Folk Sculpture and Trade Signs


Ship's Figurehead
c. 1830
American, New England
Red pine
Superb condition; brought down to original paint
36" high x 12" wide x 20" deep
SOLD
Carved And Painted Phrenological Head
19th c.
Carved and painted wood
This is reputed to be one of only three known such examples.
Ex Feldman collection
7" wide x 8" deep x 15-1/2" high
SOLD
Brass Razor Trade Sign Brass Razor Trade Sign
c. 1930
Found in Yipsilanti, Michigan
16" long x 8" high
SOLD

 Two Sided  Electrified Trade Sign:  Optician Two Sided Electrified Trade Sign: Optician
c. 1900
Kansas City
Manufactured by Washburn and Company, New York, New York
63" wide x 16" high x 9" deep
SOLD
 Iron Guitar Trade Sign Iron Guitar Trade Sign
Early 20th c
Found in New Jersey
19" wide x 48" high (on stand)
SOLD
Carved and Painted Wooden Horse
Late 19th c
Striking form
Original paint decoration and horsehair mane
23" long x 23" high (on stand) x 5" deep
SOLD
Early Optician's Sign Early Optician's Sign
c. 1870
Cast iron with original paint
Rare diminutive size
23" wide x 5" high x 7/8" deep
SOLD
Very Rare Church Bass with Carved and Polychromed Horse's Head
c. 1880
This instrument was made especially small to fit in the limited
space available in the nave of the church and while
resembling more a cello in size, it actually produced a bass tone.
56" high (on stand) x 14" wide
SOLD
Carved and Painted Nantucket Whaler Weathervane with Original Iron Mount
c. 1850
Pine and polychrome
In extraordinary, preserved and original condition
From a Nantucket house.
19" long x 17-1/2" high (on bracket) x 2-1/2" deep
SOLD
Firehouse Eagle on Original Pole
Late 19th c.
Copper and iron
This eagle stood atop a Pennsylvania firehouse.
19-1/2" wingspan x 20" long x 28" high
SOLD
Milliner's Trade Sign Milliner's Trade Sign
Late 19th c
Sheet metal
Unusual, fabulous form
SOLD

Whirligig
c. 1900
Delaware Valley, near Pennsylvania and New York border
Wood and tin
Check out that hat!
15-1/2" tall x 2-1/2" wide x 3-1/2" deep (maximum at brim)
SOLD
Patriotic Shield
c. 1910-12
Made by Edward Henry McQuade, full time electrician,
Manchester, New Hampshire police department.
Additional provenance available.
48" wide x 60" high
SOLD
Animated Carving, The Conductor
c. 1900
Wonderful flair and movement
11-1/2" high
SOLD
Bone Shaker Bicycle
c. 1890
Wood and iron
69" wide x 59" high x 20-1/2" deep (on bracket)
SOLD
School Boy Whirligig
Last quarter 19th c
Artist unknown
Polychrome, wood and iron
American; found in Wisconsin
Pictured in A Gallery of American Weathervanes and
Whirligigs, Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz,
E.P. Dutton, New York, 1981
ex Michael and Julie Hall collection
23" high on stand and original bracket x 6-1/2" paddle spread
SOLD
Gormully and Jeffrey
54" High Wheel Bicycle
c. 1885
Restored saddle
Period brass bell!
SOLD
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