Polychrome Wooden Barber Pole Folk Art Advertising Sign from Cape Cod

A wonderful folk art rectangular shellwork table featuring a top with foliate polychrome sand design around shells under glass, with the entire surface of the sides and legs covered with small seashells set...

A fine pair of Continental wooden polychrome figural wall appliqués or brackets with cherub faces adorned with side wings, each hand carved from a single piece of wood, probably dati...

A wonderful pair of vintage oversized polychrome hand carved wooden Tiki mask wall hangings with snakes above the faces dating to probably to the mid 20th century. Very good overall ...

A pair of heavy wooden polychrome doors, depicting genre scenes of a man and woman on each panel, surrounded by foliate decoration, with ebonized backs, and five supports slats on ea...

A fine Chinese decorative carved wooden architectural pediment, most likely from a temple, its crest featuring a gilt carved center star flanked by pierce carved birds, flowers, scro...

A beautifully detailed two thirds scale copy of an 18th century hand carved church pew from La Merced Cathedral in Antigua, Guatemala with scroll carved crest ends, arms, front panels, and side shield coat of arms panels...

Early 20th century folk art zinc barbers pole trade sign. An early 20th century hand crafted zinc barbers pole trade sign. Hand painted and of naïve construction. Lots of characte...

Great Americana! c. 1920s American Folk Art wood and iron carved barber pole. Layers of thick original red and white hand painted surface. Substantial iron mounts and iron strapping around neck of sconce. Unique wall sconce...

Antique Folk Art hand painted double-sided wooden trade sign dating from the early 20th Century... 1920s? 1930s? A wonderful whimsical sign most likely...

Rare porcelain enamel barbers pole shop sign. This is a very rare old sign, it is American in origin, we have the red and blue stripes wrapped around a White background, and at th...

Great looking cartoon Midwestern Americana weathervane. Farm Bureau Insurance started in 1921. This great piece most likely was a premium or advertising piece. Hand painted wood with...

American Folk art wooden "CIGARS" sign from the 1920's. Great old Store Trade sign. Wood cut to cigar shape. Lettered in Gold Paint. In good conditions, it was a in doors sign. Perfect for any cigar smoker. Cigars History: A cigar is basically dried tobacco leaves that are rolled and wrapped by other tobacco leaves in order to give you a full tobacco smoking experience. Cigars are becoming more popular all around the world recently because they are exposed to a pop culture where a lot of famous people like Michael Jordan and Arnold Schwarzenegger smoke them. In order to understand why cigars have become very well-known, we need to take a good look at their history and where they came from. That way, we can truly understand this pop phenomenon. Here is a brief history of cigars. Origin of Cigars The exact origin of cigars is not entirely known but historians believe that cigars were first invented by the ancient Mayans. The ancient Mayans would collect tobacco leaves and wrap them up in a plantain leave in order to smoke it. An ancient Mayan pot...