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Technique: Hand-Painted
Strongbox Safe Chest Iron Painted Armada 12 bolt lock Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration on later sledge feet...
Category
Early 1600s German Renaissance Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
5 Large Japanese Blue and White Tea Cups of Mid-Century Studio Pottery
Located in Norton, MA
5 large Japanese blue and white tea cups of mid-century studio pottery,
depicting large fishes and shrimps.
In good original new con...
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century Grain Painted Paneled Wood Door
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous grain painted solid wood paneled door.
Painted in the Trompe loi style to imitate rosewood or another exotic wood.
Door is grain painted on one side only. Other side is ol...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Late 18th C Sailors Naval Maritime Nautical Folk Art Pen & Ink Sketch's
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming folk art pen and ink collection of sketch's housed in period glazed maple frames, the four paper leafs probably once part of a sailors diary/sketch book showing the fictio...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Chasing Star Performing a Dance - Kachina Doll by Rena Jean (Whitehorse)
Located in Soquel, CA
Chasing Star Performing a Dance - Kachina Doll by Rena Jean (Whitehorse)
Brightly painted, dynamic sculpture by Rena W. Jean ( Rena Whitehorse Jean) Hopi. The figure is dressed in o...
Category
1990s American Native American Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Leather, Wood, Paint, Feathers
19th Century American Folk Art Oil Painting Landscape Sailboats On River
Located in Stamford, CT
A 19th century American folk art oil painting on canvas depicting a river scene at dawn with a horse and rider on a bridge over a waterf...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Japanese Vintage Manekineko Cat Object 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a vintage piggy bank of manekineko cat. It is made with pottery and it was made around 1970s in Showa era.
DImensions.
10 x 6.5 x H12.5 cm
The maneki-neko is a common Japa...
Category
1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th C Folk Art J.Wheatley Jones Oil on Board Dog & Interior "Inferno" 1887
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming oil on board painting of a pondering dog in a country house kitchen. Age related craquelure to the painted surface, the odd knock and abrasion to the gilt gesso frame. But...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Pine
18th Century Hand-Painted Venetian Style Brenta Nightstands with gold-leaf tulip
By Porte Italia
Located in Ronchi dei Legionari, IT
From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Brenta Nightstand with inside drawers.
A beautiful Venetian nightstand...
Category
2010s Italian Other Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand painted Pine Wedding Cabinet, anno 1782
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A beautiful cabinet from the rural south of Germany dating from 1782. The cabinet was once given as a wedding gift. Made of solid pine and hand painted in vibrant colours. The cabine...
Category
1780s Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Hubley Puppies Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original painted Hubley cast iron door stop in great condition.Minor chips in the paint.
Category
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Canada Goose Decoy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Canada standing Goose Decoy on bent nail legs, by carver of birds and working decoys William "Roy" Mill (1902-1982), Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century Hand Painted Duck Decoy Antique, German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Found in Germany at an estate sale, this hand carved and hand painted duck decoy is perfect for the collector. Well used by a previous hunter t...
Category
1890s German Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Baule Painted Ram Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
The Baule people of the Ivory Coast used ram masks in secular, public performances. Realistically carved, and wonderfully decorated, they were designed to draw attention and enhance ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Great Tit Vichtauer Hand Carved Wood Bird Black Forest Folk Art, Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Austrian 20th century, carved wood bird, mounted on a stand for hanging. The tradition of these in Austria called "Viechtauer" birds goes back to the early 19th century w...
Category
1920s Austrian Black Forest Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
A fine Kuba Mask - Rustic African Folk Art
Located in Skien, NO
Ngaady aMwaash Mask. African Antique Folk Art Kuba Mask, originating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Property from a Private Collection. Acquired by a Norwegian Collector...
Category
19th Century Congolese Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Adire Eleko Yoruba Textile
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Adire Eleko “Spinning Tops"
Woman’s Wrapper
Yoruba People
Nigeria
Circa 1960s-1970s
Cotton brocade (bazin cloth) (3 panels), starch-resist and stencil dyed with indigo
76 ¼ x 66 ½ ...
Category
1960s Nigerian Tribal Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
1950s Floral Ceramic Wall Plaque by Swedish Tilgmans
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade Mid-Century Modern ceramic wall platter by Margit Lagerqvist for Swedish Tilgmans in 1957. Hand painted floral decor in white, yellow, orange, rose, light blue and green col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware, Pottery, Ceramic
Round Black Pedestal Dining Table, Sweden 1920
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early Swedish 20th Century Pedestal Dining Table in Black Paint.
