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Swedish 19th C. Bonad Angel
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 19th century Swedish folk art painting on canvas, known as a bonad, depicting a woman, perhaps an angel, in very fine clothes in a paint decorated room with a small window, with a ...
Category
1830s Swedish Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Wood and Iron Stirrups
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of late 18th early 19th century South American carved wooden stirrups. Known as estribos, each are carved from a solid block of wood. Decorated with wonderful carvings of horse heads and grape vines, these are truly charming pieces. With wrought iron stirrup rings and the original leather straps. Rich chocolate patina that only comes from age and use. Worn by Chilean huasos, highly skilled horsemen akin to America's cowboys.
Prized by collectors of horse memorabilia...
Category
1790s Chilean Spanish Colonial Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Important Antique Folk Art Carnival Figure of a Macaque
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A hollow finely carved wood macaque figure dressed as a human with short green hair, a blue jacket and yellow slacks. He stands and holds a walking stick in his left hand and crosses...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Italian Fish Sculpture Made of 18th and 19th Century Fragments
Located in Westport, CT
Unique, whimsical and original sculpture made from antique gilded carvings and vintage Murano glass. This particular fish is shown with a heavy eyebrow and murano teeth! One of two r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Driftwood
Two Folk Art Bottle Cap Baskets
Located in Branford, CT
Two folk art bottlecap baskets.
H 15-3/4" D 8-3/4"
H 14-1/2" W 12-3/4" D 9".
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$950 / item
Scratch-Built Ship Model, Circa 1900
Located in Doylestown, PA
A wonderful scratch-built ship model of a steam-sailer with full rigging, on a stand, circa 1890
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Kuba Cup Bryce Holcomb Pace Primitive Provenance
By Kuba
Located in Sharon, CT
A Kuba Head as a cup. Rich dark patina. Mount included. From The Late Bryce Holcombe Collection. Bryce was the founding director of Pace Primitive, and a personal friend.
Category
Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Framed Japanese Painting of Samurais and Archers
Located in Greenwich, CT
refined Japanese brush painting of samurais and archers in the landscape, a section originally from a handscroll.
ink and color on silk. Cons...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Set of Seven German Hat Forms
Located in Stamford, CT
Seven different style wooden hat forms from the 1930s. Each is displayed on a metal stand.
Category
1930s German Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$1,280 Sale Price / set
46% Off
Lifesize Garden Sculpture of a Woman by artist Jon Westberg
By Jon Westberg
Located in Redding, CT
Lifesize Sculpture of a Woman by artist Jon Westberg. This stunnning Industrial sculpture of a woman with umbrella is entitled "Silent Rain". Steam punk in style the figures body pa...
Category
1960s American Industrial Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum, Metal, Steel
$1,699 Sale Price
62% Off
African Mask
Located in Branford, CT
African mask. Mid 20th century. Carved wood.
H 9-1/2" W 6-1/2"
Category
Mid-20th Century Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$400
Pair of Hand Painted Early Carnival Rounding Boards
Located in Norwalk, CT
Bring an unusual piece of folk history into your home with this stunning pair of early 20th century rounding boards salvaged from a carnival. With hand painted designs and gold leaf ...
Category
Early 20th Century Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A Colima Shark Effigy Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
A Colima shark effigy vessel. Mexico. 1st Century BC - 2nd Century AD.
On stand : 7.5" h
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Primitive Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Large and Decorative African Gourd with Elephant Herd Design
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large incise decorated Gourd from Kenya. The design is of a herd of somewhat stylized overlapping Elephants marching in single file. Delicate traditional geometric blackened incise...
Category
20th Century Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Rare Mandau Sword Dayak Peoples of Borneo
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceedingly rare Museum Quality traditional Men’s Sword of the Dayak Tribal Peoples of Borneo, Indonesia. An older, traditional piece made from Carved Wood, Steel, Antler, Inlaid ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Regency Cheval Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine English early 19th century mahogany cheval mirror, the original mercury glass plate with half round molded cross-grained frame, suspended from ribbe...
Category
1820s English Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
$7,500
Signed Norman Rockwell Style Painting of Golfers by Victor Olson
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Norman Rockwell Style Painting of Golfers by Victor Olson.
Possibly of the famous Golfer Sam Snead and company, Unframed.
Victor Olson (1924-2007) of Fanton Meadows, West Red...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
$2,225 Sale Price
65% Off
Primitive Figural Sign
Located in New York, NY
A primitive figural sign of a Woman made of plywood and carved Oak.
