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Period: Early 20th Century
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
'Grapes'
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
signed bottom right
watercolour on paper, unframed
painting: 8 x 10.75 inches
Delightful early 20th century French watercolour depicting this beautiful still life bowl of grapes...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
Signed bottom right
Watercolour on paper, unframed
Painting: 4.5 x 6.25 inches.
Delightful early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Hand Carved Ivory Coast Tribal Ritual and Festival Mask from the Dan Tribe
Located in Monrovia, CA
Hand Carved Ivory Coast Tribal Ritual and Festival Mask From The Dan Tribe.
Antique "Dan Tribe" Tribal Mask Originally from Ivory Coast.
Carved T...
Category
African Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Nevada Saloon Nude Painting
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Original Oil on canvas; image 80" x 57". Large Nevada saloon nude painting. Displayed at the current owners Great Grandfathers' saloon in Goldfield Nevada 1903, depicts a nude with blue ribbon shoes...
Category
American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Lizard Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mission pictorial basket with Chuckwalla lizard motif.
Period: circa 1900
Origin: California
Size: 6" diameter x 4" height.
Family Owned & Operat...
Category
American Native American Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Twig
Dogon Ladder, 6-Feet
Located in Dallas, TX
This classically made Dogon ladder is six feet tall and cut from a medium to dark color wood. The 'Y' top is necessary so that the climber may safely lean the ladder against a tree o...
Category
Malian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique drum Middle Sepik Papua New Guinea Murik Lakes Ramu Oceanic Art Iatmul
Located in Leuven, BE
Antique and exceptional drum of the Lower Sepik / Middle Sepik Papua New Guinea
A lovely patina and traces of use.
People : Iatmul?
Country Papua New Guinea
Length: 36 cm
Very good c...
Category
Papua New Guinean Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Geometric Hooked Rug
Located in Nantucket, MA
This geometric hooked rug has multicolored circles against a light colored field. A modernist design that is bold and lively. Stretched and profes...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wool
Set of Two Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Paintings, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
Two very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey,...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Polished Steel Boat Bow Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished steel bow lantern from a boat with red and blue bullseye lenses to Signal port and starboard. Brass cap and mounting flanges. Lacking burner. Weight is 2 pounds.
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Steel
African Sculpture Zaire Antique Copper Coin
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's a true antique copper coin from Zaire, very rare: a modern simple sculpture !
I saw only another one like this, but it was not authentic: done for ...
Category
Congolese Archaistic Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
1900's, English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Extravagant Green and Blue
Located in Cirencester, GB
Green and blue meadows.
English school, early 1900's.
Original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed.
Overall paper size: 7.5 x 11 inches.
...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Exceptional Anthropomorphic Statue Tshokwe Chokwe Tribe Congo 19th Angola
Located in Leuven, BE
Exceptional anthropomorphic statue from the Tshokwe / Chokwe tribe DR Congo / Angola
Tribe : Tshokwe / Chokwe
Country of origin : DR Congo / Angola
Period: 1900-1920
Height: 34 cm
V...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century, Large Terracotta Vessel, Spiked Vase African Pottery, Lobi
Located in Göteborg, SE
Beautiful large African urn in terracotta made by the Lobi people of Burkina Faso.
This urn is very decorative with a small figure sitting on the lid. The urn is 81 cm high and 45 c...
Category
Burkinabe Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
Set of 2
Watercolour on paper, unframed
Leftpainting : 5 x 7 inches, signed bottom right
bottom painting...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Set of Two Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
Two very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey,...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
French Impressionist Oil Landscape, Cattle in Meadow
By Léon Hatot
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: oil painting on thick paper, unframed.
Size: painting: 13 x 20 inches.
