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Item Ships From: Fairfield County
Folk Art Carnival Sign Winged Scarab and Pyramid "Elixer of Life" Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Carnival sign with Ancient Egyptian winged scarab and pyramid, hand carved and painted advertisement for "Elixer of Life", circa 1900. This wonderful piece, a personal favorite, has ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Ceramic Gouda Charger made in Holland
By Gouda Vase
Located in Redding, CT
Large Ceramic Gouda Charger made in Holland, Gorgeous Purple toned piece with amazing detail. Nice depth to the bowl. Perfect as a large fruit bowl. 14" diameter and 2.5" height. Par...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Swiss Black Forest Carved Walnut Stag, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully carved black forest stag with antlers. Clearly carved by a master craftsman, the stag shown in a naturalistic striding pose. The lovely grain of the black walnut adds ano...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Basilius Besler Narcissus Engravings
By Basilius Besler
Located in Greenwich, CT
Atrractive pair of 17th century Narcissus botanical engravings, by Basilius Besler. Besler (1561-1629) was a prominent botanist and apothecarist in Nuremberg. He was tasked with cura...
Category
17th Century Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$6,500 / set
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carving of a Stag and Tree Nut Dish
Located in Stamford, CT
Sweet little Black Forest carving of a stag standing near a pine tree next to a brass lined nut or candy dish. Some writing bottom front in white is too worn for me to make out, prob...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Exceptional 19th C. Chahut Carousel Horse with Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
An exceptional carousel horse in original paint depicted chahut (prancing). Expressive face and features including eyes and blinkers, mane, saddle and chest harness and hooves. Weath...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Monumental Native American Hand Carved, Painted & Signed Totem Pole
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The monumental hand carved totem pole depicting a winged bird atop a figure and surmounted on a fox or bear holding a fish prey. Hand painted predomi...
Category
20th Century North American Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Antique High Wheel Bicycle
Located in Stamford, CT
Fabulous high wheeler bicycle, I believe from the Early 20th century circa 1920s. It seems to be a size smaller than a Penny Farthing and larger than a chil...
Category
Early 20th Century Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$2,048 Sale Price
34% Off
Exceptional Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with a Van Dyke mustache, sword and leather boots, she with ...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
$12,500 / set
Vintage English Nautical Binnacle in Tall Copper/ Brass and Mahogany Housing, Ty
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Made by John Lilley & Gillie Ltd., England. A standard binnacle form in copper/brass housing with arms set with red and taupe painted iron Kelvin's balls (the taupe one with open hol...
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
African Oku Tribe Carved Elephant Headress Camaroon Region
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A deftly carved Elephant Mask head dress, often erroneously called a mask as it is actually worn on the top of the head in Secret Society dances by those close to the King. A single ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Extraordinary Carved Hindu Figural Sculpture with Krishna and Arjuna in The Triu
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large scale carved wood sculpture with extraordinary detail. The entire piece represents Krishna on his peace mission and preparation for war with the hostile Duryodhana.
Later in triumph, here Krishna is the charioteer for the famed Archer Arjuna who rides in the Palaquin at back, in prayer and with his Bow and Arrow lying in front. The god Hanuman, with his monkey face and hiding a prayer scepter sits under an arch, flanked by carved peacocks.
The chariot is drawn by four horses and the Palaquin has an elaborate top. Every inch has carved decorative details. The entire piece is mounted on a carved base with leafy details and scalloped base edge. Protected in a custom Plexiglass Display Case...
Category
20th Century Indian Agra Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique French Carved Pine Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of very decorative Antique French Carved Pine Panels featuring center medallions with musical instruments, sheet music and floral/foliate motifs. Framed with raised moldings and carved leafy scrolls. Likely door insets from an Armoire...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$2,295 / set
Pair of Magnificent Antique French Carved Wood Panels Depicting the Four Seasons
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An Extraordinary Pair of early 20th century carved wood Panels depicting the Four Seasons. Tall narrow unpainted panels with high relief carved decoration with motifs of the Four Sea...
Category
Early 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Midsummer Night
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century folk-art painting on board in wonderful colors including dusty blues and oranges, depicting finely attired characters in period costumes in a bacchanalian outdoor fes...
Category
1790s Italian Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$4,900
Impressive Rooster Weathervane
Located in Greenwich, CT
Early 19th century full-bodied overscale copper weathervane of a rooster on a sphere in having wonderful form and personality, and showing superb color and verdigris patination. Fran...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Antique Ship Vessel Handle Wheel
Located in Greenwich, CT
Antique ship vessel handle wheel.
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Other Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Model Wood House
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Vintage model wood house featuring front portico and door with many windows and four dormers. House has interior bulb that functions to light interior a...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Tobacconist’s Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
English carved and polychrome decorated wood tobacconist’s trade sign in the form of a “Turk” wearing a distinctive headdress and dressed in a long robe, this advertising figure rela...
