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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Great Folk Art Elephant Riding Toy
Located in Branford, CT
Exceptional folk art child's ride-on toy elephant with head-turning mechanism. Carved wood with original, beautifully executed paint. Original cording tail, fabric trunk, and leather...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Toy Children's American "Flag Blocks" by The Embossing Co. New York Circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fabulous set of children's blocks (54 in all) stenciled, hand painted, and decorated on all sides, but featuring the 48 star American Flag (created in 1912 with addition of New Mexic...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Very Large Colorful Glazed Earthenware Passata Bowl
Located in Houston, TX
Very large colorful glazed earthenware passata bowl from Southern Italy (Puglia). This rustic 19th century terracotta bowl was used in ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian French Provincial Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Figurative Apache olla with crosses made inside, vertical triangles that connect in a geometric web. After an olla was filled to the brim with wild grass s...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Other
Large Modernist Abstract Sculpture "INNERWOVEN STRUCTURE" by Duayne Hatchett
By Duanye Hatchett
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large modernist abstract sculpture "INNERWOVEN STRUCTURE" by Duayne Hatchett. Amazing graceful bent layers of metal, can be mounted, hung as a mobile or on a stationary surface, i.e....
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Parchment Vintage African Tribal Art Wall Decor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African tribal art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan art pieces could be used as wall lamp s...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Moroccan Tribal Berber Wool Comb
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Moroccan tribal Folk Art Berber wool comb.
19th century, nice patina, Museum collector piece.
Category
1870s Moroccan Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Peru Pre-Inca 1270 AD Chimor Pre Columbian Double Face Vessel In Earthware
Located in Miami, FL
Pre Hispanic earth ware vessel from the pre-Inca Chimu culture.
Beautiful ancient vessel, created in northern coast of Peru around the 900 / 1470 AD. by the Chimu culture. This is...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
19th Century Sponge Ware Spittoon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This most unusual sponge ware spittoon has such a unusual shape and form. Very early form.
Category
Late 19th Century English Adirondack Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Female Kifwebe Mask with old collection label, Luba-Songye People, DR Congo
Located in Leuven , BE
Traditionally, Kifwebe masks were created and worn by members of the secret masking society, Bwadi Bwa Kifwebe, of the Luba and the Songye People living in the central part of the Co...
Category
20th Century Congolese Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Modern Abstract Carved Stone Outsider Art by Louise Abrams, c1970
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Carved stone by abstract outsider artist Louise Abrams.
This particular piece is from the artists personal collection of her own art.
Sits on a black lam...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Moorish Ceramic Vase from Fez Blue and White with Silver filigree
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous handcrafted antique Moroccan Moorish ceramic vase in Moorish style adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work with handles.
The color of the ceramic is renowned as bleu de Fez.
Blue and white footed ceramic vase...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Parchment Tribal Art Wall Sconce North African
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp s...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Pennsylvania Amish "Lemoyne Star" Hand-Stitched Cotton Quilt
Located in Barrington, IL
Beautifully hand-crafted American Amish pieced cotton quilt in a “Lemoyne Star” pattern from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania circa the mid 1900s. The prominent colors in the quilt are black and purple with individual pieces of the star pattern in green and purple hand-cut and hand-stitched. The quilt has very fine hand stitching. The Amish community in Pennsylvania hand craft the quilts for their own use using the material that they had on hand. It is a beautiful example of an upcycling and reuse of material that has utilitarian functions but is also a representation of the art and culture that is woven into it. Please note that some of the colors might be distorted in the photos. Please see the video to clarify.
Dimensions: 41” x 80”
Date of Manufacture: 2nd Quarter of the 1900s
Place of Origin: Pennsylvania, United States
Material: Cotton
Condition: Good
The Persian Knot, SKU: 2234
Amish One Star Quilt, American Amish Crib Quilts, Vintage Amish Quilts, Antique Amish Quilts, Amish American Quilts, Pennsylvania Quilts, Lancaster County Quilts...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Rocking Horse Toy All Original
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish rocking horse from Skelleftea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden .
A very charming horse with beautiful color & dotted pattern.
B...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Moorish Heads Vases Collection "Sciacca White", Set of 2, Handmade in Italy
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This collection is a work of art that make a statement in modern décor and in the modern cultural art world. It can be used as a vase containing flowers, or as a beautiful centerpiec...
Category
2010s Italian Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large African Tribal Art Parchment Wall Shade Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Art pieces could ...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
1960 Bertoncello Italian Vintage Brown Red Beige Ceramic Ashtray Bowl/Catch-All
Located in New York, NY
Create a sculptural arrangement of organic shapes, combining style statement and functionality with these Italian vintage earthenware Art pieces: a group of 4 Mid-Century Modern different ceramics is available, 3 vases and a bowl/catch-all, by Bertoncello and designer Roberto Rigon, showing inspiration from Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore work. This particular postmodern sculpture bowl is quite innovative in its aerodynamic shape for the period and particularly in the mid-20th-century ceramic sector, glazed in a beige terracotta...
