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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
Geometric Hooked Rug
Located in Nantucket, MA
This geometric hooked rug has multicolored circles against a light colored field. A modernist design that is bold and lively. Stretched and profes...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wool
New York Harbor Tug Edmond J. Moran
Located in Norwell, MA
Moran Tug in display case of glass and brass trim. Model details include stack, helm, wheelhouse, binnacle, capstan, spotlight, lifering, portholes, ladders etc...
Moran Towing tra...
Category
20th Century Massachusetts - Folk Art
Late 19th Century Binnacle Pascall Atkey
Located in Norwell, MA
English yacht binnacle by Pascall Atkey of Cowes. Round, varnished mahogany base with brass feet. Hood is solid brass with side burner housing. Compass inside reads "Pascall Atkey & ...
Category
19th Century Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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
Folky Store Display Horse
Located in Nantucket, MA
Painted black with a red saddle, glass eyes and hairm. Missing one of its stirrups, the stirrup is carved from wood and is hanging from its original thick canvas. The ears which were...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Batmobile"
By Louis Pagonis
Located in Hanover, MA
Apocalyptic vision of a race car inspired by the Batmobile meets Mad Max! Created by metal craft artist, Louis Pagonis. Signed by the artist.
This is a limited edition...
This is a limited edition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Massachusetts - Folk Art
Early Schooner Model Diorama- Florence of Providence
Located in Norwell, MA
Early two-masted schooner model diorama of the schooner model Florence of Providence. With wheel, anchor, chain, lifeboat, cabin, hatch, winch, boom, bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Yacht Pulley by Merriman
Located in Norwell, MA
Single sheave yacht pulley by Merriman. With polished and lacquered steel fittings and polished brass pulley wheel. Awesome restoration. Weight is 2 pound...
Category
1920s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Portrait Decorated Game Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th century hand made and decoratively painted game board, circa 1890s to 1910, a checker or chess board with squares individually hand painted with miniature watercolor portra...
Category
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Paint Decorated Double Sided Game Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
Double sided painted game board with
a red, black, yellow and green checkerboard on one side
and a “X” painted game board on the reverse
side, American, circa 1900. Measures: 16” ...
Category
Early 20th Century Massachusetts - Folk Art
Rare Brass Maritime Signal Horn
Located in Norwell, MA
Signal Horn From Stone Bridge Connecting Tiverton and Portsmouth Rhode Island. Rare signal horn of a exceptional length and with awesome performance...
Category
1910s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Aluminum Ships Binnacle Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished aluminum gimbaled lifeboat compass with carry handle and two sidelights. Nautical relic that is probably Russian. Weight is 16 pounds. 10" H x 11" L x 11" D. Circa 1975.
Category
1970s Russian Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
19th Century Faux Grain Painted Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Faux Grain Painted Chest, second half 19th Century, a diminutive six board chest with excellent quality original vinegar grain painted finish in a faux yellow pine patte...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Elkwood, Late 19th Century American Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
With carved gilt wood letters with mounted against a blue painted sand ground
American, c. 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Crouse Hinds Maritime Flood Light
Located in Norwell, MA
Marine beacon by Crouse Hinds with thick glass lens and polished steel housing. Mounted to a painted steel base with hinged brass door. Rewired with new socked for years of enjoyment...
Category
1950s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Nantucket Miniature Long Case Clock, circa 1894
Located in Nantucket, MA
Rare Antique Nantucket miniature long case clock, made and patented by Wallace Brown, circa 1894, with original paper label and poem. A Hand crafted mahogany case with arched bonnet,...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Mahogany
Solid Brass Ships Anchor Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished ships lantern of solid brass with lacquered finish. With clear Fresnel glass lens and internal removable red filter. Mounted to a custom wood base with routed edge an...
