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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
Amazing Scratch Built Locomotive English Folkart Model
Located in London, GB
Amazing Scratch Built Locomotives
One of the best examples of English scratch built folk art models we have uncovered. Modelled on an steam locomotive this item has been constructed ...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Senufo Bird Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A lovely little hand carved Senufo Sejen bird sculpture from the early to mid 20th century, Africa, Ivory Coast.
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Primitive United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
SUPER RARE ANTIQUE SHAGREEN (SHARK SKIN) BURR WALNUT MUSICAL JEWELLERY PIANO BOx
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare, highly collectable, Antique Victorian circa 1880, Shagreen & Burr Walnut Piano Musical Jewellery box
What a thin...
Category
1880s British Art Nouveau Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Shagreen
Early 20th Century Door of Hope Missionary Doll Folk Art Antique Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming early 20th century Chinese door of hope missionary doll of an elderly gentleman.
A notably early example, in original untouched condition. The painted face has a particul...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Pine, Paper
A group of ten hand carved and painted wooden Napoleonic soldier figures c 1930
Located in Central England, GB
This very rare group of French Napoleonic period soldiers are completely handmade. They have each been finely carved in wood and then hand painted with great detail. Each soldier is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Napoleon III United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass. This George III giltwood mirror has a rectangular glass plate below a shaped cornice with a central coat of arms for Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) flanked by foliate tendrils on a painted black ground. The sides consist of paired tied-reed columns with palm frond capitals enclosing similar black painted panels of fruiting vine tendrils rising from classical vases. English, circa 1805.
See Wick Antiques, Britain on the High Seas: From Nelson to Churchill, pp.76-77, for a very similar giltwood mirror from a group at Merton Place, the house in Surrey which the Admiral shared with his mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815). They all featured his coat of arms surmounted by a baron’s coronet...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Antique French carousel pig, fairground, fun, quirky, kitchen decoration
Located in Maidstone, GB
Rare antique French child’s carousel pig. 19th Century. Lovely historic repairs from the fairground. Freestanding.
Category
19th Century Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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
19th Century Japanese Meiji Iki mask
Located in London, GB
19th Century Japanese Meiji Iki mask
A Japanese Meiji period Iki mask dated from the late 19th Century, depicting a dynamic expressive human face, with glass eyes and hair and a burn...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Early 20th Century Leather Clown Shoes Popeio Carnival Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of leather clown shoes of unusual proportions, early 20th century in age.
By repute from the clown known as Popeio, who worked with the R...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Edwardian United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Celtic Art Copper Mural from Ireland, Celtic Animals Hand made beaten copper
Located in Chillerton, 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
Early 20th Century Unusual Ceremonial Stick
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Unusual Ceremonial Stick
An unusual early 20th Century hand carved ceremonial stick or sorts with open palm hand symbol. Throughou...
Category
1910s Unknown Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Reverse Painted Verre églomisé Gilt Trade Shop Sign "My Shop"
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large reverse painted hanging trade sign, wrought iron frame with internal wooden supports.
The reverse painted glass has losses, it appears the sign would of read "confectionary"...
Category
Early 20th Century English United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Large Yoruba Ritual Shrine figure Abeokuta Nigeria African Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
Large Yoruba Ritual Shrine figure Abeokuta Nigeria African Tribal Art
A rare exceptionally large male Cup bearer ritual shrine figure standing upright holding a cup in front
carv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Industrial Art Deco Brass Internalite Enquiries Illuminated Sign, c1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning illuminated 'Internalite' directional sign made in England by K.F.M Engineering. c.1920.
Wall mounted brass frame housing the internal illuminations above single sided ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early Timber & Iron 'General Waiting Room' Railway Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
A large Great Western Railway 'General Waiting Room' sign.
A wonderful antique sign, in thick timber & in its original iron frame with cast iron lettering & all original paint. With ...
Category
20th Century British Sporting Art United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Passe Boule Game
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century French Passe Boule Game
A highly decorative hand-crafted example of a mid-20th Century French passe boule game, in the form of a clown figure. The top hat is attache...
Category
1940s French Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Travelling Marble Solitaire Game with 33 Handmade Clay Marbles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original and complete game of travelling marble solitaire from the 19th century with 33 old clay and stone marbles, circa 1870.
This two-piece board has a fairly small di...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Tole Grocers Signs
Located in Arundel, GB
7 Tole Painted Grocers Signs.
England, circa 1900.
Overall height including pins 15cm.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Bronze Arab boy snake charmer, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th Century French Arab patinated bronzes boy snake charmer, circa 1880.
