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Item Ships From: Connecticut
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
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
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
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
19th Century Eagle Painted Cast Iron Nut Cracker
Located in Stamford, CT
American 19th century eagle nut cracker. Cast iron with original painted finish.
Category
1880s American Empire Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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
Edward Halouze Russian Folk Pochoir Bookends
By Edouard Halouze
Located in Sharon, CT
A pair of wood and copper bookends with original poi choir paintings of Russian Folk Dancing scenes by the French Illustrator/Painter Edouard Halouze.
Each: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" x (5 1/4"...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
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
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
Attie Articulated Seated Female Figure
By Akan Ashanti
Located in Sharon, CT
Seated figure with articulated arms. Remains of Kaolin surface.
sits on base (base included). A large impressive piece with strong
geometric 'play'.
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Root Carving Man and Dog
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wonderful English 19th century Folk Art sculpture of a man being greeted by his dog, the figure wearing a tall Cornish hat hugging and being hugged by his adoring four legged friend,...
Category
1820s Great Britain (UK) Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
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
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
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
Large Weathered Trade Sign "Carriage Shop"
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 12 foot long trade sign displaying the words Carriage Shop on one side and Horse Shoeing on the other. In weathered early hand painted lettering on wood, with molded edging on all ...
Category
1870s American Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Group of Three Large Scale Carved Teak South Asian Musician Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A set of three large heavy carved teak musician figures. All are seated in elegant dance- like poses and wear local style loincloths, neck torques and anklets. One plays a stringed i...
Category
20th Century Asian Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Teak
Relief Carved and Painted Frigate
Located in Greenwich, CT
A rare relief carved and painted sailing ship on heavy board depicting a three-masted 26 gun third-class US naval frigate under partially reefed sail nearing a point of land with a l...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
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
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
Dayak Men’s Carved Horn Utility Knife
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine carved water Buffalo horn Men’s Utility knife in traditional form. Used for tasks within the extensive forest areas of the Dayak Tribes in Borneo, the knife has the original c...
Category
20th Century Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Unusual Odd Fellows Snake Staff
Located in Branford, CT
Unusual Odd Fellows snake staff. Stitched leather snake and carved wood with original paint. American, late 19th century.
H 79".
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Grasshopper
Located in Greenwich, CT
A grasshopper weathervane with body of pitted iron rotating on vertical rod with N E W S directionals below, now on wooden box stand with one side removable. The grasshopper was the ...
Category
1930s English Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Modern Carved Burl Wood Sculpture by Sig de Tonancour
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Striking and sensuous Carved Burl Wood Sculpture of a Female Bust signed and dated '92 on the right back side, Asian style carved and polished femal...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Burl
Luba Kifwebe Sandals
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare pair of African sandals, with beautifully articulated little Luba
'Kifwebe' (mask) heads as toe holds. Wonderful aged 'footprints'
produced from great use.
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal 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
Tradesign in the Form of a Brick Storehouse
Located in Greenwich, CT
An advertising device or tradesign in the form of a brick storehouse, with ten arched windows or pigeonholes to display merchandise, constructed as a roofed box mounted on wheels, fo...
Category
Late 19th Century American 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
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
Scottish Arts and Crafts Brass Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Scottish Arts & Crafts rectangular brass mirror decorated with a hand-hammered celtic weave surrounded by simulated rope borders. Retaining original beveled plate glass. circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Scottish Arts and Crafts Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
16th-17th Century Bellarmine Jug
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lovely late 16th or early 17th century Westphalian salt glazed stoneware jug of the "bellarmine" type. Also known as Greybeards or Bartmann jugs, these v...
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Massim Food Bowl Trobriand Islands Papua New Guinea
Located in Sharon, CT
Ornately decorated rim, with abstract carving on bottom. Beautiful rich patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Oceanic Tribal Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Roger Capron - Le Pelerin Sculpture
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Beautiful work from Roger and Jacotte Capron. What is remarkable in this couple is their symbiosis; Roger Capron designs and shapes the piece, Jacotte C...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
William Alexander Drake Oil Board, Ship at Dock
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed lower right. An impressive hulking ship with a green hull dominates the scene at a dock, perhaps for repair. The partial view of a steamship is in the right background.
Sigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of Six Medium Size Breyer Horses (Box 5)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Six Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses. All Six Breyer horses are stamped . The set consists of four brown toned horses and two whiter toned horses, one having appaloosa spots....
Category
1970s Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
Folk Art Sign-Maker's Sample Board in Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Folk Art two-sided sign maker's sample board in original paint, one side having square color samples with various border treatments, each panel numbered (one through 25), the other...
Category
Late 18th Century English Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Gold Umbrella with Rainbow Accent
Located in South Salem, NY
Stunning sun umbrella with a gilt exterior and a painted wood column with a gold finial at the top. The gold umbrella opens to reveal a brilliant pattern...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
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
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
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
Early 20th Century Joe Lincoln Scoter Decoy
Located in Stamford, CT
Joe Lincoln scoter decoy, canvas covered with tack eyes, black paint and old gunning repaint. Numerous tears to body. Branded on bottom "H. C. Hunt", circa 192...
Category
Early 20th Century American Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of Nine Small Breyer Style Horses (Box 6)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Nine Small Breyer Style Horses (Box 6)
The set consists of 9 small breyer horses , 4 are marked Breyer , 1 is marked Blue Box and 4 are unmarked . Sizes vary by inches. Not ...
Category
1970s Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
Antique Zoological Wall Chart
Located in Oakville, CT
Antique Pfurtscheller wall chart
Overall Dimensions: 53" x 56"
Chart Dimensions: 50 1/2" x 56
Materials: Paper & Linen.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Paper
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
Industrial Art Sculpture Anatomy "Random Movement" Steel I Beam
Located in Oakville, CT
Industrial art sculpture made from steel I beam, "Random Movement."
Category
20th Century American Industrial Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
1940 Dove Decoys Locustville Virginia
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique hand carved and painted folk art dove decoys. Brass plaque reads “Dove Decoys circa 1940 Locustville Virginia”. Set of 5 birds mounted with wooden pegs on paint decorated woo...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Terracotta Garden Sculpture of Young Victorian Woman
Located in Stamford, CT
This beautiful terracotta wall plaque is very unusual, salvaged from a brownstone in New York City. Made of terracotta depicting a young Victorian woman...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Large Painted Decorative Wood And Metal “Etoile” Sign
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Decorative sign. In separate white painted metal capital letters with applied mirror fleur-de-lis motifs on the ends on a gray painted wood ground.
Dimensions: 74" L, 2" D, 12 1/...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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
Large Antique Folk Art Dovecote in Gray Paint
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A notable antique Dovecote with a very Architectural presence having good size and in all original condition. Wood painted in pale gray with a cupola ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wire
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Glove Stretcher Tartan McPherson
Located in Stamford, CT
Early 19th century Scottish glove stretcher with a tartan McPherson colors. Tartan also called plaid which refers to Scottish clan colors. This is a rare piece from a private collect...
Category
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Lance Joseph (Squamish, Salish B. 1957) Carved & Hand Painted Figural Column
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved Figural Column by noted Coast Salish artist, Lance Joseph Joseph was born in 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This carved figural totem, larger than l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Native American Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
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
Vintage Industrial Era Bottle Drying Rack
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and impressive Industrial Era bottle drying rack with great traditional form and an untouched all original patina. An authentic artifact fr...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Connecticut - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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