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Style: Folk Art
Period: 20th Century
"Treasury" Still Bank, American, circa 1970
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Treasury" cast Iron still bank is a re-issue of a bank made in 1928 by the Grey Iron Casting Company, and was made by The John Wright Company in...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Contemporary Quilts from Traditional Designs by Mosey, Carol L
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Contemporary quilts from Traditional Designs by Mosey, Carol L Format/binding hardcover Book condition Used - fine Jacket condition Very good + First edition, first printing so...
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American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large University Chart “Physical Map of Africa” by Bacon
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large university chart “Physical Map of Africa” by Bacon W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Physical Maps By G W Bacon, This is colorful Physical map of North America, it is large lithograph set...
Category

Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Linen

Amazing English Architects Model, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Architects Model circa 1920 We are proud to offer a unique circa 1920s architects model of a timber-clad colonial style house in original paint. An a...
Category

British Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Seated "Cat with a Bow" Still Bank, American, circa 1922
By Grey Iron Casting Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Cat with a Bow Seated" cast iron still bank is a difficult bank to acquire and is listed in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" as #364 and rated a "D" (A to F rarity scale--A most c...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Hand Carved Vintage Hat Mold Made of Ashwood from Müller, Zürich, Switzerland
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hand carved vintage hat mold, from the hat-making company Carl Müller in Zürich. Pretty as a picture and decorative as a sculpture. Could be placed a...
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Swiss Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ash

"Toby" Jug Still Bank and Biscuit Tin, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is both a still bank and a biscuit tin. It would originally have been sold, filled with biscuits. After all of the cookies would have been consumed, the tin (rather than been thrown away) would have been used as a bank to save money. There is a slot for deposits at the back of the neck at the top (see image). Coins would have been removed by lifting or twisting the snug fitting lid. Toby is nicely hand-painted in pleasing colors of green, blue, gold, and white, with realistic flesh tones to the hands and face. The total height is 6 1/2" while the total width is 6" (includes handle). Diameter at the base is 5". This Toby figured tin was manufactured circa 1911 by the biscuit tin company of Hudson Scott located in Carlisle, England. It is marked at the bottom "Hudson Scott & Sons Ltd. Carlisle, England." It has crossover appeal into three categories of collectors. It would be a welcome addition to both the still bank collector and the biscuit tin collector...
Category

English Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Antique Child's Pedal Toy Car
Located in Oakville, CT
American vintage, antique child's pedal tricycle metal toy car in great working condition.
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

"Amérique du Sud Des Pays et des Hommes", South America Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
”Amérique du Sud Des Pays et des hommes” book. South America - Countries and People - tome 1 Amérique du Sud tome 1: Vénézuela, Colombie, Equateur, Pérou, Bolivie, Chilie Des pays...
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Guatemalan Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century American Large Scale Wood Carved C-133A Plane
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mid-century large-scale wood carved Folk Art Cargomaster C-133A. An actual barn find discovered in Washington State farm country. Hand-carved and painted. Two pieces: wing piece atta...
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Uncle Sam Still Bank 'Composition, ' circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
American manufacture; this colorful hand-painted still bank depicting Uncle Sam is all original with no repairs and no repaint. Fabulous crazing throughout indicative of original pai...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Composition

Vintage St. Therese Chalkware Bust
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large St. Therese chalkware bust found on the east coast of the United States. Great early paint surface with the right amount of ware and age. Depicts ...
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Composition

Moroccan Berber Khoumya Dagger
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Berber Tribal Khoumya Dagger. Handcrafted by Artisans in Morocco, very fine quality craftsmanship with a wooden grip engraved with Moroccan silver and chiselled in geometric Moorish designs. Handcrafted decorative Moroccan brass dagger...
Category

Moroccan Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Carved Wood Folk Art Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This carved wood Folk Art airplane has an amazing original paint surface and functional propeller and wheels.
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sheet Metal

Pair of Vintage Middle Eastern Fibulas
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful pair of vintage Middle Eastern tribal fibulas. A fibula was used to close a woman's veil in the Middle East and Africa. Handcrafted by Berber a...
Category

African Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Moroccan Tribal Silver Jewelry Set Choker and Bracelet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A Moroccan Tribal jewelry vintage set of a bracelet and a chocker inlaid with colorful glass beads in red and green and dangling coins. Silver, but not of the standard of sterling and richly embellished with applied silver designs and filigree. Chocker size: 10" height x 8" wide bracelet: 3"5 diameter x 1". German nickel silver.
Category

Moroccan Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

"Lady and Baby by The Wishing Well" Still Bank, German, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very interesting wooden still bank with lots going on. All hand-carved of wood with four small circular risers elevating the base. There is a water pump with a bucket hanging from it and a metal pumper attached to the top. A hand-carved and painted brown pine tree is attached at the opposite corner with a large water well to the other corner. A lady with outstretched arms and a "King Cole" type headdress seems to be reaching out to her baby dressed in green who is lying down on top of the well, next to the coin slot. Perhaps she is about to bathe her. A bird looks on from atop the perch protruding from the pump. Dominant hand painted colors are different shades of brown and all original with no repaint. Very nice all original paint and condition with a small chip missing here and there to this handmade, kind of "folksy", and very well done bank (see images). A round circular key lock trap for releasing the coins is on the underneath, along with "Wishing Well German" handwritten on the opposite corner (see image). Whether written by an earlier collector or maker is not known. Dimensions: 4" square x 3 5/8" high. A unique one of a kind piece to add to a collection of still banks and a nice addition to a Folk Art collection (from my own collection). I am a leading specialist in the field of antique coin...
Category

German Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Pair of Moroccan Berber Tribal Bracelets
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan Berber tribal bracelets. Moroccan tribal bracelets from the High Atlas of Morocco. Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroccan silver nickel. The ethnic Nomadic and Bedouin jewelry...
Category

Moroccan Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Silver

Doorstop "Golfer" by Hubley, circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
This doorstop, also known as "Overhead Swinging Golfer," is more difficult to find than it's "Putting Golfer" counterpart doorstop; which is also made by Hubley. Manufactured by the Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1920, this cast iron doorstop is in outstanding all original bright paint with no touch up or restoration of any kind, and in wonderful patina. It depicts an older, grey haired man, with typical knicker golf garb, taking a wild swing at a golf ball resting on the grass. It has a semi "hollow" rear with a "238" factory marking, indicating that it is, in fact, by Hubley and original. It is noted in Jeanne Bertoia's 1985 book on doorstops page 60; and referenced on page 211 of the Smith book on doorstops. A must for the doorstop or golfing memorabilia...
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Spelter Still Bank "Girl By A Barrel", German, circa 1908
Located in Incline Village, NV
The term "spelter" refers to a zinc/lead metal compound used to pour and make castings. Because of the thinness of the castings there is great detail to the subject matter of these banks. Spelter banks...
Category

German Folk Art Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Spelter

Spelter Still Bank "Seated Cat with a Bow" German, circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
The term "spelter" refers to a zinc/lead metal compound used to pour and make castings. Because of the thinness of the castings there is great detail to the subject matter of these banks. Spelter banks...
Category

German Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Spelter

American Mechanical Bank "Melody-Bank, " circa 1946
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Melody-Bank" is a rare bank and was manufactured by "Electric Coding Machine Co., N.Y.C." in 1946. American made, this is a genuine and authentic vintage mechanical bank, albeit somewhat later, having been manufactured in 1946. It maintains all of the elements of a collectible antique mechanical bank; pleasing shelf appeal and wonderful musical action. The metal faux textured, green painted casing on five sides is fronted by cardboard on wood, filled with delightful images of "children at play with money" lithography. To operate: Wind up the mechanism by turning the brass dial in front clockwise; then put a nickel, dime, or quarter in the appropriate slot at the top. Music will play as additional lithography depicting children's nursery rhymes rotate on the interior circular dial ("Little Boy Blue", "Mary Had A Little Lamb", etc.). Coins are removed by unscrewing the metal plate at the rear bottom. Bank is in excellent all original condition with fully operable musical mechanism. Dimensions: 7" high x 4 9/16" wide x 3" deep. I am a leading specialist in the field of antique mechanical coin banks...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Abstract Cubist Iron American Church Crucifix
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage iron abstract cubist crucifix from American Church. Found in the midwest. Great detail. Quite heavy.
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Folk Art Steamship of Large-Scale
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming Folk Art steamship of impressive scale.
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Vintage Persian Bakhtiari Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Bakhtiari pictorial rug from the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 10" x 6' 8"
Category

Persian Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wool

Collection of Three Black Vintage Leather Medicine Balls
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage collection of three black leather medicine balls. Excellent warm vintage patina. Traces of white painted team letters and numbers.
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

One of a Kind Italian Pair Deco Modern Art Lamps with Cast Brass Carnival Masks
Located in New York, NY
1980s vintage Italian pair of very rare lamps, entirely handmade in cast polished brass, uniquely decorated with carnival masks in different sizes, each different from the other, rai...
Category

Italian Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Metal

Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century figurine is hand-carved of bone to depict an Indian soldier holding a musket rifle. Modeled after Sowar cavalrymen who served under the British East India Com...
Category

Indian Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bone, Paint

A Large Edwardian Rocking Horse A handsome galloper
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Large Edwardian Rocking Horse A handsome galloper, he has the classic open mouthed expression, glass eyes and an arched neck, his bridle is a bit moth eaten Our fine animal has a ...
Category

Folk Art Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

Lacquered iron rocket, France early 20th century
Located in Firenze, IT
Lacquered iron rocket France early 20th century Probably part of an old amusement park attraction. wooden stand included 37 cm Conditions: good overall conditions, a bit of rus...
Category

French Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Jigger Doll “Norman”
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Jigger Doll “Norman” We are proud to offer a charming early 20th century hand carved English articulated jigger doll, whom we have lovely names Norman. Norman i...
Category

British Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

Midcentury Masai Shield, Kenya/Tanzania
Located in Schagen, NL
Masai Shield hand painted with pigments on (Cow)hide. This stunning elliptical graphic shield was probably owned by a warrior herder as younger warriors w...
Category

Kenyan Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Hide

Large Vintage Boat Model
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive handmade boat or cruiser model, expertly crafted in mahogany with brass hardware and attention to detail, retaining her original motor and named Mayflower. Presented on a ...
Category

American Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Two Silver Nomadic Kuchi Headgear
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted in Kashmir by the nomadic Kuchi tribe of Central Asia. The large silver triangular-shaped pendant is a traditional motif in Kashmir. The upper portion has the traditional...
Category

Afghan Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Large Folky Handmade Caboose-Form Toy Box
Located in New York, NY
Charming handmade toy storage box. The roof opens to revel space for toy, or whatever you'd like to store. Minor wood elements missing ( one step platform ).
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plywood

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