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Item Ships From: England
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Ink Sketch, Religious Statue
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Ink study of a religious statue
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original ink and watercolor on paper
image size: 9.5 x 4.75 inches
mat...
Category
Late 20th Century French England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique 1939 Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Compact
By Barker Brothers Silver Ltd.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George VI English sterling silver and enamel compact with military interest; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This fine antique George VI sterling silver and guilloche enamel compact...
Category
1930s English Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Powerful Female ‘Bakorozai’ Initiation Mask
Located in London, GB
A Powerful Female ‘Bakorozai’ Initiation Mask
The brown patina testifies to the ritual use and great age of this rare mask
Wood
Loma / Guerze-Kpelle, Liberia
Late 19th Century
...
Category
Late 19th Century Liberian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
English Town, Signed Original British Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
English Town
by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's
watercolour on art paper, unframed
overall paper measures: 16 x 21.5 inches
signed lower corner
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Category
Late 20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th C Naive Oil on Board, Boy & His Big Cabbage Folk Art Rutland Gallery London
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A intriguing early 19th century naive oil on board, showing a well furnished interior scene of a wee lad with a table ladened with oversized food.
circa 1810
A label on the re...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Traditional English Painting Boys Fishing near Upnor in Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1992, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Boys Fishing a Stream near Upnor in Kent. Lovely pastora...
Category
Late 20th Century English England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Hand Carved German Apothecary Shop Display Figure
Located in London, GB
19th century hand carved apothecary shop display figure.
A rare hand carved 19th century apothecary shop display figure. Of German origin this figure would likely have sat either on...
Category
1880s German Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Oak
19th Century Traditional English Painting of an Artist Sketching in Yorkshire
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - "The Challenge", an Incident Occurring During a Sketching Tour at Farnham, Yorkshire in 1945. With a rather angry looking bull tethered in the pasture, below the artist, one can only imagine the incident!
Medium: watercolor with pen and ink on stiff watercolor paper, unframed
Painting : 9.5 x 13.5 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a private UK collection of this artists work.
Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. We have measured to exclude the unpainted white edges.
Artist: Norman Arthur Olley was born in 1908 to a British Army family stationed in Lucknow, Bengal India. His mother died there in 1911, and his father in 1936.
Norman married in Gravesend Kent in 1937, and at the beginning of the war in 1939 he was an aircraft sheet metal worker.
He and his wife to Surrey in the late 1940's -early 1950's where he was a long term member of the Thames Valley Arts Club and where he regularly exhibited his work. In 1951 his painting "View from Richmond Park" was held in high regard at a very well attended exhibition in Esher, Surrey.
The East Molesey area was one of his favourite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...
Category
Late 20th Century English England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron
This is a very pretty piece, this is quite a tall girl on an oval plinth and when it has rained a little water gets trapped in her skirt and t...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
Traditional English Painting Working Horses Returning Home in Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - "The Ploughman's Return", a rural scene of English worki...
Category
Late 20th Century English England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Statue of Mary and Christ, Rochester, Kent
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1996, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Bronze Statue of Mary and ...
Category
Late 20th Century English England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Carved Wood Tyrolean Model of a Hunting Lodge, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Carved wood Tyrolean model of a hunting lodge, circa 1880.
We are proud to offer a most unusual circa 1880 carved wooden Tyrolean model of a hunting lodge with carved and painted Fo...
Category
1880s German Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
German Policeman Handcarved Folkart Midcentury Fairground Figure
Located in London, GB
Midcentury fairground figure
An extraordinary handcrafted mid-20th century fairground dodgems/go cart figure in the form of a policeman. Directing traffic flo...
Category
1950s German Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Maurice Mazeilie-French Impressionist Watercolour - Girls Beach Day
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Watercolour Beach Scene"
by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting: 7.75 x 11 inches
A delightful original oil painting by...
Category
20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Storm Approaching Paris
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Steps Into The Town, steep stone steps lead figures down amongst town buildings.
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Studio Pottery, Vase
By Studio Pottery
Located in London, GB
Glazed stoneware
H34 x D20 cm
Category
20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
1950's Modernist Painting, French Steps Up to The Church
Located in Cirencester, GB
Church Steps
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolour/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 14 x 10 inches
condition: very good and ready...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Signed Large 1960's British Original Oil Painting, the Man in the Blue Suit
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Beryl Darton (British circa 1960's).
Period: mid 20th century/ 1960's.
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed.
Size: 24 x 20 inches.
Condition: overall very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
French, Modernist Cubist Painting Bustling Paris Street Scene
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, GB
Bustling Paris street scene, Paris.
By Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021).
Watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed.
unsigned.
Stamped verso.
Measures: painting: 9.8 in...