This round table has beautiful Gustavian ribbed details with a border going around the table edge.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Overscale Vintage Carved Wood Folk Art Toy Train Set, 3 Pieces
Located in Miami, FL
Overscale vintage carved wood Folk Art Toy train set
Offered for sale is an overscale vintage carved wood folk art toy train set. The set includes 3 s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Decorative Wooden Ceiling Fan
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French black-painted wooden ceiling fan.
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Jonas Welch Holman "Portrait of a Young Man Writing with a Quill"
By Ammi Phillips
Located in Sharon, CT
Through personal communications with Emily Esser and recently published scholarship by her, (December 2, 2024) "The Chapbook Children (Jonas Welch Holman, Lyman Parks, and Dean Robe...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
1960s Dutch Papier Mache Extra Large Sea Devil Carnival Parade Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century unique and wonderfully fun large painted papier mache carnival head. This extra large "Sea Devil" head with a seahorse sticking out of the top and an eel going through th...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Folk Art Mountain Landscape Painting - Initialed & Dated - Canada - Circa 1956
Located in Chatham, ON
Mid Century folk art mountain landscape oil painting on artist's canvas board - unframed - initialed lower right - Canada - circa 1956.
Good vintage condition - no loss - no apparen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Mexican Nativity Set Folk Art Ceramic Christmas Decoration Pottery Sculptures
By Aurelio Martinez Flores
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Folkloric ceramic nativity set decorated in Tonalá, Jalisco, México. Beautifully hand painted. Handmade in clay. Includes 14 figures.
The figures are first handmade in clay and burned in a wood burned oven at low temperature, then painted with acrylic paint and decorated manually. Mexican folk art...
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Organ Bank" with Cat and Dog, circa 1882, American
By Kyser & Rex Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
This American cast iron bank known as "Organ Bank" (Cat and Dog), was manufactured by Kyser & Rex Company, Frankford, Pennsylvania in 1882. It conforms exac...
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Mexican Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Bird Folk Art
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery bird Folk Art.
Flora de la Cruz Acapulco Gro Mexico hand painted bird dove ceramic.
Warm earth tone polych...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
GORGEOUS! Incan Kero Qiru Museum Quality! Finest in world. 15th 16th Century
By Pre-Columbian
Located in Peoria, AZ
Incan Kero
Tumbler-shaped drinking vessel
Period: 15th 16th Century
Region: Peru
Material: Wood
Polychroming
Finest in the world!
Museum quality!
Keros were used in Peru to consum...
Category
16th Century Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Dora De Larios Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Large Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, rare, and unique large stoneware vase by famed Mexican American California studio art potter Dora De Larios.
De Larios was born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents. She grew up in the artistic Silver Lake district near downtown Los Angeles amongst Mexican and Nisei Japanese immigrants. As a result, De Larios was heavily influenced by ancient American...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Large Folk Art Wood Carved Deer Head with Real Antlers, Austria 19th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A great looking hand carved original wooden Folk Art deer head wall decoration. A great piece for a suitable ambiance in a trophy room or the office of a Hunter or Woodsman. More tha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Black Forest Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Maitland Smith Hand Painted Neoclassical 4-Panel Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Opulent, large scale, Maitland Smith hand-painted room divider folding screen. The Greco-Roman themed folding screen features neoclassical architecture and sculpture as decadent as the halls of the Roman Senate. Each of the four panels measures 34″ wide! The screen stands at 8 feet tall. The palatial scene could easily be used as theatrical backdrop...
Category
1990s Philippine Neoclassical Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
Vintage Christmas Big Nutcracker, Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
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 their ho...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Southwestern Native American Hopi Hand Carved Child Cradle Kachina Katsina Doll
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully hand-painted and decorated Native American Hopi Kachina Katsina doll. We believe this was a child's cradle first Kachina doll. It is hand carved from light wood (likel...
Category
20th Century American Native American Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large 20th C. Americana Folk Art Carousel with Painted Farm Animals
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., Large Folk Art carousel with animals on a rotating base.Made of wood and canvas construction, with leather and other accent materials unsigned. The animals depicted are a ho...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Paqua First Frogwoman Naha 1890-1955 Hopi Bowl
By Frogwoman
Located in Sharon, CT
Important early signed Hopi Bowl by 'First Frogwoman'.