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Plywood
$2,900
Antique Inlaid Folding Wooden Game Board
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique inlaid folding wooden game board with backgammon and checkerboard/chess board on the reverse side. The chess board with individual inlaid boxes and a string inlay border. ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mural, Oil on Canvas, P. Comstock, "Linger Longer Bar, " 1935
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fantastic and extraordinary artwork with historical and artistic importance. Mural titled "Linger Longer Bar" signed and dated by artist P. Comstock on bottom right. Depicting a multitude of well known cartoon characters of the era including Mickey and Minnie, Popeye and Olive Oyl, Little Orphan Annie and a virtual Who’s Who of early 20th Century Cartoon...
Category
1930s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Terracotta Articulated Doll Santos Figure Wearing a Bowler Hat
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual, and quite amusing Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
Omu Master
By Yoruba People
Located in Sharon, CT
Important Yoruba CarvingWoman with an Offering Bowl, reputedly by 'The Omu Master' Rich Patina. Christies lot 33 11/28/84. Ex Donald Morris Gallery
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$7,500
19th Century French Rooster Weathervane
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine French full bodied gilt copper rooster weathervane, with expressive face, fully formed tail and fantastic verdigris surface, on contemporary cast iron base
Category
19th Century French Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Powerful Carved and Painted Figural Sculpture/ New Guinea
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Powerful and haunting carved figural sculpture of a standing female figure in close embrace with an animal attendant, possibly a crocodile. The Sculpture is very worn and distresse...
Category
20th Century Asian Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique European Folk Art Painted And Carved Nautical Shop Sign
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and colorful Folk Art carved and painted Shop Sign in the form of a sky gazing gentleman with folded arms. Strongly carved, the face conveying a trustworthy and slightly whim...
Category
19th Century European Georgian Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage 15 Car Train Set or Collection
Located in Redding, CT
Vintage 15 Car Train Set or Collection .Great collector gift set of Trains for that Train enthusiast.
The set includes two 1950s American Flyer streamline aluminum trains. One engine and one pull car. Some are Lionel Trains...
Category
1950s Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Tin, Metal, Iron
$719 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century American Hand Carved Wood Horse Head
Located in Stamford, CT
American late 19th century hand carved wood head of a horse, stained black, shown wearing a bridal and bit, with mouth open as if in a full gallop. A very handsome piece of sculpture, likely a fragment from a larger piece, now mounted on a custom iron base. Great decoration for the equestrian or lover of horses. Great for mantel...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Makonde Male Figure in European Dress African Art
Located in Sharon, CT
A beautiful modern piece of sculpture of a distinguished gentleman. Executed by a Makonde master carver in ebony. Well dressed, complete with cuffs, creases and shoes.
Category
Mid-20th Century South African Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Folk Art Sermel Tonala Signed Paper Mache Duck With Glass Base
Located in Bridgeport, CT
folk art life size colorful paper mache duck figure surmounted on a custom glass base. The duck hand-painted in bright orange and gold tones. Signed as shown.
Dimensions: 17 1/2" L,...
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Paper
HBO Prop "Huber's Palace Museum" Souvenir Pennant Cart
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Colorful stage prop cart from an HBO production. Painted wood on wheels, along with two painted barrels with sticks for the pennants. This is an artist made...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th C Catalan Money Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
18th C Catalan wall-hanging money box having original powdery blue paint with original lock plate.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$3,950
Lyman Parks (Attributed to) Portraits of Mr. & Mrs. Abraham D. Martline
Located in Sharon, CT
Recent scholarship (see Emily Esser ) has argued quite convincingly that the group of very fine paintings that have been and are still being attributed to the hand of Jonas Welch Hol...
Category
1820s American Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Set of Seven Vintage Medium Sized Breyer Horses (Box 2)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Seven Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses. The set consists of three brown toned , two white toned, one grey toned Appaloosa and one black toned horse. Sizes vary by inches. Not...
Category
1970s Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Paint Decorated Santa Fe Bench from J. Seitz New Preston, CT.
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Originally acquired at the iconic New Preston, Connecticut design shop J. Seitz. A wonderful old bench with arched serpentine top and turned spindle ba...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Indian Portrait of a Prince
Located in Greenwich, CT
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper. A young prince is seated in a palace courtyard under a canopy receiving a party of noblemen. His ministers stand behind him, wearing peaked turbans with floral patterns, their gestures conveying their welcoming demeanor towards the noblemen. The guests are wearing red and blue turbans...
