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Item Ships From: England
Mid-20th Century Makonde Black Madonna, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century African Madonna comes from the Makonde culture, in the Matwara region of southern Tanzania.
The Madonna figure exhibits a graceful, serene facial express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal England - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Quiet Open Crop Fields
Located in Cirencester, GB
Crop Meadow
English School, early 1900's
Original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
Overall paper size: 8 x 11.25 inches
From a large private collection of Engli...
Category
Early 20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
1960's French Portrait Brunette Man Side Profile Caricature
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portr...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Pair of 19th Century French Sculptor's Stands
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 19th Century French sculptor's stands with revolving tops.These stands are made of pine with a decorative whitewash. With solid pine bases and well-worn flat revolving tops.P...
Category
Late 19th Century Rustic Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
1960's French Portrait Clerical Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, GB
French character portrait.
French school, mid 20th century.
Gouache paint on unframed paper.
Stamped.
Inscribed verso.
Image : 11.75 x 9.25 inches.
Overall painting: 25.5 x 19....
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Original French Release James Bond 007 'From Russia With Love' Poster, с.1964
By Boris Grinsson
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A very rare and original James Bond From Russia with Love / Bons Baisers de Russie (1963) Poster, French, First French release 1964. T...
Category
20th Century French England - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady in Beautiful Green Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century oil on canvas portrait of a young girl
A Delightful portrayal of a young girl she is seated wearing Purple and Lace with a Gold Locket, going by the costume we can ta...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
1920s Bulbous Folk Art Painted Spanish Lamp and Shade
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
1920s Bulbous Folk Art painted Spanish lamp and shade
This an attractive painted lamp, the lamp has a hand carved bulbous Fair Ground Twisted column which is painted in Gold, Green and Red, the paint has now aged in colour and developed a charming aged finish, the lamp has its own oversized lamp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolor painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady in Dashing Green Ball Dress
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas.
The painting, executed in gouache and pencil.
The sketch is original, vintage an...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
2 Cats and a Bone, Outsider Artist Drew, 2021
Located in Hastings, GB
This piece is titled 2 Cats and a Bone, painted in 2020 during lockdown and using an abandoned car park sign as the medium.
Measuring 152cm wide x 84cm Height
Drew is an 'Outsid...
Category
2010s British Modern England - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Very Rare Double Sided Glass Raleigh Bike Advertising Shop Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Very rare double sided glass Raleigh bike advertising shop sign
This is a beautiful Raleigh bike advertising shop sign, it is made in in a crackle fini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sporting Art England - Folk Art
Materials
Mirror
Signed French Post-Impressionist Oil, Provencal Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Provencal Landscape"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016).
Oil painting on canvas, signed.
Canvas: 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Sicilian Italian Marionette Folk Art Puppet 'Opera dei Pupi'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized late 19th century Marionette in original untouched condition, originating from Palmero Italy.
The figure is missing both arms, its original clothing is heavily fad...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Pine
English Newlyn Attributed Arts & Crafts Hand Beaten Copper Plaque with Heron
By Newlyn Industrial School
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English Arts & Crafts hand-crafted beaten copper plaque or dish with a heron attributed to renowned Cornish workshop Newlyn and dating from around 1900. The dish is ha...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
1940's Ninon Standard Twelve Colour Card Thread - New Old Stock - Set Of Ten
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's Ninon Standard Twelve Colour Card Thread - New Old Stock - Set Of Ten.
We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying ...
Category
1940s French Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Thread
Painting Naive Oil Four Cornish Luggers Spirit of Alfred Wallis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Four Cornish luggers with a lighthouse on the horizon
Oil on cardboard
Characterful naive picture in the spirit of Alfred Wallis
Measures: Board len...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
African Tribal Art Fine Baule figure
Located in London, GB
A fine Baule female figure
Standing leaning forward with serene expression with hands on abdomen
Period: early 20th century
Condition: Old Insect holes and minor damage
Measures: H ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Stained Glass Christmas Window Panel French Hand Made
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Antique Stained Glass Christmas Window Panel
French Hand Made Antique Stained Glass Christmas Window Panel
This lovely Artisan made piece has been made from 19th century jewel cryst...