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Wood Toy Mexican Calavera Skeleton Day of the Dead Traditional Colorful Folk Art
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Master artisans Sanjuana España Rodríguez and husband Guillermo Trejo Soriano (Guanajuato, México) have been known for hand crafting Mexican traditional toys. Sanjuana's late father ...
Category
2010s Mexican Arts and Crafts Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Mechanical Bank Speaking Dog By The Shepard Co Ca 1885; with Original Wooden Box
By Shepard Hardware Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Manufactured in 1884 by the Shepard Hardware Company in Buffalo, New York, this cast iron mechanical bank measures 7 1/8" long and is in excellent all original condition and paint, especially considering that the Shepard Company did not use a primer rendering their surface more vulnerable than say, the Steven's Company. There is no touch up or repaint, and no restoration of any kind. Colors of bright red on the dress, flesh tones, tan colored dog, and maroon base are all very bright and crisp. The bank is accompanied by the original wooden box in which it was originally shipped; a very special find and charming piece of Americana. Rare to find the original box. The bank and box came directly from an estate and the original owner, and I have owned it since then for over 35 years. The theme of the bank depicts a young Victorian girl playing with her golden retriever. It is one of only four antique mechanical banks...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century French folk-art militaria painting
Located in London, GB
19th Century French folk-art militaria painting
19th Century piece of French folk-art militaria art, gouache on paper in its original frame still with vibrant colours and detail as ...
Category
1850s French Early Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Mid Century Hand Painted Wooden Luncheonette Hot Coffee Diner Sign
Located in Milford, NH
A vintage polychrome hand painted luncheonette or diner sign on plywood featuring hot coffee, sandwiches, and tonics, signed lower right Cooley-Alton, with an additional support boar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
19th Century Painted Metal Horse Head
Located in Austin, TX
Fine metal painted head horse on horseshoe, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Country Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Carved and Painted Wood Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Carved and painted wooden soldier whirligig. Early 20th century American. Soldier has a leather hat with wooden brim. Presented on simple custom museum...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Adam and Eve from Midwest Lodge
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic hand-painted and carved lodge piece from the Midwest. Painting depicts Eve picking the apple from the snakes mouth. The Stand has a hand-carved snake that wraps around the ...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1960s Dutch Papier Mache Blue Bulldog Carnival Parade Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century unique and wonderfully fun large painted papier mache carnival head. This "Blue Bulldog" head resembles a very grumpy little cartoon bulldog with a studded collar and loa...
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
American Painted Folk Art Canopy Bed, Ex. Collection of Estee Lauder
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This is an extraordinary Folk Art painted post bed from the American southwest, circa 1830-1840.
A rare size unique Folk Art form identified as from early Germanic settlements of Texas, 19th century.
Freehand decorated headboard and canopy suspended on 4 exceptionally tall pencil posts.
This piece came to Las Vegas in early 1999 by way of an article in architectural digest
featuring Dayton Ohio antique...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Handpainted 19th Century Grand Tour Museum Copy of a Greek Geometric Amphora Jug
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite 19th-century hand-painted ceramic amphora is a finely crafted Grand Tour museum replica of an ancient Greek Geometric-style vessel, circa 800 BCE. The amphora features...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Pueblo Harvest Dance, vintage Painting by Jose Roybal (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
By Jose Roybal
Located in Denver, CO
An original watercolor painting by San Ildefonso (Pueblo) Native American artist, Jose Roybal (1922-1978) depicting the Pueblo Harvest Dance. Presented in ...
Category
1970s American Native American Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Proust armchair hand-painted in 2006 original by Alessandro Mendini
Located in Milano, IT
The Proust Armchair is Alessandro Mendini's best-known work, an icon of the twentieth century that in its various declinations has become a symbol of polychromy.
For sixteen years I...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique Early 19C Swedish Hand Painted Pine Coffer Folk Art Blanket Dowry Chest
Located in Portland, OR
A very attractive antique early 19th century hand painted folk art Swedish dowry/blanket chest, circa 1820.
The sarcophagus shaped lidded top enclosing a large storage area for clothing or bedding, the interior of the lid still possesses the original un-oxidized paint. Both the body and top of the chest retain the original hand painted decoration. The front, top and rear with oval cartouches painted with exotic birds and surrounded by stylized floral & fruiting decoration, each side has a circular cartouche with corresponding decoration. The sides of the chest have the original cast iron carrying handles, the chest is raised upon bracket feet, the chest is clean and aroma free and is ready to store your bedding, clothing or anything else you care to place in it!
