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Period: 1950s
Dancer dancing the romance Swan Lake possible Wallendorf production
Located in Lugo, IT
Ballerina dancing the ceramic Swan Lake romance. Possible Wallendorf production One piece of the crown is missing as pictured. Thank you
Category

German Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Sculptural Pitcher by André Aleth Masson France 1950s
Located in HYÈRES, FR
Sculptural Pitcher by André Aleth Masson. Beautiful Black Satin Ceramic. Signed by the " Triskèle " and 3 Masson "
Category

French Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Jean Miotte - Abstract composition
By Jean Miotte 1
Located in PAU, FR
Painting on canvas by Jean Miotte from 1959 Abstract composition in India ink on canvas without frame (sent rolled). Dated and signed by the artist. Unframed: 42.5 x 33 x 1.5 cm
Category

French Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Cow in Ceramic by Knud Kyhn, 1950
Located in Brussels, BE
Cow In Ceramic By Knud Kyhn, 1950.
Category

Danish Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Dan Tribe Indian Scope
Located in Dallas, TX
Dan tribe Indian ceremonial scope used at the time of harvest to pass out by the Chief's wife.
Category

Unknown Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Dan Mask from Ivory Coast, Africa, 1950
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dan Mask from Ivory Coast, Africa,, MID 20TH CENTURY.. gREAT COLOR / PATINA..
Category

Ivorian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Original 1950s Aqua-Lung U.S. Divers Company Scuba Diving Poster
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This is a rare scuba diving poster from the US Divers Company. We have three different posters available. Please see our other items. Framed posters in pi...
Category

American Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Paper

Wood Working Chisels, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing set of 3 wood working gouges and chisels. Numbered 2 (long), 3 (medium) and 4 (short). Maple pommel on each with a steel tang running through the handle. Each tool also has a...
Category

French Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Steel

American Applique Quilt in Floral Pattern
Located in grand Lancy, CH
American Applique Quilt in Floral Pattern
Category

American Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Fabric

Vintage Navajo Yei Rug, Oriental Rug, Handmade Wool Rug, Gray Color
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade...
Category

American Navajo Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Mid Century Japanese Tin Litho Friction Toy Car Chevrolet Station Wagon C1956
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic Japanese tin litho toy car from the mid to late fifties. A Chevrolet Station Wagon in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, practically unplayed with. Friction mot...
Category

Japanese Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Japanese Tin Litho Friction Toy Car Chevrolet El Camino C1956
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic friction motor and tin liho body in excellent vintage condition. C 1956 Chevrolet El Camino in red & black with a drop down tailgate. Japanese from the mid fifties. Believe...
Category

Japanese Industrial Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Carnival Midway Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand-painted canvas sideshow banner for carnival midway sideshow entrance. Not signed but most likely out of Chicago Tent and Awning's banner ...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Wooden Trade Sign Advertising Model of Kissel Gold Bug Speedster A Car made famous by Amelia Earhart the Kissel Gold Bug Speedster thought of as one of the hottest cars on the road...
Category

Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Plywood

Tribal Bronze Purse, Bag, Sculpture, West Africa
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Tribal Bronze Purse, Bag West Africa early-mid 20th century. leather and shell details.
Category

Beninese Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

Miniature Model Wooden Canoe, American Circa 1950's
Located in Incline Village, NV
While this model canoe might have been used as a salesman sample, whereby merchants, carried it from town to town to encourage sales, it was more than likely used as a demonstration ...
Category

Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood

locandina corrida, anni 50, Spain
Located in Felino, IT
grande locandina della Corrida, anni 50. plaza de toros monumental corrida de toros- Paco camino, Alessandro Veneziani, El Cordobez. cartel diseñado por Luser, Barcelona años 50. rar...
Category

Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

20Thc Canadian Goose Copper Weather Vane on Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Copper & brass flying geese weather vane.This Canadian goose weather vane is a latter version of the 19thc weather vane.
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Copper

Vintage Union Jack, Circa 1950s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a beautiful Union Jack parade flag, dating from the early 1950s, during the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The flag is printed on cotton, with machine-sewn hemmed...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Cotton

Bronze Head of an Oba, Yoruba People, 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A Benin bronze of an Oba. Oba means ruler in the Yoruba language. Wearing a lattice-pattern cap with strands of beads suspended around the head. The neck is bound with a lattice-patt...
Category

Beninese Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Persian Oriental Handmade Wool Carpet Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition Dimensions: 1”H x 74”W x 60”D Style: Persian Style
Category