Category
19th Century British Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1930’s Louis Vuitton Monogram Cabin Trunk for Restoration
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A well worn and well-used Vuitton Cabin Trunk from the Golden Age of Travel bearing the marks, tears and losses of a well-travelled piece. Worn label insi...
Category
1930s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Hand Carved Wooden Mother and Child Statue
Located in Redding, CT
Hand carved wooden mother and child statue. Or Madonna and child. Mid Century modernist in style. Nice rich wood patina with intricate craftsme...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
$460 Sale Price
42% Off
Signed Curtis Jere Sculpture of a Church with Village
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Curtis Jere sculpture of a church with village. Signed and dated 1972. Nice 3D design.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
$792 Sale Price
68% Off
Important Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Greenwich, CT
A mid 19th Century folk art trade sign of demilune form, depicting a Native American chief holding a peace pipe and tomahawk wearing a headdress of white and red feathers, wearing a decorated tunic, supported by “s” scrolls, possibly a cover for a paddle boat wheel...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$10,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Classic Moroccan Leather Camel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Decorative and large Classic Moroccan Leather Camel in very good condition. Standing on four legs with slightly uplifted head, black eyes, curled ears and full reins.
Dimensions: 1...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Folk Art Bottle Cap Snake
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A whimsical and surprisingly decorative Snake constructed of dozens of colorful bottle caps pierced and strung on a length of strong metal wire allowing twists and turns into many co...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Iatmul People "Mei" Mask Sepik River New Guinea
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and powerfully carved Ceremonial Mask from New Guinea. In mineral paints with Cowrie Shell Eyes. Collected in Kaminabit, Middle Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea.
The Mei is t...
Category
20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rare Early 19th Century Artist's Mannequin
Located in Greenwich, CT
Early 19th century carved walnut artist's model, unusually carved with full head of curly hair and mustachioed face, the limbs articulated and possessing good rich patination.
Category
1820s European Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Massive Merchant Schooner Model
Located in Greenwich, CT
Impressive and rare example of a model English merchant sailing vessel, circa 1860, that plied the China Trade from England to Hong Kong. The ship has the sail rig of the Sandy Hook pilot boats...
Category
1860s English Sporting Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Wood
Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to become officers in the French Milita...
Category
1970s French Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Felt
Mid 19th Century Antique Wooden Rocking Horse on Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
A wonderful mid 19th Century folk working wooden rocking horse painted in early white paint, with glass eyes {one missing} real mane and tail hair, leather saddle on a wooden frame. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Atlantic City Souvenir Penny Game from Boardwalk Empire
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Historical artifact once used in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. Maple cabinet with brass plaques and painted iron mechanism. Costing two quarters and a penny to play. Not tested ...
Category
20th Century American Industrial Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Fine Traditional French Provincial Dark Stained Armoire
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Very fine traditional antique French armoire with a useful and hard to come by 12” depth. A carved bonnet over a frieze with carved cross motif. With the Classic shaped and carved burled door panels with patinated metal escutcheons (lacking a key). Five newer custom shelves...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Fairfield County - 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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Older Yoruba African Carved and Painted Mask, Labeled
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An older small scale mask carved and painted white (now worn) with painted blue and black features and a black top knot. Marked on interior tape, “Yoruba”. The Mask with good age, fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Frank Vincent DuMond Impressionist Painting
Located in Redding, CT
Frank Vincent DuMond painting. Bucolic setting of a woman in a pastoral scene by a river. She is seated reading and dressed in an Edwardian, early 20th century clothing. Signed lower left. "To My Friend Mr.Kempshall, Frank V. DuMond".
Frank Vincent DuMond was one of the most influential teacher-painters in 20th century America. He was an illustrator and American Impressionist painter of portraits and landscapes, and a prominent teacher who instructed thousands of art students throughout a career spanning over fifty years.
In a teaching career spanning more than fifty years, DuMond taught thousands of artists at the art students league. His students included Norman Rockwell, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Marin, Frank J. Reilly,Charles Webster Hawthorne,Frank Herbert Mason,Ogden Pleissner, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Louis Bouché, Eugene Speicher,Helen Winslow...
Category
Early 20th Century French Romantic Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Linen
Spectacular Complete Dayak People Mens Mandau Sword
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare Museum quality Traditional Men’s Sword known as a Mandau. Used by the Dayak while on the Hunt and in former times in disputes regarding hunting rights and land boundaries. Thi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Iron, Tin
Large Hand Painted Early Carnival Rounding Board
Located in Norwalk, CT
Bring an unusual piece of folk history into your home with this stunning early 20th century rounding board salvaged from a carnival. With hand-painted designs of putti and harp motif...
Category
Early 20th Century Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage or Antique Folk Art Pottery Sewer Tile Type Cat Figure Sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
Large folk pottery cat figure in abstracted form, sitting alert with ears pricked, circa early 20th century. With terrific, original, cold painted and varnished yellow and red finish...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Willi Huggler Brutalist Style Carved Wood Mask
By Willi Huggler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved grotesque wood mask with pierced eyes, very hooked nose, cigar between very crooked bone teeth. Label on verso reads, “Willi Huggler (Swiss, 1925...