Condition is very good indeed, the original painting is remarkably intact, no damage or condition issues. This very elegant antique Swedish antique...
Category
1820s Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Folk Art Pair Oversized Mistique Paper Mache Wall Figural Sculptures
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1482 Folk Art pair hand made and painted Caribbean figural wall sculptures
made from corrugated boxes and hand painted
Category
1940s Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Monumental African Baga Bansonyi Wood Serpent Snake Sculpture on Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A monumental, very tall, quite engaging African Bansonyi serpent snake sculpture/ headdress/ mask by the Baga people who reside along the coast of Guinea Bissau.
The Baga snake...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Collection of Nine Vintage Swedish Dala Horses by Nils Olsson, Sweden Folk Art
By Nils Olsson
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for a collection of nine Swedish Dala Horses by Nils Olsson. These are hand carved painted wood. The largest one is approximate 10 1/2...
Category
1970s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mexican Wood Toy Colorful Wheel of Fortune Folk Art Handmade Artisanal Mechanic
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
By master artisans Sanjuana España Rodríguez and husband Guillermo Trejo Soriano (Guanajuato, México) have been known for hand crafting Mexican traditional toys. Sanjuana's late fath...
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Pre Columbian Large Inca Early Colonial period Wood Kero South American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Large Pre Columbian INCA / Early Colonial period Wood Kero
A superb Large Inca Kero cup profusely carved in the mosaic style with a image of the Inca or...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Moorish Glazed Ceramic Vase with Arabic Calligraphy Black Writing Fez
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic is called...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Watercolor Seascape with Shipwreck
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique seascape with shipwreck on a rocky shore, mid-19th century, a watercolor on paper seascape with a shipwrecked brig on the rocks, with another squall rolling in on horizon, un...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson Canadian Studio Pottery Bowl with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Canadian studio pottery miniature bowl decorated in yellow glazes with an associated pottery stand by Lane Gordon Thorlaksson (Canadian, 1937-2009) dated 1976.
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson was born in 1937 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and moved to Vancouver as a child. In his twenties, he represented Canada in the 1959 Chicago Pan-American Games, running alongside Henry 'Harry' Winston Jerome in both the 100 yard and 220-yard dash. Following this, he attended San Jose University of California and in 1966 received a BFA in Ceramics.
Working with clay was Thorlaksson’s passion. He was fascinated with Asian ceramics, in particular the Song dynasty Chinese pot forms and glazes. In 1985, the Mayor of Vancouver, Mike Harcourt, visited China on a goodwill mission for the twinning of Vancouver with Guangzhou China. As gifts, he took with him several of Thorlaksson’s ceramics and presented them to Cao Yun-ping, Secretary-General of the People's Municipal Government of Guangzhou. The pieces were well received and local Chinese potters were interested to learn about his glazing techniques.
In 1987, Thorlaksson was invited to visit China’s Guangzhou University to exhibit more of his work. He was aided in this exchange by Joanne Mah, the Director of Intercultural Training and Educational Consultants (ITEC), who had worked with the Harcourt exchange. In 1988, she and her husband sponsored a pre-gallery showing of Thorlaksson’s ceramics at the ITEC’s Hong Kong office, prior to an exhibition at Alvin Gallery in Hong Kong. Thorlaksson was celebrated and introduced to academics and the media, including the head of ceramics at the Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts. Local Chinese potters were eager to learn about his firing techniques, which used multiple firings to create special glaze characteristics. They were also intrigued to understand how he designed his own stands as an integrated part of his presentation. Unlike Asian potters who used wooden stands, Thorlaksson produced his stands in clay, matching each stand in aesthetic and tone to its pot. This two-part process elevated his pieces to sculpture. He believed that ceramics should be viewed as fine art and not craft. He was inspired by the female form and was quoted as saying 'Most potters make pots; I make parts of people'.
The bowl is of wide squat rounded form with a fold over rim and is decorated in pale yellow glazes over a brown ground and stands on a narrow round unglazed foot. The design is probably based and inspired by a Chinese brush washer...
Category
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
"Peg-Leg Beggar" Mechanical Bank, American, circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Peg-leg Beggar" 19th century cast iron mechanical bank was probably inspired by the many disabled Civil War veterans begging for their subsistence. The bank was manufactured by the ...
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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