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Technique: Carved
Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unusual. Have never seen one like this. Most likely had a painting inset, but mirror could be placed inside. Stand alone or hang on wall.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Carved Wood Tribal Panel from Timor Island, Indonesia, Early 20th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 20th century carved wood door panel from Timor Island in the Indonesian archipelago. This antique wall panel from Timor Island (an isl...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Tribal Carved Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Hand-Carved Wood Timorese Tribal Panel Set, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
These are early 20th century carved panels from Timor Island, they have been hand carved and feature a mix of human and animal figures. They also feature ceremonial tribal designs on...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of Eight Evelyn Ackerman Carved Redwood Panels
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful and rare vintage set of (8) Evelyn Ackerman carved Redwood panels with animals and people. Designed and manufactured by Era Industries in conju...
Category
1970s American Vintage Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
19th Century Italian Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Hand-Carved Wood Javanese ‘Wayang Topeng’ Theatre Mask, Indonesia, 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This mid-20th century ‘Wayang topeng’ mask was used in Javanese masked dance performances. This mask features a bright mix of red, yellow, white & blue pol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Faux Marble Columns, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Pair of faux marble columns, circa 1880.
This lot is an exceptionally rare original pair of faux marble effect columns dated 1880. These...
Category
1880s Italian Folk Art Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments.
They are two of the same shape of tassel but in two different sizes ...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
Pair of Early 19th Century Carved Court Jesters Figural Carvings
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A very fine pair of early 19th century carved figures, of Court Jesters
These bearded gentlemen have been superbly carved in the finest detail, they original came from a piece of ea...
Category
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Batak Tribe Ceremonial Bowl from Jackfruit Wood, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Batak tribe ceremonial bowl from jackfruit wood, early 20th century. The Batak Tribes are ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia....
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Wooden Sewing Box Tramp Art Folk Art Unique Piece 1928
Located in Poperinge, BE
Antique sewing box, wooden tramp art box with green fabric parts and a pincushion at the top, unique handmade object, at the bottom a metal plate ...
Category
1920s French Folk Art Vintage Carved Folk Art
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Mexican Folk Art Woodcarving Alebrije Fortune Wheel Folkloric Art Oaxaca Toy
By Socorro Cruz Prudencio, Edilma Cruz Prudencio, Agustin Cruz Tinoco
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This colorful fortune wheel alebrije is made by Agustín Cruz Tinoco in Oaxaca Mexico.
“I came up with the idea as a toy for children,” says Mexican master wood carver Agustin Cruz ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Folk Art Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Antique Wooden Scooping / Folk art objet / Primitive Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a wooden shovel that was used in old farmers in Japan.
It is made of chestnut wood and hand-carved.
It seems that the user at that time made a hole in order to drain the wa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Chestnut
18th Century Italian Rococo Tassel Ornaments with Gold Trim 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments with gold trim.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany ...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Set of English 19th Century Spinning Tops
Located in London, GB
Set of English 19th century spinning tops
We are proud to offer a set of 19th century English spinning tops, showing a lovey natural patina with wrought...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
English Brass and Wood Barrel Nautical Spyglass James Chapman, London Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass and wood barrel nautical ship captain's spyglass with a single draw, polished sunshade, lense cap, and engraved focal tube by maker James Chapman St. Catherines Dock, L...
Category
1850s English William IV Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Carved Folk Art Eagle and Dog Snuff Box
Located in Branford, CT
A folk art carved figure of a mother eagke overseeing two eaglets and dog. Underneath is a "hidden" sliding door and compartment. American, 19th century. H 7-1/4" W 3-1/4" D 6". Cond...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Stylish Cabin Decor Antler Candle Holder with Deer Carving, Germany ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Stylish cabin decor antler candle holder with deer carving, Germany ca. 1900
A fashionable rustic candle holder, made of antlers from the deer. The spout is made of turned antler pi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
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
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Glass, Wood, Stucco
19th Century Gurage Headrest With Double-Tiered Structure, Ethiopia
Located in London, GB
Dating to the late 19th century, this is a fine and rarer form of Ethiopian headrest with a double-tiered, cone-shaped base.