Category
Late 20th Century French England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Charlotte McLeish, Scalloped hand platter
Located in London, GB
Terracotta clay with underglaze
W37 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
20th Century French Modernist Painting, Figures and Geese, Labbe
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures with Geese on Farmland
by Bernard Labbe (French, active mid-late 20th century)
original gouache, watercolor and ink on artist's heavy paper
size: 9.25 x 6.5 inches (sheet overall is 13.25 x 10.5 inches)
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed, the white margins surrounding the image have some minor marks
provenance: the artists atelier/ studio, France (stamped verso)
Bernard Labbe (French). The artist was based around the Laval and L'Huisserie, Mayenne, areas in the Pays de Loire. Many items in this collection bear...
Category
Late 20th Century French England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Rugs Caucasian Kazak Rugs, Blue Geometric Hand made Carpet
Located in Wembley, GB
Kazak rugs have primarily been produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces and the rugs of the Caucasus typ...
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Kazak England - Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Natural Fiber, Wool
Early 20th Century American Double Sided Whirligig Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century American double sided whirligig figure
A brilliant example of early 20th century American Folk Art. In the form of a hand carved wooden double sided whirligig f...
Category
Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Dominos
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war dominos 31
A good example of a late 19th Century Napoleonic prisoner of war (POW) hand carved set of 31 dominos, in a sliding painted ...
Category
1850s French Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Bone
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Beautiful Sunset onto Blue Sea
Located in Cirencester, GB
Sunset on sea.
English School, early 1900's.
Original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed.
Overall paper size: 7.75 x 11 inches.
From a large private collection of...
Category
Early 20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
North African Round Metal Water Vase A rather primitive piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
North African Round Metal Water Vase
A rather primitive piece, it his made from riveted iron plates, it is circular with hammered rusty steel plates this piece has a rustic appearan...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
English fairground panel
Located in London, GB
English fairground panel
We share what we love, and we love this very well carved turn off the century fairground rounders panel/frieze, depicting a...
Category
19th Century British Folk Art Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Matched Pair of Edwardian Milk Glass Shop Signs
Located in London, GB
Matched pair of Edwardian milk glass shop signs.
We share what we love, and we love this rare, matched pair of Edwardian milk glass shop signs. One stating “All kinds of repairs” ...
Category
1910s British Edwardian Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Milk Glass
Bronze Nepalese Buddha Statue Meditation Antique Buddhist Art
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Seated antique bronze Nepalese buddha staue with gold decoration highlighting the head and the frieze
This crossed legged buddha dates to circa 1880 and is suitable for out or indoor...
Category
1880s Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century British, Delft plate
Located in London, GB
Eighteenth century
Tin-glazed ceramic
d34 cm
Category
18th Century Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Bamileke Mask With Attached Original Sotheby's Receipt from 1979, Cameroon
Located in London, GB
This fine and early Bamileke mask, carved from a heavy hardwood, features a vibrant expression. The surface of the mask exhibits a deep, well-worn patina...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, a Grand Town Gathering
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
A Grand Town Gathering
by Bernard Labbe (French Mid-20th Century)
Original watercolor, ink and gouache on paper
Size: image 8.25 x 5.4 inches
Size: sheet 13.5 x 10.5 inches
Unsi...
Category
Late 20th Century French England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Self Taught Hand Carved Bird Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century self taught hand carved bird figure
We are proud to offer a wonderfully hand carved sculptural self-taught figure of a bird. This ...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Cliffs in the Distance
Located in Cirencester, GB
Cliffs
English School, early 1900's
original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
overall paper size: 7.75 x 11.5 inches.
From a large private collection of Engli...
Category
Early 20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
English Folk Art Shop Counter Milk Man Figure
Located in London, GB
English folk art shop counter milk man figure.
A charming mid-20th century folk art shop countertop display figure. In the form of a man pushing a milk cart...
Category
1950s European Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mike Dodd, Large Stoneware Pot and Cover
By Mike Dodd
Located in London, GB
Olive trailing glaze
H46 x W34 x D27 cm
Category
20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Olive
Untitled, Mix Media, 1968
Located in London, GB
Untitled, mix media, 1968
Additional information:
Style: mixed media
Label to verso
Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm
This work has been part of a private collec...
Category
20th Century English England - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century English Scratch Built Toleware Horse and Cart Model
Located in London, GB
“Where thers muck thers money”
Early 20th century English scratch built toleware horse and cart model
A wonderful example of a unique Folk Art scratch-built horse and cart model. This item is made from metal sheets, toleware and old enamel advertising signs. It would likely have been placed on a shop counter to obtain donations from customers. The carts cover...
Category
1930s Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Fine 1860's Botannical Watercolour Drawing - Painted in 1867 on the Cote D'azur
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: English/ French School, 19th century, dated 1867. The location given is on the Cote d'Azur, though the style and writing possibly more likely English.
