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Item Ships From: Fairfield County
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
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
Pair of Antique French Dressing Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine pair of primitive Country French Dressing Chairs. Time-softened hardwood frames with curved flat crest rails on the tall shaped slat backs...
Category
19th Century European French Provincial Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Cane, Hardwood
Napoleonic Folk Art Calligraphy Drawing
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique pen and ink Folk Art drawing with calligraphy boarder depicting Napoleon triumphant in Russia (a French fantasy) with a French flag flying over a Russian palace surrounded by ...
Category
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Pen, Paper, Giltwood
Detailed Hand-Carved Wood Fish Sculpture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A finely crafted Wood Fish Sculpture with fine detail. Deftly carved in a dark and deep Walnut tone wood, there are hundreds of individual scales and the attention to detail is fine...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Kurtis Antone (Coast Salish, B. 1970) Signed Raven Ceremonial Dance Mask, Canada
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A powerfully carved mask representing the Raven, culture hero and trickster of Northwest Coast tribal legend. Kurtis was born on the Capilano reservation in North Vancouver, British ...
Category
20th Century 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
Set of Six Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses (Box 3)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Six Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses. The set consists of four brown toned , one white toned and one grey toned Appaloosa . Sizes vary by inches. Not all are exactly the same...
Category
1970s American Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Gaming Board
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare 18th century Italian gaming board "Nobilissimo Giuoco Della Mea" Or "The Nobel Game of Chance" in original paint and decoupage, (lacca povera) depicting a game which appears to be a board version of "Put and Take" with different characters representing either plus or minus points. Four corners with scalloped carved coin wells, the centre slightly dished for either a top or ball to roll within.
Characters include:
Scimmia/Monkey - put 6, Re/King - take 1, Vople/Wolf take 3 , Pascia/Lord - take two and so on. Other characters include, Cinese/Chinese, Colombo/Pidgeon, Crepascolo/Twilight, Armigero/Knight?, Gezelia/Gazelle, Adone/Adonis, Gonhiere/Gondolier, Araba Fenice/Arab Phoenix?, Vecchio/Old Man, Leone/Lion.
A very similar game board is in the collection of the Medici Villa...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Poplar
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
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
Collection of Three Swedish Baskets
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine group of three Swedish 19th and early 20th century folk art baskets, the first with polychrome decoration on a coiled willow body and having barley twist handle, the second with blue and red paint with floral decoration on a reeded body, the last of cylindrical form and having a woven snowflake pattern.
Although priced as a collection, we would be willing to separate them.
Size listed is for handled coiled basket...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Reed, Willow, Birch
Set Of Three Large Solid Wood Fruits
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Set of three well carved and finished large, solid wood, fruits with a fine polish. Included in the group is a pear, pumpkin and acorn.
Dimensions:
Pear - 12 1/2" x 6 3/4"
Pumpkin ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ivory Coast Hand Spun Cotton Natural Indigo Cloth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ivory Coast hand spun cotton natural indigo cloth, circa 1930-1950.
Category
1940s Ivorian Tribal Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Set of Six Vintage French Three Dimensional Masks
Located in Stamford, CT
Very animated face masks from the 1940s. Three dimensional.
Category
1940s French Vintage Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Composition
19th C. German Stag Horn Thermometer and Barometer
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A remarkable German Folk Art Weather Station in the Black Forest Style. Elaborate and sinuous construction with stag horns of various sizes, boar tusk...
Category
19th Century German Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Horn
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
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
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
Plat Du Jour Rabbit Chalk Board
Located in Stamford, CT
A charming Plat du Jour Rabbit chalk board. The rabbit sits with a cluster of colorful fruits and vegetable atop a tablecloth covered table all above the plat du jour chalk board. Th...
Category
Late 20th Century French Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Downton Abbey Laundry Pincers
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of over-scale laundry pincers used at the turn of the century by a laundress in a great country house like that depicted in Downton Abbey for remo...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
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
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
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
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
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
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Original Condition Industrial Era Beer Cooler from Bern-Wabern Switzerland
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An early 20th century beer cooler in original mustard paint from Switzerland. Large and very solid construction with Three doors all having the original Ir...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Industrial Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Tin
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
Fine Hardwood Drum
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An authentic Tribal drum in all original condition. The Hardwood body of the Drum features fine Graining and has substantial weight. The very tight constru...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Driftwood
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Paper
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
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
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Carved and Painted Wood Architectural Element in the Form of a Mask "Green Man"
Located in Stamford, CT
A carved and painted wood "Green Man" mask from a facade of a mansion near Seattle, late 19th century. The Green Man is a legendary being primarily interpreted as a symbol of rebir...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Fairfield County - 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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
Antique Ship Vessel Handle Wheel
Located in Greenwich, CT
Antique vessel handle wheel.
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Other Antique Fairfield County - 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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Other
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 Fairfield County - Folk Art
Asian Woven Grain Basket
Located in Greenwich, CT
Asian woven grain & rice basket
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Fairfield County - Folk Art
Materials
Reed, Willow
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