Category
20th Century Swiss Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Wood
Colorful Painted Carousel Style Rocking Horse
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A remarkable large scale painted rocking horse decorated in the manner of a carousel horse. The white horse with brown mane and tail wears a red saddle on a blue blanket. The rump is decorated with a blond female mask flanked by pink and white dogwood flowers, the breast with the same flowers. With inset plastic colored faceted stones overall. With two brass twisted rods mounted on the white rocker...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Monumental Mid-Century Modern Wall Sculpture Attributed to John Reisetter
Located in Redding, CT
Monumental Mid-Century Modern Abstract Wall sculpture attributed to John Reisetter . Reisetter was one of the known sculptors who worked for The famous ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of Federal Gilt Swag Mirrors
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of federal gilt mirrors of rectangular form with thin molded frames and tall vase and acanthus leaf garland and swag decoration to crowns as well as to bases, retaining origin...
Category
1780s American Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Outstanding Large Oak Carved Eagle Grasping Shield & Three Arrows
Located in Stamford, CT
Outstanding large oak carved eagle grasping shield with three arrows in his talons; most probably by a Philadelphia carver. Found in East Boothbay, Maine at collector's home. Arrows ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Federal Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Collection of 12 Vintage Tin lithograph Toys
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Redding, CT
Collection of 12 vintage tin lithograph lithograph toys. The price is $350 for the entire collection/set, The set includes a German Ferris Wheel by Joseph Wagner...
Category
1960s German Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Massive Antique European Heraldic Wood Carving
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An impressive and well-carved high relief Heraldic Crest in dark stained wood. A pair of fierce rampant lions flank the oval crest with a few fleur-de-lis and labeled Veritas. With a...
Category
19th Century European Georgian Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tribal Pierced African Panel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very Decorative Carved and Pierced African Tribal Panel depicting a Female Ancestor. The powerful Female Figure supports a multitude of Stylized Carved Animals carved in three Band...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Indian Brush Painting of a Nobleman Riding on a Horse
Located in Greenwich, CT
refined Indian brush painting of a nobleman riding on a horse, intricate detail, ink, color and gold gilt on paper, Conservation framed
Category
Early 1900s Indian Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Arthur Court Aluminum Torso Bust
By Arthur Court
Located in Westport, CT
Arthur court aluminum men's torso bust.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
African Tribal Carved Wood High Back Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved and painted wood with an openwork tiered bucket form back. The top tier with female figures, the bottom row with horsemen holding small-scale figures on top of the horses' heads. The shaped back with a dentated top border and two carved panels with birds. Panels with snakes frame...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Painted Antique Lead Watchmaker’s Shop Sign
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An outstanding piece of Folk Art, this Pocket Watch form Lead sign has a painted face with Roman numerals in the 9:00 position. Cast into the outer frame are the words, “Watches, Je...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Lead
Antique English Doulton Burslem Glen Urquart Highland Whiskey Dispenser
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare and large glazed ceramic whiskey dispenser with strong form and color. Mark on the base dates to 1882-1891. Urquart owner's inscription also i...
Category
19th Century English Rustic Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Six Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses (Box 4)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Six Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses. The set consists of four brown toned horses and two whiter toned horses, one having appaloosa spots. Sizes vary by inches. Not all are e...
Category
1970s American Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
$425 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Rare Large Vintage Laurel & Hardy Poster, "The Dancing Masters"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare version of the original theatrical release poster for the black and white 1943 movie by 20th century fox. The frame obscures a name lower right.
This one is the same image as...
Category
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Yoruba (Nigeria) Early 20th Century Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 20th Century hand spun indigo cotton and Trans-Sahara silk cloth.
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Older African Fang Ngil Massive Carved And Painted Mask
Located in Bridgeport, CT
One of the largest African masks that we have seen, this Fang Secret Society mask is a full 66” high. Powerfully carved in traditional form with natural pigment paints made from Ochr...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Two Polychrome Roosters
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of Chinese export glazed ceramic roosters with polychrome plumage in pinks, greens and orange with and striking red crowns and wattles, perched on weathered green striated tre...
Category
Early 1900s English Chinese Export Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
$4,800
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Wall Hanging / Quilt Composed of Cigar Box Painted Felt Flags
Located in Stamford, CT
Wall hanging composed of painted felt flags included in cigar packages in the early 20th century, circa 1900-1915.
Category
1910s American Folk Art Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Felt
Large Vintage Expressionist Landscape Painting Signed Enamel on Board
Located in Wilton, CT
Large expressionist landscape painting in enamel on board depicting grasses or flowers against a seaside sunset, circa 1980s-1990s. Well matched with a wide, white, wooden frame. Mea...
Category
Late 20th Century American Expressionist Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
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