Provenance...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours y Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
Set of 2
Watercolour on paper, unframed
Measures: Top painting : 4.5 x 7 inches, signed bottom right
Bot...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
signed bottom right
watercolour on paper, unframed
painting: 6.75 x 4.75 inches
Delightful early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's Pink & Green
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
2 x Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Flowers"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
set of 2
watercolor on paper, unframed
Top painting : 5 x 7.75 inches, signed bottom right
bottom painti...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Landscape Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Buildings"
by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century)
Set of 2.
Watercolour on paper, unframed.
Left painting : 5.25 x 3.25 inches
bottom painting: 4.5 x 3 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Terracotta Bura Spirit Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sometimes called a "Bura bell" due to its shape, this sculptural terra cotta object was part of the Bura tribe's burial ritual. Buried with its flared mouth facing down, this cylindrical storage...
Category
Nigerien Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Oil on Board Characters on a Boat a Very Unusual Subject
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Oil on Board Characters on a Boat
A very unusual subject with several strange colourful characters at sea under a white flag
The painting is in good condition and nicely framed...
Category
Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Large Hand Carved African Teak Tribal masks
Located in Southall, GB
This large hand-carved African tribal mask showcases intricate craftsmanship with its beaten copper and tin plate detailing, enhanced by vibrant shell mosaic accents. Such masks ofte...
Category
Indian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Teak
Antique Folk Art Cane or Walking Stick with Burl Wood Handle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Folk Art cane or walking stick is completely unmarked, but presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1920 in the Folk Art style. The handle of the cane is a lacqu...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Persian Heriz Carpet, Handmade Wool Oriental Rug, Rust, Navy, Lt Blue
Located in Port Washington, NY
Heriz carpets are the staple of the furnishing market and remain the most popular of all NW Persian carpets. They were produced for the rapidly growing US market in the late 19th-ear...
Category
Persian Heriz Serapi Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
16 piece miniature modernist furniture set, Netherlands 1920s
Located in ECHT, NL
Set of 16 highly original miniature furniture. It consist of a dining table with 4 chairs, 2 beds with night stands and an occasional chair an a l...
Category
Dutch Modern Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Shell Clamp Money, Africa
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Good string of early 20th century shell money or currency from Africa. The shells have a warm patina and are attractively presented on a custom iron base. ...
Category
African Other Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Shell
Antique Persian Malayer Carpet, Handmade Oriental Rugs, Navy, Orange, Cream
Located in Port Washington, NY
Malayer is a large village located between the major weaving areas of Hamadan and Sarouk in Northwest Persia. In Malayer and the small villages surrounding it, production was almost ...
Category
Persian Malayer Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
A Baimaru Kundu drum from the Schulze Westrum collection
Located in Amsterdam, NL
New Guinea, Papua Gulf, probably Baimaru people, late 19th–early 20th century
H. 81.5 x Diam. 15 cm.
Provenance:
- Collected by German biologist and cinematographer Thomas Schulze-...
Category
Papua New Guinean Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Antique Heriz Northwest Persian Runner, Handmade Rug Navy Blue, Red, Ivory
Located in Port Washington, NY
Heriz carpets are the staple of the furnishing market and remain the most popular of all NW Persian carpets. They were produced for the rapidly growing US market in the late 19th to ...
Category
Persian Heriz Serapi Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign Very Rare
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign
Very Rare old sign with a mouth watering picture of Palethorps Royal Cambridge sausages
The sign is made in ceram...
Category
Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Early Twentieth-Century Chokwe Title Staff Resembling a Bird, Angola
Located in London, GB
Resembling the upturned beak of a bird, the shape of this early twentieth-century title staff from the Chokwe culture in Angola exhibits a beautiful, simplistic form. A series of not...
Category
Angolan Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Boho 1912 Original Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in west palm beach, FL
Introduce timeless boho charm to your space with this Vintage 1912 Original Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas. Capturing the serene beauty of nature, this hand-painted masterpiece fea...
Category
American Bohemian Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Pre World War 1 Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
By E.S. Ritchie & Co
Located in Norwich, GB
Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath.
The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation.
E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass...
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Blue and Red Enamel Barbers Pole Shop Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Rare porcelain enamel barbers pole shop sign.