Pakistani Other Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wool

Collection of (3) Native American Folk Art Canoes
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of (3) Native American Folk Art Children's Toy Canoes most likely made between the 1940's and 1950's. Two of the Folk Art Children's Canoes were made from Birchbark, while...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Birch

Vintage Belgian Alms Box for Missionary’s in the Congo
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is an unusual, vintage 1950s Mission alms/money-box, which where placed in the shops in Belgium to raise money for the missionaries in the Belgian Congo. If one threw a coin int...
Category

Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Plaster

Italian Tuscan Landscape Painting Grand Tour Pastoral Art
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Italian oil painting showing a classic Tuscan landscape Great work of Grand Tour art with the ruined temple to the left of the painting The rest of the work shows a idylic p...
Category

Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Tapestry

Black Clay Mezcal Jug From Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Circa 1950´s
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Black clay ceramic mezcal jug from Coyotepec, Oaxaca, circa 1950´s. Rare mezcal jug used for ceremonial or festive reunions. Decorative, leaf markings can be seen around the neck are...
Category

Mexican Country Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Mid-Century Ceramic Madonna and Child
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic representation of the Virgin Mary and Child Jesus is a beautiful example of mid-century modern European studio pottery. Handcrafted by a skilled artisan, this piece embo...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

20th Century Oil on Masonite Italian Still Life with Flowers Painting, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil on masonite artwork depicting a pleasant still life with flowers, of good pictorial quality. Wood and plaster frame, carved and ...
Category

Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Masonite

Mid-Century Rope Umbrella Stand Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Rope Umbrella Stand Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet.
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Rope

Hand Carved Nupe Stool with 8 Legs, Nigeria, 1950s
By Nupe
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A hand-carved wooden "Nupe stool", made by the Nupe People, a tribe who lives by the Niger River in Nigeria. This kind of 8-legged stool was used during important meetings or market...
Category

Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Remo Testa 20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed Seascape Painting, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Artwork oil on canvas, glued on cardboard, depicting Seascape with boats and fishermen at dawn, in impressionist style, of good pictorial ...
Category

Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Mid-Century Modern Stylized Figurative Cross
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic cross, handcrafted by studio pottery artists in mid-century Europe, presents a stylized figurative scene within its bounds, evoking the rich tradition of religious art r...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Carved Wooden Statue of a Dancer "Queen Dancer", Egba People, Abeokuta, 1950s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
A tall hand-carved statue of a dancer "Queen Dancer" crafted by the Egba People, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, circa 1950s. The statue is hand-carved in a rather rough way, not very...
Category

Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Cross with Abstract Motif
Located in Chicago, IL
This captivating mid-century modern ceramic cross is a fine example of the era's innovative approach to traditional religious symbolism. Crafted by European studio artists, the cross...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Modern Figurative Ceramic Cross
Located in Chicago, IL
This handcrafted ceramic cross is a vibrant exemplar of mid-century modern design, infused with the characteristic playfulness and colorfulness of the ...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Artisanal Crucifix
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic crucifix is a profound representation of mid-century modern European studio artistry. Handcrafted with precision and care, it reflects the era's characteristic blend of ...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Large Folk art /surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. Circus scene. " Burning Tent
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Folk art / surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. depicting circus scene. "Burning Tent".. Very well executed.. amazing detail..
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Trade sign for a wine shop: three bottles with french label wine, France 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A trade sign for the window of a wine shop, depicting three bottles with the label of French wines: Chateau Santenay, Chateau Ponsac, Chateau Ermitage. Made of carved solid fruitwood...
Category

French Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Fruitwood, Lacquer

20th Century Signed Remo Testa Oil on Cavas Seascape Italian Painting, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Artwork oil on canvas, glued on cardboard, depicting Seascape with boats and fishermen at sunset, in impressionist style, of good pictorial quality. Painting of limited size adorned with a carved, lacquered and gilded wooden frame (bronze tint). Artwork characterized by warm colors and a wise use of perspective. Painting signed lower right (see photo) Remo Testa...
Category

Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Pair of Mid-Century Rope Coat Rack Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Very rare pair of French rope hook coat Audoux Minet, circa 1960. 3 hooks.
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Rope

20th Century Pair of Italian Girls Portrait Oil on Canvas Signed Paintings, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Pair of Italian paintings from the mid-20th century. Pleasantly furnished paintings, both signed (see photo), signature under study. Paintings of limited size adorned with coeval car...
Category

Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Canvas

Poya painting on wood by Laurent Mussillier
Located in grand Lancy, CH
poya painted on a wooden cabinet door by the Swiss painter born in 1915 in Villars sur Glane, Gruyere region, the poyas were often commissions fro...
Category

