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PORTFOLIO / RECENTLY SOLD:

Below is a selection of recently sold objects representative of the quality we sell. We are always interested in purchasing material of like quality and interest. If you missed something similar to something that we recently sold, please contact us (but, bear in mind eveything we sell is unique so "similar in genre" is the best we can do).
Exceptional Folk Art Chrome Yellow Ground with Stars Parcheesi Game Board
Circa: Late 19thC
Size: 29" (w) x 20" (h) (sight)

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Paul Klee-esque Folk Art Parcheesi Game Board
Circa: Late 19thC
Size: 19 1/2" (w) x 18" (h) (sight)

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Excellent Folk Art Parcheesi Game Board with "Olives"
Circa: Late 19thC
Size: 21" (w) x 21" (h)

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Best Folk Art Backgammon Game Board
Circa: Early 20thC
Size: 24" (w) x 17" (h) (sight)

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Isaac W. Nuttman (1801-1872)
New Jersey
Oil on board
Circa: 1840-1860
Size: 14" (h) x 22 1/2" (w)

Provenance: Donald H. Ladd Antiques; Private Collection.

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"Untitled" by Melvin Way
Born 1954-, South Carolina.
Ballpoint pen on paper
Circa: 2001
Size: 3" x 4" (sight) / 12 3/4" x 15" (frame)

An excellent, early work by Outsider Artist Melvin Way. I love Way's work when it looks a bit like matzo!

The Outsider Artist Melvin Way suffers from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and diabetes.

Way has stated, “All my works have to go thru emissions, baptisms, and transmigrations before I release them into the stratosphere, I carry 500 drawings at a time in my raincoat, and they go thru rain sleet and snow, sometimes staying in my pocket for 6 months at a time.”

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First Rate Sheet of Tattoo Flash Art
Texas
Watercolor on paper
Circa: 1930s
Size: 9" x 11" (sight) / 13 1/4" x 15 1/4" (frame)

First-rate sheet of tattoo flash art. All works appear to be by the same hand. This sheet is part of a group that are believed to have been first collected and assempled in the 1940-50s in Texas.

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Without Thorns (A Rose)
Ray Materson (1954 –)
Unraveled socks
Circa: 1994
Size: 2 1/2" (h) x 2 1/2" (w) (sight) / 12 3/4" x 11 1/2" (frame)

This small atypical work by Ray Materson from when he was imprisoned in 1994. According to Materson the piece was about redemption — "In 1994, I was in love with my wife (now divorced) and I was less than a year from being paroled from prison. Life was blooming like a beautiful rose and there seemed to be no thorns, no hurts to deal with."

Exhibited at The New Museum, A Labor of Love, January 20 – April 14 1996.

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Edward, Edward
Thomas King Baker (1911 - 1972)
Oil on shirt cardboard on craft paper
Circa: 1960-1965
Size: 12" (h) x 9" (w) (sight) / 25" (h) x 21" (w) (framed)

Thomas King Baker was an insurance underwriter by day, self-taught, basement artist by night. He and his wife, Mila Hoover, were middle-class socialites and enjoyed the opera, galleries, museums and a vibrant nightlife. King was friendly with local artists and was a collector. Among friends and family, his art-making was a poorly kept secret—they knew of his passion but were unaware of the extent of King’s breadth and body of work. King never exhibited while he was alive.

King’s paintings, illustrations, and sketchbooks were exhibited at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum in 1997.

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Induction Center
Thomas King Baker (1911 - 1972)
Watercolor, charcoal, and calendar scrap on craft paper
Circa: 1965
Size: 13 1/4"(h) x 9" (w) (sight) / 25" (h) x 21" (w) (framed)

Thomas King Baker was an insurance underwriter by day, self-taught, basement artist by night. He and his wife, Mila Hoover, were middle-class socialites and enjoyed the opera, galleries, museums and a vibrant nightlife. King was friendly with local artists and was a collector. Among friends and family, his art-making was a poorly kept secret—they knew of his passion but were unaware of the extent of King’s breadth and body of work. King never exhibited while he was alive.

King’s paintings, illustrations, and sketchbooks were exhibited at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum in 1997.

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Untitled [Woman in a White Tank Top]
Miroslav Tichý (1926-2011)
Unique gelatin silver print on Tichý mat
Circa: 1960-1980 (n.d.)
Size: 5" (w) x 6 3/4" (h) sight

A strong photo by Tichý with a high contrast between the whites of the woman's tank top and the shadows of her head and body. Tichý added a graphite contour to her back of her leg. Mounted on original Tichý mat.

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Untitled [Girl with Book]
Lee Gatch (1902 – 1968)
Circa: 1930
Size: 10" (w) x 13" (h) (sight)

An early, strong and haunting work by Lee Gatch. Gatch’s works were exhibited at the American pavilions at the Venice Biennales. Twice he was the subject of comprehensive retrospectives. The first, in 1956, visited the Phillips; the second, four years later, opened at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan and toured the country.

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Oblivious To Danger
Oil on canvas
Circa: 1930
Size: 31 1/2" x 29 1/2" (framed)

Amusing allegorical folk art painting of a man fishing on a river or lake with a bear coming up behind him, a thunder storm with sharp lightning, a fish out of the creel, a 'No Trespassing / Private Property' sign, a spilt bottle, and a sinking boat...but there is a rainbow on the horizon! I am not a fisherman, but I guess the message here is, "I'd Rather Be Fishing."

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“Spiritualist Criterium” DeWitt State Hostpital Diatribe
Robert M. Clark, Formerly Sherif [sic], Ventura County, Califonia [sic]
DeWitt State Hospital, Placer County, California
Circa: March 16th 1954
Size: 9" (w) x 12" (h)

A fascinating seven page document written by a patient at the DeWitt State Hospital, California (the same hospital and period in which Martín Ramírez was institutionalized). The patient identifies as a “Robert M. Clark, former sherif [sic] of Ventura County,” and writes to “Dr. C. R. Jackson, MD In Charge” about a “morphinism disturbance.” He weaves in a cast of characters and a convoluted story involving morphine, prohibition and the Baptist Synod of Los Angeles to name a few details. The overuse of quote marks is quite remarkable—almost every word is surrounded by " - "s.

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Church Quire (sic)
George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Oil on canvas board
Dated: January 1964
Size: 9" x 12"

An atypical work by George Morgan who is known for his bird's eye views of Maine towns. The patterning of the flowers is quite extraordinary. Signed, titled and dated on the back and Morgan gives his age as, "age 93 last Oct - 9."

Select Exhibitions: Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, "George E. Morgan: Self Taught Painter of Maine" July 16 - October 11, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, "George E. Morgan: Maine Streets" February 5 - April 10, 1999.

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Bird of Paradise
George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Oil on canvas board
Circa: 1964
Size: 9" x 12"

Fantastical painting by Maine Outsider / Folk Artist George E. Morgan. Most of Morgan's paintings are memory paintings, this work features and idealized bird hovering over an idealized landscape of a white picket fence, flowers and green fields. Morgan painted this when he was 94-95 years old.

Select Exhibitions: Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, "George E. Morgan: Self Taught Painter of Maine" July 16 - October 11, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, "George E. Morgan: Maine Streets" February 5 - April 10, 1999.

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Bird Family
James W. Washington, Jr. (American 1909-2000)
Dated: 1973
Size: 12 1/4" L x 8 1/8" D x 7 1/2" H

Bird Family is a large work of a mother bird protecting and feeding three nestlings under her wing. The solid black granite metaphorically reinforces the strength of the matriarch, while Washington's sensitive carving conveys a certain intimacy and the fragility of life.

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Rare Carved & Painted Folk Art Ball & Ring Toss Game
Circa: 1930s
Size: 33” (h) x 17 1/2”(w) x 27" (d)

A rare, large-sized American Folk Art carnival ball and ring toss figure with cage. The figure with extended left arm and a bread-board like chest painted as a white shirt with a big red tie—his head surmounted atop a blue painted cage.

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Japanese Lacquer Workers Chest
Circa: 1900-1920
Size: 14 1/2" (w) x 12" (h) x 16" (deep)

A remarkable object that was created without the intention of becoming an art object. The chest is a Japanese lacquer workers "toolbox" a place to keep tools of the trade for making fine lacquer wares. However from daily use, over weeks, months, years the box itself became more a work of art than the individual objects created from it. The surface is rich and complex with layers and layers of black and red lacquer. A dramatic drip is formed over time like an icicle off of a roofline.

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Exuberantly Painted Maine Folk Art Wall Box
Maine
Circa: 1820-30
Size: 12 3/4" (h) x 11 1/4 (w) x 6" (d)

An exuberantly painted Folk Art pine wall box. Found in Maine and sold at the landmark Huntington Sale in Mount Vernon, Maine, 1974 (lot 77). Exceptional paint history and wear to the putty green paint and black squiggles. Unusual in that it was painted on all sides including the back.

Box with wrought (on the bottom) and thin cut nails (on the sides).

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Folk Art Root Snake Den
Circa: 1900-1920
Size: 16" (l) x 11 1/4" (h)

A wonderful twisty burl mass resembling a writhing snake den. One snake is carved from a branch growing through the burl mass, while others have nail eyes upon their suggestive heads.

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Folk Art Sewer Tile Head - Ex Hemphill
Circa: 1910-1920
Size: 5 1/8” (h)

Unusual and strange Folk Art Sewer Tile Head of a Woman. Provenance: Herbert Hemphill; Barbara Kristina Johnson; Peter Brams.

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Gentlemen's Club Bikini Dancers Sign
Circa: 1940-50s
Size: 25" (h) x 18" (w)

A super, cut and painted aluminum sign that came from a gentlemen's club in Pennsylvania. The carefully spray-painted figures have a bit of iridescence to them from the aluminum substrate coming through.

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Exceptional Folk Art Painted Doll's Cradle - Joseph's Coat
Circa: 1874
Size: 21 3/4" (l) x 12 1/2 (h) x 10 3/4" (w)

A truly exceptional American Folk Art painted object. The hooded doll's cradle is meticulously painted in a multicolored, bold, geometric pattern of squares, rectangles and rays that are likely an interpretaion of a Joseph's Coat of Many Colors (a popular pattern for baby quilts).

The underside is dated. "1874."

Definately a "best of category" type object.

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Exceptional Folk Art Painted Snake Eating Frog Cane
Likely Southern
Circa: 1900
Size: 38 1/2” (oal)

The painting on this cane is really eye-popping—bright and multi-patterned. The thinly carved stick has a pommel top and paint silimar to peacock feathers. A snake is entwined around the shaft and has a frog in its' mouth—and the poor frog is grasping his tiny arms around the stick. A small lizard is biting the snake at the tail.

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Folk Art [Woodlands] Carved Grizzly Bear
Iowa (possibly Mesquakie / Meskwaki)
Circa: 1875
Size: 10 7/8” (l) x 6 5/8” (w) x 6” (h)

Large one piece carved sculpure of remarkable character and surface. The hefty bear is down on all fours with one hind leg coming through to the front.

Based on extensive experinece with both Woodlands carvings and "white man" folk art, I am inclined to believe that this exquisite carving was carved my a Mesquakie / Meskwaki native (who had a presence in Iowa). The sensitivity of line, character and wood surface are hallmarks of reference and both the creature and craft.

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Wavy Stripe Painted Southern Blanket Chest
Virginia (found)
Circa: 1850-70
Size: 34 3/4” (w) x 18 1/2” (d) x 24” (h)

A fantastic and lively Southern blanket chest (Virginia). Six board chest of deep proportions. Made from southern pine with applied moldings and conical feet. Wavy green and yellow stain all around (except backside). It has been suggested that this may be African American made/painted.