This is a very rare old sign, it is American in origin, we have the red and blue stripes wrapped around a White background, and at th...
Category
American Industrial Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Early 20th Century Reclining Lobi Backrest With Two Legs
Located in London, GB
With a low seat supported by two splayed legs, this Lobi backrest from Burkina Faso exhibits a wonderful form with a long, reclining back support. Throughout, the surface of the piec...
Category
Burkinabe Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Architectural Bank Building Bronze "No" Letters
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic cast bronze vintage letters. Great way to get your point across! Salvaged from a bank building in the midwest. Great patinated bronze surface. ...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Circa 1900 Panamint Polychrome Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Panamint rectangular, finely woven, polychrome negative basket with geometric design, sides and bottom.
Period: Circa 1900
Origin: Panamint
Size: 6" x 4" x 2 1/2"
Family Owned & ...
Category
American Native American Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Two Naga hunting trophy chains
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Nagaland, North-east India, early 20th century
Probably made from dogteeth.
Category
Indian Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads, Teeth
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Folk-art Candle Stick
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Folk-art Candle Stick
A unique piece of early 20th Century folk art in the form of a hand carved geometric formed can...
Category
Unknown Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Large Finely Carved ‘Cup Carrier’ of a Women with Child
Located in London, GB
A Large Finely Carved ‘Cup Carrier’ of a Women with Child
Superb colour and rich patina
Wood
Tschokwe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Early 20th Century
Size: 42cm high - 16½ ins ...
Category
Congolese Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
3 Hand Made Folk Art Treen Items
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
3 Hand Made Folk Art Treen Items
A Bowl in fruit wood carved with a duck’s Head and Tail
A carved Letter opener from Kenya
And a Carved scoop with IPB. Carved in the handle
The s...
Category
Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Enamel Sign for Colman’s Starch
Located in Cheshire, GB
Enamel sign for Colman’s Starch, of rectangular form decorated in blue and white enamel.
Dimensions
Height 16 Inches
Width 62.5 Inches
Depth 0.5 Inches.
Category
British Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Antique carved wooden headdress from the Yoruba tribe, Nigeria, 1900-1920
By Yoruba Tribe
Located in Bilzen, BE
A carved wooden headdress from the Yoruba tribe, Nigeria
Strong expression face
Early 20th century
Rich tribal aged patina
Heigth 12 cm, diameter 12 x 13 cm
Category
Nigerian Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Sculptural One of a Kind Hand Crafted Fir. Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Organically shaped with a touch of whimsy this one of a kind pair of Fir chairs was handcrafted in 1912 in the Big Sur/Carmel region of Central California. The bottom of each chair i...
Category
American Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Persian Sultanabad Carpet, Wool Ivory, Blue, Oriental Rug Hand Knotted
Located in Port Washington, NY
Sultanabad is a region in NW, Persia. It was the site of the principle Ziegler weavings in the late 19th century. Sultanabad's are famous for their floral designs as they improved th...
Category
Persian Sultanabad Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Unusual Hand Carved Clown Motif Umbrella, Paragon, S. Fox & Co
By S. Fox & Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Hand Carved Clown Motif Umbrella, Paragon, S. Fox & Co
Category
English Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Yacht Pulley by Merriman
Located in Norwell, MA
Single sheave yacht pulley by Merriman. With polished and lacquered steel fittings and polished brass pulley wheel. Awesome restoration. Weight is 2 pound...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Frazer Nash Huge Illuminated Advertising Painted Trade Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Frazer Nash huge illuminated advertising painted trade sign
This is an advertisement for the original and famous British racing car company Fraz...
Category
Industrial Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ibo-Izzi, Nigeria Old ‘Ogbodo Enyi’ Elephant Mask
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
This mask type of the Ibo-Izzi, a subgroup of the Ibo, is actually a dance crest. The elephant mask 'ogbodo enyi' is worn horizontally on top of the head...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Early 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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