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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
Six Foot Carved Fish Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot Atlantic tuna with painted finish. 'Fresh Fish' is painted in red block letters on its right side. Distressed finish. Fitted with two pieces of iron chain. Awesome look.
We...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Small Sailor Whirligig, circa 1930-1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Figural standing sailor whirligig, carved from Pine wearing a white hat with metal brim,
a blue sailor’s middy with scarf, striped red and white unde...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Slat Bucket in Yellow Paint
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 1900’s authentic yellow wood slat bucket with metal bands, purposed in the construction field for handling sticky, chunky mud.
Category
19th Century Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Eagle Weathervane, Attributed to Cushing & White
By Cushing and White
Located in Nantucket, MA
Full body molded copper spread wing eagle with cast zinc talons perched on a copper sphere. Great proportions with outstretched wings, showing wonderful detailing to the body and win...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Zinc
Six Foot Menemsha Fish Market Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot carved fish trade sign. The Atlantic mackerel is hand-carved with gills, fins, tail, eyes, and snout. "Menemsha Fish Market" is painted in red letters on one side. Great dis...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Unique Yacht Windlass Capstan
Located in Norwell, MA
Substantial yacht windlass built from brass and iron. The yacht name has been obscured from too much polishing over the years. This relic is fitted with a ratchet pole to crank the g...
Category
1920s American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Set of Five Framed "Tanglewood" Drawings
Located in Sheffield, MA
The five pen-and-ink drawings by Lauzon represent various aspects of a summer concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, Lenox, MA: the co...
Category
Early 2000s American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$750 / set
Large African Face Shield
Located in Norton, MA
It's a completed solid wood piece carved by hand with a very simple tool. The end result shows the process of hard work during the making period.
Category
Early 20th Century Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Carved Haddock Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot carved wood fish reminiscent of a nineteenth century trade sign. With carved gills, fins, scales, eyes and mouth. Fitted with iron hanging bo...
Category
2010s British Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Solid Brass Marine Binoculars
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional pair of French yachting binoculars. Polished and lacquered gentleman's binoculars with geared focal tubes. Interesting design that resembles rope. Clean and clear. Wonder...
Category
1890s French Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Polished Steel Ships Port Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished steel ships port lantern with red Fresnel lens, protective cage, sturdy carry handle, mounted to a thick wood base with dark rich finish. Lantern...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Ships Binnacle by Kevin Hughes
Located in Norwell, MA
Large British Ships Binnacle with brass hood, brass compensating ball brackets, brass nameplate, and gimbaled compass, from John Lilley of North Shields Eng...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Frames Maritime Signal Flag of Letter F
Located in Norwell, MA
Shadow box framed ships signal flag with attached rope and wood toggle. Red diamond on a white background. Weight is 5 pounds.
Category
1950s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Six Foot Carved Fish From England
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot hand carved fish from England. Most recently from a local seafood restaurant. Nicely painted and carved showing fins, gills, mouth, eyes, etc...
Category
1990s British Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Aluminum Ship's Porthole Mirror
Located in Norwell, MA
Authentic polished aluminum ship's porthole fitted with a glass mirror. Door is hinged and fitted with two dogbolts. The highly polished porthole is also fitted with a teakwood trim ...
Category
1960s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Yacht Race Print
Located in Norwell, MA
Colorful piece of maritime art showing two large gaff rigged yachts with flying club sails. Flying racing through calm seas. Professionally framed. Crisp detail. Some sort of high de...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$2,495
Vintage Clam Bake Sign, circa 1960s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Clam Bake Sign, circa 1960s, a hand painted wooden trade sign for Clam Bakes. A classic and time-honored New England tradition and favorite for natives and tourists alike, al...
Category
1960s American Folk Art Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Seascape with Ship Racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Seascape with square-rigged ship racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920, a watercolor on paper stormy seascape with two square-riggers running before the wind, with choppy...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Long Island Chart from 1828
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare original chart of Long Island Sound by E + G Blunt of New York, 179 Water St. "Surveyed in the years 1828, 29 & 30" Exceedingly rare and early chart, titled Long Island Sound fr...
Category
1830s Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Self-Bailing Scoter Decoy by Joseph Lincoln (1859-1938)
By Joseph Lincoln
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Self-Bailing Scoter Decoy by Joseph Lincoln (Hingham, MA: 1859 - 1938), made circa 1910, a hand carved hollow decoy with open back for "self bailing," in old paint with some ...
