- FINE CHIP CARVED TULIP PATTERN BUTTER
PRINT CA.mid-late 19th century; attributed to print carver known as "Bold Abstractionist"; the print old treadle lathe turned one piece with stove pipe hat shaped grip, vibrant...
[more like this] - DOUBLE SIDED CHIP CARVED WOODEN BUTTER
PRINT CA.1850; thick lathe turned tapered jar-cork shaped double sided print: one side with bold stylized tulip with fine flowing narrow leaves and matched secondary buds...
[more like this] - ASSEMBLED GROUP OF FOLK ART CARVINGSca.
early-mid 20th century; attributed to one of the "Jailhouse Carvers" (working at Graterford & Eastern State Penitentiary Prisons) whimsically carved Amish lady in black full...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL SWIMMING MERGANSERNorth
Shore, MA, c. 1890
17 1/2 in. long
This hollow swimming merganser is among the finest decoys discovered in decades. As this Massachusetts masterpiece makes its public debut,...
[more like this] - EARLY HUMPBACK BLACK DUCKThe Ward Brothers
Lemuel
T. (1896-1984) and Stephen (1895-1976)
Crisfield, MD, 1921
17 in. long
“Stephen W. Ward (1895-1976) and his brother Lemuel Travis Ward (1896-1984) of Crisfield, Maryland...
[more like this] - 19TH CENTURY CHIP CARVED BIRD ON NEST.19th
Century Chip Carved Bird on Nest. Attributed to Southeastern Lancaster carver, for similar examples see" Just For Nice" by Machmer page 35. Hand written note attached to base...
[more like this] - MASSACHUSETTS PILGRIM CENTURY CARVER
ARM CHAIRMassachusetts pilgrim century carver arm chair in old brown paint. 46" high, 21" wide, 17" deep. Condition: : paint loss, scratches, chips, replaced rush seat, front...
[more like this] - AN AMERICAN PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD
CIGAR STORE INDIAN,... CIGAR STORE INDIAN, PROBABLY MARYLAND OR DELAWARE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, carved in a standing position with one leg slightly bent and holding a bundle...
[more like this] - EARLY BALI INDONESIAN CARVED SAWO WOOD
SCULPTUREFeatured in this lot is a Early Vintage Bali Indonesian hand-carved Sawo wood Sculpture. It depicts a celebrated tale from the Hindu epic, Ramayana, a commonly found...
[more like this] - GEORGE III PARCEL GILT "CONSTITUTION"
MIRRORBritish, circa 1765, with carved and gilt scrolled pediment centering a well carved spread wing phoenix, standing on a rocky plinth, mahogany frame with carved and gilt...
[more like this] - 2012 HAIDA ARGILLITE & ABALONE ORCA
BY LIONEL SAMUELSLionel Samuels (First Nations, Haida, Canada, 1963 to present) ca. 2012 CE, "Orca Whale." This is a striking hand carved argillite sculpture of a sacred orca...
[more like this] - ORNATE 20TH C. MAORI WOOD CANOE TAUIHU
PROWOceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. This is an incredibly ornate canoe prow known a tauihu with several figure heads, hand-carved from wood,...
[more like this] - 19TH C. MAORI WOOD HOE KOWHAIWHAI MOTIFS,
ABSTRACT TIKI...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, likely Te Arawa people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A superb wooden paddle known...
[more like this] - 19TH C MAORI WOOD TOKOTOKO LEADER ORATOR
STAFF W/ NACRE...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with a mesmerizing "corkscrew"...
[more like this] - LATE 19TH C. MAORI WOOD KOTIATE CLUB
W/ PAUA INLAY**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine kotiate club, a traditional type of weapon, hand-carved...
[more like this] - 19TH C. MAORI WOOD TOKOTOKO ORATOR STAFF
W/ NACRE INLAY...Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with beautiful carvings across the surface and an inlay...
[more like this] - 19TH C. VANCOUVER HAIDA ARGILLITE BOAT
W/ TOTEM ANIMALS...First Nations, Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Haida people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and...
