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Period: Mid-20th Century
Vintage Bavarian Traditional Costume Jewelry Cufflinks
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Bavarian Traditional Costume Jewelry Cufflinks
A pair Bavarian cufflinks from the middle of the 20th century. A beautiful piece of historica...
Category
German Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Silver
Camel Boots Shop or Store Sign in hardwood, Circa 1960s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good original shop or store advertising sign made for CAMEL BOOTS.
The sign is shaped as a prism with a triangular cross section and is made of...
Category
American American Classical Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Vibrant Blue Flute Player "Inolee" by Eva Fritz-Lindner
Located in South Burlington, VT
Inolee flute player- A 16 inch tall master work sculpture designed and hand-painted by Eva Fritz-Lindner
This is a creative handmade, hand-painted and hand glazed sculpture of a flute player named Inolee seated atop her favorite pet cow. It is one of Eva Fritz-Linder' rare family portrayals and is a unique creation. It was designed and hand-painted by the now deceased master artisan Eva Fritz-Lindner working at Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe over the past 50 years.
Creative design, lovely vivid colors, good opportunity to collect.
Dimensions: 16 inches tall
Glaze: Fine colors that only Eva Fritz-Lindner could execute by hand
Designer signature: signature i 3 on base
Most of her larger sculptures were produced in less than 10 copies Based Upon research and all were hand-painted individually by this artist ensuring each work of art was indeed unique.
Provenance: German collection.
Handmade, hand-painted, hand glazed
Only one.
About the artist:
The bold Folk Art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn.
From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic Folk Art animal...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$1,440 Sale Price
68% Off
Large Vintage Illuminated Advertising Letter Ř , 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage industrial illuminated letter Ř was made in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s and comes from an old advertising banner. It features a metal body and a plexiglass co...
Category
Czech Industrial Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Russian Matryoshka Nestled Dolls 'Czar Nicholas II and Family'
Located in Asheville, NC
Hand-painted and carved neastled dolls of Alexandra and Nicholas II and their four daughters, the Grand Duchess Olga in 1895, the Grand Duchess Tati...
Category
Russian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Yei Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic American Indian weaving is a Yei and is in very good condition.The colors are very subtle and calming.
Category
American Adirondack Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th C Cast Iron Toy Sedan by A C Williams Original Red with Nickel Wheels
By A. C. Williams Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and classic cast iron toy from the early thirties. In what looks like to the original Red with Nickel Wheels and the right amount of wear to th...
Category
American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron, Nickel
African Stone Sculpture, Man Bust or Mask, 1960s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
African Stone Sculpture, Man Bust or Mask, 1960s.
Small African stone statuette, standing at 11 cm tall, depicting a man's head and neck, resembling a t...
Category
Beninese Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
1956 Haitian Roosters Oil on Board Painting by Rene Exume
Located in Stamford, CT
1956 Haitian Roosters Painting by Rene Exume. Oil on board. As found wood frame. Purchased directly from the artist in 1956 in Port Au Prince, Haiti by an American Diplomat.
Category
Haitian Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint, Wood
Gorgeous Mid Century Danish Styled Teak Sailboat Sculpture 1960
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Peoria, AZ
Immaculate!
Danish Modern
Teak Sail boat Sculpture
With Removable/Articulating Sails
Circa 1960
Here is a simply fabulous Danish Modern teak sai...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Teak
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of beautiful Wood Carved Cherub Angel Heads, Vintage German, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair beautiful hand carved and hand painted cherub angel Heads, found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. Made by a woodcarver in the Oberammergau area, this area is well-know...
Category
German Baroque Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Figurines by Dr. Harley Niblack
Located in South Charleston, WV
This grouping of 3 figurines and 9 sculpture head figures were obtained directly from Dr. Harley Niblack by the consignor's father (who was also a woodt...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,590 / set
Asmat Tribe Handled Drum New Guinea
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sculptural Dance Drum hand-carved by the Asmat Tribe Papua, New Guinea. The fine Hourglass form Drum with handle on one side and flange on the other with traditional incised Mask d...
Category
Papua New Guinean Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Dance Head Ornament Representing an Antelope Head, Burkina Faso, Africa
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A beautiful stylized antelope head used as headdress on ceremonial dances. Retains the old painting and patina over the carved wood. Traded by a professor working in Africa in the 19...