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Eye Opener Liquor Bottle
Circa: 1880
Size: 11 1/4" (h)

Who doesn’t love a rebus—even if its just a short one. Unusual stoneware bottle with a three dimensional and realistically glazed eye ball sticking out of one side with the word “opener” below it and a minstrel-like figure dancing on the other side.

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Cast Iron Birdhouse - Clifton House Roslyn Harbor, NY
Circa: 1868
Size: 12" (h) x 15" (w) x 10" (d)

Made by Miller Iron Company, Providence, RI. A very cool and beautiful birdhouse in excellent condition. The details are remarkable—it is quite an amazing job of casting. The house still stands today (no, I have not knocked on their door to see if they want to buy it :)

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Eight is Enough - Iowa
Concrete, paint
Circa: 1920-1930
Size: range from 4 1/4" (h) - 7 1/4" (h)

A family of eight concrete dolls. Found as a group in Iowa, these “dolls” are unique and mysterious. Sensational surfaces.

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Large New England Carpenters Tool Box / "HANDS OFF"
Circa: 1840
Size: 23" x15" x 9 1/2"

Bold red painted covered carpenters tool box belonging to "W. LAYMEN" who wants you to keep your "HANDS OFF!" Yellow pinstriping and flourishes. New England origin (possibly Maine). Note size...large box...not the size of a knife carrier...much, MUCH larger.

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Public School Girls
Ray Materson (1954 –)
Unraveled socks
Circa: 1994
Size: 2 1/4" (h) x 2 3/4" (w) (sight)

This small masterwork by Materson recalls a day when Materson as a young teenager skipped school and played strip poker with a couple of older girls. The event was exciting, but not in the way that he had imagined. His figure lay in the scene like Christ with outstretched arms and a loincloth (tighty-whities).

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Woman with Roses
Joseph Garlock (1884-1980)
Oil on canvas
Circa: 1958
Size: 23 1/2" (h) x 27 5/8" (w) sight

Possibly a portrait or a tribute to his daughter Rose, who encouraged him to retire from his grocery store and paint. Rose had a cabin in Woodstock, NY—where this cache of works was discovered.

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The Birds & The Bees
Ange Boaretto (1920-??)
Oil and mixed media on paper
Circa: 1950s-60s
Size: 43” x 8” (sight) / 48” x 12” (framed)

A large one piece, six paneled erotic painting by self-taught artist Boaretto. Ange Boaretto was a master shoemaker in Southern France and a self-taught painter.

Although he had some recognition during his lifetime and a small exhibit at the Centre Georges Pompidou in 1979, entitled ‘Le Bible du Bottier’ (The Boot-makers Bible), he has largely been forgotten.

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Untitled [Hospital Beds with Hell Hound]
Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980)
Tempera, graphite on window shade
Circa: 1965-1975 (n.d.)
Size: 17" (w) x 17" (h) sight

The front is composed of two families at hospital beds. The back illustrates a large Hell Hound, and is a recent discovery found while considering a new mat board—now reframed to show both sides.

A former street preacher who became an artist, poet, and musician, Sister Gertrude Morgan painted biblical themes to illustrate her gospel teachings.

Several of Morgan’s works are part of the exhibit "Outliers and American Vanguard" organized by The National Gallery.

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Ice Houses
George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Oil on canvas board
Circa: January 1963
Size: 16" (h) x 20" (w) (sight)

From the 1820s to the end of the century, the Kennebec River was part of a flourishing ice trade. In the winters, ice from the river was cut into blocks, packed in sawdust, stored in warehouses, and shipped all over the world (as far as India). Because of its purity, ice from the Kennebec was known worldwide as “Kennebec Diamonds.”

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Folk Art Religious Tableau, "The Sacred Family”
Carved wood, polycrome, wire
Circa: 1920-1930
Size: 16” (h) x 13” (w)

A complex folk art tableau of the Sacred Family; Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus. Made out of crate wood, the carved and painted figures and elobotate platform were carved by an Italian-American in New York.

Provenance: Hill Gallery, David Wheatcroft, Peter Brams

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Folk Art Ash Burl Hand Pipe
Circa: 1840-1860
Size: 4 3/4" (l) x 3 1/2 (h)

I’ve seen a few hand pipes over the years—and this is hands down (pun intended) the very best! Not only for the choice burl specimen or the rich patina, but also for the first-rate modeling and carving of the hand.

Measuring a little less than life-size (so you can cup it in your hand), the fingers are well defined, and the thumb lifts to reveal a tin lined bowl a tin heart.

Best of kind!

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Acorn Shaped Turned Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1800
Size: 5 1/2"D x 2 3/4"H

Unique form—expertly and proudly turned with flared rim and finished with gouge carving under the rim. A connoisseur's bowl.

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Rare Figural Erotic Treen Snuffbox
Circa: 1800-1820
Size: 4" (h)" x 1 5/8" (w)" x 1 5/8" (l)

Carved from the solid, the two figures, face to face are engaged with the woman sitting atop the man. The bottom reveals their bits. Figural carved erotic boxes as such are a great rarity with this example being unique in form.

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Lamb
Dilmus Hall (1900-1987)
Concrete, rebar, paint
Circa: 1970s or earlier
Size: 18" (l) x 10" (w) x 13 1/4" (h)

After serving in WWI, Hall returned to Georgia and worked as a hotel bell captain, a sorority house busboy and then as a fabricator of concrete blocks for a construction company. It was here that Hall found himself again—working with his hands.

He began making concrete sculpture around his home. His sculpture combined a mix of Christianity with an African conjuring culture that empowered objects with protective powers.

Concrete works from Hall's creative environment rarely come to the market.

Provenance: Barbara Archer Gallery; Larry Dumont Collection.

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Folk Art Hooked Rug - It’s About Time!
Circa: 1920-30s
Size: 27" x 29"

An unusual and graphically strong and vibrant American Folk Art hooked rug. It has a very contempory aesthetic and feels like a precursor of early Pop Artist Dorothy Grebenak.

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Nine Hands Cane with Shorebird and Dog
Attributed to Georgia
Circa: 1880
Size: 35" (h)

A fascinating and mysterious carving with nine hands around the stick, interspersed with carpentry tools and lizards. The top has a conjoined shorebird feeding its young and a dog’s head.

Though the meaning is not known—the tools and hands make me think of “helping hands.” Or from a different perspective, the religious act of “laying on of hands.”

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Folk Art Palmist / Fortune Teller / Tarot Cards Sign
Southern Origin
Circa: 1940s
Size: 39"(h) x 16" (w)

A rare full figural, life sized, Palmist / Fortune Teller / Tarot Cards Sign. Graphically bold in red, white and black paint with a large red hear and bold black question mark (?). First rate surface.

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Lead Glazed Folk Art Redware Hedgehog
Circa: 1840-1860
Size: 5 1/4" x 9"

A striking and unexpected piece - quite large also. Though I have never seen another in the wild, a museum in Sussex, England has a couple related ceramic hedgehogs.

Provenance: Alastair Martin, The Guennol Collection

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A Pair of Arts & Crafts Carved Dog Corbels
Circa: 1910
Size: each 15 3/4" x 12 1/4" x 1 3/4"

Carved from the solid of oak these dynamic carvings have a truly elegant design—with open carving throughout—the dog's tails curve around and under each of their bodies—and the open-work "gills" behind the dogs make for a superb piece of sculpture.

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Folk Art Mirrored Mermaid
Wood, paint, plaster, mirror slivers
Circa: 1920-1930
Size: 40 1/2" (h) x 15" (w) x 8 1/2" (d)

A mysterious fish-tailed figure constructed of plywood and inlaid with hundreds of mirror slivers. The head is irregularly shaped, more fish or alien than human. But, the body is slender and anthropomorphic with broad shoulders and thin arms. A wave at the base makes it look as if the figure is emerging from the water.

Though its original purpose or creator has been lost to time, it remains a compelling and beautiful sculpture.

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Large Folk Art Carved and Painted Rhinoceros
Fred Alten (1872-1945)
Circa: 1910-1920
Size: 17" (oal)

An exceptional example of a large Fred Alten animal. Fred Alten was a machinist in Wyandotte, Michigan and carved animals based on illustrations in Jonson’s Book of Nature. A garage full of his works was found thirty years after his death.

Provenance: Peter Brams; Barbara Johnson

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Woodlands Miniature Bowl & Ladle
Circa: 1820-40
Size: bowl; 3 3/4" (l) x 2 1/2" (w) / ladle; 3" (oal) x 2 1/2" (w)

Probably Ojibwa based on the shape of the bowl. The ladle is one of the smallest that I have ever seen. The oval bowl is thinly hewn and exhibits a beautiful patina.

Due to the scale and limited wear, they were probably part of a medicine bundle. I am not sure if they started life together, as it is difficult to tell, but together they make a special pair.

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Rare Covered Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1840
Size: 5 3/4" (d) x 4 3/4" (h)

A very solid form with a tapered body and a one piece turned top. Old scrubbed surface. Covered burl bowls are quite scarce—of the hundreds and hundreds of burl bowls I have seen, I have only seen less than 25 covered burl bowls.

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Scottish Treen Tobacco or Snuff Box
Circa: 1820-1840
Size: 7" (l) x 4" (w) x 3" (d)

This is the best of this type box that I have had or seen. Multiple high relief carved figures with daggers and animals in a maelstrom of chaos. Large size. Lead paper lined.

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A Rare Enamel Snuffbox in the Form of Female Genitalia
Circa: 1780-1800
Size: 3 3/8" (l) x 1 5/8" (w) x 1 1/4" (h).

An overt twist on the traditional enamel or cowry shell pewter or silver mounted snuff box (and an overtly erotic versus concealed).

A few years ago, I had a similar example with glazed pubic hair—“unshaven” it is slightly more abstract and looks like a Hindu yoni graphic—which, of course represents the vulva.

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French Folk Art Treen Snuffbox - Cockroach
Circa: 1820-1840
Size: 1" x 1 1/2"

A [very] small and intricately carved coquilla nut snuff box in the form of a cockroach or June beetle. This is the smallest figural snuffbox that I have ever seen. Remarkable detail.

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Folk Art Painting - Portland Lighthouse
Oil on board
Circa: 1929
Size: 6" x 9" (sight)

A very good, folky painting of the famous Maine landmark with expressive crashing waves and a cubist blocked rocky coast. Indistinctly signed and dated [19]'29.

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Beach Fires
Charles Woodward Hutson (New Orleans, 1840 - 1936)
Oil on board
Circa: 1925-30
Size: 10 " x 8" (sight); 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" (frame)

One of Hutson's more mysterious paintings. The beach appears to be aflame with a series of small fires. His composition is sharply divided between the overcast sky, the shoreline, beach and a line of brilliant blue trees. His brushstrokes are fluid and the paint is loose with a fine scumble.

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Fish Bowl
Joseph Garlock (1884-1980)
Gouache on paper
Circa: 1956
Size: 12" (h) x 11" (w) (sight)

Garlock discovered Modern Art through Life magazine. The inspiration here might have been one of Matisse’s several goldfish paintings—which Matisse said “brought a soothing, calming influence on the mind.”

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Swan Lake
William Fellini ( -1965)
Oil on canvas
Circa: 1960
Size: 27" (h) x 35" (w) (sight)

William Fellini was a self-taught painter who worked as a house painter and day laborer in New York City. In his spare time, he would often buy used canvases and paint on the clean side (this painting has a half-finished figure by another hand on the other side).

