Browse Our Folk Art and Antiques - Page 2

Modernistic jewelry box, carved from a single piece of pine. 10 1/4" high, excellent condition.

Funky, old, galvanized metal finial in original white paint, 9" high.
A decorative cast iron wheel from a John Deere cultivator. 19 1/2" in diameter, in old, excellent used condition.
A scientific display model which is a working AM Radio. It has glowing vacuum tubes, labeled circuitry, and you can listen to it!. 31 1/4" W by 21" H, by 5 3/4" D, very good condition.

Whirligig of a jointed dancing man on a moving "dance floor", made with found parts, it has a funky and unusual look.
 
A towel or tie rack decorated with a hand carved bull's head. 1930's or 40's, with a good surface.
Wonderful primitive birdhouse made from a section of log with a big, dense, natural burl, capped with a split pine log roof.
 
Several painted metal cutouts, from the Bedford, PA area.
 
A very folky cupboard that came out of an African-American church near Rutherfordton, NC. It stands 68 1/2" high, 28" wide and 15" deep, and was made in the early 1900's.
 
Two funky pine whimsey carvings.
 
"Spaceship Bob", by the late Robert E. Gilbert, ink on posterboard, 11" by 14". See more of his work.
 
This handmade rocket ship was constructed from turned solid wood, heavy chipboard tubing, and plywood, and was painted silver - which is now oxidized. Probably made in the 1970's, it is 21" high.
 
This beautiful stand with snakes and salamanders was carved from diamond willow, with a soapstone base. It is 44" high.
This whimsey pin is a carved leaf with three dangling baskets carved from peach pits.
 
A detailed cast iron finial from St. Louis, probably late 1800's, 17" high.
This is a set of approximately 70 hand carved jackstraws. No two are quite alike. From the early 1900's.
 
War Garden Collage made by Virginia Love in the 1940's. More of her work.
 
Primitive carved squirrel, 4" high.
 
Two carved, jointed, and painted wrestlers that move, c. 1940's. Very strong and primitive.
Rustic plant stand built from stout branches, colorfully decorated with old green and rust-red paint. It is 30" tall, 1930's/40's.
Pine box with deep relief carving of a sun with rays, clouds, hills, a fence, birds, a flower (with a bit of green paint), and the word "Tips".
 
A cream colored, painted, hanging magazine rack. The form is absolutely super. It is from the early 1900's, with nice crazed paint.
 
Primitive pottery polar bear
 
One of several elaborate, older sombreros, 24" across.
A very elaborate matchstick table lamp, decorated with crosses in colored stone and glitter and a "fireplace" lined in red glitter with wire andirons.
This "Chickenwhistle" is one of those wild pieces which really make us smile. It was a stage for a performing chicken. Has a really nice old surface to the paints, probably 1930's, and also makes a great plant holder.
 
A very folky, out of perspective relief carving of a man, holding a guitar, c. 1930's, 7 1/4" high.
 
Winter scene watercolor, 1940's.
A train, drawn in markers on cardboard, by Lewis Smith. See more.
A planter made from an old can surrounded by old-fashioned painted wood clothespins (not the spring type), 1940's, 7 1/4" in diameter.
A small picture made primarily from cut up stamps and highlighted with pen and ink.
 
A nice, large memory bottle, covered with interesting trinkets, in excellent condition. 14", c. 1963.

Nice flat work tramp art box with hearts, early 1900's.
 
Very folky life size figure made as a self-portrait by a painter and handyman in Weaverville, NC. 6'2" tall, wood, plaster, etc., dressed in the maker's old clothes.
 
A primitively carved man with a hat, bare feet, and rolled up pants legs, 1940's/50's, 6" tall.
A wooden sign with good color and a nice weathered surface, 31" wide.
This tank is hand made from a composition material, with a nail for a gun. It is 4" long.
 
An oil painting on canvas by the late Martin Zipin. The subject is a carnival barker or ticket taker. Early 1960's, 32" high.
 
A very decorative religious cane (partial view) with inlaid costume jewelry, c. 1940's, 48" high.
This is a intricate and detailed crucifixion scene under a glass dome. This is the smallest and most delicate example we have come across. West Bend, Iowa, datee 193?. 4" high, in almost perfect condition.
An old, unused brass lightning rod tip with beautiful starburst form. 8 3/4" long, from the 1950's, in excellent condition.

Decorative and sculptural, mechanical contraption, dark green paint, 1930's/40's, 43" long.

Graphic old "Wet Paint" sign.

1 of several outstanding Art Deco wood engraving prints by John Farleigh.