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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
North African Round Metal Water Vase A rather primitive piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
North African Round Metal Water Vase
A rather primitive piece, it his made from riveted iron plates, it is circular with hammered rusty steel plates this piece has a rustic appearan...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Bronze Sculpture of a Dancing Faun
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Classic and well-modelled sculpture of a dancing faun.
Category
20th Century British United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Rare American Mid Century Merry Little Pigs Pinball Game - Bagatelle
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Rare American Mid Century Merry Little Pigs Pinball Game - Bagatelle.
Pinball game still in full working order. Made in America. Sold as a decorative item but in reasonable working ...
Category
1950s Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Charming Pair of Male and Female Toilet Signs
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Charming pair of Male and Female Toilet Signs
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls no home should be without these, painted Quirky Cast Iron Loo signs
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
1930's Woven Bark Fibre Panel
Located in London, GB
This 1930's panel, from the Mbole culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been woven from bark fibre. Dark-coloured strands of fibre, dyed with the roots of a banana tre...
Category
1930s Congolese Tribal Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Surreal Painting, Roland Gautier
Located in London, GB
A large oil painting on ply board by French artist Roland Gautier. A surreal figurative observation of the female form facing a male body in the foreground. Colourful and bold with a...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Plywood, Paint
French Hand-forged Blacksmith Sign
Located in London, England
Beautifully crafted blacksmith trade sign.
Hand-forged and riveted, not welded.
A seriously striking decorative piece of 20th century folk art.
In exceptional original co...
Category
1950s French Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$1,008 Sale Price
20% Off
Oil Painting Portrait Edwardian Girl - English Art
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Gorgeous Edwardian style oil painting of a young girl reclining
- Artist has really captured the beauty and elegance of the scene with great skill
- We bought this from a dealer at...
Category
1980s Edwardian Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Indian Folk Art Painted Treasure Chest This is a pretty piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Indian Folk Art Painted Treasure Chest
This is a pretty piece, the chest is painted in the detailed Indian Folk Art Style in warm red colours showing stylised leaves and flowers
The...
Category
1920s Anglo-Indian Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Camel Boots Shop or Store Sign in hardwood, Circa 1960s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good original shop or store advertising sign made for CAMEL BOOTS.
The sign is shaped as a prism with a triangular cross section and is made of...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Rugs Blue Caucasian Kazak Rugs, Geometric Carpet Livingroom Rug
Located in Wembley, GB
Kazak rugs have primarily been produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces and the rugs of the Caucasus typically display bold geometric designs in primary colours. Kazak rugs are a type of Armenian rug...
Category
Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
PAIR OF CIRCA 1890 ORiGINAL PAINT NEW OLD STOCK CRATED FAIRGROUND RIDE HORSES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite pair of new old stock Fairground ride horses
Please note the delivery fee listed ...
Category
1890s Late Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Printing Block Wallpaper Complete Repeat Empire Acanthus Leaf Roundel
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare woodblock with complete repeat. Of interest to wallpaper collectors or as a conversation piece in the home as a decorative carved wallhanging.
A rare, large 19th Century French wallpaper...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Oak
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
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
Wall Sconce Tin Recreation Longfellows Wayside Inn Sudbury MA
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Surviving pieces of vernacular lighting are extremely rare and it is hard to source convincing re-creations. These are copies of a period sconce from Longfellows Wayside Inn S Sudbur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American American Colonial United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Travel Agent’s P&O Poster, Orient Cruse Lines Advertising This isa very attract
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Travel Agent’s P&O Poster, Orient Cruse Lines Advertising
This isa very attractive framed piece all in very good condition, with advertisements from the early 20th century
The pictu...
Category
1950s Art Deco Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Maritime Oil Painting Ship Clipper Victorian Seascape
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Victorian style oil painting of a clipper boat
Sails are bellowing as the clipper cuts through the water
Great seascape in a lovely gilt frame
Viewings available by appoint...
Category
1980s Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Arts & Crafts Canvas Toy Model of a Horse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Arts & Crafts Canvas Toy Model of a Horse
This hansom beast is free standing and would very likely have been originally bought for a children’s room
The condition is entirely ori...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Georgian Pontypool Welsh Attributed Toleware Black Japanned Bread Basket
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine quality large Georgian toleware black japanned bread basket with floral and a bird design probably Pontypool, Wales and dating from aroun...
Category
1810s Welsh Georgian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Original New Old Stock Circa 1900 Liberty's London Marionette String Puppet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare, new old stock Liberty's London Marionette string puppet
A lovely example and a great size, it is ...
Category
Early 1900s French Mid-Century Modern Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Pine
19th Century English Zoological Drawings Taxidermy Curio Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
The pleasantness of visual symmetry, a wonderful collection of five very unusual hand drawn depictions of animals on paper, housed in period glazed maple frames.
