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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
Antique Art Deco Brass Illuminated Advertising Cinema Showerbath Flambosign Sign
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous Art Deco illuminated Showerbath sign from renowned manufacturers 'Flambosign', England circa 1930.
- The worn brass casing marked 'Flambosign' houses an etched lucite perspex...
Category
Early 20th Century British United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Napoleonic Prisoner of War Casket Dominoes Set
Located in London, GB
Napoleonic Prisoner of war casket Dominoes set
We share what we love, and we love this early 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war cask...
Category
1820s French Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Bone
Pre Columbian Inca double chambered whistle vessel South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Inca double chambered whistle Vessel Circa 15- 16th Century Ad
A fine Inca greyware vessel double chambered with a bird whistle on ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Naive Portrait of a Girl, English, Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful naive oil painting of a girl.
Fabulous muted colors. The austerity of the image is matched by the simplicity of the antique bleached oak frame.
I have chosen not to resto...
Category
1840s English Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Oak
19th C Folk Art J.Wheatley Jones Oil on Board Dog & Interior "Inferno" 1887
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming oil on board painting of a pondering dog in a country house kitchen. Age related craquelure to the painted surface, the odd knock and abrasion to the gilt gesso frame. But...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Pine
Brightly Coloured Ewe Cloth
Located in London, GB
An early and rare weft faced Ewe cloth woven in strops of brightly coloured red, blue, yellow cream, lime green and ivory.
A great example, large size. Con...
Category
Early 1900s Ghanaian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
A Fine and Large Egyptian Limestone Relief Carved in Shallow Relief
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Large Egyptian Limestone Relief Carved in Shallow Relief
Traces of original polychrome
Old Kingdom / 5th Dynasty / 2454 - 2311 B.C
Size: 32cm high, 70cm wide, 5cm deep - 12½ ins high, 27½ ins wide, 2 ins deep
Provenance:
Ex Private Swiss collection, acquired mid 1960s and thence by descent
Ex Rupert Wace Limited London
Ex Private London collection
cf A...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Limestone
19th Century Working Shorebird Decoy
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Wonderfully sculptural working shorebird decoy, found in original paint. Most likely a replacement beak. Later bespoke made stand, France, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Totemic Figure, South American, Carved Crystal, Gilt Metal, Tribal Art
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage totemic figure. A South American, carved crystal and gilt metal decorative tribal ornament, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Fascinating tribal figure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century South American Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Lisa Larson 'Mikey' Cat Fabric Cushions
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
Cushions with zip on covers, fronts in 'Mikey' fabric designed by Lisa Larson, in typical Lisa Larson style, very reminiscent of her comical animal figures...
Category
Early 2000s Swedish Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Late 18th C Sailors Naval Maritime Nautical Folk Art Pen & Ink Sketch's
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming folk art pen and ink collection of sketch's housed in period glazed maple frames, the four paper leafs probably once part of a sailors diary/sketch book showing the fictio...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Italian Fairground Panels
Located in Southampton, GB
A pair of 19th Century decorative Fairground Panels with original paint.
Can be hung either vertically or horizontally, forming what would make a great transom above a door.
Italy, ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Contemporary Tamagroute Earth Candlestick - Morocco
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Contemporary Tamagroute Earth Candlestick - Morocco. Tamegroute is a small Moroccan village simply known for it's rich traditional ceramics. The clay is cut by hand from the banks of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Wall Sconces 2-Arm Silvered Repousse Heart Crestings
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A charming pair of silvered, Repousse, wall sconces with heart motif Crestings each with two arms
- Naïve charm with the heart motifs and stylised leaves and berries
- The silver...
Category
20th Century French United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Chokwe Mask, Central African, Carved Hardwood, Tribal, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Chokwe mask. A Central African, carved hardwood tribal face mask, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Fascinating t...
Category
Late 19th Century African Late Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
1960's Transfer Picture Book - New Old Stock - Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Transfer Picture Book - New Old Stock - Large Quantity Available.
We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untou...
Category
1960s Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Hand Carved English Fairground Carousel Panel
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Hand Carved English Fairground Carousel Panel
A rare piece of traditional English fairground art attributed to Orton and spooner. All carved from sections piece ...
Category
1910s British Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
18th Century Iridescent Glass Ship’s Bottle
Located in Southampton, GB
Green iridescent glass, maritime bottle.
Undoubtedly submerged under the water for many years.
Exceptionally deep punt.
France, circa 1760.
Height: 26.5cm
Dia: 13cm
Base Dia: 10cm
...
Category
18th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Oceanic Schouten islands Pounder Papua New Guinea Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Oceanic Schouten islands Pounder Papua New Guinea
A Fine old hard wood Pounder or pestle with a standing female figure from the schouten islands off the north coast of Papua new Gui...