Category
1910s American Folk Art Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Merriman Brothers Yacht Pulley
Located in Norwell, MA
Varnished and polished yacht pulley with smooth wood finish and polished steel with brass sheave. Weight is half a pound. X-130
Category
1920s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Folk Art Wire/Wood Birdcage
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique bird house is composed of wire and wood framing and floor. The front facade has an arched center section and side "towers." There are th...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Sunflower Black Wrought Oversized Iron Hand Forged Andirons
Located in Essex, MA
20th century wrought iron hand forged black sunflower andirons with scrolled legs and hitching post loop in the middle these spectacular andirons measure. Tall. Lovely large size.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Old Gold Carved Eagle, "God Bless America"
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved American wooden eagle. Painted old gold. "God Bless America" banner above, eagles talons are clutching American shield. Well carved details ready to hang.
Overall dimension...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Carved Tuna Fish
Located in Norwell, MA
Hand carved hanging tuna fish. Awesome carved tuna with hand rubbed pickled finish. This finish is rubbed in through about a one hundred step process of stain, paint, sand finish, sa...
Category
2010s American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,295
Sturdy Yacht Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Small boat or yacht wheel of maple and brass. Wheel is fitted with a shaft and rudder pulley. Very decorative and authentic maritime relic. Circa 1920. Mea...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Authentic Engine Order Telegraph
Located in Norwell, MA
Brass engine room telegraph with commands “hard left”, “hard right”, “steady”, “course” etc. Telegraph has one face-plate and brass handle. Mount...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Frye "Boot" Advertising Sign For Harvard Square Tannery Shoe Store, ca. 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
A hangable advertising icon for the Frye Boot Company in the form of an oversized leather boot, circa 1960s. This once hung in the renowned favorite Harvard Square Tannery shoe stor...
Category
1960s American Folk Art Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Six Foot Carved Wood Fish
Located in Norwell, MA
Intricately carved hanging wood fish. Carved with gills, eyes, fins etc. Colorfully painted in blues and cream.
Overall Dimensions: Weight is 42 pounds. 24" Height x 75" Length x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Six Foot Model of Cup Yacht Puritan
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot model of the Boston built America's Cup yacht Puritan. Fine model with planked deck, skylights with brass bars, suit of sails, etc. Mounted on a ma...
Category
Early 2000s Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Wood and Brass Ship's Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Eight spoke varnished wood ship's wheel with brass hub and brass trim ring. The brass hub cap is mounted to an iron hub. Warm patina on this maritime relic. C...
Category
1910s American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Sailor's Woolie of a Double Decker Ship of the Line, circa 1850
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor's Folk Art Woolie with a Double Decker Ship of the Line, ca 1850, depicting a larboard side view of a square-rigged double decker warship under standing rigging, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mid Century Barber Shop Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Barber Shop Sign, circa late 1950s to early 1960s, a hand-painted sheet metal sign with old prices for old hair cuts. The sign remains in very good condition with only ...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Carved Tuna Fish Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved wood tuna fish trade sign with "Mullaney's Fish Market" in hand painted lettering of gold, outlined in black.
Weight: 33 lbs.
Overall Dimensions: 24"H x 60"W x 2"D
Made...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Copper Ships Masthead Lantern On Base
Located in Norwell, MA
High quality solid copper and brass trimmed masthead lantern. With maker's badge from Tung Woo Masthead and Serial No. M123. Thick Fresnel lens, hinged top ve...
Category
1920s English Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Gold Carved Wooden Eagle Great Seal "Louisburg"
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved wooden eagle in the spirit of the Artistic Carving Co. of Boston's "Louisburg". Very detailed. Painted gold, clutching the great seal.
Overall dimensions: 10" H x 26" W x 4" ...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rosewood Ship's Navigators Octant
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's octant with rosewood frame, brass filters, mirror and peepsight. Unsigned.
Overall dimensions: 3" x 13" x 16". 2 pounds.
Category
1840s Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Ship's Engine Order Telegraph by Charles Cory and Son of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's engine order telegraph with faceplates from Charles Cory and Son Patentees, New York. Smaller size than most, meticulously polished and lacquered.
Overall Dime...
Category
1920s American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Carved Flounder Trade Sign "Fish & Chips"
Located in Norwell, MA
Hand carved and painted "Get Hooked Fish & Chips" trade sign with a subtle white pickled finish and blue letters outlined in yellow. Carved features include gills, scales, fins, eyes...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Japanese Mid-Century Studio Pottery Bowls-Signed
Located in Norton, MA
Pair of Japanese mid-century studio pottery bowls-signed
In good original new condition and just found in the warehouse, never used before.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century Rustic Painted Game Table
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid to Late 19th Century rustic painted game table, a country Hepplewhite style game stand with painted checkerboard top enclosed within shallow raised ga...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Country Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Ships Pulley with Three Wood Sheaves
Located in Norwell, MA
Triple pulley ships block in old paint showing lots of character. Mid nineteenth century. Circa 1860.