Category
1960s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Stoneware
Ethnic Parchment African Art Wall Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African tribal art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan art pieces could be used as wall lamp s...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Moroccan Caftan Maxi Dress Kaftan Handmade in Morocco North Africa 1970's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan caftan in peach brocade.
Maxi dress kaftan handmade by Moroccan artist designer.
Handcrafted vintage exotic 1970s ceremonial caftan g...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Brocade
Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Dark Lava Luster Glaze Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a gorgeous, dark, iridescent metallic volcanic lava crater luster (lustre) gla...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Antique Franz Bergman Vienna Cold Painted Bronze Cobra Snake Statue Watch Holder
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Circa 1900 Austrian Vienna cold paint bronze Statue / Watch holder by the wonder that is Franz Bergman.
Fully stamped to ...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Late Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Navajo Rug Bag with Diamond Pattern in Ivory, Red, Gray & Black
Located in Barrington, IL
This unique vintage Navajo rug bag, crafted circa the mid-1900s, is a beautifully repurposed piece made from an original Native American Navajo area rug. Featuring a classic diamond ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Original New Old Stock Circa 1900 Liberty's London Marionette String Puppet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare, new old stock Liberty's London Marionette string puppet
A lovely example and a great size, it is ...
Category
Early 1900s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Pine
Moroccan Ceramic Glazed Water Jug Handcrafted in Fez Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large pair of Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic water jug with handle.
Hand painted ceramic handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
1 of 3 Signed Period Roger Guerin 1896-1954 Ceramic Stoneware Pottery Vase Pots
By Roger Guerin
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind, fully signed, original circa 1930 Roger Guerin ceramic pots of large proportions.
I have three posts for sale, one has a stitched detailing, another, fler de lis and lastly one with handles and Deers, this sale is for the pot pictured alone, the others are listed under my other items and not included in this sale
Roger Guèrin (1896-1954) was one of the leading Belgian ceramists in Bouffioulx near Charleroi. Typical was his use of flowing glazes in his decorations. He was true to the history of this region, often working on a type of hard ceramic (fired to over 1250 degrees Celsius) which was made there since the late Middle Ages. He exhibited at the Paris expos...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Wooden Decoy Duck on Stand, circa 1910
Located in Hastings, GB
Beautiful early 20th century French decoy duck. Hand carved in wood and hand painted, the decoy has a movable head that can be turned left or right, it is a...
Category
1910s French Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
American Miniature Folk Art Portrait Of a Young Gentleman
Located in Hudson, NY
Stunning little american folkhart water color of a young gentleman. Sitting with his arm over the back of what appears to be a tiger maple chair of the period. In the lower right corner we can see what is a tiger maple table...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Paint
19Thc Highly Decorated Three Gal.Cowden & Wilcox Jug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 19Thc highly blue decorated Cowden & Wilcox pottery jug is from Harrisburg,Pennsylvania and is in fine condition.The heavy blue decoration is quite unusual with a tulip va...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn from Fez with Arabic Calligraphy Pink Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand-painted with Arabic calligraphy pink writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Moroccan Mirror Hand Painted with Red and Amber 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 Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Collection of 20 Decorative and Expressive Bembe Mudzini Reliquary Heads DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
These heads allowed the relatives to always have a link with the deceased, second half of the 20th century.
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Mechanical Whirligig Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Mechanical Whirligig Figure
This quirky and highly sculptural early 20th Century American folk art mechanical whirligig figure is stood on ...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Kuba Mweel Mask
Located in Austin, TX
"Residing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Kuba people are true artisans whose craftsmanship fueled traditional rituals, performances, and storytelling. Natural materials, in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Burlap, Wood
Vintage Parchment Moroccan African Tribal Art Wall Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp sha...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Genuine 1880s Albany Slip Glazed Anna Pottery Stoneware Pig Flask
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Albany slip glazed Anna pottery stoneware pig flask by Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, Anna. Anatomically correct prone pig. In sized inscriptions "Fine Old Burmann Inn" and alongside "Lard Oil Drill". Underside flask opening under tail. Anna Pottery was s operative by the Kirkpatrick brothers between 1859 and 1896. They took part in art exhibitions such as Philadelphia Centennial in 1876 and the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago 1893. In 1938 the first inscription of Anna pottery was published in the New York Historical Society. Pieces of Anna pottery pigs...
Category
1880s American Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Hand Thrown Glazed, Signed and Dated Artisanal Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wheel thrown pottery glazed with a white glaze decorated with a hand painted blue flower pattern.
This is a one of a kind object made in the ancient way by hand in a small artisanal ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Italian Griffon Majolica Terracotta Pedestals on Plinths. Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Griffon Majolica terracotta pedestals with flanking circular floral tops and resting on molded step back plinths. Mid 19th century.