Category
Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century English Folk Art Tree Form Painted Heads
Located in London, GB
19th Century English Folk Art Tree Form Painted Heads
An unusual pair of late 19th Century English folk art painted natural wooden form figures. We hav...
Category
1890s British Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large 19th Century Slipware Jug
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
19th Century Spatterware Jug. France Circa 1890
Category
1890s French Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Large Antique American Hand Stitched Quilt, Sailboat Block Pattern, Early 20Th C
Located in Bristol, GB
VINTAGE AMERICAN NAUTICAL QUILT
A very decorative large-scale quilt. Completely hand stitched with green red and cream cotton blocks in a repeating pattern of ships, known as the ‘s...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Folk Art United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
English Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
English Jigger Doll
We are proud to offer an early 20th century hand carved folk art English jigger doll example. Carved from pine and joined with brass supports. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate ‘toys’ for adults or children. Obtained from a private collection in London and untouched in form with all its original featured intact. They are dolls with loose limbs that step dance...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Fine Female Yoruba Ibeji Figure African Tribal Art Antiques
Located in London, GB
African tribal Art Antiques Female Ibeji figure Yoruba Nigeria
A Finely carved Ibeji Figure from early 20th century, with delineated teeth and l...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Pre-Columbian Chimu Avian vessel ancient south America Circa 10 -15th century AD
Located in London, GB
A Pre Columbian Chimu grey ware bottle type vessel of a armadillo emerging from a pumpkin or gourd with a small baby armadillo on the upper side under the spout and a plaited stirrup...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Contemporary Tamagroute Green Candlestick - Morocco
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Contemporary Tamagroute Green Candlestick - Morocco.
Tamegroute is a small Moroccan village simply known for it's rich traditional ceramics. The cl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Chelsea Pottery Studio Pottery Figural Courtroom Scene
By Chelsea Pottery
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and unusual studio pottery model of a Courtroom scene by Chelsea Pottery, London and dating from the 20th century. The courtroom is modeled a...
Category
20th Century English Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Naive Folk Art Study of a Cat, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century Antique Painting
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique original oil painting.
A charming study of a fluffy cat curled up and staring directly at you.
Painted in the naive style.
Dating to the early 19th Century.
The painting do...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
A Powerful Baule Mask
Located in London, GB
A Powerful Baule Mask
With rich dark ‘lacquered black’ patina, excellent colour with areas of ‘kaolin’
Wood
Ivory Coast
Early 20th Century
Size: 32.5cm high - 12¾ ins high
Prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Pawn Brokers Trade Sign from Edinburgh UK
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Pawn Brokers Trade Sign from Edinburgh UK
An oversized and authentic aged example of an early 20th Century pawn brokers wooden and cast metal trade sign. The se...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Mid Century French Post-Impressionist Painting, 'The Atlantis' Monaco Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Landscape
Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Inscribed Verso on back
oil/gouache painting on artist paper, beautifully painted.
very good condition
size: 16 x inches x 20 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Cream Painted Toleware Chest. Henry Loveridge Maker. English C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful toleware chest
Not sure what the original function was. No evidence to suggest it was a coal bin.
Cream painted with gilt decoration in neoclassical style. Original paint...
Category
1850s English Regency Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Tin
1950's New Old Stock French Byrrh Ashtrays - Small Batch Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950's New Old Stock French Byrrh Ashtrays - Small Batch Available. Byrrh was founded in the late 19th Century, producing a classic French aperitif. New old stock white opaline press...
Category
1950s French Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Folk Art Sign
Located in London, GB
An Edwardian Folk Art sign with overscale finger, insribed ‘Left Luggage’.
Category
20th Century English United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel circa 1864.
Beautiful piece of traditional Swedish history. Being a small model with a foot peddle this machine was likely to used to sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
Lamp Table Lighthouse Seagull Cornish Granite, Nautical Sea Rock
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Appealing to the nautical or seaside enthusiast
Characterful table lamp bringing the spirit of the sea into the interior, would be atmospheric in a seaside home.
A large Cornish ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Granite
Susan Parkinson Studio Pottery Architectural Tankard
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery porcelain mug decorated with columns design by Susan Parkinson for the Richard Parkinson Pottery and made between 1953 an...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Display Mask, African, Ironwood, Hand Carved, Ceremonial, Tribal
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage display mask. An African, hand carved ironwood ceremonial tribal mask, dating to the late 20th century.
Superb decorative appeal, with a delightfully naive ...
Category
Late 20th Century Malawian Tribal United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Dutch Oil Painting Still Life Floral Spray Gilt Frame
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful Dutch oil painting of a vivid floral spray
Would definitely add light and energy to any room, very vivid colours
Artist has really captured the scene with great skill
Comes...