Decorating the base ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Ethiopian Tribal Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
English Brass and Mahogany Yacht Binnacle Southampton, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
English yacht binnacle mounted on a mahogany rope motif base, oval glass viewing port, with the original removable brass vented side light and carrying handle. Binnacle is fitted with an interior compass submerged in alcohol signed...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf tassel ornaments.
These were once used to decorate churches for feast days like Christmas. They are hand-...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 2 Mask
Located in Paris, FR
Mask Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 2, with real natural hair Geisha wig
on head model and with Nô Theater natural wood mask.
Base: 28,5x26,3cm.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Baule Male Ndoma Portrait Mask on Mount
By Baule Tribe
Located in Chicago, IL
To relieve stress and uplift their Community, the Baule people of modern-day Côte d'Ivoire engage in a daylong masquerade known as the Mblo. A series of dances that escalate in compl...
Category
20th Century Ivorian Tribal Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Abraham Lincoln Head Folk Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc Hand carved head of Lincoln.This folky head has a black painted shirt.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Monumental 1930s Wood No Smoking Sign from New York City
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental hand carved wood sign from the 1930s. Made by H.H. Upham & Co. Interestingly, this company owned a huge sign manufacturing business in the ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Quebec Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture of St. Anthony & Jesus
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and well executed hand carved pine sculpture was done is unsigned, but believed to have been done in Quebec Canada in approximately 1850 in the period Early Victorian...
Category
Mid-19th Century Canadian Victorian Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Senufo Figure African Sculpture
By Senufo
Located in Sharon, CT
Authentic tribal piece, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
Mid-19th Century German Black Forest Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Wood
19th Century Chinese Rock Crystal Parrots
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Finely hand carved rock crystal.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Rococo Silver Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian hand-carved silver leaf tassel ornaments.
The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. These tassels were commonly used to adorn 18th and 19th century French and Italian chandeliers...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
American Carved Wood & Painted Ship Officer on Watch with Ship Lantern, C. 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American Folk Art carved wood and painted ship officer on watch standing on a two tiered squared plinth with a brass and galvanized ship lantern hanging from wrist. Late 19th Century.
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vardo Wagon Panels, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Carved wooden gypsy vardo wagon panels, circa 1880
This lot is a very rare and unique set of 6 hand carved wooden gypsy Vardo travelling wagon panel strips. The wooden panels wou...
Category
1890s British Folk Art Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Small Wooden/Metal Mortar from Yemen/Saudi Border
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century small wooden/metal Mortar from Yemen/Saudi Border.
Category
19th Century Yemeni Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pair of Moroccan Green and Brown Chiselled Ceramic Urns with Handles
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan green and brown ceramic urns with lid and handles.
Great Moorish style handcrafted and chiselled decorative ceramic urns etched with Arabic calligraphy poetry writin...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Carved Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
An early 20th century Canadian folk art maple wood carved Inuit figure group
Located in Central England, GB
This superb rare figure group is a piece of Canadian folk art. It is beautifully hand carved in Canadian yellow maple wood, a heavy, dense timber. It depicts two young indigenous pe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Carved Folk Art
Materials
Maple
Tropical Tales: Rare 19th-Century French Colonial Carved Coconut Flask
Located in New York, NY
This rare mid-19th-century French Colonial carved coconut bugbear flask is a remarkable artifact that highlights the ingenuity and craftsmanship of sailors, soldiers, or prisoners of...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Coconut
Helmet Crest Ngoin Mask from Cameroon Africa
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Helmet Crest mask is categorized as a “Babanki” style Ngoin mask from Northwestern provinces of Cameroon circa first half of 20th century. In part of highland area called “Camer...
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Late 20th Century African Carved Judicial Fang Masks
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of late 20th century African Judicial Fang carved masks.
Offered for sale is a pair of elongated carved Judicial Fang mask from Gabon. The long thin nose and white mineral pi...
Category
Late 20th Century Ghanaian Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
20th Century Antique Carved Wooden Face Mask, African Folk Art. Hangable.Decorat
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Antique Carved Wooden Face Mask, African Folk Art. Hangable.Decorative
Solid wood, hand-carved, Africa probably century
The face mask ...