Category
1960s French Provincial Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Victorian Oil Painting Artists Studio Female Portrait
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Wonderful Victorian style oil painting of a young girl
- She appears to be an arists studio as the lady behind her holds a palette in her hand
- She is talking to another man with ...
Category
1980s Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Antique Victorian Quality Oil Painting by C R Breytle
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality original antique oil painting of a horse, two dogs and a gentleman in wonderful colours and original gilt frame
A charming original artwork
H 40 x W 49 x D 5cm
Date 1880
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
William & Mary Rare Pewter Trefid Spoon with Portraits, Circa 1690
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Very rare William and Mary pewter trefid spoon the handle molded in relief with portraits and dating from around 1690. The spoon has an elongated rounded ...
Category
17th Century English William and Mary Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Bronze
Greek
First half of 4th Century BC
Size: 10.5cm high - 4¼ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Privat...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Arab boy snake charmer, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th Century French Arab patinated bronzes boy snake charmer, circa 1880.
Batch 74
Category
19th Century French Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
English ceremonial horn from the Ancient Order of Foresters, circa 1870
Located in Central England, GB
This most eye catching piece of British history is a very rare example. It would once have belonged to one of the three hundred or so lodges of the Ancient Order of Foresters which w...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Horn
Antique Vintage Rustic Folk Art Metal Farm Sign
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Metal Farm Sign
An original metal hanging sign which would have hung at the entrance to Crosscombe Farm in Somerset, the sign is double sided with identical signage on both ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Rustic England - Folk Art
Materials
Cut Steel
Male Nude Posing as Atlas, a Large Framed Study in Charcoal
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Male nude posing as Atlas, a large framed study in charcoal
This is an excellent, and due to its size, an imposing piece, an interesting life study...
Category
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts England - Folk Art
Collection of 8 Vanity Fair “Spy” Prints, etc.
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Collection of 8 Vanity Fair “Spy” Prints, etc.
A good collection of coloured prints including one of the King dating from the beginning of the...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Fairground/Carnival Roulette Games Wheel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Fairground/Carnival Roulette Games Wheel
A charming and highly decorative early 20th Century handmade scratch-built fairground / carnival games...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel South American art
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel
Chorrera Culture Circa BC 800-400 Ecuador.
A rectangular vessel surmounted by a recumbent personage in swimming pose with coffee bean eyes h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th C Elizabeth Pulman (1836-1900) Maori Portraits & Landscape Photography
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Pulman (Elizabeth, 1836-1900). A fine collection of Maori Portrait of Chiefs, natives, and landscapes of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, c .1870, albumen prints laid on contemporary...
Category
19th Century New Zealand Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paper
19th Century Igbo Iron Spiral Currency (Manilla), Nigeria
Located in London, GB
This nineteenth-century spiral currency (Manilla), from the Igbo culture in Nigeria, is impressive in its size and exhibits a wonderfully exaggerated twisted, spiral form.
Spiral ir...
Category
19th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Frazer Nash Huge Illuminated Advertising Painted Trade Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Frazer Nash huge illuminated advertising painted trade sign
This is an advertisement for the original and famous British racing car company Fraz...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Appliqué Collages Henry vii & Queen Elizabeth 1st
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A really fabulous pair of Folk Art collages by a Sophie Louise Munns (signed on the original backing paper).
Full length portraits in interior sett...
Category
Early 20th Century English England - Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Paper
19th Century Black Wrought Iron Alpine Front Door Bell
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Black Wrought Iron Alpine Front Door Bell
This is a delightful and very unusual item, the brass bell is housed in an attractive wrought Iron frame, it is suspended on ...
Category
19th Century Black Forest Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Very Collectable Antique Hand Carved Blue 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 blue flower detail
This piece is part of a suite, I ha...
Category
19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
James Purdy & Sons Enamel Sign Wall Plaque
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
James Purdy & Sons enamel sign wall plaque
Rare piece indeed this enamel sign was made for the Famous London Shop, it has the Royal appointment to HM t...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art England - Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
African Tribal Art Large Madonna figure Makonde Vintage Folk Art
Located in London, GB
African Tribal folk Art Makonde Madonna figure
A very finely executed large sculpture of a African Christian Madonna, the standing figure wearing a l...