Category
1980s Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Fishing Float, Early 20th Century, Glass, Rope, Ornament, Sea, Fishermen
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fishing float, early 20th century, glass, rope,
One of a collection of, early 20th century, glass & rope, fishing floats of different sizes. There are three floats of this size
T...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Glass
1960's Original Large Working Yellow Drum
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Original Large Working Yellow Drum.
Original working drum complete with drumsticks. Skin on both sides is reasonably tight but best used as a decorative item although it see...
Category
1960s French Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Animal Skin
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Marionette Knight with Sheild
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Marionette Knight with Sheild
A mid to late 19th Century hand carved Sicilian marionette knight puppet/marionette. Still wearing all in brass armour and si...
Category
1880s Italian Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Pre Columbian Rare Lambayeque Wood Figure
Located in London, GB
Pre columbian Lamabayeque wood figure Peru Circa 750 to 1375 AD
A rare standing figure of a deity with triangular tear drop shaped eyes holding a child,
Carved in very dense heavy hard wood
Measures: Height 14 inches, 36 cm weight, 1.5 kg approx
Ex collection of a Oxford Academic, reputed to have came from Pit rivers...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Memento Mori Carved Skull & Cross Bones
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well executed almost life size skull and crossbones pine carving, depicting the remembrance that we all will pass.
Likely a part of a larger religious carving, possibly placed a...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Vintage Still Life Painting, English, Oil on Board, Flowers, Art, Charles Hill
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage still life painting. An English, oil on board study of a flower bouquet by Charles Hill, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Superb proportion and ...
Category
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Karen Ann Wood Studio Pottery Red Glazed Spot Design Lidded Teapot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and stylish English studio pottery teapot and cover decorated in red glazes with blue spot designs by Kent based potter Karen Ann Woo...
Category
1970s English Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Collection of 3 Italian 19th Century Marionettes
Located in London, GB
Collection of 3 Italian 19th century Marionettes
A fantastic set of 3 19th century hand crafted marionette puppets. All with original cotton, silk and valour clothing intact, han...
Category
19th Century Italian Early Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Small Lines Rocking Horse on Curved Wooden Rockers
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Small lines rocking horse on curved wooden rockers.
A small wooden rocking horse on curved rockers attributed to Lines Brothers; the original paint has ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Mid-20th Century Hand Painted Double Sided English Fairground Sign
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century Hand Painted Double Sided English Fairground Sign
A genuine English mid-20th Century double sided hand painted fairground sign. Better Game, Better Sport, Better Tr...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Church Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch built Church model
We share what we love, and we love this scratch-built pine model of a church. Hand carved detail with gla...
Category
Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Intricately Hand Carved, Vintage Asian Midcentury Heavy Wooden Square Printing
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Splendid intricately hand carved large heavyweight wooden square printing block from Asia
Traditionally used for hand held block printing ink or dye to textiles and paper
Fully fun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Other United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Nautical Vernier Sextant, G.W.Butters, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Vernier Nautical Sextant, G.W. Butters, London.
A fine curved frame vernier sextant, the polished silver arc signed G.W. Butters, London.
Eng...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Carved Wood Early 20th Century Monkey Figure
Located in London, GB
Carved early 20th century monkey figure
We are proud to offer a quirky unique hand carved figure of a seated monkey. Originates from India in the early ...
Category
1940s Indian Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
A Serene Vuvi Mask
Located in London, GB
A Serene Vuvi Mask
Wood, polychrome, pigment
Gabon
Early 20th Century
Size: 28cm high - 11 ins high
Provenance:
Ex collection Bertil and Eva Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Ex Privat...
Category
Early 20th Century Gabonese United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Corsican Bronze Hoard
Located in London, GB
Dagger L: 27.8 cm,
Luniform bronze, possibly a belt buckle L: 10.8 cm,
Shield-shaped bronze with a point Diam: 6.5 cm,
Pommel Diam: 3.7 cm,
Violin-bow brooch L: 17.5 cm,
P-Shape...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Classical Roman Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Pine Primative Gypsy Steps Fairground Carnival Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A primitive set of painted pine steps, with decorative scallop edging.
Believed to of been the entrance steps to a gypsy caravan or the like, possibly fairground related.
Beau...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
12ft Long Hovis Advertising Baker’s Shop Sign, Reverse Painted, Gold Leaf
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
12ft Long Hovis Advertising Baker’s Shop Sign, Reverse Painted, Gold Leaf
This is a very long pictorial sign, it is reputed to be part of the decoration from the Head Office
The si...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Dayak Iban Shield
Located in London, GB
A rare hand carved Dayak tribal shield from Kalimantan/Borneo, Indonesia. These shields were made by the Dayak Iban tribes for real fighting use and ceremonial rites. Wonderfully car...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Primitive United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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