Swiss Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage Tribal Bakonongo Terracotta Vessel with Ethnic Depictions Congo 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Very beautiful and well-preserved vintage terracotta vessel with removable lid from the Congo region, Bakongo ethnic group. The fine decoration is partly engraved, but also modeled ...
Category

Congolese Tribal Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Terracotta

Manual Entrance Bell in wrought iron, Tyrolean Craftsmanship from 1950s
By Vienna School of Arts and Crafts
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Manual entrance bell in wrought iron, Tyrolean craftsmanship from 1950 The wrought iron structure is a classic stylized dragon figure, very common in the Austrian Alto Torolo area. ...
Category

Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wrought Iron, Bronze

King Arthur Mural (16' x 6') by Peter Ostuni for Savoy-Plaza Hotel 1951
By Peter Ostuni
Located in Hanover, MA
Astonishingly beautiful and monumental mural spanning eleven individual panels which when assembled are 16 feet long by 6 feet high. The panels are reverse paint and applique on she...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Plexiglass

Splendid Kpélié Mask, Sénoufo population, Ivory Coast 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Splendid Kpélié Mask, Sénoufo population, Ivory Coast 1950 Kpélié Mask, wood covered with copper Dimensions 36.5 x 14.5 cm / 14.17 x 5.51 inches The populations speaking the Sénouf...
Category

Ivorian Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Mid Century Thin Glossy Red Ceramic Wall Cross with Embossed Circles Pattern
Located in Chicago, IL
This modernist European Studio Pottery ceramic wall cross is characterized by its slender form and glossy red finish, adorned with an embossed circles pattern that spans the entire c...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Temperance Day Sheet Metal Road Signs, circa 1951
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Created by the Seventh-Day Adventists church in 1951 for their October 27th, 1951 Temperance Day "Weapons and Warfare" Campaign against alcohol consumption in the United States. The ...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Sheet Metal

Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , 5 feet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing ! Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , Selling two pens. One 5" high 6 " in diameter.. other 50" h , 4" in diameter. Very well made, Qualit...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Steel

20th Century Oil on Board Italian Signed Painting Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Oil artwork on board depicting a landscape with figures and animals, Don Quixote and his faithful squire Sancho Panza, of go...
Category

Italian Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood

NYC Artist MARGARET LAYTON, PAINTING AND Iron SCULPTURE "WINDOW WASHER"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Margaret Layton (American, 20th century)"Parker Street" New York City Gouache on board, Iron Sculpture "window washer " circa 1950s Amazing Greenwich Village Building by artist Ma...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Metal, Iron

1950's Academic Landscape Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
Wintery landscape painting dating back to circa 1950, set in a combed maple frame. A glimpse of nature, as through a window.
Category

Unknown Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Maple, Paper

Midcentury Ceramic Wall Cross - Hand-Painted Studio Pottery, Europe
Located in Chicago, IL
This midcentury ceramic wall cross, created in a European Pottery Studio, features an uncomplicated design. The Christ silhouette relief on the cross is hand-painted, showcasing a gl...
Category

European Arts and Crafts Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

16-Inch Modernist Studio Pottery Wall Crucifix - Handmade in Europe
Located in Chicago, IL
This 16-inch modernist studio pottery wall crucifix, meticulously crafted in Europe, showcases a unique design. It features a wall cross with chartreuse and brown moss-like texture, ...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Architectural Devil with Pitchfork and Flames, Wall Decoration, Studio Pottery
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic wall decoration, a product of modernist Studio Pottery in Europe, portrays an architectural red devil holding a pitchfork amidst flames. The piece is characterized by vi...
Category

European Brutalist Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Petite Wall Cross, handmade ceramic, woven relief in glossy terracotta, Europe
Located in Chicago, IL
Small ceramic wall cross handmade in Europe. Woven relief in glossy glazed terracotta color. Discreet, delicate and earthy. As you explore our cross collection, you will encounter d...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage neon propaganda from Steiff. 1960 - 1965
Located in CADALSO, ES
This object was only issued for Steiff dealers. Has never been sold to private persons
Category

German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Brass

FolkArt Hand Made Horse Wall Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1536 Hand made Folk Art horse wall hanging sculpture
Category

Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Ebonized Walnut W/ Genuine Bone Walking Stick w/ 14K Gold Inlay
Located in New York, NY
This highly sophisticated Mid-Century Modernist Walking Stick in Ebonized Walnut w/ Genuine Bone and 14K Gold Inlay Pommel Originates from Italy, Circa ...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Folk Art

Materials

Gold

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