Though little is known about Fellini except for a few anecdotes, he produced a decent body of work from the late 30s-60s.

His paintings often have a quiet surreal quality or an element of surprise or humor to them. He used his marketable skill as a decorative painter and often incorporated faux marble tabletops as a foundation for his inventive still-lifes.

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Mischief Cats
William Fellini ( -1965)
Oil on canvas
Circa: 1957
Size: 27" (h) x 33" (w) (sight)

William Fellini was a self-taught painter who worked as a house painter and day laborer in New York City. In his spare time, he would often buy used canvases and paint on the clean side (this painting has a half-finished figure by another hand on the other side).

Though little is known about Fellini except for a few anecdotes, he produced a decent body of work from the late 30s-60s.

His paintings often have a quiet surreal quality or an element of surprise or humor to them. He used his marketable skill as a decorative painter and often incorporated faux marble tabletops as a foundation for his inventive still-lifes.

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Garden of Eden
MW Demorest - Kansas Insane Asylum
ink on paper
Circa: April 30, 1892
Size: 9 3/4" (h) x 7 3/4" (w)

Part of an important cache of eleven drawings and writings by MW Demorest, an inmate at the Kansas State Insane Asylum in the 1890s. These remarkable drawings provides rare documentation by an actual inmate of an early American mental institution.

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Portraits of a Man and Woman
MW Demorest - Kansas Insane Asylum
ink on paper
Circa: 1892
Size: 8 1/2" (h) x 11" (w)

Part of an important cache of eleven drawings and writings by MW Demorest, an inmate at the Kansas State Insane Asylum in the 1890s. These remarkable drawings provides rare documentation by an actual inmate of an early American mental institution.

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Sleeping Beauty with Winged Angel and Rainbow
MW Demorest - Kansas Insane Asylum
ink on paper
Circa: 1892
Size: 8" (h) x 5" (w)

Part of an important cache of eleven drawings and writings by MW Demorest, an inmate at the Kansas State Insane Asylum in the 1890s. These remarkable drawings provides rare documentation by an actual inmate of an early American mental institution.

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Rare American Encased Marble Tavern Game
Circa: 1830-1840
Size: 22 1/2" (h) x 13" (w) x 4" (d)

An early and rare game with an anthropomorphic head in which one feeds marbles into the “mouth” and then by chance of the marble descending through an inner chamber of pins gains points 1-10 or 10-100 (by tens).

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Many Mons Pubis
Photographic process on an uncut sheet of paper stamps
Circa: 1930-1960
Size: 12 1/2" (w) x 8 1/2" (h)

This is quite a remarkable and mysterious work of art. Many “artist unknown” artworks have kept me up at night, and this is no exception.
The work shows the pubic area of thirty-six different women (one shaven). Possibly purposely ambiguous, at first glance the subjects may look like trees, upturned umbrellas, or even tornadoes. (“Hell hath no fury...”)?
The halftone printing enables us to see the subject clearly at arm’s length, but as we move closer, we do not see more detail, we see less—the dots of the printing process decrease the detail and makes it more abstract— thus the labels under each subject (presumably the model’s name) become increasingly unclear.
Process-wise it appears that each subject was photographed, printed, labeled, framed and then shot again—then possibly a composite of the whole was photographed and then printed onto the sheet of stamps.

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Autumn Storm
Howard Rackliffe (1917-1987)
Acrylic on homosote panel
Circa: 1970s
Size: 28" (w) x 48" (h)

Rackliffe’s work was the focus of a retrospective exhibition in 1990 at the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT. which then traveled to the Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME.

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Revalations
Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980)
Tempera and mixed media on window shade
Circa: 1965-1975
Size: 12 1/2" (w) x 3" (h)

Provenance: The John and Pam Finley Collection of Outsider Art.

A bold and complex double- sided Morgan with notations and illustrations from the Book of Revelations, including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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Untitled [An Artist in Her Studio]
Miroslav Tichý (1926-2011))
Monotype etching
Circa: 1970s (n.d)
Size: 11" (w) x 16" (h)

Although Miroslav Tichý (1926-2011) was primarily known as a street photographer, he had a remarkable hand for drawing.

In the 1960s Tichý began experimenting with monotype etchings. As with his tools for photography, his materials for engravings were improvised from recycled scraps of metal, plastic or wood. Tichý’s neighbor and come-biographer Roman Buxbaum, observed, “After scratching out the drawing he applied paint with the palm of his hand and then, applying pressure with a spoon, transferred it to paper.” The blurred lines and ink smears from this imperfect process resulted in etchings, not unlike his photographs, filled with a hazy and mysterious atmosphere.

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Mock Orange [Philadelphus]
Ida Jones (1874-1959)
Oil on canvas board
Circa: July, 1952
Size: 20" (w) x 16" (h) (sight)

Mockorange, (Philadelphus), is a shrub with a citrus scent and has white blossoms that bloom in the late spring to early summer. A portion of this painting can be seen in the upper left corner of the photo herein— Jones in her living room/studio.

Ida Jones, the daughter of a former slave, had ten children and at the age of seventy-two began painting. Self-taught, her work focuses on local (Chester County, PA) landscapes, still-lifes and Biblical stories. The Chester County Historical Society held a retrospective exhibit in 1995 and Jones was recently included in “We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s," 2015.

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House by The Road
Ann Walker (Baltimore)
oil on canvas
Circa: 1925
Size: 19 1/2" x 15 1/2" (sight)

Strong Modernist landscape by an overlooked Baltimore artist. Walker was part of a regional Modernist movement along with her sister and bother-in-law. Though she is mentioned many times in the local Baltimore papers during the 1920-1930's very little biographical information can be found or other examples of her work.

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Five Folk Art House Portraits
Lawrence County, Indiana
Pastel, graphite, crayon and watercolor on paper
Circa: 1892-1913
Sizes range: 7 3/8" x 9 5/8" - 10 1/4" x 13 1/2"

These five house portraits by the same hand were collected over a couple decades. It is speculated that they originate from Lawrence County, Indiana. They range in date from 1892-1913.

All in period frames.

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Acadian Cliffs
Howard Rackliffe (1917 - 1987)
Circa: mid-late 1960's
Size: 21 1/2" x 27 1/2" (sight)

Rackliffe’s work was the focus of a retrospective exhibition in 1990 at the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT. which then traveled to the Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME.

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Please Send To Leon Trotsky - Ear Diary, By Monte Zuma
Ray Johnson (1927 - 1995)
Circa: 1993
Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (sight) | 12 7/8" x 15 1/2" (frame)

A double sided Ray Johnson over a Xerox of an announcement of the “RAY JOHNSON CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL MEETING SACRAMENTO STATE ART GALLERY 8:30 PM MARCH 26-.” Dated 8.28.93. With “PLEASE SEND TO LEON TROTSY.”

The other side with a screened image of bunny ears over a sideways illustrated bunny head, with the text “EAR DIARY, BY MONTE ZUMA.”

The Soviet Marxist Trotsky was exiled to Mexico and was assassinated there—ergo Monte Zuma... ...Montezuma’s Revenge. And Trotsky kept a diary, and diary sounds like diarrhea... back to Montezuma’s Revenge.

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The House of Pix
James Harry McClintick (1872-1951)
4800-5000 Toothpicks
Circa: September-October 1937
Size: 11" x 8" x 4"

Chaucer said “idle hands are the devil's tools,” Wood, papier-mâché, textile, gold leaf, so McClintock “while an invalid with the use of metal, paper, polychrome right hand and thumb of left,” took to building Circa: 1920’s this remarkable house property made almost Size: 24" (w) x 24" (h) each entirely of toothpicks. The detail within the scale is remarkable!!

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An Extraordinary Ojibwa Pictographic Textile
Yarn on linen
Circa: 1900-1920
Size: 28" (w) x 28" (h) (sight)

The Ojibwa and other Native tribes have a long history of using pictographic imagery for storytelling—from medicine scrolls, spirit sticks and in many instances ledger drawings of the Plains Indian tribes.

An old label, attached to the textile, reads, “This is an Indian prayer rug used by the Ojibway and presented by one of the Indians as a friendly and protective offering for kindness received. — E. G. G.”

Though this rare textile is misidentified as a prayer rug (the Ojibway were not weavers) and it is not known if the full textile has any narrative, we may infer that the figures on the upper left may represent Ms. Gustin and the father of the Ojibwa child who may have created the textile for Guston (possibly for religious instruction). The stylized headdresses are quite remarkable and I love the image of the Indian child standing atop the horse.

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Frederick Hastings (1919-2013)
Seated Figure
Steel, air-dried clay, paint, cardboard, cotton
Circa: 1960-1980
Size: 5"(h) x 4"(l) x 2"(w)

The work of Frederick Hastings was discovered a few years ago and much of the details of his life and work remains a mystery.

What is known is that he lived outside of Philadelphia, was an architect and may have had family money. It is also known that he was into trains and built elaborate sets.

The figures are very well made, with steel armatures or skeletons and then carefully modeled with some sort of air-dried clay or modeling putty. Most have applied paper bikinis and several have wigs of cotton or wool. Most of the figures come with hand-made boxes, custom fit to accommodate the size and posture of each.

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Folk Art Black-Backed Gull by Amateur Savoie
Circa: 1925
Size: 8 7/8" x 20 1/2" x 7"

Amateur Savoie (1896- 1983, Neguac, NB) was New Brunswick's most famous decoy carver. Known as, "Mat," Savoie was a self-taught barber, cobbler,and important Canadian folk artist who worked along the shores of Tabusintac, New Brunswick. This early confidence decoy is from Savoie's early period and has an overall elegant form. The head pieces are joined cross grain to discourage in-line splitting. The chrome yellow beak stands out beautifully.

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Hawaiian Ai-Laiki = Ricebird
James W. Washington, Jr. (American 1909-2000)
Dated: 1974
Size: 7 1/2" L x 4 1/2" D x 7" H

A striking, signature work carved from black granite— the bird is powerfully rendered with a commanding posture.

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Wild Folk Art Pipe by Richard Wessel, 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia
Circa: 1865
Size: 9" (w) x 5" (h)

An over the top Civil War carved pipe—using the natural form of the root, Wessel carves a recumbent lion, panther, lizard and a snake. Along the body, in relief carved letters, he states, “This / Root was / Found on / the Banks of / the Potomac / Near / Harpers Ferry, This Pipe was / Made By / R. Wessel / A Member / of / the 5 OVI / C.A.”

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Important Pair of Ojibwa Mide'wiwin Love Figures
Circa: 1840
Size: 6" (oah)

These rare Woodlands figures were used by the Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Indians. As part of a ceremony for attracting a marriage partner, the figures would be tied face to face and mixed with “love powder” in a bag.

Excerpted from: THE MIDĒ ́WIWIN OR “GRAND MEDICINE SOCIETY” OF THE OJIBWA, by W. J. Hoffman. “This love powder is held in high esteem, and its composition is held a profound secret, to be transmitted only when a great fee is paid. It consists of the following ingredients: Vermilion; powdered snakeroot and a piece of ginseng cut from the bifurcation of the root, and powdered.”

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Scottish Treen Tobacco or Snuff Box
Circa: 1820-1840
Size: 7" (l) x 4" (w) x 3" (d)

This is the best of this type box that I have had or seen. Multiple high relief carved figures with daggers and animals in a maelstrom of chaos. Large size. Lead paper lined.

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Massive Covered Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1780
Size: 14 3/8" (d) x 10" (h)

This is the largest covered ash burl bowl extant. Covered burl bowls are typically of a vague sugar bowl size, this enormous example would have likely been a serving piece brought to the table.

