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Technique: Cold-Painted
Pair of Antique French Sculptural Toleware Potted Floral Bouquets or Garnitures
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique toleware bouquet sculptures are branded on the bases by an unknown maker, and date to approximately 1880 and originate from France. The bases are done in pine wi...
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Late 19th Century French Country Antique Cold-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Cold-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Fiberglass
Original Framed Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel by K. Hall
Located in Malibu, CA
Original work of art, framed, acrylic painting on wood panel. "The Mistress", by artist Kimball Hall. Incorporates primary colors in a highly stylized cubist work of art. Created in ...
Category
1990s American Modern Cold-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Austrian in the Manner of Bergman Cold Painted Bronze Moneys Riding on Dogs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming Austrian cold painted bronze depicting three monkeys riding on the back of three running dogs in the manner of Franz Xaver Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936) and dating from ar...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Cold-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Metal Brutalist Stylized Figurative Sculpture Marked "Ann"
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large metal mid-century sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1965 in a Brutalist style. The sculpture is done entirely of scrap metal...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Brutalist Cold-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Viennese Bronze Sculpture, Oriental Nude Dancer, Belly Dance
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Viennese bronze sculpture. Oriental nude dancer.
Enchanting and decorative antique bronze sculpture.
Painted bronze on marble ba...
Category
19th Century Antique Cold-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco era Gas Station Advertising Sign Atlantic Oil
Located in Ferndale, MI
Art Deco themed gas station advertising sign for Atlantic Oil (two sided).
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cold-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Steel
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Original 1950s Mid Century Brutalist Abstract Metal Modern Art Sculpture
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Located in Long Island City, NY
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Antique American Dapple Jumper Track Carousel Horse, Charles W Dare Attributed
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An antique American track machine carousel horse attributed to legendary carver Charles W. Dare Company, now mounted as a rocking horse.
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Rustic Russian Oil on Wood Painting by Leskov, Huts in Siberia
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19C. Garden Candle Lantern, Cranberry Thumbprint Glass & Cast Iron Bird Finial
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Black and Gold Lacquer Chinoiserie Door Stop
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