Category
1830s Indian Other Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$25,000
Massim Food Bowl Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea
Located in Sharon, CT
Ornately decorated rim, with abstract carvings on bottom. Beautiful rich patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Pair of Victorian Staffordshire Ceramic Recumbent Giraffe Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Each with one leg bent, and nicely colored with dotted fur details slightly different from each other, circa 1860. Green double palm trees with red fruit form the supports at the bac...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Framed 18th c. Merchant Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
A late 18th century/early 19th century trade sign from a Dutch West Indies shipping merchant. The carved wood and polychromed sign depicts a winged-foot Mercury figure surrounded by ...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Signed William Sheldon Horton Impressionist Landscape Painting
By William Sheldon Horton
Located in Redding, CT
Signed William Sheldon Horton impressionist landscape painting. This "Plein Air" artist has majestically captured the purple desert canyons of California. This substantial canvas is ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$6,852 Sale Price
65% Off
Oceanic Handled Cup With Carved And Incised Decoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Tribal carved cup with handle with incised and carved design. Possibly from the Abeam People in the Sepik Region of New Guinea, the cup has overall meandering incised design and a s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Guinean Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Mounted Turnstile “To The Fun House” from Coney Island, New York
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare and Historical Industrial Era Mounted Turnstile from the Fun House at Coney Island, New York, featuring original painted finishes mounted on wood plinth with label reading, “T...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Signed Studio Pottery Gourd by Greg Kuharic
By Greg Kuharic
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Glazed Ceramic Studio Ceramic by noted artist Greg Kuharic. Signed and dated 2005 on the base. An olive green gourd with textured spiky ribs and a ...
Category
Early 2000s Organic Modern Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mexican Terracotta Articulated Doll Figure Wearing a Military Hat
Located in Stamford, CT
Funky and very cool Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it is absolutely charming.
The military hat...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Stylized Bird Weathervane
Located in Branford, CT
Stylized weathervane. Weathered zinc and sheet iron. Circa 1900. L 30" H 20". Excellent original condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Zinc
Pair of Life Size Antique Carved and Painted Swan Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and impressive pair of hand carved Swans which may have at one time been decoys having fine form and presence. In newer white paint with black beaks and eyes. The unpainted interiors clearly showing the marks of hand-carving.
Measures: Length 37", depth 12", height 22"
Condition: Please see detail photos. The Pair with stable age cracks with one neck repaired, bubbled paint...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Crafted Styized Copper Rooster Weathervane On Base
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large well-patinated contemporary hand-crafted copper rooster weathervane mounted on a copper clad octagonal base.
The rooster is removable from the base and can rotate as desired....
Category
20th Century Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Other
Navajo Germantown Saddle Blanket
Located in Sharon, CT
Finely woven small blanket.
Category
Late 19th Century American Navajo Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Victorian Folk Art House Table or Wall Art
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa late 1800s, wood, and glass, American, possibly New York. Charming beyond belief, this polychrome Folk Art House was originally made to feature a ...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Terracotta Articulated Doll Santos Figure
Located in Stamford, CT
Amusing Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it i...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Swedish Burl Bowl of Sculptural Form
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 19th century Swedish root burl bowl retaining traces of original mustard and ox blood read paint and having lovely organic form with excellent patina.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Burl
Unique 18th Century English Carved Panel of Two Kings
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique carved Folk Art panel, dated 1768, depicting a double portrait of mythological kings, whimsically portrayed in miniature stature with protruding...
Category
1760s English Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Three Surinam Rain Forest Artifacts
Located in Sharon, CT
Three Surinam Rain Forest decorative tribal objects produced in the
Bush Negroe Villages of Guyana. A Cylindrical Drum. 25"x 8"diameter, a Rectangular Tray 25.75"x12"x.75" and a circ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Guyanese Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$900 / set
Mexican Terracotta Articulated Doll Figure, 1920's
Located in Stamford, CT
Amusing Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it i...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Important Dan N'gere Mask, Pace Primitive Provenance
By Dan People
Located in Sharon, CT
Superb mask with typically strong features and kaolin around the eyes. Advertised by Pace Primitive in Arts D'Afrique Noire 74. Ex. collection Al Ross (1911-20...
Category
Late 19th Century Liberian Primitive Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Carved Africian Wood Ceremonial Mask On Custom Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved mask, likely Baule Tribe, on custom iron display stand. With fine serene features, scarification on the forehead, delicately carved hair and surmounted by two forwa...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Whaler Made Turned Ebony Stemmed Cup
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century whaler made carved and turned ebony stemmed cup. "Manila P.I." painted on one side. Manila, Philippine Islands would have been a port of call on ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Italian Painted Commode
Located in Stamford, CT
An Italian neoclassical style painted two drawer commode raised on square tapering legs with arabesque decoration and reserved black and white panels of Asian figures.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
$9,800
Large Antique Carousel Element, Circa 1890
Located in Doylestown, PA
A unique carved element from a 19th century carousel, heavily carved with instead cut-glass mirrors and retaining its original painted finish. Would make a fun headboard for a bed.
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$975 Sale Price
56% Off
Fine Shaped Burl Tabletop with Compass Star Inlay
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early 19th Century solid burl yewwood tabletop with molded edge and scalloped sides with mahogany and sycamore compass star inlay, the who...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Yew
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Statue of a Woman
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Redding, CT
Mid-Century Modern abstract statue of a woman. Finely sculpted figure of a woman with her arms wrapped around herself in a sitting position. The scul...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Cement
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