Provenance: DeVere Card, Avis & Rockwell Gardiner, Private, Sam Forsythe & David Good, Leigh Keno

Exhibited: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1971

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Eastern Woodlands Ash Burl Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1820-1840
Size: 10 1/4" (oal) x 5 1/4" (w)

Likely depicting an abstracted Underwater Panther, the whole is masterfully hewn with a sophisticated underlying geometry.

Provenance: Provenance: George Abraham, Herbert Wellington Collection, Private

Illustrated and discussed: Pleasing The Spirits, 1982, p. 352, fig. 433, left.

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Eastern Woodlands Ash Burl Maple Syrup Ladle
Circa: 1800-1820
Size: 40" (oal)

Nice balanced form hewn from one piece of ash with the bowl of the burl and the handle into the straight grain. Dark patina exhibiting an extensive use history. RARE.

Like examples pictured in my book, North American Burl Treen, page 181, plate 9/30 a/b. and in Important Americana From The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. James O. Keene, Sotheby's, 1997, lot 7.

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Important Mesquakie Dog Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1840
Size: 9 1/2" (oal) x 5 7/8" (w)

Evan M. Maurer, Director Emeritus, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts writes of this ladle, “With careful renditions of anatomical details like the open mouth, the bright staring eyes, and the ears that stand up at attention, this canine is clearly a portrait of the owner’s favorite companion who participated in the hunt and protected the family.”

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An Important Pair of African-American (Slave Era) Made Andirons
Madison County, Tennessee (found)
Wrought iron
Circa: 1820
Size: 14 3/8" (h) x 10 1/2" (deep)

Exceedingly rare wrought iron, diminutive African-American (slave) made andirons in the form of male and female figures. The figures stand in a coded stance communicating power. The female figure is slightly smaller and has a triangular notch clipped between her legs designating her gender.

Provenance: Robert Reeves, Private Southern collection, Peter Brams.

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Folk Art "Pebble People"
Arizona
Circa: 1899/1900
Sizes range from: 3/4" - 2 1/4" (oah)

A fascinating group of seven carved stones, each in the form of a man’s face with a pronounced, well-groomed mustache.

Though the carver’s identity is unknown, three of the stones are dated; 1) July 15, 1899; 2) Oct. 1899; 3) July 15, 1900.

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Large Hessian Whirligig
Found on a farm between Port Henry and Crown Point, NY
Circa: 1840
Size: 32" (h) x 12 1/2" (w)

A most remarkable Folk Art object made more beautiful and complex by Mother Nature herself. A small lead buckshot pellet is embedded on his right side (proper).

Found on a farm between Port Henry and Crown Point, NY.

Provenance: Mr & Mrs Frank Moran Auction, November 15, 1974; Marvill Collection.

Illustrated and discussed: American Primitive, 1986, p. 126, fig. 169.

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25lb Folk Art Cast Iron Baby Counter-Weight
Circa: 1900
Size: 12" (h) x 4 1/4" (w) x 2 3/4" (d)

A large and unique 25 pound weight in the form of a baby with its head painted in flesh tones and its' eyes a glance.

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Iconic Iron Indian
Miniature weathervane
Forged and chiseled iron
Circa: 1800
Size: 12" (h) x 9" (w) x 1/8" (d)

This striking object leaves an indelible imprint on your minds’ eye—it is powerful and mysterious.

This small chiseled and forged flat iron figure depicts a silhouetted American Indian with calumet (pipe), hair roach and pony-tail, and wearing a breechcloth with genitals exposed.

Provenance: Marvill Collection of American Folk Art

Illustrated twice and discussed in American Vernacular, 2002, p. 1 (title page) and p. 149.

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Folk Art Religious Tableau, "The Sacred Family”
Carved wood, polycrome, wire
Circa: 1920-1930
Size: 16” (h) x 13” (w)

A complex folk art tableau of the Sacred Family; Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus. Made out of crate wood, the carved and painted figures and elobotate platform were carved by an Italian-American in New York.

Provenance: Hill Gallery, David Wheatcroft, Peter Brams

Illustrated: Folk Art Magazine, Winter 2003/2004, p. 15

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A Redware - George Wagner - Seated Dog Bank
Pennsylvania
Circa: 1870
Size: 6 1/2" (h) x 4 1/2" (w) x 3" (d)

Excellent example of the form with strong glazes and great coleslaw fur to the head and tail.

Related example: Winterthur has a very similar with a like glaze combination.

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Limber & Nothing to Hide
Circa: 1960's
Size: 5" (d)

Masterfully carved and crafted from carved mahogany and nickel plated bronze, this set of five carvings is a bit of a mystery—we don't know who carved them or exactly when, but they are quite provacative and special. The proportions and minute details are the carvings are well studied and finely executed.

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Ontario Stoneware Face Jug
Ontario, Canada
Circa: 1880
Size: 9" (h)

With its dripped manganese glaze, this rare life-sized face jug is quite wild. The rich reddish/purple color and wavy patterning over the hand-built face is striking.

Provenance: Ron Korman, Robert Girourd, Peter Brams

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Folk Art Cane of Man with Bow-tie
Circa: 1880
Size: 35" (h)

Literature: for a cane by the same hand see, Carved & Whittled Sculpture: American Folk Art Walking Sticks, Se- lections from the Pamela and Tim Hill Collection, pages 110-111

Provenance: Steve Miller, Peter Brams

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A. Gomer, Yosemite
oil on masonite
Circa: 1940-1950
Size: 23 1/2" (w) x 14 1/4" (h)

Provenance: Joshua Lowenfels, Peter Brams

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The Three Trees
Jacob Semiatin (1915-2003)
Circa: 1940-1950
Size: 26" (w) x 19" (h)

Jacob Semiatin, a Hungarian Jew born in Ireland immigrated to Brooklyn, NY in 1920. Semiatin was a member of the Brooklyn Society of Artists and exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum in the 1940’s. After WWII, he move towards abstraction and developed a friendship with James Johnson Sweeney of the Guggenheim Museum.

Semiatin's first one-man show was at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York, (notable as the gallery that introduced Mark Rothko).

Semiatin’s work is in many collections including: The Houston Museum of Modern Art; The Jewish Museum, Dublin, Ireland; Mr. Ted Turner; and the William Clinton Library.

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Folk Art Carved Civil War Maple Burl Cup
Lookout Mountain
Circa: 1860-80
Size: 3 3/4" (oaw) x 3" (h)

Only one of these I have seen. In the manner of Civil War carved pipes, this hewn burl cup bears the name of James Hammond of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 3rd Division, Company D.

Provenance: Private, Peter Brams, Private

Illustrated and discussed: North American Burl Treen, 2005, p. 91, pl. 5/9.1

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Folk Art Carved Coal Lion
Circa: 1860-80
Size: 10 1/2" (l) x 6 1/4" (h)

A large and exceptional recumbent lion carved out of the solid of anthracite coal. Such carvings are rare.

Provenance: Peter Brams; Barbara Johnson

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Deco Diva
Circa: 1920-1930
Size: 11" (h)

Provenance: Marvill Collection

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Stoneware Bust of an African American Man
Circa: 1885-1890
Size: 5 3/4" H

African-American bust marked, "WM. M. DEE ESQ. 164 E. Adams St. Chicago, IL." William M. Dee was a manufacturer in sewer pipe and fire brick who’s offices were at the above address from 1885-1890. The whole in a brown glaze with kaolin details and stamped several times on the front and back.

Provenance: Michael and Julie Hall Collection of American Folk and Isolate Art; Peter Brams Collection.

Illustrated and discussed: American Primitive, 1988, p. 85.

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Folk Art Carved Coal Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Circa: 1860-80
Size: 8 3/4" (w) x 7" (h)

A large an unusual portrait of Abraham Lincoln carved from anthracite coal.

Provenance: Marvill Collection, Peter Brams

Illustrated and discussed: American Primitive, 1988, p. 95, fig. 126.

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Rare Folk Art Carved Civil War Veteran Stool
Circa: 1887
Size: 26 3/4"(h) x 14 1/2" (d)

I have had several great Civil War / GAR Folk Art carved pipes, but have never seen anything on this scale.

In the form of an hourglass, the entire surface is carved from a 40lb. timber. The lower half in high relief with large stars, crossed rifles, cannons, swords, and the medal of the Grand Army of The Republic including a flag and an eagle. The upper half has a repeating star and sunburst pattern.

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Lead Head (hey that rhymes)
Circa: 1900
Size: 10" (h) x 8 1/4" (d)

An unusual portrait sculpted out of a large lead water pipe. The whole has a remarkable gun-metal like color and patina. Traces of paint remain on the forehead and hair.

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Early Folk Art Doll
Circa: 1820-1840
Size: 12" H

A rare and early intact Folk Art doll.

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Important Southern Figural Folk Art Stick - North Carolina
Black Walnut
Circa: 1880
Size: 28" (h)

This is one of the finest figures to appear on a folk art walking stick extant. Though the artist is unknown it is initialed “JE” in script below the male figure and marked “NC” [North Carolina] below the rattlesnake.

Provenance: Peter Brams

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Folk Art Pipe with Two Men Around The Bowl
Circa: 1860-80
Size: 3 1/2" (w) x 3" (h)

With a great original, crazed paint surface.

Provenance: Tim Hill, Peter Brams, Private

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Nine Hands Cane with Shorebird and Dog
Attributed to Georgia
Circa: 1880
Size: 35"

A fascinating and mysterious carving with nine hands around the stick, interspersed with carpentry tools and lizards. The top has a conjoined shorebird feeding its young and a dog’s head.

Though the meaning is not known—the tools and hands make me think of “helping hands.” Or from a different perspective, the religious act of “laying on of hands.”

Provenance: Southern Collection

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Southern Stoneware Face Jug
Attributed to E. Galloway
Padukah, KY
Circa: 1900
Size: 11" (h) x 7 3/4" (d)

A highly unusual and rare “Caucasian” face jug sporting a Van Dyke mustache and beard. The life-sized face is made from a stoneware body and covered with a white bristol glaze and detailed with cobalt.

Provenance: Peter Brams Collection

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Eight Is Enough
Iowa
Concrete, polychrome
Circa: 1920-30
Size: range from 4 1/4" (h) - 7 1/4" (h)

A family of eight concrete dolls. Found as a group in Iowa, these “dolls” are unique and mysterious. Sensational surfaces.

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African American Folk Art Head
Carved wood, polychrome
Circa: 1900
Size: 11 3/8" (oah)

A sensively carved life-sized figure head of a young African American man.

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Serenity’s Child; Folk Art Aluminum Hat Form
Circa: 1920
Size: 11" (h) x 7 3/4" (d)

A remarkably serene and graceful modeled aluminum sculpture. Marked 20 (inches dcircumference) at base.

Provenance: Peter Brams Collection

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The Marshalltown (Iowa) Menagerie (ninety-plus carvings)
Circa: 1930
Size: display 38” (w) x 58 “ (h)

The Marshalltown Menagerie is a group of ninety-plus extraordinary carvings created by an individual, unknown carver from Marshalltown, Iowa.

Each animal is thoughtfully executed—with no repeats. Some have numerical tags, which likely, at some time, identified them as part of a key for display.

According to family history, they were acquired directly from the artist by a Mr. Calvin White in lieu of payment. They remained within the White family for at least eighty years and are now just receiving their well deserved exposure.

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Folk Art Milliners Head
Circa: 1900
Size: 7 5/8" (h) x 3 1/2" (w)

Stong, mysterious, minimalistic.