The animals in the ...
Category
19th Century English Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Paper
Pair of English Medieval Style Carved Caryatids
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of 19th century English medieval style limewood female caryatids carved as Queens or valkyries. These carvings are matching in design, each dep...
Category
19th Century English Medieval Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Suite of Antique Royal Horse Artillery 1 Cannon, 1873-1901 Coat Buttons
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice suite of antique military officer Royal Horse Artillery (1 Cannon - 1873-1901) 18mm ball button with Queen Victoria's Crown brass Mi...
Category
Early 1900s British High Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Fine Ashanti Stool with Bird Motif, Ghana
Located in London, GB
This fine Ashanti stool from Ghana, which dates to the first half of the 20th century, features an unusual motif - a bird of prey. The surface of this stool exhibits a lovely smooth,...
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas Landscape Painting. c.1910
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th Century landscape oil painting. English. c.1910
Signed to bottom left - very skillfully painted landscape scene with fisherman and cottage.
Some very minor ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Edwardian United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Edwardian Art Nouveau Copper & Oak Shop Sign "Townrow" Hatter Hosier
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful English Art Nouveau period polished copper & oak mounted shop sign, "Townrow". Circa 1905.
There is some damage to the left hand side oak mount, please refer to the late...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$1,411 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Mechanical Whirligig Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Mechanical Whirligig Figure
This quirky and highly sculptural early 20th Century American folk art mechanical whirligig figure is stood on ...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Bronze
Greek
First half of 4th Century BC
Size: 10.5cm high - 4¼ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Privat...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
African Tribal Art Large Madonna figure Makonde Vintage Folk Art
Located in London, GB
African Tribal folk Art Makonde Madonna figure
A very finely executed large sculpture of a African Christian Madonna, the standing figure wearing a l...
Category
Early 20th Century Mozambican United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Art Fine Vintage Pair Zulu figures South Africa
Located in London, GB
Fine Pair of Vintage Zulu Tribal Figures – Baboon Master School, South Africa
A finely carved pair of traditional Zulu figures from South Africa, attributed to the Baboon Master Sc...
Category
19th Century South African Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Victorian Oil Painting Artists Studio Female Portrait
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Wonderful Victorian style oil painting of a young girl
- She appears to be an arists studio as the lady behind her holds a palette in her hand
- She is talking to another man with ...
Category
1980s Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Rare Raffia Fibre Pygmy Baby Sling or Carrier, DRC
Located in London, GB
This baby sling or carrier from the equatorial forest region of north-eastern DRC has an amazing contemporary appearance.
The carrier is made from multiple strands of twisted and kn...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
Pair of 1938 Andre Bourgault Miniatur Carved Wood Statues Couple Rocking Chairs
By Andre Bourgault
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of very small original Andre Bourgault statues hand carved and stamped
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it ...
Category
1940s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$238 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Vintage Solo Margarine Enamel Mid-Century Sign
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful bright vintage enamel sign advertising Solo margarine. Belgian - Circa 1940's.
The sign is in very good condition for its age, ther...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
$953 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box, 19th C.
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case.
Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Wood
Large 19th Century Louis Philippe Painted Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful large early 19th Century Louis Philippe over mantle mirror.
Classic arched form with naturalistic vine and flower decoration, finished in hand painted soft natural tones o...
Category
19th Century Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Very Rare Double Sided Glass Raleigh Bike Advertising Shop Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Very rare double sided glass Raleigh bike advertising shop sign
This is a beautiful Raleigh bike advertising shop sign, it is made in in a crackle fini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sporting Art United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Mirror
$10,084 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Pair of Italian Giltwood Sunburst Mirrors
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fabulous pair of 19th Century Italian distressed gilt wood sunburst mirrors.
Circa 1850.
Category
19th Century Italian Rustic Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Large 18th Century Italian Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fabulous bright gilt 18th Century Italian mirror within a bordered glass frame.
This mirror has had some minor restoration, commensurate with age.
Circa 1790.
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Early 20th Century Aunt Sally English Fairground Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century aunt sally english fairground game.
We share what we love, and we love this oversized early 20th Century example of a carved wood Fairground Aunt Sally knock do...
Category
Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Fine Antique Irish Knobkerrie Stick Very Collectable and Primative One of Two
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this fine antique Irish Knobkerrie stick
A lovely primitive piece, used by shepherds in the late Victorian era right the way up until today
D...
Category
19th Century Irish Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C Robert Lakin & Co Fairground Carnival Circus Pillars Edwin Hall
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A truly fantastic group of totally original untouched decorative fairground pillars by the infamous Robert J Lakin Company of 67 Besley Street, Streatham, London
The pillars are hollow in construction with deeply carved capitals, with the Lakin shield in the centre. The original "crocodile" glaze and painted surface give a wonderful decorative look.
