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Period: 20th Century
Tall Shepherds Walking Stick with Woodpecker Bird Head
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage style shepherds walking stick with Woodpecker head...
Category
English Victorian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$614 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-Century Era Molded Fiberglass Carnival Clown Head or Midway Game Component
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This whimsical clown head is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1965 in the period Mid-Century carnival style. The head...
Category
Canadian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fiberglass
Set of 3 Myanmarese dolls
Located in Munich, DE
Discover cultural heritage with these 3 antique Myanmarese puppet dolls— three beautifully crafted pieces once used in traditional puppeteering, brimming with history and artistic de...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,177 / set
Spanish Provincial Style Carved Horse Head Wall Plaque Sign
Located in Queens, NY
Spanish Provincial (20th Cent) style painted and carved horse head wall plaque/sign (La Taberna Caballoblanco) (Related item: 049724D).
Category
Renaissance 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Robert Fultons Steamship "The Clermont" in a Spectacular Model Form 6.5 ft long
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular Model Form of the Steamship The Clermont built Robert Fulton and serving as New Yorks first Steamship on the Hudson.
This model has a motor ( not checked for function) an...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
French Mid-20th Century Oil on Canvas
Located in Round Top, TX
A very delighted oil on canvas painting by Roland Dubuc (1924 - 1998). A charming scene of the Cafe Bar Tabac - L'Irrondelle - Cafe The Swallow. Lively bright colors and wonderful br...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Folk Art Hand-Carved "Ball in Cage" Obelisk Whimsy Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk Art whimsy 'ball in cage' obelisk sculpture whittled from one continuous piece of wood and adhered to a wooden plinth base, circa 1940s. The carved supports holding the two ball...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Stanley Szwarc stainless steel box.
By Stanley Szwarc
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a cool geometric adorned stainless steel scrap metal box made by a polish immigrant folk artist Stanley Szwarc in 1999
Category
North American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Gadget-system walking stick with bag holder function, Marktroller, Germany, 1920
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System cane: cane with bag holder function. Curious stick used to carry shopping bags, made with two upside-down V-shaped fruitwooden shafts, ending...
Category
German 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Middle Eastern Miniature Painting on Shell
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand Painted Asian Persian miniature painting on a sea oyster shell.
Middle Eastern Moorish design miniature painting on shell, very fine ...
Category
Asian Moorish 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Manhole Cover Prototype Folk Art, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely unique wooden sewer cap prototype. Made by by various wooden cubes and blocks as well as letters nailed to the front of the main ply of the cap giving it its design. The ba...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Woven Painted Basketry Old Yam Mask with Sculptural Bird Face, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early woven painted basketry yam mask from Papua New Guinea. Bug eyed or bird faced mask with heavy incrustation from many years of use, a striking mask that ...
Category
Papua New Guinean Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Stylized Cat Door Stop in the Style of Walter Von Neesen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous screeching black cat door stop in iron & steel. Stylized in the manner of Walter Von Neesen for Chase. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel, Iron
Northwest Four Figure Cedar Totem
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northwest four figure totem from British Columbia. Old black paint and integral base. Great condition and just the right size. Northwest Coast art, consisting of totem poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually made from large trees, mostly western red cedar...
Category
Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Group of Three Vintage Italian Tole Palm Tree Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Group of three mid century tole palm tree sculptures crafted in metal in a chic stylized modern form with painted leaves and faux bamboo trunks set in classic square bases with faux ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Cast Iron Cow Doorstop with Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iron Cow doorstop in pasture. This cow doorstop has amazing wear to the iron and paint. Great Patina. Time has treated this doorstop with the right kind of lo...
Category
American Country 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
48 Crocheted Stars on Graphic, Three-Dimensional Flag Made of Silk, ca 1917-1918
Located in York County, PA
48 crocheted stars on a very graphic, three-dimensional flag made from silk ribbon and crocheted rings, WWI Era (U.S. involvement 1917-18)
Homemade, ha...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Marilyn Neuhart Alexander Girard Doll Textiles and Objects
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Hand Made Doll, by Marilyn Neuhart for Textiles & Objects, which was a "pop up shop" conceived by Alexander Girard and sponsored by Herman Miller in May of 1961. See the last tw...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen, Silk
Vintage 1991 African Wooden Mask "Jambo Kenya" - 2Y361
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage African wooden mask, titled "Jambo Kenya 1991," showcases a rich cultural design and intricate craftsmanship. Carved in Kenya, this mask is a unique representation of Af...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$223 Sale Price
60% Off
Hand Carved Wood Machete
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual hand carved wood machete. Just under 2 feet in length. Brown handle with blackened blade. Wear and age to wood. Great tabletop object.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
A Powerful Baule Mask
Located in London, GB
A Powerful Baule Mask
With rich dark ‘lacquered black’ patina, excellent colour with areas of ‘kaolin’
Wood
Ivory Coast
Early 20th Century
Size: 32.5cm high - 12¾ ins high
Prov...