Batch 74
Category
19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Oil Painting of Jesus on Copper Panel.
Located in Braintree, GB
Early 19th Century Oil Painting of Jesus on Copper Panel.
Presented is an early 19th-century artwork, meticulously rendered with oil on a copp...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
4 Vanity Fair “Spy” Prints A good collection of coloured prints
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
4 Vanity Fair “Spy” Prints
A good collection of coloured prints dating from 1896 to 1904, mounted and in glazed frames, all men from the lega...
Category
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Turn of The Century Sycamore Milliners Head
Located in Arundel, GB
Ref: 125280
Sycamore milliner's head with hand carved features and signs of original use.
Belgium circa 1900
Measurements: H: 23cm (9.1") W: 12.5cm (4.9") D: 15cm (5.9")
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Sycamore
Life size Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Wooden Statues
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Life size Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Wooden Statues
These charming early 19th century Statues stand almost 6ft high, they each have a socket in their hand which once would...
Category
1870s Romantic 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
19th Century Slate Animal Grave Markers Tomb Stones Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very early collection of slate animal grave markers, these appear to of all been from the same family/estate/property. Likely all working animals and much loved. Cows, Horses and D...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Slate
Antique Scottish Tapestry Needlepoint Scotland Mourning 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Amazing antique Scottish tapestry in gilt frame tat measures almost six feet wide - 180 CM
The subject is based on the famous oil painting 'Scotland ...
Category
1860s Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Weird and Quirky Bistro Garden Table and Chairs
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Weird and Quirky Bistro Garden Table and Chairs
Weird and Quirky Bistro Garden Table and Chairs made from Iron Tools and Car parts
This is no do...
Category
1960s Steampunk Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Mid-Twentieth Century Granary Door Lock in the Form of a Crocodile
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century Bambara door lock from Mali has been carved into the form of a crocodile, a symbol of protection in the Bambara culture. The crocodile-shaped door lock, ad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Rare Pair of 19th Century Meissen Nodding Pagodas
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare and fine quality pair of 19th century Meissen porcelain nodding Pagodas, each with wonderful bold coloured hand painted decoration, wit...
Category
19th Century German Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box
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
19th Century Swedish Marriage Chest
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th century Swedish marriage chest.
This chest is decorated with flora, fauna, and hearts and is dated 1834.
Category
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
'Rat Dog' Sculpture in Fiberglass by Finn Stone
By Finn Stone
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
We love this piece! Number 2 from an edition of 2, the other was sold recently on Saatchi online, and honestly we don't mind rat dog hanging around, he eats no...
Category
2010s English Modern United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Fiberglass
Pair of early 20th Century English Estate Made Folk art Decoys.
Located in London, GB
Pair of early 20th Century English Estate Made Folk art Decoys.
A delightful pair of early 20th century folk art estate made English decoy ducks. Of large proportion these two hand p...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Asafo Banner
By Fante People
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very rare example of an Asafo Banner from the Fante people of the Cape Coast of Ghana . The Asafo have been a highly militarised society long before the Europeans set foot ...
Category
1940s Ghanaian British Colonial Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Statue of a Girl Holding Out her Apron
This is a very pretty piece, this is quite a tall girl on an oval plinth and when it has rained a little water gets trapped in her skirt and t...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
JAMES NORTHCOTE 1480-1517 PAiNTINGS PRINCESS BRIDGET & MARRIAGE OF SHREWSBURY
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of 16th to 17th century, miniature oil paintings which are after the originals by James Northcote (1480-1517) t...
Category
17th Century English Charles II Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Early Timber & Iron 'Station Master' Railway Sign
Located in Downham Market, GB
A large Great Western Railway 'Station Master' sign.
A wonderful antique sign, in thick timber & in its original iron frame with cast iron lettering & all original paint. With the pe...
Category
20th Century British Sporting Art United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th century English estate made decoy duck.
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English estate made decoy duck.
A true example of an early 20th century English estate made decoy duck form, with glass eyes. With a wonderful, pointed shape and p...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Zinc and Gold Horse Head Butchers Trade Sign Flemish 1860
Located in Hastings, GB
19th century Flemish gilt zinc horse head trade sign. This beautiful hand made sign was used by a Flemish butcher and dates to circa 1860. There are still remnants of the beautiful g...