Category
Early 20th Century Mozambican England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Brutalist North African water Bucket
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century Brutalist North African water bucket
Stud and riveted water bucket from North Africa
An amazing piece, the main body is made up with layered riveted strips of meta...
Category
Mid-19th Century Brutalist Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large Opaline Glass Pub Signs “Draught Beers” Saved During Refurbishment
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Opaline Glass Pub Signs “Draught Beers”
Saved During Refurbishment, these very good quality signs are framed in solid Walnut, the signs “DRAUGHT” & “BEERS” are on very attra...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass
Four Meissen Porcelain Plaques Depicting the Four Seasons
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This delicately detailed set of four allegorical porcelain plaques portrays family scenes within the theme of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Spring can be ide...
Category
Early 19th Century German Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Blue Candelabra by Objekti
Located in London, GB
Benjamin and Miriam, founders of Objekti, discovered the pines on a trip to Mexico and fell instantly in love with these unique and rare pieces. The pine, a symbol long associated wi...
Category
2010s Mexican England - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Tanzanian Wagogo Woven Storage Basket With Beautiful Animal Decorations
Located in London, GB
This large, two-sectioned woven cane Wagogo storage basket from Tanzania has been beautifully decorated with depictions of animals around the central band. This is one of the nicest ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal England - Folk Art
Materials
Cane
Large 19th Century Louis Philippe Painted Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful large early 19th Century Louis Philippe over mantle mirror.
Classic arched form with naturalistic vine and flower decoration, finished in hand painted soft natural tones o...
Category
19th Century Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oil on canvas, portrait of a Lady Signed GRANT 1889. The Florentine giltwood frame with scrolling leaf decoration.
Dimensions:
Height 33 inches
Width 29 inches
Depth 2.5 inches.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Georgian Painted Mirror Hall Mirrors 1900
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Georgian style decorative painted mirror.
Circa 1900
This mirror having a decorative carved pine painted frame and features a carved architectural pediment.
Presented in good condition.
Category
Early 1900s Georgian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Flag 1953
Located in Hastings, GB
British Royal Family
A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd, June 2nd 1953.
Due To The Size This Flag Would Have Been Designed t...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern England - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Royal Artillery Shell Carrier Stick Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive antique shell or cordite carrier featuring a royal crest, later used as a stick stand.
Originally for ceremonial use in a royal artillery, this early 20th century piec...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian England - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Canvas
Printing Block Wallpaper Complete Repeat Stylised Vase Sunflowers
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare woodblock with complete repeat. Of interest to wallpaper collectors or as a conversation piece in the home as a decorative carved wallhanging.
A large 19th century French wallpaper...
Category
19th Century French Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Fine Antique Irish Knobkerrie Stick Very Collectable and Primative One of Two
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this fine antique Irish Knobkerrie stick
A lovely primitive piece, used by shepherds in the late Victorian era right the way up until today
D...
Category
19th Century Irish Victorian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa
A Inca stone Llama Canopa in dark basalt stone
Finely and realistically carved with old worn aged patina,
The Canopa is used to venerate the Pacha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Alabaster
Near Eastern
3rd Millenium BC
SIZE: 9.5cm high, 9.5cm wide, 15.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 3¾ ins wide, 6 ins ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Meissen Hoopoe Birds, 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A pair of Meissen Hoopoe birds naturalistically modelled perched on leafy tree stumps after the models by J J Kandler with blue crossed sword marks, 19th century.
Batch 71 61579 ...
Category
1890s German Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Shepherds Walking Stick with Woodpecker Bird Head
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage style shepherds walking stick with Woodpecker head...
Category
20th Century English Victorian England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Located in London, GB
An Exceptional Eastern Cape Nguni Pipe Bowl and Stem
Wood, metal
Old inscription and dated: ‘1892’
South Africa
19th Century
Size: 45.5cm long - 18 ins long
Published:
‘The ...
Category
19th Century South African Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Early Bronze Horseman. Benin, Nigeria
Located in London, GB
From close examination there are many indications that this bronze figure is likely to be a early casting. The wall of the casting shows many flaws and imperfections, this can be see...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
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