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Bull Durham
Circa: 1920
Size: 17" (l) x 12" (h)

Large scale folk art carving with an extraordinary paint surface. Created by a shell-shocked WWI veteran, who found therapy in carving.

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Extraordinary Large Scale Porcelain American Eagle
Circa: 1890-1910
Size: 10" (d) x 9 3/4" (h)

Though its origin and maker is unknown, the artistry is first rate. The feathers are glazed in a deep cobalt blue, white and traces of red (reds are difficult to achieve in ceramics). The beak and eyes are more a bluish-green. Possibly a commissioned work as an architectural element

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Painted Circus Awning
Circa: 1910
Size: 29" (l) X 9" (h) X 6 1/2" (d)

A miniature wooden awning with colorful stripes of dark green, red and yellow with a nicely scalloped shaped front. Made from a thin early plywood. Wonderful original alligatored surface.

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New England Painted Halma Game Board
Circa: 1880
Size: 15" x 16"

A rare painted game board with a modernistic Paul Klee-like composition.

George Howard Monks, a surgeon at Harvard Medical School, invented the game Halma in 1883/1884. It is based on the English game Hoppity (1854).

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POW Folk Art Carved Wood Ring with Silver Mounts
Circa: 1865
Size: 1 1/4" x 1 1/4"

Carved wood (maple?) ring with a dark color and patina with silver mounts. The front with the initial, "D.P." and dated, "1865." The sides with a hand and a heart (Oddfellows?).

Probably made by a Confederate POW at Johnson's Island, Lake Erie Ohio.

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German Wrought Iron Lever - Serpent with Crown and Apple
Circa: mid 16thC - early 17thC
Size: 60" oal

A remarkable large lever wrought iron with an undulating sleek body, the whole etched with scales and with a large crowned head (symbolizing a divine right) and a leafed apple in its mouth (Garden of Eden).

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Folk Art Painted Tintype - Happy Baby
Circa: 1860-70
Size: +/-6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (full plate)

A remarkable capture and painting! Looks like William Matthew Prior could have painted this one. Because of the exposure time it was unusual to capture a person in such delight, crisply. Plus the baby is fully naked, save for the cloth diaper.

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Folk Art Painted Tintype - Family Homestead
Circa: 1860-70
Size: +/- 7" x 10" (outsized)

Unusual for the amount of people within one tintype and for being outside of the studio. The folk art painting over it, with the symmetrically placed flowers in the foreground is great.

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Folk Art Painted Tintype - The Unknown Soldier
Circa: 1860-70
Size: +/- 7" x 10" (outsized)

A striking portrait of an unknown Union soldier.

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Folk Art Painted Tintype - Books Brothers
Circa: 1860-70
Size: +/-6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (full plate)

An asymmetrical-symmetrical double portrait of two brothers holding books. It's the subtle compositional details that sometimes make all the difference—one holds the book horizontal, one vertical.

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Folk Art Painted Tintype - African American Mother & Daughter
Circa: 1860-70
Size: +/-6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (full plate)

An exceptionally rare find. African American painted portraits are quite rare, a mother and child is especially so. The baby is quite wonderfully painted with big cheeks and small arms. Note that the painter neglected the mother's right hand, opting to paint the full cuff of the sleeve rather than her hand.

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Folk Art Painted Tintype - Young Siblings (Redheads)
Circa: 1860-70
Size: +/-6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (full plate)

A rare portrait of three siblings, three redheads (less than 2% of the population) on a red velvet sofa. The vibrant green floorcloth remins one of the floors of folk art painter of Joseph H Davis.

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Folk Art Painted Tintype - Young Girl in Windsor Chair
Circa: 1860-70
Size: +/-6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (full plate)

Striking portrait of a young girl on a Windsor Chair. She holds a thoughtful gaze and is adorned with matching gold and ruby earrings and necklace. A multi-colored checkered sash, or blanket rests across her waist and under her hands. A very beautiful image.

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Carl Gibbert, The Green Curtain
oil on canvas wrapped board
Circa: March 1, 1957
Size: 11 9/16" (w) x 15 1/2" (h) (sight)

A striking portrait of a nude African American woman sitting contrapposto on a pedestal in front of a green curtain. She wears matching gold-jeweled leg and arms bands as well as a bracelet. A coat hook to the right hangs her skimpy undergarments. Painted in San Francisco, CA March 1, 1957, by Carl Gibbert (presumably a self taught painter).

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Unusual Mixed Media Miniature Gallery Painting
Resin, copper, brass on sheet aluminum on board
Circa: 1930-40's
Size: Size: 5 1/8" (h) x 7 1/4" (w) [sight] / 8 3/4" (h) x 10 7/8" (w) [frame]

This is a neat, small and unusual work. I have not been able to fully identify the mediums, but it is composed of some sort of resin poured in little cloisons, which divide the spaces and creates the perspective of the room. The walls have little swirled resinous abstract paintings framed in thin copper frames. It is signed "AW" in the lower right.

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Folk Art Assemblage - Klimt’s Kan Kollage
Various tin can lids mounted to a board
Circa: 1930
Size: 23" (h) x 31" (w) [sight]

An assemblage of various tin can lids composed in an overlapping pattern, each meticulously nailed around the perimeter—like numbers on a clock face. Framed and presented as a painting/wall hanging.

The whole is reminiscent of Klimt’s work with silver and gold foils and reads as a macro-detail of some of his paintings.

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Railroad Station, Gardiner ME
George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Oil on artist board
Dated: August 1962
Size: 9" x 12" (sight) | 11 3/8" x 14 3/8" (framed)

A small gem by Morgan exhibiting his map-like surveyance of the Gardiner Railroad Depot as observed from Randolph.

Painted by Morgan aged 91 years, 10 months at the Denico Rest Home, Gardiner Maine.

Signed and dated on verso: George E. Morgan, August 1962.

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Self Portrait
Jack Stuck (1925-1993)
Oil on canvas
Dated: 1962
Size: 8 1/2" x 13" (frame)

Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum, Comara Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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American Folk Art Painting of the Steam Ship Lady Bird
Oil on tin
Circa: 1910
Size: 16" x 20" (sight) | 22" x 26" (frame)

A lively ship portrait with a wondrful rhythm of color and dashes of white forming the active waves and cloudy sky.

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Folk Art Painting of an Early Maine Homestead
Circa: 1840-1860
Size: 12" x 6 3/4" (sight)

A very simple but engaging house painting with orange “candlelight...” the fine craquelure looks like a teeming rain.

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Rare Eastern Great Lakes Woodlands Crucifix
Circa: 1800-1820
Size: 18" (aol) / 1 3/4" (l) x 1 1/8" (w) (crucifix carving)

The carving is small but powerful. The depiction is quite interesting in that the Christ figure in not nailed to the cross, but rather tied with the arms positioned backwards following the shape of the cross bar—his hands tied behind to the back.

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Rare Ash Burl Reversible Treen Tazza/Bowl
Circa: 1720-1740
Size: 13" (d) x 4" (h)

A recent discovery of an early, undocumented form. An ingenious two-for-one—a tazza for serving cheese or pie on one side and when flipped over a bowl for fruit or nuts.

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A Choice Early American Treen Chestnut Charger
Circa: 1740 (or earlier)
Size: 14 3/4" (l) x 14 1/8" (w) x 2 1/4" (h)

Rare large scale turning of exceptional color and character. In relation to treen trenchers, treen chargers are exceptionally scarce. This example is remarkably fine with a complex patination.

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Northeast Woodlands Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1800-1820
Size: 15 1/4" D x 6" H

A deep Woodlands ash burl bowl hewn fully round (like a turned bowl) with a graceful body. Made from a particularly choice, well figured specimen of burl.

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Eastern Great lakes Beaver Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1780
Size: 9 1/8" OAL

Ladle of fine line quality - note the graceful sweep up the animal's body and then down its back. Open carving between arms and head.

Provenance: Andy Warhol Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 1988.

Literature: Pictured in North American Burl Treen, p. 165

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An Important Folk Art Ceramic Sculpture:
The Terracotta Toddler
Circa: 1920
Size: 12" (w) x 15" (d) x 24" (h)

This figure is one of the most indelible images pictured in the folk art tome, American Vernacular. Found in an African American’s garden in Ohio, it is enigmatic and haunting.

The slightly larger than life-sized toddler sits upon a stool—his hands rested on his outstretched legs. The figure, decidedly a baby, however has a full set of teeth and a pronounced Adam’s apple beyond his years. Eyebrows and hair are scratched in.

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Exceptional Carnival Knockdowns
Circa: 1900-1920
Size: 19" (h) x 7 1/2" (w) each

A set of three large and expressionistically painted knockdowns—each with a brutal personality. They have the palette and line quality of early Jackson Pollock, à la “The She Wolf.”

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, Marvill Collection

Pictured and discussed in American Vernacular, page 91.

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Rare Set of Four Folk Art Puppet Heads
Circa: 1900
Size: +/- 6" (h) x 4 1/2" (w) (each)

A set of four puppet heads made by the same hand—each constructed the same, but with a different look and personality. Three have glass marbles as eyes, except for the skull (makes sense). The clown head is quite awesome with a fantastic paint surface and brilliant blue marble eyes. The skull has a full grin and has painted sutures along the cranial plates. The other two men feature dark hair and thick eyebrows and well carved ears.

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Large Folk Art Figure of Young Man with Hands in Pockets
Attributed to Moses Ogden
Circa: 1870-1890
Size: 24 1/2" oah

Attributed to Moses Ogden. Carved from the solid, this large folk art carving is well executed with an expressive face and clothing details-the artist captures a slight sense of movement with a bend to the knees and the figure's hands going into his pockets. Remains of polychrome...black to hair, eyebrows, green lapels, red shirt, etc.

Found in Kentucky.

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New England Bat House or Dovecote
Circa: 1880
Size: 16 5/8" (h) x 12 1/2" (w) x 4 3/8" (d)

A striking wall box in the form of a bat house or dovecote. While the lines of the top and bottom resemble the silhouette of a bat, the whole reads as a giant mask or even an owl. Constructed of pine with dovetailed joints.

The box appears unique and therefore its exact purpose is a bit of a mystery. It would not fuction well as a household wall box—it is not typical of a bird house (and there are no perches)—bat boxes are shallow rectilinear boxes similar to the box here, however usually have slats, not holes. Regardless it is a fascinating object with a graphic presence and a first rate surface.

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Folk Art Clown Puppet Head
Circa: 1900
Size: 7 5/8" (h) x 3 1/2" (w)

A strage, somewhat frightening (if you have coulrophobia, a fear of clowns), but powerful carved and painted folk art head.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, Marvill Collection

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Important African-American Limberjack
Circa: 1860
Size: 16" (l) x 17 1/2" (h)

This large scale limberjack escapes the form and is powerfully rendered more as a fetish figure than an object of entertainment. It was likely created by an African-American street musician made for personal performance, not novelty. Its potent visage and presence can be compared to African nkisi or spirit figures with the arrangement of re-purposed and disparate materials from the applied animal hair, macramé, iron springs, mother-of-pearl eyes and the “offering up” posture.

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Northeast Woodlands Ash Burl Bowl with Raised Ends
Circa: 1780-1800
Size: 14 1/2" x 11" x 5"

Shallow form with a graceful line quality—surface is remarkable and a benchmark for perfection.