Category
1960s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ships Anchor Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass highly polished and lacquered ships anchor lantern with Fresnel glass lens. Mounted to a wood base with rich dark finish. With brass makers pla...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
1958 Brass "Not Under Command" Ship's Anchor Lantern by Nippon Sento Co. LTD
By Nippon Sento Company Ltd
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's anchor lantern with glass Fresnel lens. Wired with electricity. Japanese maker's badge from by Nippon Sento Co. LTD, Tokyo, Japan, dated 1958. Meticulously polishe...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Brass Perko Ships Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished and lacquered boat lantern by Perko. With original oil burner and wick. Fitted with two rich blue lenses and mounted to a thick wood base. Weight is 6 pounds.
Category
1930s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ships Navigational Signal Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished mast mounted ships navigational signal lamp that would be used to send signals by raising and lowering the brass shroud. The heavy glass le...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Ships Foghorn with Shrouded Trumpet
Located in Norwell, MA
Unique crank operated foghorn with red painted timber box and pipe mounted trumpet, protected by a substantial metal shroud. Sturdy center carry handle. Very loud. Fabulous relic. Th...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Brass Steamship Bell Mounted to an Iron Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Large engine room bell from a ship. Polished brass bell is mounted onto a heavy steel housing. Big piece of industrial maritime gear. Very decorative. Circa 1950.
Category
1950s English Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Aluminum Ship's Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Authentic polished aluminum ship's porthole fitted with glass. Door is hinged and fitted with three dogbolts. The highly polished porthole is ready for display.
Overall dimensions...
Category
1980s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Large Cast New England Bank Patriotic Eagle and Clipper Ship Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
Cast and Gilded Patriotic Eagle with Clipper Ship Plaque, with a Clutch of Arrows and an Olive Branch in it's Talons, mid 20th Century, from a Boston Bank...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Federal Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Composition
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
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
Painting of a New York Yacht Club Yacht Underway
Located in Norwell, MA
Worden wood motor yacht painting showing a New York Yacht Club "Sportfish Underway". The outriggers are set and the vessel is flying a swordfish pennant an...
Category
1940s American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Six Foot Carved Wood Tuna Fish
Located in Norwell, MA
Finely carved tuna fish trade sign with pickled finish. Carved from solid timber with fins, gills, eyes and snout. Fitted with hanging hooks.
Overal...
Category
2010s British Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Polished Steel Ship or Yacht Cabin Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished steel cabin lantern from a ship or yacht. Sturdily built with carry handle, three glass panes, and original burner. The lantern has been wired for home display. Weight is 10...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Large Pair of Port and Starboards Ships Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Substantial pair of port and starboard ships lanterns by the English firm Meteorite. With clear Fresnel lenses backed by red and green filters. The steel cases have been stripped and...
Category
1930s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Antique Burmese Teak Monastic Attendants or Guardian Angels c. 19th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
These carved teak figures from 19th-century Burma represent Monastic Attendants or Guardian Angels, traditional figures often found in religious and ceremonial settings. Carved from ...
Category
19th Century Burmese Archaistic Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Teak
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
Copper Ships Masthead Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished copper ships masthead lantern engraved on chimney with makers name Georg Wosidkow & Co., Vastergatan Sweden. With clear glass Fresnel lens, h...
Category
1930s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Yacht Helm By Brooke Yachts Of Lowestoft
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century six spoke ships wheel with turned spindles. Heavy brass hub is engraved "Brooke-Lowestoft". The Brooke Shipyard was open from 1874 to 1992. This wheel dates t...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Tramp Art Style Top Desk in Nautical Design
Located in Nantucket, MA
Elaborately chip carved in a nautical motif design with a tapered scalloped gallery and three drawers each with a glass pull. Found in Upstate New York
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century French or Italian Santo Nativity figure, a hand carved and painted fruitwood figure for a Christmas Creche or Krippe. Excellent and delicate details to the head and hands. The half figure stands on a dowel set into platform base, dressed in original fine linen robe...