The Lakin factory at 67 Besley Street, Streatham (south London) had been formerly occupied by showman’s decorator Arthur Oram...
Category
Early 20th Century English United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Male Nude Posing as Atlas, a Large Framed Study in Charcoal
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Male nude posing as Atlas, a large framed study in charcoal
This is an excellent, and due to its size, an imposing piece, an interesting life study...
Category
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts United Kingdom - Folk Art
Large Wall Sculpture by Curtis Jere Signed and Dated
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
A quite large and very cool piece of wall art by the famous American artists Curtis Jere. Signed and dated, and in very good original condition.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Steel
Benin Kingdom Ebony Carving of a Young King Oba, Nigerian
By People from Benin
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Wonderful hand carved ebony hardwood figure of a young Benin man, possibly a
future King Oba
Excellent traditional Benin artistic carving
A delightful piece
Circa 1970
Height 13...
Category
Late 20th Century Beninese Folk Art United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
19th century large wire frame decorative bird cage
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century large wire frame decorative bird cage circa 1890.
Large wire frame parrots cage.
2 parts, with removable dome top with bull ring fitment. No fittings included. Ideal d...
Category
1890s Swedish Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wire
19th Century San Fransisco Sutro Baths Giltwood Seahorse Bicycle Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A Sutro Baths giltwood seahorse bicycle circa 1890, commissioned by Adolph Sutro to adorn the infamous Sutro Baths in San Francisco. One of eight originally made, film director Georg...
Category
19th Century American Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
1960s Terracotta Sculpture by Barbara Tribe from St Ives Cornwall UK
By Barbara Tribe
Located in London, GB
Terracotta sculpture call "TOTEM" signed and dated by Barbara Tribe, 1966.
Barbara Tribe (1913-2000) was a Australian-born sculptor who spent much of her life living and working in St Ives (Cornwall UK).
She was the first sculptor and the first woman artist to be awarded the coveted New South Wales Traveling...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Celtic Art Copper Mural from Ireland, Celtic Animals Hand made beaten copper
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Celtic Art Copper Mural from Ireland, Celtic Animals
A hand made beaten copper abstract design of dogs and a stag hunting made in Ireland
A very striking piece with its origin in...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
in Use, Vintage Hospital X-Ray Sign, circa 1980
Located in Faversham, GB
Vintage London hospital x-ray sign that hung above the x-ray room door of the inpatient ward. The words ‘In Use’ illuminate when switched on.
London,...
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Folk Art Branch Figure
Located in London, GB
19th Century Folk Art Branch Figure
This unusual sculptural object is made from sections of branch wood which have been joined together to create a man riding a galloping horse. Sup...
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Group of Three Traditional Medicine Containers. Luguru, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
Sold as a collection each of these medicine containers displays their own distinctive characteristics. One of the gourd containers features a carved wooden stopper depicting a male h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Natural Fiber, Wood, Beads
Vintage Masonic Lodge Rotating Sign Liberty Hall Strict Order Candle Holders
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this vintage Masonic Lodge rotating wood sign with brass candle holders
A g...
Category
20th Century English Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$310 Sale Price
30% Off
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
$2,248
Vintage Early 20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas Landscape and Cattle. c.1910
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th century landscape oil painting. c.1910
Very skilfully painted landscape scene focusing on a herd of cattle.
Some very minor damage to the edges as pictured.
Category
Mid-20th Century English United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique 19th Century English Lanscape Oil Painting - Signed Thomas Creswick RA
By Thomas Creswick
Located in London, GB
A large 19th century oil on canvas landscape oil painting. c.1852
Singed by the artist to the bottom left - T Creswick RA (1811-1869), inducted into the Royal Academy as a full me...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique Swiss Black Forest hand carved walnut study of William Tell and his son
Located in Central England, GB
This superb quality walnut Swiss black forest sculpture depicts the Swiss legend William Tell jubilantly walking home arm in arm with his son with a large...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Cast Iron Mr Punch Door Stop
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century cast iron Mr Punch door stop.
This is a rare piece dating from the late 19th century, we have Mr Punch sitting with his dog, Toby who i...
Category
Late 19th Century Expressionist Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
African Tribal Benin Brass Armlets Nigeria Antique Jewelry
Located in London, GB
Benin brass Armlets or Anklets
A pair of heavy Brass armlets with three rows of cowrie shells, Certainly a well worn pair
one slightly twisted. They have been cleaned at some point.
Rare pieces. Benin 19th century and earlier.
For similar pair see re thinking pit Pitt Rivers pit rivers museum online collection Oxford UK.
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
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