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Josepth Roth (schizophrenic patient, NY)
Circa: 1905
Size: 10 3/8" (w) x 16 1/16" (h)

One of the identified by Joseph Roth (range in date from 1905-1921). The earlier ones while he was in Central Islip and then later when he was a patient at the Binghamton State Hospital. Roth and these works are an important addition to the canon and study of American Outsider Art.

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Central Islip.Den.6.November=1905
Josepth Roth (schizophrenic patient, NY)
Circa: 1905
Size: 12 7/8" (h) x 24 1/2" (w)

One of the identified by Joseph Roth (range in date from 1905-1921). The earlier ones while he was in Central Islip and then later when he was a patient at the Binghamton State Hospital. Roth and these works are an important addition to the canon and study of American Outsider Art.

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Central Islip.Kalane.Den.10.September=1905
Josepth Roth (schizophrenic patient, NY)
Circa: 1905
Size: 14 5/8" (h) x 25" (w)

One of the identified by Joseph Roth (range in date from 1905-1921). The earlier ones while he was in Central Islip and then later when he was a patient at the Binghamton State Hospital. Roth and these works are an important addition to the canon and study of American Outsider Art.

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Freshet 1923
George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Circa: June 1963
Size: 16" (h) x 12" (w)

Provenance: Anne K. Wardwell; Mr. & Mrs. Sumner and Helen Johnston; Joe Wetherell; Raymond Saroff and Howard Rose; Peter Brams.
Exhibitions: The Playhouse, Boothbay, ME 1963; Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, 1999.

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Hallowell: View of Lower Water Street
George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Circa: June 1963
Size: 16" (h) x 12" (w)

Provenance: Anne K. Wardwell; Mr. & Mrs. Sumner and Helen Johnston; Joe Wetherell; Raymond Saroff and Howard Rose; Peter Brams.
Exhibitions: The Playhouse, Boothbay, ME 1963; Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, 1999.

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Mississippi Matrimony
Circa: 1910
Size: 11" (h) x 5 1/4" (w) x 4" (d)

A rare pair of folk art figures representing a man and wife (possibly on their wedding day). Each carved from the solid with unusual (for folk art), but classic marble-esque bases. The Southern gent with a goatee and black suit and his belle in a white dress and carved pearls.

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Ojibwa Mide'wiwin Figures
Circa: 1840
Size: 6" (oah)

These rare Woodlands figures were used by the Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Indians. As part of a ceremony for attracting a marriage partner, the figures would be tied face to face and mixed with “love powder” in a bag.
Provenance: W. E. Channing; Marvill Collection

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African American Young Woman
Circa: 1860-1870
Size: 5" x 7" (custom size)

Folk Art Painted Tintype. Identified on back as, “Healey” “Eureka Photo Huntington W. VA”

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African American Woman in Mourning
Circa: 1860-1870
Size: +/- 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (full plate)

Folk Art Painted Tintype. Rare image, beautifully rendered.

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Man in Top Hat on a Cartoon Horse with Sun-Face Sky
Circa: 1860-1870
Size: 2 11/16" x 3 7/8" (custom size)

Folk Art Painted Tintype. An unusual, playful tintype.
Provenance: Charles W. Jenks, Providence, RI (19thC collector of photography).

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Still Life with Fruits & Flowers
Circa: 1860
Size: 18 1/8" (h) x 24 1/8" (w)

Large scale reverse painting on glass. Masterpiece of the genre.
Provenance: Phyllis Rosner & Judy Lenett; Marvill Collection

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Exceptional Paint Decorated New England Traveler’s Mirror with Carved Shell
Circa: 1730-1750
Size: 6 1/2" (h) x 3 11/16" (w)

A beautiful rarity and survivor.

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George Washington Phrenology Bust Inkwell
Circa: 1860
Size: 7" (l) x 7" (d) x 7" (h)

A large, RARE Inkwell in the form of George Washington's head, which is idealized and is divided with phrenological numbered sections. The blackened cast iron base is sculpted with oak and laurel leaves and ivy—the leaves on the sides act as pen rests. The lid of the pen cup lid has an American eagle within a Federal shield—the underside reads: SEE WASHINGTON MANUAL BY / JOHN HECKER, / N.Y. The front of the glass cup is lettered: WASHINGTON MANUAL. The 1866 manual was a guide to understanding the Washington phrenology bust. The sections that hold the pen cup is marked: PATENTED DEC 11, 1855.

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Iron Workers Mask
Circa: 1900
Size: 7 7/8" (h) x 7" (w)

Strong form with the "+" eyes and little "D - ring" ears.

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Mr. Johnson
Circa: 1900
Size: 14 1/4" (h)

An erotic pull toy. First rate example.
Provenance: Marvill Collection

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The Three Mystics
Circa: 1960's
Size: 4" (d)

Unusual, but amazing mahogany carvings of three nude women on their knees. Mounted on chrome discs.

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The Chambermaid
Circa: 1920's
Size: 23" (h)

This figure, as with the previous, represents an aspect of folk art we seldom see, women in the home or at work (in the home). Typically men carved women as muses, nudes, and objects of their affection. These women are shown in a straightforward, not overly sexualized manner. They are portraits of contemporary, employed women of the day.
Provenance: Marvill Collection

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The Laundress
Circa: 1920's
Size: 14" (l) x 8 5/8" (h)

Carved from hardwood, she stands well poised and neatly dressed with a robin’s egg blue dress, foil wrapped buttons and buckle, and smartly weaved bobbed hair.
Provenance: Hammer & Hammer; Marna Anderson; Marvill Collection
Illustrated and discussed in American Primitive, page 67, fig. 85.

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Men of the Pale Forest
Circa: 1890-1910
Size: 8 1/2" (l) x 5" (w) x 6 1/2" (h)

Though presented in the form of a utilitarian match strike, this object is a sophisticated sculpture that asks more questions than it answers. While the narrative of these forest dwelling men is unknown, it appears that some kinky psycho-sexual dream is playing out. A male figure sits on a stump, tongue panting and mouth agape, while another male nude stands astride a phallic tree root and peers around the tree holding a cat o' nine tails whip.
Provenance: Marvill Collection

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Mysterious Four Armed Girl Folk Art Doll
Circa: 1890
Size: 8 1/2" (l) x 5" (w) x 6 1/2" (h)

Provenance: Marvill Collection
Illustrated and discussed in American Vernacular, page 126.

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Asleep Reading
Circa: 1930's
Size: 10" (l) x 6" (h)

Provenance: Marvill Collection

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Folk Art Make-Do Doll
Circa: 1950's
Size: 9" (h)

Provenance: Marvill Collection

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Folk Art Preacher
Circa: 1880
Size: 5 1/2" (h)

Provenance: Peter Brams

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Pulp Fiction: A Little Diddy About “Boots” and Evelyn
Circa: 1925-1932
Size: 16" (oah)

A vignette comprised of two wood carvings, tattoo flash and a photograph of Charles William “Boots” Eyler (1908-1983) and Evelyn Marstellar (1912-2001) of York, Pennsylvania.

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Loincloth Larry
Circa: 1920
Size: 10 3/8" (h)

An unusual and novel folk art carving of a young man dressed in a green uniform and a black leather loincloth around his waist—lift the cloth and surprise! Carved from the solid with polychrome. Provenance: Marvill Collection of American Folk Art.

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Folk Art Fantasy of a Woodlands Pipe
Circa: 1880
Size: 5 5/8" (h)

A facsinating carved pipe with a full human skeleton and a large owl cradleing the skull. Created during the wave of first discovery of the ancient American-Indian cultures through burial mounds and site excavations—this pipe is a fantasy based on early forms and a romantic interpretation of the mythologies. Provenance: Frank Maresca; Marvill Collection.

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Large Covered Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1780-1800
Size: 9 7/8” (diameter) X 8 1/2” (h)

The first aspect one notices about this bowl is the surprising size and volume (as it relates to other known covered bowls). The form and proportions are exceptionally well conceived and executed and the whole has a good lift.

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Half-Headed Henrietta
Circa: 1930
Size: 9 1/2" (w) x 11" (h)

An unusual realistically rendered woman's profile sculpted from concrete, plaster, newspaper, and paint. Looks great on a wall, the floor or for more fun, the center of a dining room table.

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American Folk Art Marble Carved Sleeping Girl
Circa: mid-19thC
Size: 7 3/8" L x 3 7/8" W x 3 1/4"H

A sensitively rendered carving of a small girl on a buttoned mattress with draped sheet over her body. Face is very serene. Especially love her left arm that juts out from under her head. Wonderful patinated surface which brings out the details of this special carving.

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New England Red Painted Wall Box with Reductive Sunflower and Lollipop Ends
Circa: mid-late 18thC
Size: W. 12"; H. 10.5"; D. 6"

Bold form, remarkable color and wear pattern. Unique and inventive constuction.

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New England Small Red Painted Wall Box with Symmetrically Scalloped Back
Circa: late 18thC
Size: W. 7"; H. 7.25"; D. 4.75"

Rare small size with thin boards, great color and exacting form.

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Folk Art Carved OFFICE sign
Circa: 1940
Size: 28 1/2" W x 11 1/2" H

The ultimate "OFFICE" sign! Smile-rifically clever. Jig saw cut plywood with the original painted steel support.

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Folk Art Carved Grizzly Bear
Circa: 1875
Size: 10 7/8” (l) x 6 5/8” (w) x 6” (h)

Large one piece carving of remarkable character and surface. The hefty bear is down on all fours with one hind leg coming through to the front.

Surface is untouched, oxidized and maintains a “benchmark” dark, sensual patina—it illustrates why wood lovers love wood!

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Eastern Great lakes Beaver Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1780
Size: 9 1/8" OAL

Ladle of fine line quality - note the graceful sweep up the animal's body and then down its back. Open carving between arms and head.

Provenance: Andy Warhol Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 1988.

Literature: Pictured in North American Burl Treen, p. 165

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Lake Winnipisaukee
Edward and Thomas Moran
Signed lower left "E & T Moran"
Signed and titled on verso
Oil on canvas
Circa: 1863-1865
Size: 24 3/4" x 41 3/4" (sight); 30 1/2" x 47 1/2" (frame)

Edward and Thomas Moran were both highly regarded Philadelphia artists—each in their own right. Edward for his seascapes and Thomas for his exploratory works out West. This appears one of the only known works that they did in collaboration.

This painting has descended within the same family of the original purchasers. According to family tradition the painting may have been purchased or received in part from a donation that the family made to a fund raiser for the Union Army in 1864.

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J.M.W. Turner's Silver Mounted Smoky Agate Snuffbox
Dated: 1785
Size:2 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 1"

A small octagonal snuffbox, the top and bottom set with a smoky quartz agate. The sides etched, "JOSEPH MALLARD WILLIAM TURNER / 1785."

J.M.W. Turner, RA (1775-1851), an inveterate snuffer (he was even known to mix it in his paint), is arguably England's most esteemed (and controversial) landscape painter. Turner's talent developed early and in his early teens was selling works in his father's barber shop. As acclaim for his talent met with financial reward, Turner took to experimentation and challanged traditional conventions - his landscapes became moody, romanic, impressionistic and often resembled colorfield abstractions (much like this smoky agate).

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Fascinating American Folk Art Embroidered Textile
Circa: 1897-1904
Size: 24" x 24" (framed)

Wrought by Edith Owen-Bruyere (1878-1958) of Glen Ridge NJ. The center with vines, each leaf with initials of a sibling, then scattered autographs and illustrations of a devil, skull, playing cards, a neat illustration of a woman at an easel with an ink pot (possibly Violet Oakley), a trumpet, snail, boat, golf clubs a Bissell carpet sweeper(!) and many more. Much more research is needed.