Category
Ivorian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$40,500
French School Teacher Educational Paintings "La Pipe", circa 1930s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Painted by a school teacher in rural Hautes Pyrenees, France. Based on the Toto, Lili, Rene and Jojo French educational stories. It is likely that the s...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
4 Bronze Brutalist Figurative Head Art Sculptures, Circa 1920
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Four striking brutalist bronze sculptures of heads, incredibly well executed by a talented and likely well trained hand but are unsigned by the artis...
Category
Canadian Brutalist 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$2,400 Sale Price / set
63% Off
Jean Bonnardel Portrait by Federico Masses
Located in New York, US
Our very large portrait of Jean Bonnardel (1899-1952), Countess Madeleine de Montgomery, by Federico Armando Beltran Masses (1885-1949) measures 77 3/8 ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Chinese Signboard with Gold Coloured Calligraphy & Hanging Hook from Hardwood
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
With a wood coloured base this signboard (crafted entirely from wood) highlights 3 large gold coloured Chinese Characters. The signboard dates to the Mid-20th Century and has aged be...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Contemporary Raku Ceramic Tribal Mask with Antlers by Argon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Contemporary Raku ceramic tribal mask with antlers by Argon
A raku fired ceramic mask by the artist Argon, purchased in the 1980s at Galleria de la Raza in San Francisco. The expression is one of wonder, with pupils of African trade beads...
Category
American Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Clay
1989 Hopi-Tewa Painted Pottery Canteen by Jean Sahme Nampeyo with Kokopelli
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisite painted pottery canteen, crafted by renowned Hopi-Tewa artist Jean Sahme Nampeyo (b. 1949), is a stunning blend of traditional Hopi pott...
Category
American Native American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Model of the America's Cup "Puritan", 1885
Located in Norwell, MA
Expertly crafted model of the America's cup yacht "Puritan". Model is built with planked mahogany deck, skylights with brass bars, brass fittings, tiller, full suit of line...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Gold Framed Embroidered Needlepoint Floral and Peacock Wall Hanging
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely square framed hand embroidered wall hanging of a peacock and roses. This beautiful piece has been cross stitched by hand in a variety of bright and bold colors. A peacock ta...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Wood
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Vintage Tribal Handwoven Ethnic Round African Basket
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large vintage Tribal handwoven bamboo ethnic round Asian basket.
Beautiful artisanal handwoven basket with tribal designs and patterns all around.
Large Asian rattan handcrafted de...
Category
Asian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Seagrass, Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Elmer Crowell Pair of Over-Sized Mallard Decoys, circa 1920, with oval brands
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Pair of Special Order Over-Sized Mallard Decoys, by J. Elmer Crowell (East Harwich: 1862 - 1952), circa 1920, a working pair of rigmate Crowell d...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Unknown, Oil on Canvas Painting Angel with Sleeping Child
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great angelic oil painting depicting an angel sheltering a sleeping child from a snake. Oil painting on canvas with vigorous pastel colors. Framed wit...
Category
German Black Forest 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
11.5" Carved wooden eagle
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a beautifully carved eagle! The artisan took great notes to detail the character and the fluidity of the bird.
Great piece for your office, living room or library.
Category
American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moorish Hand Blown Gilt Glass Bohemian Perfume Bottle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish gilt glass perfume bottle.
Hand blown glass perfume bottle gilded with 24-karat gold hand painted designs...
Category
Moroccan Bohemian 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Black Forest Mantle Carving "Antler's Clash"
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Swiss Black Forest mantle carving of two fighting stags. Great mangle carving piece. Part of the Brienz Collection but not published.
Period: circa 1920
...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon
Located in Forney, TX
Antique English Trench Art mixed metal miniature howitzer - signal style table cannon. Hand-crafted, assembled in the early 20th century, fashioned in par...
Category
European Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Old Worn Kuba Tribal Platter Incised Design, Early 20th Century, Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sweet worn, polished and smoothed Kuba ceremonial serving platter with handle and incised Classic royal Kuba knot pattern on one side.
Cra...
Category
Congolese Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
French Tole Flowers Bunch Decoration, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Interesting French tole decoration bunch of flowers in a basket, maybe a dummy board.
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tôle
A Table Mirror in Pine by a Swedish Cabinetmaker, Folk Art, Early 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
This charming hexagon shaped table mirror in pine is a stunning example of Swedish Folk Art from the early 1900s. The mirror is crafted in solid...
Category
Swedish Primitive 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$384 Sale Price
20% Off
Australian Indigenous Signed Aboriginal Art Flower Tree Landscape Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal painting featuring a flowering tree in a landscape along a pathway with geometrical designs. The pai...
Category
Australian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
A group of ten hand carved and painted wooden Napoleonic soldier figures c 1930
Located in Central England, GB
This very rare group of French Napoleonic period soldiers are completely handmade. They have each been finely carved in wood and then hand painted with great detail. Each soldier is portrayed in a different position wearing a full uniform with a backpack, sword and rifle. I have never seen anything remotely similar. This type of model is usually made from cast metal as a production figure and not as an individual one off carved sculpture. These rare figures must have taken many hours of work to produce each one. Together they form a very decorative group which would be a good addition to any military...
