Pawnee Pipe Tomahawk, circa 1850-1870
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pawnee pipe tomahawk. File burnt and tacked with remnants of yellow paint over entire shaft. Exhibited in the Wichita Falls Museum 1967, Maryland Academy of Art and Science 1969, Flo...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Fruitwood Console Table – Late 19th Century – Country Style
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
Add a touch of authentic French charm to your home with this antique console table in fruitwood, dating from the late 19th century. Sourced from a former wine cellar in the Loire Val...
Category
French Campaign Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Stylish Cabin Decor Antler Candlestick, Germany, circa 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Stylish Cabin Decor Antler Candlestick, Germany, circa 1900
A fashionable rustic candle holder, made of antlers from the deer. The spout is made of turned antler pieces. Executed in...
Category
German Rustic Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Antler
System walking stick for entomologists, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System stick: stick with the function of entomologist. Rattan cane, ivory and brass knob. Inside a brass folding lens with ivory handle and pin, also with ivory handle. France...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Antique Tabriz Carpet, Hadji Jalili Persian Rug, Earth Tones, Light Blue, Coral
Located in Port Washington, NY
Tabriz, the capital of the northwestern Iranian province of Azerbaijan, has for centuries enjoyed a great reputation as a centre of Persian culture. Under the benign patronage of Sha...
Category
Persian Tabriz Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$47,199 Sale Price
20% Off
Trio of 19th Century French Hand Penned & Annotated Fish Housed in Maple Frames
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A trio of wonderfully penned fish, with detailed annotations housed in period maple frames.
French mid to late 19th Century, age related discolouration and abrasions.
41/33/3cm
41...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Maple, Paper
Antique High Back Parlor Chair, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
French antique throne high back parlor chair with original floral upholstery and tacks. Carved wooden frame with scrolling floral motif dated 18...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$1,238 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 19th Century Sailor's Elaborate Woolie
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's elaborate woolwork, circa 1855, with a photograph of the sailor held in a woolwork frame set on the British flag on a cruciform reserve; with the "Honi Soit Qui Mal ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 19th Century Austrian Hiking Staff
Located in Chicago, IL
This one-of-a-kind Austrian hiking staff has been handcrafted from solid oak. Oak is a relatively lightweight yet sturdy material, which lends itself perf...
Category
Austrian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Brass
Ivory handle walking stick depicting Mephistopheles face, England 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: ivory carved handle. The handle depicts a caricatural face of Mephistopheles. Ebonized fruitwood shaft rustic shape. Silver ring. Metal ferrule. England circa 1870. (S...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
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