Category
1850s Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Japanese Wabi-Sabi Small Vase, Meiji Period, 1750-1850
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an old Japanese pottery.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It was used as a fire extinguishing pot.
This piece has beautiful color and texture.
It is very rare...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Vintage American Hand Hooked Rug in Rooster Pattern in Green, Brown, Khaki
Located in Barrington, IL
Vintage American hand hooked rug in a wonderful depiction of a rooster proudly standing and crowing in green, brown, wheat colors. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century American Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
19Thc Decorated Stoneware Jug From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19thc hand crafted decorated stoneware jug is in fine condition and has a floral decoration.This is a real collectors dream.It is a sweet siz...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Modern Abstract Constructivist Walnut Wood Sculpture Signed Czeslaw Budny
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This contemporary abstract wooden sculpture is by Czeslaw Budny in constructivist style circa 2022. This unique sculpture is made of recycled walnut. Budny utilizes the simplicity of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Reclaimed Wood
Antique Painted Primitive Covered & Finger Staved Sugar Pail, Bucket or Firkin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This folk art finger staved covered sugar bucket or firkin shows no indication of a specific maker, or country of origin. We presume this covered bucket...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Primitive Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Kajiwara Chiryu Japanese Menburyu Mask Depicting Furyu Character
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Presenting a captivating Menburyu mask, originating from Saga Prefecture's traditional temple drama theater in Japan. This particular mask represents the character of Furyu, a male e...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moroccan Parchment Art Wall Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade.
Ir...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Very Collectable Antique Hand Carved Double Flower Printing Block for Wallpaper
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this hand carved in sycamore wood printing block with double flower detail
This piece is part of a suite, I ...
Category
19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
Tarahumara Indian Large Water Pot with Floral Design, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Tarahumara Indian Water Pot painted with Floral Design
Sierra Tarahumara Mountains, Chihuahua, Mexico
1970s
Low fire clay.
17 inches H. x 16 inc...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Native American Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Moroccan African Art Metal Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art wall shade metal sconce shade.
These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade or just art work.
Iron frame with tribal...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Collector Moroccan Ceremonial Gold Horse Saddle Cover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan horse saddle cover made for a ceremonial Festival and shows. Elaborately embroidered overall in gold threads, comprising of a saddl...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Parchment Moroccan African Art Handpainted Wall Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shad...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Pair of Authentic Bronze African Currency Cuffs
Located in Chicago, IL
African currency bracelet made of bronze, with a rich patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Diminutive 18th Century Chippendale Hand Mirror American
Located in Hudson, NY
A highly unusual and interesting Chippendale mirror. Frame is created from a single plank of mahogany. The glass is original and in exceptional condition. This is a definite one of a...
Category
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany, Pine
Two Antique Niger Bura Peoples Fired Clay Heads on Stands
Located in Morristown, NJ
Bura fired clay heads, possibly 3rd-10th c. CE, Niger, Bura peoples. These are very expressive examples on custom mounts, the larger with manganese deposits.
Between the 3rd and 10th centuries, the dead were laid to rest at a site in present-day Niger downstream from the Inland Niger delta. The burial ground’s density and expanse suggest a veritable city of the departed. Several hundred individual graves were marked by upturned pottery urns, some of which were cylinders topped by figurative imagery. The most elaborate of these were full-bodied equestrians, while the most basic were highly abstract, independent heads.
Note: These figures will be professionally packed by a specialist shipper at the sellers expense.
Dimensions:
11.25"h x 6.75"w x 3"d and 8"h x 3.75"w (incl. stands)
Condition:
Good, wear consistent with age and materials
Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner from Dr. David Rilling, 1990s.
About Dr. David Rilling.
A Pennsylvania based medical doctor, Dr Rilling began collecting African and Oceanic antiques...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Nigerien Tribal Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Clay
18th Century Mannekin Santibelli Saint
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Intriguing 18th century Italian Santibelli in walnut. These small saint figurines were created in the spirit of the 'chreche' figurines (depiction of t...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Other Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache figural basketry olla with seven dogs on shoulder. After an olla was filled to the brim with wild grass seeds such as chia or amaranth, or domestic plant products like corn or...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Northern Plains Hair Drop
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains hair drop with red beading with accents on hide, long quilled drops ending in tin cones with red feather fluffs, long black horsehair drop now doubled up on beading.
Period: 19th century
Origin: Great Plains - Northern Plains, Native American
Size: 6" x 35" overall
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Native American, garments, Blackfeet, headdress, collectibles, antiques, Native American beadwork...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads, Feathers
19th Century Mocha Yellow Ware Mixing Bowl-Large
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large mocha blue seaweed yellow ware mixing bowl is in fine condition. Has a very nice decoration of blue seaweed pattern on the outside band.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Parchment Moroccan African Art Handcrafted Wall Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African tribal art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan art pieces could be used as wall lamp shad...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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