Category
British Napoleon III 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Sterling Silver "Home Dancer" Kachina by Navajo Silversmith Jeffery Castillo
By Jeffery Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HOME DANCER KACHINA, 1974
Sterling Silver hand sculpted "Home Dancer" Kachina statuette by renown Navajo silversmith Jeffery Castillo (1949 - )
The "Home Dancer" measures 4.75 inch...
Category
American Native American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hupa/Yurok Basketry Bowl
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hupa/Yurok polychrome basketry bowl/ Twined basket with stacked linear motifs in red and brown. 5.5" H x 9.5" D
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptiona...
Category
American Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$2,875
Large Anri Carved Wooden Sculpture Last Supper By Osvaldo Moroder 1980s or older
By ANRI
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This vintage wood carving by Anri is a beautiful work of art depicting " The Last Supper " Jesus and the Twelve Disciples. Marked on the Back and the ground. This wooden sculpture wa...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Large Pacific Coast Scenic Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large vintage Pacific Coast Highway sign reading "Pacific Coast Scenic Byway." Green sign that features birds, water, snow-capped mountains, Ever...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
20th Century-African, Iron Object Made by the Lobi Tribe of Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
An iron figurine made in Africa around the 20th century.
In many countries in Africa, iron objects are used for objects, coins, tools, and rituals.
Dogo...
Category
Burkinabe Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
JERRY HENRY - Iroquois Turtle/False Face Soapstone Carving - Canada - Circa 1970
Located in Chatham, ON
JERRY HENRY - Vintage Six Nations Iroquois soapstone carving - featuring a ceremonial hand carved false face to the back of a snapping turtle - signed on the base - Canada - circa 19...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
$266 Sale Price
30% Off
Primitive Farmhouse Bench with original paint 1930s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
1930's Original Barn Bench with original paint that has not been touched in many years. Please look at the photos, it has an unusual cut out ...
Category
American Primitive Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Murano Art Glass Paperweight Lily Shaped Flower with Curled Stem Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Italian Murano art glass lily flower with curled stem paperweight.
Beautiful blown art glass Murano lily shaped flower with a short curled stem, allowing ...
Category
Italian Organic Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Antique Oushak Carpet, Handmade Turkish Oriental Rug, Beige, Taupe, Soft Gray
Located in Port Washington, NY
Oushak rugs, also known as Ushak rugs, are woven in Western Turkey and have distinct designs, such as angular large-scale floral patterns. They usually evoke a calmness and peacefuln...
Category
Turkish Oushak 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$23,999 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage French Provincial Rattan Lidded Handled Basket
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-Century Modern vintage rattan picnic basket, 1980s, France.
Large Mid-Century Modern vintage French Provincial rattan lidded handled pic...
Category
French French Provincial 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rattan
Naive Ethiopian Painting for the 79th Anniversary Italo-Ethiopian War in 1975
Located in Budapest, HU
Mengistu Haile Mariam and other Generals looking at the celebrators
oil on canvas painting, 90 x 190 cm
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
Ethiopian Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
$9,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Popular Art Shelf in Pine, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Popular art shelf in pine circa 1900
Measures: depth : 23 cm.
Category
European Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Modernist Marble and Stone Sculpture by David F.Soule
By David F. Soule, Henry Moore
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist marble and stone sculpture by David F. Soule, hand-carved, wonderfully executed, trapizoid shape stone base, mounted carved and polished marble sphere, stunning.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Marble
George Edouard Tremblay Folk Art Hooked Rug, Mat or Tapestry of a Winter Scene
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed hooked rug or mat was done by the well known artist George Edouard Tremblay of Quebec Canada in approximately 1940 in his period Folk Art style. The rug or mat is done with wool on burlap which has been mounted on masonite board and framed in a rustic styled wooden frame. The rug depicts a winter woodland scene of a horse and sleigh and sugar shack...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
Yoruba (Nigeria) Early 20th Century Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 20th Century hand spun indigo cotton and Trans-Sahara silk cloth.
Category
Nigerian Tribal 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Orange and brown glazed ceramic vase by Joseph Talbot, circa 1940-1950.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Orange and brown glazed ceramic vase by Joseph Talbot.
Artist’s monogram under the base. Circa 1940-1950.
H : 18.9’ x 9.1’ inches.
Category
French Art Deco 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Bacchus as Harvest Jester Ceramic Mask Majolica Ceramiche Artistice, Italy
Located in Andernach, DE
Absolutely impressive Bacchus in the shape of a jester carrying a full bounty of the harvest on his head:
there is fiery red pepperoni placed as horns, a juicy plum, lemons and plent...
Category
Italian Baroque 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Santa Muerte Figures, Guatemala
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This striking pair of Guatemalan skeletal figures—male and female representations of Santa Muerte—embody the reverent and complex relationship between death, protection, and healing ...
Category
Guatemalan Rustic 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wire
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