Category
Burkinabe Primitive Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson Folk Art Carved Oak Oval Cutting or Cheese Board
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This solid oak oval cutting board was made by the renowned English furniture maker Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson in his signature Arts & Crafts style. The cutting board has a raised han...
Category
English Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Big Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Ancient Stained Wood Candleholder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish 'Hachero' traditional ancient stained wood candleholder. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and u...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Glen Lukens Signed Mid-Century Modern Glazed Ceramic California Pottery Bowl
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A unique and rare piece by influential Mid-Century Modern ceramist Glen Lukens whose work has become very collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Modernist Neo Sumerian style Bronze Sculpture of a Centaur, 20th Century
Located in View Park, CA
A rare and valuable modernist sculpture of a centaur, 20th century. Hand carved out of solid bronze with felted base. D’après Picasso with clear influence from Giacometti and Henry M...
Category
Brutalist Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Farmer Made Wooden Hand Painted Swiss Wall Plate with Edelweiss and Flower Motif
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This wooden hand-painted Swiss wall plate, especially one likely made by a farmer, is a charming piece of folk art that reflects the rural traditions and everyday life of Switzerland...
Category
Swiss Primitive Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folky Hand Carved Cow Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hand carved & painted folky cow wood hanging double sided trade sign.This carved cow has the original metal chain and is in great as found condition.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Ikat Textile from Timor with Naturally Coloured Dye & Tribal Motifs, 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. The blue foreground brings t...
Category
Indonesian Other Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Vintage Old Malatya Cecim Jijim Runner Kilim Rug Anatolia Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Eastern Anatolian old runner Cecim Kilim from the Malatya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Beautiful jijim is applied to the soft vertically long ...
Category
Turkish Kilim Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Large Vintage Malagasy Hand-Carved Rosewood Sculpture – 1950s - 2Y409
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This large vintage Malagasy sculpture from the 1950s-1960s is a magnificent hand-carved piece crafted from solid rosewood (palissandre). A beautiful representation of traditional Mal...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rosewood
$1,181 Sale Price
55% Off
Large Mid 20th Century Gertrud and Otto Natzler Signed Gunmetal Bowl
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Stunning large (11" x 5.5") gunmetal bowl by Gertrud and Otto Natzler circa 1960
This piece is wheel-thrown glazed earthenware.
It is signed on the bottom.
Category
American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Figure Wood Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Vintage wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been ...
Category
German Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Signed Norman Rockwell Style Painting of Golfers by Victor Olson
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Norman Rockwell Style Painting of Golfers by Victor Olson.
Possibly of the famous Golfer Sam Snead and company, Unframed.
Victor Olson (1924-2007) of Fanton Meadows, West Red...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
$2,225 Sale Price
65% Off
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 Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Caucasia Kuba Old Kilim Rug, Vintage Caucasian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a large, Caucasian Old Kilim from the Kuba region with a red background and beautiful color composition.
Kuba kilims are often decorated with large abstract indented medal...
Category
Caucasian Kilim Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Cotton
Vintage Wooden Strolling Bear Handcarved in Brienz ca. 1950
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Wooden Strolling Bear Handcarved in Brienz ca. 1950
A vintage statue of a walking bear. Made of lindenwood, finely handcarved with naturalistic details in Brienz, Switzerlan...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Signed & Dated 1930's Original Painted Cast Iron Buggy Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic original painted buggy door stop and dated 1936.The condition is very good and amazing patina.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 3 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of three table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game. The players are build buy attaching a printed photography or drawi...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
American Folk Art Five Flying Ducks Signed E.H. Hart
Located in South Burlington, VT
American folk art Pyrography pair Flying Ducks.
This is an original and beautifully detailed hand incised work of art on wood panel of five (5) flying ducks.
This unique work of art is hand incised using pyrographic techniques.
It is signed lower left E. H. Hart.
Dimensions: 9.75 iniches wide and 12 inches high.
Provenance: Old New England collection.