Category
1860s North American Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
HMS Scarborough Brass Navy Plaque
Located in Norwell, MA
British Navy ship's crest for HMS Scarborough. This is a heavy brass plaque mounted to a wood backboard. Circa 1945.
Category
1940s European Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Nantucket Fish Market Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot Atlantic tuna with 'Nantucket Fish Market' painted decoration in blue letters. Distressed finish. Carved details include fins, gills, eyes, snout, etc. Fitted with iron hang...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Yacht Binnacle from Italy Circa 1880 with Dry Card Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Yacht binnacle of a very unique and rare design. With Italian compass on gimbals. Mushroom style hood with hinged doors. Ornate pedestal with wood base...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas, likely first half 19th century, with I believe egg tempera on gessoed wooden panel, depicting Christ in a h...
Category
Early 19th Century Ukrainian Other Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket with Original Paper Label
By Sherwin P. Boyer 1
Located in Nantucket, MA
Made with oak staves, handle, mahogany base and attached brass ears, in excellent condition. The poem on the label reads” I was made in Nantucket, I’m strong and stout. Don’t lose me or burn me and I’ll never wear out", which was a poem handed down by Mitchy Ray. Made by Sherwin Porter Boyer, (1907-1964).
Sherwin Boyer was one of the first generation of Nantucket basket
makers in the “purse” period, starting in the late 1940s and working
up until his death in 1964. A contemporary to Jose Reyes...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
19th Century Quilt Princess Feather and Rose Pattern Circa 1830
Located in Hudson, NY
Striking and beautiful New England quilt in the princess feather and rose pattern. Excellent condition with a highly folky design pattern. Found in , this quilt made from blue and re...
Category
1830s American Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Carved Tuna Fish with Painted Finish
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved and painted Atlantic Bluefin tuna. Carved fins, gills, eyes and snout. Fitted with iron hanging bolts. This carved fish is reminiscent of the trade signs that would hang in th...
Category
2010s British Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Yacht Vent Cowl of Solid Brass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass Perko air vent. Highly polished ventilator cowl from a boat. Nine inch diameter vent opening. Base is six inch diameter. Twelve inches tall with base flange pierced for f...
Category
1940s American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Harvey's Boat Yard Carved Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot carved mackerel trade sign with hand painted distressed finish with deeply carved scales, fins, gills, eyes, snout, etc. Rich painted finish that has been distressed. Letter...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Signed Studio Pottery Vase from Mid-Century, Artist Stamped
Located in Norton, MA
The black and orange squared bottle-shaped vase stands 11.25". Incised details. The artist's stamp is on the bottom.
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware, Pottery
19th Century Painted Bentwood Pantry Box
Located in Nantucket, MA
Round bentwood box made out of pine with lapped seams and iron
tacks, retaining its original robin egg blue paint
Good condition with appropriate edge wear
American, circa 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Six Foot Carved Wood Codfish
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved wood codfish trade sign reminiscent of the signs that used to hang in the English fish terminals in the 19th century. Detailed carving with gills, fins, scales, eyes and snout...
Category
2010s British Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Model of the America's Cup "Puritan", 1885
Located in Norwell, MA
Expertly crafted model of the America's cup yacht "Puritan". Model is built with planked mahogany deck, skylights with brass bars, brass fittings, tiller, full suit of line...
Category
20th Century Massachusetts - Folk Art
Three Hand Carved Folk Art Canes / Sticks by Joseph Deveau, Circa 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A pair of folk art hand carved canes or walking sticks and a small stick by Joseph Deveau (1901-1999). Deveau lived most of his life in Essex, MA., bu...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Anthony's Pier 4 Carved Trade Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Six foot carved Atlantc tuna trade sign with handpainted distressed finish. Lettering reads "Anthony's Pier 4". Carved features include fins, gills, snout, eyes, etc. Fitted with iro...
Category
2010s North American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
White Winged Scoter Decoy by Elmer Crowell, circa 1910
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early White Winged Scoter Decoy by Elmer Crowell (East Harwich: 1862-1952), circa 1910, a hand carved and painted large decoy in the simple paint of a white winged scoter. This is an...
Category
1910s American Folk Art Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
19th Century Apache Large Earthenware Pot
By Apache Indian Art
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Apache Large Earthenware Pot, Second Half 19th Century, a very large hand molded clay spheroid vessel, a classic "Olla," with it's original rawh...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Yacht Binnacle With Verdigris Finnish
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth century yacht binnacle in original untouched condition. With mushroom top and matching burners. Oval viewing port exposes the gimbaled compass marked with makers name of a...
Category
1880s North American Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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