Category
20th Century African Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Hand-Carved Wood Javanese ‘Wayang Topeng’ Theatre Mask, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This early 20th century ‘Wayang topeng’ mask was used in Javanese masked dance performances. This mask features a black and green polychrome finish on its ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Small Primtive Mortar
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A small primitive mortar in hardstone. Probably Asian, 19h century.
Category
Early 19th Century Asian Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Antique Carved Folk Art Wooden Wall Hanging Commemorating The Royal Mail
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique folk art hand carved wall hanging is unsigned but presumed to have been made in England in circa 1880 in the Victorian style. The wall sculpture commemorates the Royal Mail stagecoach which was used for long distance mail delivery in the mid-1800s. The carving is very intricately executed and depicts the Royal Mail coach...
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Sink Box Decoys
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of canvas back sink box canvasback decoys used by a market hunter on Long Island. Original paint. Over 20 pounds each.
Period: Last quarter 19th century
Origin: Sanders Foundr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Batak Tribe Wood Ceremonial Bowl, Sumatra, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Batak tribe wood ceremonial bowl, early 20th century
Dimensions: Diameter 56cm x height 24cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Carved Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
English Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
English Jigger Doll
We are proud to offer an early 20th century hand carved folk art English jigger doll example. Carved from pine and joined with brass supports. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate ‘toys’ for adults or children. Obtained from a private collection in London and untouched in form with all its original featured intact. They are dolls with loose limbs that step dance...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Carved Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Pair of English Regency Serpentine Painted Arm Chairs. Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English Regency serpentine splat back hand painted arm chairs with floral ribbon, swags, tassels, and medallion motif. Pair has scrolled ar...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Beech, Paint, Upholstery
Guatemalan Carved Wood Altar Figure of Angel (Gabriel), 18th century
Located in Austin, TX
Symbolism and craftsmanship aside, this Guatemalan Carved Wood Altar Figure of the Angel Gabriel from the 18th century holds within it an immense...
Category
18th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Bura Stone Funerary Marker
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract stone sculpture is a funerary marker of the Bura people of the Niger/Mali region. Little is known about the Bura civilization (c. 200 to 1000 AD), but it shares many of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Nigerien Primitive Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Rare Kanak "kagu" Wooden Bird Beak Puzzle, New Caledonia, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Rare Kanak war club of the "Kagu" type (Bird's beak) in hardwood, from New Caledonia, Melanesia, 19th century.
This is an exceptional Kanak art collector's item due to its imposing ...
Category
Mid-19th Century New Caledonian Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Chesapeake Bay Scaup Drake Sink Box Wing Decoy, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Chesapeake Bay Scaup Drake Sink Box Wing Decoy, circa 1940, a very shallow flat bodied decoy in original condition, original black and white paint on head and body, and painted...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Selection of Authentic Kongo Knives
Located in Leuven , BE
The knives were handmade with heavily decorated Forged Iron blades with embellished wooden handles. They would use brass or leather wrappings and tacks that turned their weapons into...
Category
1930s Congolese Vintage Carved Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Turquoise Frog Fetish, 1990
By Sarah Pino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frog Fetish
Turquoise and coral
Sarah Pino
1990
Measures: 1.75 inches H. x 2.50 inches L. x 2.25 inches W.
This wonderful frog fetish was carved from a single piece of turquoise by Navajo...
Category
Late 20th Century American Native American Carved Folk Art
Materials
Other
Vintage Moroccan Mirror Hand Painted with Red Moorish Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan mirror, hand painted, wooden Moorish window shaped mirror.
Beautiful hand crafted mirror in a traditional hand painted Mooris...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Carved Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint
English Regency Mahogany Marble Top Console, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany marble-top console with flanking Phoenix heads, original ormolu mounts, ebonized tapered legs, centered gilt urn and terminating on rectangular molded edge b...
Category
1790s English Regency Antique Carved Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Gold
Rustic Decor Antique Wooden Humidor
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rustic Decor Antique Wooden Humidor
A very large highly decorative rustic wooden humidor turned out from a solid thunk, tin inset. Executed, ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Black Forest Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Northwest Coast Native American Killer Whale Orca Mask, Wood, Red & Black Design
Located in Denver, CO
This intricately carved wooden mask hails from the Pacific Northwest Coast, showcasing a striking Native American Killer Whale (Orca) motif. Expertly crafted, the mask features bold ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Carved Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
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