Category
1860s Belgian Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Zinc
Artist’s Model Bust of a Very Young Smiling Boy, signed and dated
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Model Bust of a Very Young Smiling Boy, signed and dated
This is a very attractive hand made piece dating from the middle of the 20th Centu...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Artist’s Bust of a Woman, not signed
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Bust of a Woman, not signed
This is a hand made piece dating from the middle of the 20th Century, it was discovered during refurbishment of an ...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
19th C 1847 French Oil on Canvas, Gent & His Four Legged Companion Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming mid 19th century French oil on canvas of a Gentleman and his doggy, dated 1847 and signed P.Bisson
A small section of restoration under his left arm, but done some time ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century Folk Art Pencil on Paper Odd Dog "Job" Oak Frame Rottweiler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interesting side profile portrait of a panting Rottweiler, well executed pencil on paper housed in its original oak frame and oak slip.
Has its original framers label on the reve...
Category
Early 20th Century English United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Oak, Paper
Italian Pirelli Wrought Iron Advertising Trade Sign 1920
Located in Hastings, GB
Absolutely incredible advertising sign for an Italian garage, blacksmith made in forged and ornate wrought Iron. This sign was removed from a garage in Turin, Italy where it had hung since 1920, advertising the variety of services the garage carried out, as well as Pirelli tyres.
The sign is wonderfully weather beaten, with losses to the paint and sections of the advertising text. Overall the sign is in superb structural condition, with a couple of small fissures, which are barely noticeable.
A truly exceptional piece of antique signage...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Set of Two Victorian Hand Carved & Hand Painted Black Forest Bear Figures
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Set of Two Victorian Hand Carved & Hand Painted Black Forest Bear Figures
Befit With Beaded Eyes
Largest bear dimensions Height 16cm I Width: 30cm I Depth: 12cm
Category
19th Century German Late Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Small Collection of Folk Art Wooden Letters A Small collection
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Small Collection of Folk Art Wooden Letters
A Small collection of painted wooden letters, the letters are 1” thick, they were made in India, the have small hooks on the back to hang...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Hand Painted Indian Folk Art Stand or Low Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Hand Painted Indian Folk Art Stand or Low Table
A Lovely Decorative piece painted in an orange pallet with Flowers
This little metal table is very stable ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Hand Painted Indian Folk Art Stand or Low Table A Lovely Decorative piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Hand Painted Indian Folk Art Stand or Low Table
A Lovely Decorative piece painted in a green pallet with small Flowers
This little metal table is very sta...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Early Twentieth-Century South African Milk Pail ('Ithunga')
Located in London, GB
This early-twentieth-century tall, narrow vessel, from the Zulu culture in South Africa, would have traditionally served as a milk pail.
Known as an 'ithunga', the vessel exhibits ...
Category
Early 20th Century South African Tribal United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Gilt Verre Églomisé, Cheap Funerals Trade Shop Sign Oliver Twist
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather tongue-in-cheek reverse painting and gilt doubled sided trade sign, reading "CHEAP FUNERALS" flippant to say the least.
The sign shows signs...
Category
Early 20th Century English United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Artist’s Model Bust of a Well Weathered Head, not signed
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Model Bust of a Well Weathered Head, not signed
This is a very well weathered hand made piece dating from the middle of the 20th Century, it was discovered during refurbishment of an Art Studio
It is a three dimensional head and shoulders with an androgynous appearance made in clay with an out door patina...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Early Twentieth-Century Prestige Elephant Stool
Located in London, GB
This impressive early twentieth-century stool, from the Ashanti culture in Ghana, depicts an elephant - an Ashanti symbol of power and strength. Finely carved from a heavy brown wood...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Robert Burns Tam O' Shanter Staffordshire Figure Decorative Scottish Antiques
Located in London, GB
A charming large antique staffordshire flat back pottery double figure of Tam O`Shanter and Souter Johnny from the world famous poem by Robert ...
Category
1880s British Antique United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
12ft Long Hovis Advertising Baker’s Shop Sign, Reverse Painted, Gold Leaf
Located in Chillerton, 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
Mid-Twentieth Century Black Madonna
Located in London, GB
This mid-twentieth century African Madonna comes from the Makonde culture, in the Matwara region of southern Tanzania.
The Madonna figure exhibits a graceful, serene facial express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Framed and Glazed Ink and Watercolour by Desmond Walduck
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Framed and Glazed Ink and Watercolour by Desmond Walduck
Desmond Walduck is a comic book artist known for his work on Dan Dare 1920-1995
This painting is of A Horse Woman Riding B...
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Framed and Glazed Ink and Watercolour by Desmond Walduck
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Framed and Glazed Ink and Watercolour by Desmond Walduck
Desmond Walduck is a comic book artist known for his work on Dan Dare 1920-1995
This painting is of The Herron and the Fis...
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage United Kingdom - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
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