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Wild Tree with Waterfall
Joshua Shaw (1776 - 1860)
Circa: 1825
Size: 16" x 20" (sight) | 21" x 24 3/4" (frame)

Wonderful landscape with a large signature Shaw tree occupying the left margin and extending into the bottom center—full of active and animated branches and roots. Large waterfall in the middleground and an overcast sky and low mountains in the back.

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A Choice Early American Treen Chestnut Charger
Circa: 1740 (or earlier)
Size: 14 3/4" (l) x 14 1/8" (w) x 2 1/4" (h)

Rare large scale turning of exceptional color and character. In relation to treen trenchers, treen chargers are exceptionally scarce. This example is remarkably fine with a complex patination.

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Noah's Ark
Circa: mid-late 19thC
Carved and painted wood
Size: 28 1/2" x 28 1/2"
Provenance; Stephen & Petra Levin

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Portrait of a Young Girl with a Puppy and Toy Blocks
Circa: mid 19thC
Oil on canvas / Size: 32" x 28"
Provenance; Bernard M. Barenholtz

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Folk Art Mackerel Plow
Circa: Late 19thC
Medium: wood (maple), lead
Size: 6 1/2" H

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Rare Horn Book
Circa: mid 18thC
Medium: wood (oak), brass, horn, paper, ink, paper

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Rare "The Rights of Man" Double Sided Snuffbox
Circa: 1810-1820
Size: 3 1/8"D

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Meat Still Life by W. Conway
W. Conway (signed, but unknown)
Circa: 1890
Size: 20" (w) x 14" (h) / frame: 24 1/2" (w) x 18 1/2" (h)

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Important Mohegan Indian Last Will & Testament
Dated: June 12, 1745 | July 11, 1746
Size: 19 1/2" x 16" (framed)

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Giant Oak Tree
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995)
Silver Gelatin Print
Martha's Vineyard, North Tisbury, MA 1968
Size: 7" x 9" (photo); 14" x 16" (frame)

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Indian Rock At Sunset
Oil on artist board
Circa: 1880
Size: 16 3/4" x 13" (sight); 23" x 19" (frame)

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Sister Gertrude Morgan Is Praying For You
Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900 - 1980)
Oil on paper
Circa: 1970
Size: 9 1/4" x 8" (sight) | 13" x 11 3/8" (frame)

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Sunshine on Back Bay
Charles Woodward Hutson (New Orleans, 1840 - 1936)
Oil on board
Circa: 1925
Size: 23 1/2" x 15 3/4" (sight); 28" x 19 1/2" (frame)

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Maine Farm and Corn Field
Uriah Dyer (Appleton, ME, 1849-1927)
Dated: 1870
Size: 24" x 18" (sight) | 28 1/4" x 22 1/4" (frame)

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Gold Lake, Silver Sky
Signed, "Rayen"
Oil on masonite
Circa: 1960-70
Size: 7" x 9" (including frame)

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Emile Branchard (New York, 1881-1938)
Oil on artist board
Circa: 1925
Size: 15" x 11 1/2" (sight) | 18" x 14 1/2" (frame)

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HUDSON RIVER SCENE
Ralph Redpath
Oil on tin
Circa: 1868
Size: 12"H x 18"W (sight)

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ARCTIC SCENE
Ralph Redpath
Oil on panel
Dated: 1866
Size: 16"H x 23 3/4"W (sight)

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Indian With Elaborate Headdress Carved Wooden Pipe
Circa: 1898
Size: 6 1/2" (h) x 3 1/2" (d) x 2 1/8" (w)

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Exceptional Black Lava Glazed Pitcher with Integral Handle
George Ohr (American 1857-1918)
Circa: 1898
Size: 3 3/4” x 5” x 4 1/2"

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Folk Art Carved Policeman Whirligig with Tin Sleeves
Circa: 1880
Size: 18 1/8" x 10"

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Cast Iron Boston Bull Terrier - Trade Sign(?)
Circa: 1900-1920
Size: 12" H x 9 1/4" W

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Folk Art Log Cabin Made Out of Horn - W. H. Harrison's Campaign
Circa: 1840
Size: 5 1/2"L x 3 1/2"W x 4 1/4"H

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PA FOLK ART CARVING AND ILLUSTRATION
Dated: 1924
Size: 8" W x 2" D x 7" H

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Rare Ash Burl Footed Shallow Dish
Circa: 1760-1780
Size: 13" D x 2 1/2" H

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Exceptional Northeastern Ash Burl Bowl with Beehive Turnings
Circa: 1760-1780
Size: 12" D x 6 1/2" H

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Northeast Woodlands Ash Burl Bowl with Shouldered Ends and Recessed Handles
Circa: 1780
Size: 20 1/2" x 15 1/4" x 5 1/2"

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Northeast Woodlands (Iroquois) Ash Burl Bowl with Open Handles
Circa: 1760-80
Size: 17 1/2" x 13 3/4" x 5"

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Woodlands Ash Burl Bowl - Great Lakes
Circa: 1780
Size: 16 3/4” x 13 3/4” x 4 1/4”

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Folk Art Carved Ash Burl Civil War Pipe / Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg
Circa: 1865
Size: 2 1/2" x 2 1/4"

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A Small Medicine Ladle with Reductive Manitou or Abstract Quahog Shell
Circa: 1780
Size: 4 1/4" OAL

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Exceptional Red Painted Turned Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1780
Size: 14 1/4" D x 7 1/2" H (2:1 aspect ratio)

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American Covered Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1820-1840
Size: 5 1/2" D x 7" H

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Norwegian Burl Wine Taster
Circa: 1740
Size: 6 1/8" oal; (bowl) 3 3/8"d

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Rare Small Covered Burl Bowl
Circa: 1800
Size: 4 1/8" D x 3" H

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American Folk Art Carpenter's Stick
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 42" OAL

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Folk Art Carved Civil War Pipe / William Young, 10th NY Cavalry
Circa: 1865
Size: 2 1/2" x 1 7/8"

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Important Nest of Woodlands Ash Burl Bowls
Circa: 1820
Size: from 11" - 24 1/2" oal

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Indian Returning At Dusk (Detail)
Ralph Albert Blakelock (American, New York, 1847 - 1919)
Oil on Board
Circa: 1885
Size: 2 7/8" x 6 3/8" (sight); 5 3/4" x 9 1/4" (frame)

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English Horn Beaker by Nathaniel Spilman for "The Society of Universal Goodwill"
Circa: 1782-1792
Size: 5"H x 4 1/2"D

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Woodlands Ash Burl Bear Effigy Bowl
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 13 1/8" D x 4 3/4" H

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Carved Ivory Snuff Box Presented to Dr. Samuel Johnson
Silver top engraved, “Dr. Samuel Johnson, The Lexicographer, 1770, From a Friend”
Circa: 1770
Size: 4" H x 2 1/8" W x 1 3/4"

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UNIQUE ASH BURL DOUBLE MORTAR
Circa: 1800
Size: 5" D x 8" H

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Folk Art Adam & Eve Sculptures
Circa: 1840
Size: (Adam) 10 1/8" / (Eve) 8 1/8" (not including custom base)

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White Mountains, NH (Mount Madison)
Dr. Edward Ruggles (New York, 1817?-1867)
Oil on board
Circa: 1860
Size: 4 3/4" x 6 5/8" (sight) | 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" (frame)

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NY / NEW ENGLAND WALL BOX
Circa: 1810
Size: 12 7/8" W x 11" H x 6" D

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The Ultimate Ebony & Ivory Corset Shaped Snuff Mull
Circa: 1680-1720

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Exceptional Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1760-80
Size: 5 1/4" D x 2" H

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Remarkable Elm Burl Wolf Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1680
Size: 11" OAL

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SCOTTISH EBONY & IVORY SNUFF JAR
Circa: 1700-1720
Size: 5 1/4" x 5 3/4

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Ebony & Ivory Corset Shaped Snuff Mull
Circa: 1680-1720

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Important Woodlands Ash Burl Manitou Effigy Bowl
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 17 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 6 1/2" H

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View on the Delaware
Dr. Edward Ruggles (New York, 1817?-1867)
Oil on board
Circa: 1860
Size: 4 1/2" x 6 3/8" (sight) | 7 1/4" x 9 1/8" (frame)

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Barber Shop Trade Sign
Circa: 1920
Size: 41 1/2" x 30 1/2" x 1 3/4"

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New England Candle Box with Large Scalloped Back
Circa: 1760-1780
Size: 13 3/4" H x 11 1/4" W x 7" D

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NATHANIEL SPILMAN HORN BEAKER - THE HAIRDRESSER
Dated: August 11, 1788
Size: 5 1/4" H

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Double Sided Erotic SnuffboXXX - Camera Obscura
Circa: 1820
Size: 3" D

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Maple Manitou Effigy Scoop / Cup
Circa: 1800
Size: 8" OAH

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Northeastern Ash Burl Covered Bowl
Circa: 1780
Size: 6 7/8" D x 6" H

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Rare English Boxwood Treen Snuff Box Depicting The Execution Of King Charles I
Circa: 1680

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Woodlands Human Effigy Pipe / Seated Male Figure
Ash Burl
Circa: 1800
Size: 4" L

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Exceptional Sailer Made Scrimshaw Erotic Ivory Ring
Circa: 1840
Size: 7/8"D

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Maple Burl Beaver Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1740
Size: 5 3/4" OAH

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J. W. JOHNSTON FOUND DEAD BROADSIDE
Wood block printing on heavy paper
Circa: 1870
Size: 44" H x 31" W

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Double Sided Erotic SnuffboXXX - Joan of Arc & Pierrot and Harlequin
Circa: 1820
Size: 3" D

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Important Maple Burl Covered Sugar Bowl
Made by Matthew Patten, Bedford, NH
Circa: 1760-80
Size: 5" D x 4 1/8" H

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George Washington, "Republicans Are Not Always Ungrateful" Snuffbox
Circa: 1825
Size: 2 3/4" x 1 7/8" x 1"

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Maple Burl Otter Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1780
Size: 5 3/4" OAL

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Puckered and Pleated Pitcher
George Ohr (American 1857-1918)
Circa: 1898-1910
Size: 5 3/4" L x 4" W x 4 3/4" H

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Castle on a Cliff
Frederick J. Waugh (American 1861-1940)
Circa: 1925
Size: 14 1/4" x 10 3/4" x 7"

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Rare New York City Draft Riots Broadside
Wood block printing on heavy paper
Circa: Saturday, July 18, 1863
Size: 18 5/8" x 11 3/4" (sight)

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Ash Burl Woodcock Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1780-1820
Size: 7 1/4" OAH

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Important Ash Burl Reductive Manitou Effigy Bowl
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 14 3/8" x 13 1/8" x 4 3/4" H

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Siamese Slipper
George Ohr (American 1857-1918)
Circa: 1895-96
Size: 5 3/4" x 2 1/4"

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NEW ENGLAND COKE | WILLIS A. MARTIN COAL AND LUMBER
Oil on Canvas
Circa: 1920
Size: 39" L x 22" H (sight)

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Thrasher
James W. Washington, Jr. (American 1909-2000)
Stone, Driftwood
Circa: 1966
Size: 14" L x 3 1/4" D x 5 3/4" H

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American Folk Art Hooked Rug - Blue Cat
Circa: 1910-20
Size: 36" W x 25" H

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"A Woman's Touch" Folk Art Carved & Painted Cane
Circa: 1850-60
Size: 33 1/4"oah

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Important Art Deco Aluminum Female Fashion Form
Rare life-sized sculptural figure
Circa: 1930-35
Size: 29 1/2"