History of the Pyrography:
py·rog·ra·phy is the art or technique of decorating wood or leather by burning a design on the surface with a heated metallic point. Pyrography was particular popular during the last quarter of the 19th century and first quarter of the 20th century
About E.H. Hart
Hart, Ernest Huntley 'Ernest H. Hart' (New York City, 1910 - Florida, 1985).
An American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and author, Ernest Huntley Hart...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Phillips 66 Cast Aluminum Gas Sign
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
1940's Cast Aluminum Phillips 66 Gas Station Sign. This amazing piece of history is made up of individual letters that can be hung by each letter or can we attached to a support on the back as we did in the photos. Letters were professionally restored. This is a gas sign...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Woman’s Ceremonial Beaded Cache-sexe (Pikuran), Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Woman’s Ceremonial Beaded Cache-sexe (Pikuran), Cameroon
Worn by the Bana Guilli (Kirdi) women of the Mandara Mountain region in northern Cameroon, pubic aprons, or cache-se...
Category
Cameroonian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Pair of beautiful Wood Carved Cherub Angel Heads, Vintage German, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair beautiful hand carved and hand painted cherub angel Heads, found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. Made by a woodcarver in the Oberammergau area, this area is well-know...
Category
German Baroque Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1950s Glass Tile by Jacques Adnet – Textured Design - 2Y431
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage 1950s glass tile by renowned designer Jacques Adnet is a striking addition to any interior decor. Measuring 7.7 inches (19.5 cm) in both length and width, this single ti...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Vintage Middle Eastern Dallah Arabic Brass Coffee Pot circa 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern traditional Arabian brass Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased brass with riveted brass finish and a very large spout. ...
Category
Omani Islamic Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Ancient Wrought Iron Candleholder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish 'Hachero' traditional ancient wrought iron candleholder. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and us...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Fantastic and Colorful Mounted Hand-Hooked Rug from Lancaster, PA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful variations of PA. Dutch colors and typical of Lancaster Co. colors. Super geometric hand-hooked rug sewn on linen stretcher frame. The colors of salmon, orange, tan and gre...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,356 Sale Price
38% Off
Navajo Indian Weaving Folky Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This most unusual hand woven lambs wool feeling Navajo weaving pillow is in fine condition. The backing is a cotton linen. The insert is down & feather fill.
Category
American Adirondack Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Mexican Tonala Hand Painted Colorful Pottery Dove
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery dove Folk Art.
Rita Tilleya Yelapa Mexico hand painted ceramic bird dove.
Warm earth tone polychrome color...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Very Large Rare "Uncle Sam" Tramp Art Buffet
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Uncle Sam Tramp Art buffet. The back is a curtain of stars, with Uncle Sam's stove top hat. The front comes to a corner, with an eagle head on both sides, flanked by stars; 44" W x 28" D x 67" H. Solid and incredibly carved. Tramp Art of this size is not easy to come by!
Tramp art is a style of woodworking which emerged in America the latter half of the nineteenth century. Some of tramp art's defining characteristics include chip or notch carving, the reclaimation of cheap or available wood such as that from cigar boxes and shipping crates, the use of simple tools such as penknives, and the layering of materials into geometric shapes through glue or nails.
Period: After 1950
Origin: New York
Size: 44" x 28" x 67"
Tramp Art Carvings
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Special collections Tramp Art Tramp Art antiquities carvings depression hobo art stars eagles flags...
Category
American American Craftsman Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Double-sided "Pibigás" Sign in Silkscreened Iron - Italy - 1960s/'70s
Located in Milano, IT
vintage sign, double-sided sign, pibigas, 1960s advertising sign, screen printed iron sign, industrial modernism, Italian modernism, vintage advertising graphics, gas station sign, 1...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
1950s Native American Bear Snowshoes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American fisher hand woven snowshoes with colored tassels and black bear silhouettes.
PERIOD: Mid 20th Century
ORIGIN: Maine, United States
SIZE: 51"L x 13"W
Family Owned & ...
Category
American Native American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,200 / set
Kuduo - Bronze Gold Dust Vessel, Asante People, Ghana, 1940s
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A beautiful bronze vessel, lidded pot on three legs, made by the Asante People, Ghana. Nicely cast lid with 4 reptiles and a bird. Several faces are depicted on the side of the vesse...