Category
18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Fruitwood
Solid Brass Marine Beacon Light
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass double lens maritime beacon with fresnel lenses. Highly polished and lacquered brass and mounted to a thick wood base wit...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Polished Steel Ships Onion Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's polished and lacquered onion lantern with protective brass bars, ruby red lens, new socket and wired for home display.
Overall dimensions: Weight...
Category
1920s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
Solid Brass Ships Port Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships port lantern with deep red fresnel lens set into a highly polished and lacquered case. Lantern has been wired with electric socket for h...
Category
1930s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Framed Nautical Burgee "FLW"
Located in Norwell, MA
Stitched cotton yacht burgee with "FLW" sewn onto a red and white pointed burgee. Matted with grey and framed. Measures: 22" tall x 30" long.
Category
20th Century Massachusetts - Folk Art
American 38 Star Parade Flag, circa 1877
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American 38 Star Parade Flag, circa 1877, a fine woven linen small parade flag with 38 stars in a bold "Dancing Star" pattern, enacted in 1877 upon the admission of Colorado....
Category
1870s American Federal Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Linen
Solid Copper Masthead Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished ships masthead lantern with clear glass Fresnel lens, carry handle, hinged rear door, mounted to a thick custom made base with dark fi...
Category
1920s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Royal Mail Steamer Columba Desk Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Gentleman's desk box made from timber taken from the Royal Mail Steamer RMS Columba. The Columba sailed from 1878 to 1935. Well built box with hinged lid, interior sections and brass...
Category
1930s European Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Copper Ships Cabin Lantern by Davey of London
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid copper ships cabin lantern with polished and lacquered finish. Original burner is intact with electric socket added from above for home display. With ...
Category
1930s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Folk Art Sea Horse Hooked Rug, circa 1960
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Folk Art Sea Horse Hooked Rug, circa 1960, featuring a family of three variously sized and colored sea horses swimming against a variegated bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Framed Maritime Signal Flag of Letter V
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed marine pennant representing the letter V set into a shadow box frame with rope and wood toggle. Weight is 5 pounds.
Category
1950s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Large Solid Brass Marine Beacon
Located in Norwell, MA
Large highly polished and lacquered marine beacon with two fresnel glass lenses that has been meticulously restored and rewired for home display. The tops are imprinted with the comp...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Two Brass Maritime Taffrail Spinners
Located in Norwell, MA
Two solid brass taffrail spinners with braided rope and coupling used to send data back to the shipboard log. The blade is engraved "NEGUS NEW TORK" with a large "N" also. This unit ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Polished Steel Ships Anchor Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished steel ships anchor lantern with copper cap, carry handle, glass Fresnel lens, and the lantern is electrified for home use. Weight is 13 pounds.
Category
19th Century Antique Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
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
Massachusetts Goldeneye Hen Decoy, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early vintage goldeneye ("whistler") hen decoy, from Massachusetts, circa 1920s, having a solid carved pine wide body with sloping tail, the hand whittled head with long neck set on ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
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
Solid Brass Ships Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished brass ships lantern with large reserve oil tank by Perko. With red glass Fresnel lens that has protective brass bars, vented top, burner, etc. Weight...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Yacht Throttle Control by Kimball of Detroit
Located in Norwell, MA
Rarely found highly polished pedestal mounted yacht throttle. Engraved Kimball Control No. 814 Detroit MI. Nice size, great old relic from a one hundred foot private yacht.
Overal...
Category
1940s American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Ship Name Board From NY Tugboat "St. Martin"
Located in Norwell, MA
Great old nautical quarter board from the tugboat St. Martin. Incised letters in gold with black backboards with splits and cracks from years at sea. Gre...
Category
1920s American Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Solid Brass Ships Cabin Lantern by English Maker Bulpitt
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass yacht cabin lantern by English maker Bulpitt, dated 1942. With original burner, wood carry handle, hinged door, and wired for home display. Lantern has been meticulously ...
Category
1940s Vintage Massachusetts - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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