Title: Indis...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Maurice Mazeilie, French Impressionist Oil, Hazy Summer Green Meadow Pastures
Located in Cirencester, GB
"Green Meadows"
by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
Oil painting on card, unframed.
Painting: 6.5 x 8.5 inches.
A delightful original oil painting by the...
Category
20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique circa 1880 Super Rare Black Forest Hand Carved and Painted Whip Hook
By Black Forest
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, stunning, original circa 1880 Swiss made Black Forest wood, whip hooks which has the original paint
This is a fine exa...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Charming Pair of Male and Female Toilet Signs
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Charming pair of Male and Female Toilet Signs
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls no home should be without these, painted Quirky Cast Iron Loo signs
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern England - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
20th Century French Modernist Painting, Farmworkers
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures of Farmworkers, Female
by Bernard Labbe (French, active mid-late 20th century)
original gouache, watercolor and ink on artist's heavy paper
size: 9 x 7.5 inches (sheet overall is 15.75 x 13 inches)
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed, the white margins surrounding the image have some minor marks
provenance: the artists atelier/ studio, France (stamped verso)
Bernard Labbe (French). The artist was based around the Laval and L'Huisserie, Mayenne, areas in the Pays de Loire. Many items in this collection bear...
Category
Late 20th Century French England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Large 1960's British Portrait of The Lady with Blue Eyes Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Beryl Darton (British circa 1960's)
Period: mid 20th century/ 1960's
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Size: 24 x 16 inches
Condition: overall very good, a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club of Tapered ‘Pole’ Form
Located in London, GB
An Unusual Polynesian Fighting Club of Tapered ‘Pole’ Form
Decorated all over with a geometric design and ‘glyph’ type motifs
Dark glossy patina, excellent colour, retaining the or...
Category
Early 19th Century Tongan Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Profusion of Pink Roses Bright & Colorful French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
oil on canvas, unframed
20 x 16 inches
signed front and back
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the a...
Category
20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Traditional English Painting Bolton Castle in Yorkshire, England
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - Bolton Castle, Yorkshire, England. Cattle grazing the fields below the 14th Century medieval...
Category
Late 20th Century English England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Late 18th Century Naive American School Gouache Marine, Estate Scene Maritime
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th/early 19th century gouache on paper landscape, an unusual composition with passing ships two large naval, small rowing and sail boats centred by a large country estate.
It has the feel of being American in origins, but we could be wrong. Some creasing lines are apparent, but apart fro that is good untouched condition, housed in a period maple and gilt slip frame and glazed.
Provence By descent from Douglas Shepherd (1922-1989), a designer and architect working on public houses for the brewery firm Ind Coope. He was heavily influenced by and was a serious collector of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, including leading designers and artists such as Charles Ashlee and Jessie M King...
Category
Late 18th Century American Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
17th Century Primitive Religious Carving Oak Panel 1631
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Primitive religious carving oak panel 1631
This rare piece comes from France, the somewhat Primitive carving shows the Madonna and Child sitting on the Devil who is depicted as a li...
Category
17th Century Medieval Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Chinese, Chinese Dynasty Lidded Wedding Jar
Located in London, GB
c.1890s
H24 x D20 cm
Category
20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign Very Rare
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign
Very Rare old sign with a mouth watering picture of Palethorps Royal Cambridge sausages
The sign is made in ceram...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Salisbury, Original British Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
Salisbury
by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's
watercolour on art paper, unframed
overall paper measures: 15 x 22.25 inches
titled and dated 'Oct 1989'
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Category
Late 20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Signed Early 20th Century Oil Painting, Country Morning by J Gouard
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Signed Early 20th Century Oil Painting, Country Morning by J Gouard
The painting is of cattle drinking in a stream in an elaborate Gilt Frame, the painting is in good condition wit...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
1960's British Original Oil Painting, Portrait of a Lady in Pink
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Beryl Darton (British circa 1960's)
Period: mid 20th century/ 1960's
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Size: 20 x 16 inches
Condition: overall very good, a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Pair of Indian Handmade Vintage Rajasthani Kathputli Puppets
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Pair of Indian Handmade Vintage Rajasthani Kathputli Puppets
Lovely Vintage pair of Marionette Puppets, Bride and Groom made in wood and dressed in green with silver gold trimmings...
Category
1950s Anglo-Indian Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Silk
1960's French Portrait Four Lady Caricatures
Located in Cirencester, GB
French character portrait
French school, mid 20th century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
stamped
Image : 25.5 x 19.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 19th Century Velvet and Cloth Portrait
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Mid 19th Century Velvet and Cloth applique Portrait of a man carrying a large bag. untouched original condition, found in the original straw work ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique England - Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
A Car made famous by Amelia Earhart the Kissel Gold Bug Speedster thought of as one of the ...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage England - Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
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