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Folk Art Sculpture: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Circa: 1945
Size: 15" L x 9" W x 13" H

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Rare "NEW HAVEN" Stoneware Gemel
Circa: 1840
Size: 8 1/4" H x 7 3/4" W x 5" D

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RARE ENGLISH IVORY TEETOTUM
Circa: 1680-1710
Size: 1 3/4"D

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The Tea Table
Fannie Hillsmith (1911 - 2007)
Oil, Sand on Board
Circa: 1950
Size: 9 3/8" W x 10" H

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Wren
James W. Washington, Jr. (American 1909-2000)
Circa: 1976
Size: 3 1/4" L x 2 1/8" D x 3 3/8" H

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William Rogers, African American Folk Artist and Preacher (Darien, GA)
Frog / Carved & Stained Wood
Circa: 1930
Size: 9" x 4"

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Eye Of The Needle
Clarke Fitz-Gerald (1917-2004)
Circa: 1977
Size: 35"W x 33"H

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Woodlands Ash Burl Bowl with Shouldered Ends
Circa: 1780
Size: 11" x 7 3/8" x 4"

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Let The Dice Fall Where They May
3326 Bone Dice
Circa: 1780-1900
Size: Sizes vary from: 3/16" - 1/2"

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Northeastern Rare Ash Burl Charger
Circa: 1780-1800
Size: 10" D x 1 1/2" H

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Low Relief Sculpted & Painted Nude Woman
Circa: 1940-50
Size: 24" H

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Folk Art Carved Snake Eating Mouse
Carved & Painted Wood
Circa: 1910
Size: 16" x 11 1/4" x 2 3/4"

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Southern Folk Art Keepsake Box
Circa: 1930
Size: 9 1/2"H

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Metcalf House Hallowell
George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Circa: 1962-63
Size: 9" x 12"

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Vibrant Double Sided Gameboard
Circa: 1840-60
Size: 15" x 15 1/2"

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Folk Art Painting: Oblivious To Danger
Circa: 1930
Size: 31 1/2" x 29 1/2"

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Phebe Thomas Acrostic
Circa: 1835-40
Size: 5 1/4" x 5"

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Rare Interracial Snuffbox
Circa: 1810
Size: 3 3/4" D" x 3/4"

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THE BEST Folk Art Pipe With Nude Woman / Eagle / Flags
Maple Burl
Circa: 1850
Size: 2 7/8"

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Exceptional Woodlands Elm Reductive Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1760-80
Size: 7 oal

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Woodlands "Bird Foot" Effigy Scoop
Circa: 1820
Size: 8 1/4"H x 7"D x 4 1/4"W

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Men's Club Deceptive Vase / Nude Woman
Circa: 1920-30
Size: 12 oah

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Shaker Figured Ash Dipper
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 6 3/4" oal; 4 1/8" D (bowl)

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Life Sized Folk Art Dog
Circa: 1930
Size: 25"W x 33"H x 21"D

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LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE
John Samuel Blunt (1798-1835)
Circa: 1822
Size: 21" H x 26" L (sight)

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Important Folk Art Dog Sculpture
Circa: 1890
Size: 25" x 9" x 4"

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Exceptional Folk Art Seascape: Maine Island
Oil on Academy Board
Circa: 1870
Size: 18" x 24" (sight) | 24" x 30" (frame)

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Folk Art Carved and Painted Portrait
Circa: 1860-80
Size: 5 1/2" H x 5" D x 2 5/8" W

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Profusely carved folk art panel, by A. A. Stroh patient at the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane in Poughkeepsie, NY
Circa: 1890-91
Size: 26" x 37"

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American or English Portrait Miniature
Circa: 1800
Size: 1 1/2" H

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American Folk Art Cast Iron Head with Exposed Lead Brain
Circa: 1840-60
Size: 4 7/8" oah

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Highly Important 'Washington' Lafayette Presentation Gold Button
Circa: 1825
Size: 20mm

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Folk Art New England Cast Iron Gate Weight
Circa: 1740-1760
Size: 10 1/2" H

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Important Western Great Lakes Burl Effigy Bowl
Circa: 1800-1820
Size: 15 7/8"D

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Exceptional Tramp Art Apothecary Chest
Circa: 1890
Size: 21" H x 12" W

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Important Eastern Woodlands Elm Burl Effigy Bowl
Circa: 1680-1700
Size: 14" x 11 3/8" x 5 7/8"

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Important Woodlands Human Effigy Ladle with Coxcomb Hair
Circa: 1680-1700
Size: 6 1/2" oah

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Important Woodlands Human Effigy Feast Ladle - Sitting (detail)
Circa: 1640-80
Size: 12" oah

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Important Woodlands Beaver Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1640-80
Size: 7 1/4" oah

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Important Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Wall Box
Circa: 1780
Size: 13 oah

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Three Masted Bark, MAINE
Oil on Academy Board
Circa: 1890
Size: 18" x 24"

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English Treen Snuffbox / Double Barrel Flintlock Pistol
Provenance: Owen Evan Thomas
Circa: 1760
Size: 4 1/2" L

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Important Woodlands (Southern New England) Double Bear Effigy Bowl
Circa: 1680
Size: 11" oal

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Maine: Waves & Rocks
Anonymous
Circa: 1840-60
Size: 18" H x 36" W

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Woodlands Ash Burl Bowl
Circa: 1780
Size: 13 3/4" D

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Physical Culture / Massages / Shower Sign
Circa: 1915-25
Size: 47" x 28"

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Still Life with Cigars
Henry Church (American, Ohio, 1836 - 1908) Circa: 1890
Size: 12" x 16"

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Erotic SnuffboXXX - Leda and The Swan
Circa: 1780-1810
Size: 2 3/4" D

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Painted Cast Iron Walking Stick/Cane Trade Sign
Circa: 1860-80
Size: 36 OAH

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ENGLISH BOXWOOD NUTCRACKER - Dated 1798
Circa: 1798
Size: 4 3/4" OAL

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Portrait Of A Champion
Oil on Board
Circa: 1830
Size: 9 5/8" W x 12"

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EXCEPTIONAL SMALL ASH BURL COVERED BOWL
Circa: 1780
Size: 3 1/8" X 3 1/8"

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LARGE LANKY FOLK ART FIGURE
Circa: 1950
Size: 17 1/4" OAH

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LIGHTHOUSE (POSS. GAY HEAD, MARTHA'S VINEYARD)
Anonymous
Circa: 1850-80
Size: 14" x 20" (sight)

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FIRST RATE GAMEBOARD (SIGN PAINTER'S)
Circa: 1880
Size: 18" x 18"

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EXCEPTIONAL AMERICAN WHALING SCENE SNUFFBOX
Circa: 1841
Size: 3" x 1 1/2" x 1"

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IROQUOIS PREENING BIRD EFFIGY LADLE
Circa: 1840-60
Size: 6 1/4" OAL

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THREE PART EROTIC SNUFFBOX
Circa: 1820
Size: 3 1/8" D

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EXCEPTIONAL SCRIMSHAW IVORY SEAM RUBBER
Circa: 1840-60
Size: 5 1/2" OAH

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RARE STRAW-WORK SNUFFBOX / SIGNED C. F. HERING FECIT, LONDON
Circa: 1732
Size: 2" X 3"

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FEMALE TORSO/TRUNK
Circa: 1950(?)
Size: 13 1/2" OAH

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IMPORTANT WOODLANDS BURL PIPE - FEMALE TORSO
Circa: 1780
Size: 2 1/2" OAL

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AMERICAN PAINTED TREEN MORTAR & PESTLE
Circa: 1840

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IROQUOIS BIRD EFFIGY LADLE
Circa: 1780
Size: 6 1/4" OAH

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GEORGE OHR BREAST/BUTTOCKS SCULPTURE
Circa: 1897
Size: 7 3/8" OAL

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RARE 17 STAR US FLAG SNUFFBOX
Circa: 1820
Size: 2 7/8" D

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IROQUOIS DOUBLE HANDLED ASH BURL BOWL
Circa: 1720
Size: 19" x 15 3/4" x 6H"

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ITALIAN OR GERMAN BOXWOOD FOLDING SPOON
Circa: 1640
Size: 6 1/2" OAH

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WALKING & WAVING BABY SCULPTURE
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 11" OAH

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UNUSUAL CONCEPTION CANE: FOLK ART WALKING STICK WITH LARGE SPERM
Circa: 1876-95
Size: 38 1/2" OAH

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TO RULE WITH AN IRON FIST
Circa: 1860
Size: 7" OAL

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HUDSON RIVER VALLEY DOUBLE WALLBOX
Circa: 1830
Size: 15" 1/4 OAH

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1678 ENGLISH BOXWOOD LOVE-TOKEN SNUFFBOX
Circa: 1678
Size: 3 3/4" x 2 3/4" x 1"

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REDWARE RING FLASK PUZZLE JUG
Circa: 1860
Size: 11 7/8" OAH

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ABC / US FLAG BLOCKS
Circa: 1945
Size: 12 1/8" x 7 1/8" 1 1/2"

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FOLK ART STONE CARVING - INDIANS
Circa: 1860-80
Size: 16 1/2" H X 7 1/2" W X 3" D

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WOODLANDS HUDSON RIVER VALLEY OVOID BOWL
Circa: 1780-1810
Size: 11" x 8" x 4" H

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OJIBWA DOUBLE HANDLED ASH BURL BOWL
Circa: 1840
Size: 13 3/8" x 11 1/2" x 5"

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GOBLIN ANDIRONS
Circa: 1938
Size: 22 3/4 OAH

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HIGH RELIEF CARVED BELT CUP - FIGURED MAPLE
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 4 5/8" OAL

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IROQUOIS DOUBLE HANDLED ELM BURL BOWL
Circa: 1740-1760
Size: 22 1/2" x 18 1/2" x 8 1/2"

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REMARKABLE WHALEBONE CHECKERBOARD
Circa: 1840-60
Size: 12 7/8" x 12 7/8" x 1 3/4"

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SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WOODLANDS ASH BURL BOWL
Circa: 1680-1700
Size: 17 3/4" D

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JOHN E. BULLARD - WINE AND CHEESE STILL LIFE
Circa: July 1873
Size: 14" H x 20" W

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Erotic SnuffboXXX
Circa: 1820
Size: 3 1/2" D

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ANNIVERSARY TIN CANDLE STICKS
Circa: 1880-1910
Size: 18" OAH

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NYS ASH BURL LOVEN TOKEN BOX
Circa: 1840
Size: 9 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 4 1/2"

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TOY POP GUN ENGULFED IN TREE
Circa: 1920-30
Size: 15 1/2" x 26" x 6 1/2"

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TWO FIRST RATE CIVIL WAR MAPLE BURL PIPES
Circa: 1860-80
Size: 3 1/2" OAL

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FOLK ART TOBACCONIST SIGN
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 14 7/8" H x 6 3/16" W x 3/4" D

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THE BEST AMERICAN TREEN TRENCHER
Circa: 1740
Size: 7 1/4" x 7"

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AMUSING FOLK ART REDWARE PIPE
Circa: 1860
Size: 2" X 2"

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FOLK ART SIGN: I BOW, IF YOU BLOW WELL
Circa: 1880
Size: 18" x 9" x 1"

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FOLK ART BELLOWS: Indian and a Beaver
Circa: 1920
Size: 18" OAH

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WOODLANDS TABBED HANDLED BOWL - BEST TABS
Circa: 1780
Size: 17 1/2" OAL x 5" H/div>

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