Category
Ghanaian Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
"Magic Mouse" Mechanical Bank, Japan, circa 1964
Located in Incline Village, NV
For the mechanical bank and toy enthusiast, listed is a tin, lithographed and painted, all original 1960s mechanical bank made by the Yone Company of Japan (see image of logo on side panel). The company was founded in 1950 and is typical of the post war companies who produced outstanding children's toys. The action is unique, clever, and encourages saving money. With the bank wound (attached key wind on the underneath (see image); place a penny on the spot provided on top of the bank. The mouse dashes out of the grey shoe...
Category
Japanese Folk Art Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Cast Iron Boston Terrier Doorstop C1948
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Pair of cast iron bulldog doorstops with old repaints. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, no damage or bad repairs. Chips to ...
Category
American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$295 / item
Inuit Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Alaskan Inuit lidded basket of fine weave with top knot. Tapered from bottom to shoulder and then to top. Featuring geometric designs running diagonally up the piece in colors of red...
Category
American Native American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pierre Digan La Borne Pair of Brown and Black Stoneware Ceramic Pitchers, 1970
By Pierre Digan
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Pierre Digan.
Pair of stoneware ceramic pitchers.
Original perfect condition.
Black and brown stoneware ceramic colors.
Realised in la Borne circa 1970.
Measures: Num...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Conical Hat Mornington Island, Queensland Australia Woven Fiber on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid-20th century woven fiber and palm leaf conical hat with two vertical painted stripes on the front, from Mornigton Island, Queensland, Austral...
Category
Australian Tribal Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Set of 10 "Aujourd'hui la Bible" Illustrated Religious Volumes (1) 3Y19
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Explore the spiritual and historical depth of this rare collection, Aujourd’hui la Bible – Journal de la Vie, spanning volumes 1 through 10 (missing Tome 11). Published in 1969, thes...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th century barbers point of sale hair comb and brush
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century barbers point of sale hair comb and brush
We share what we love, and we love this rare example of an oversized point of sale barbers hair...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Set of 4 Mid-Century Rope & Wood Stool Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Set of four Mid-Century Rope & Wood Stool Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet ,the top is upholstered with a white fabric.
Measures: Height / 13 inches.
Diameter / 11 inches.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Rope, Wood
Alabama Folk Art Pottery grouping Montgomery area pre-WW2 anonymous craftsman
Located in Mobile, AL
Bark decorated folk pottery grouping. These are believed to be tourist ware made by an unidentified couple in the Montgomery area before and about the time of WW2. To date, their nam...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Signed Chamberlain Oil Painting of a Cow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th century oil painting of a cow peaking out of the barn door. This oil on canvas is signed Chamberlain and newly frame.
Category
American Country Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage British Empire Dominion Coronation Flag
Located in Hastings, GB
Patriotic British Coronation Dominions Flag
British Royal Family
The flag represents the British Empire and the unity between the UK and its dominions during the coronation of King ...
Category
British Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Carl Auböck Mid-Century Shoehorn Made from Horn
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful Mid-Century Modern shoehorn. It was manufactured in Vienna in the renowned Austrian workshops of Bauhaus-influenced designer Carl Auböck. This horn shoehorn w...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Horn
Power Squadrons Ensign Made by Annin in New York, or New Jersey, ca 1914-1945
Located in York County, PA
POWER SQUADRONS ENSIGN, MADE BY ANNIN IN NEW YORK CITY or NEW JERSEY, circa 1914-WWII ERA
The Power Squadron of the Boston Yacht Club was formed in 1914. It was the first organizati...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Swedish Dala horses and rooster by Olsson, Swedish folk art, 1960s
By Nils Olsson
Located in Delft, NL
Swedish Dala horses and rooster by Olsson, Swedish folk art, 1960s
The Dala Horse and Rooster is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue and was mainly used as a toy for childre...
Category
Swedish Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
IDA BAGUS TILEM SUAR WOOD SCULPTURE CARVED BALI 1950s
Located in Reutlingen, DE
Very abstract and unique Art Deco root wood carving made from suar wood by the renowned Balinese artist Ida Bagus Tilem (1936–1993) from Mas.
His fa...
Category
Balinese Tribal Vintage Mid-20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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