[more like this] - EARLY 20TH C. PANAMANIAN KUNA WOOD FIGURE,
NUCHU**Originally Listed At $700**
Latin American, Panama, Kuna People, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden figure known as a nuchu (uchu) by the indigenous Kuna...
[more like this] - MASSIVE CARVED LIMESTONE FIREPLACE MANTEL,
18TH C.Massive carved limestone fireplace mantel, early 19th c., from the Robert Reid Cochran (1771-1861) family homestead Oak Dale Farm , Cadiz, Ohio, inscribed Liberty over...
[more like this] - PENNSYLVANIA CARVER, CHIP CARVED BIRDSoutheastern
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Carver, chip carved bird, late 19th c. , 6 1/2" l. For a carving by the same hand see Machmer Just For Nice, page 35, figure 119.
Competitive...
[more like this] - PENNSYLVANIA CARVER, CHIP CARVED BIRDSoutheastern
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Carver, chip carved bird, late 19th c. , 5 1/2" l. Pictured in Machmer Just For Nice , page 35, figure 119.
Competitive in-house shipping is...
[more like this] - ANTHONY ELMER CROWELL (MA, 1862-1951)
MINIATURE DECOY Mallard Male Miniature Duck Decoy, by master carver Elmer Crowell of East Harwich, MA, with his stamp and label on base, 3 5/8" high, 4 3/4" x 2 1/4". Small...
[more like this] - 2 FOLK ART CARVINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE
"JAIL HOUSEca. 1900-1945; attributed to group of unidentified carvers that were prisoners in Eastern State Penitentiary or Graterford Prison, each chip carved and polychrome...
[more like this] - 2 FOLK ART HOBO CARVING ATTRIBUTED TO
THE "JAIL HOca. 1900-1945; each figure chip carved softwood with painted accents, hand in pockets and smoking cigarette, attributed to a group of unidentified carvers that...
[more like this] - FOLK ART CARVED BLACK PAINTED FOX FIGUREca.
1900-1930; primitive folk art carving similar in form to Lancaster/Berks Co. regional carvers: carved fox with solid body and head, peg mounted well carved legs, wide carved...
[more like this] - FOLK ART CHIP CARVED DOG HEAD CANE ATTRIBUTED
TO Sca. 1885-1910; carving made from dug sapling with root ball carved with fine dog's head, relief carved with leaf shape ears, narrow muzzle and relief carved zig-zag collar,...
[more like this] - 4 FOLK ART CARVED MEN BY "THE JAILHOUSE
CARVERS"ca. 1930-1940s; each chip carved softwood man depicted standing with hands in pockets, smoking cigarette and wearing cap, watercolor/polychrome paint, 5 1/2"- 5 3/4"h;...
[more like this] - 1935 WOOD SCULPTURE BY A KANSAS ARTIST
SIGNED REEDThis sculpture is believed to have been purchased by Susan's parents in the 1930s, about the same time they purchased a painting (also in this auction) from Sandzen...
[more like this] - PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY CARVED FIGUREHEADBRACKETS,
POSSIBLY DONE BY CHARLES LOOFF (RI, CARVER, WOODWORKER AND CAROUSEL FIGURE MAKER). REPAINTED, ONE HAS SLIGHT CHIP TO DIADEM. 8" HIGH, 4 1/2" WIDE, 5 1/4" DEEP....
[more like this] - CARVED CHESS SETca. early-mid 20th century;
folk art carved and painted chess piece set with painted oil cloth rolled board in box-joint constructed fir and spruce slide lid box, pieces of mixed hardwoods with sawn...
[more like this] - A FINE, LARGE AND RARE CATLINITE CROSS
ON PLINTHThe beautifully patinated carving in two parts is comprised of a rising Christian cross atop two integral stepped outsets, and a separate trapezoidal pedestal with...
[more like this] - Carved and painted shorebird signed,
"h. v. shourds," 20th century With glass eyes mounted on driftwood base together with carved and painted shorebird marked "R W C," and two other shorebirds, one carved...
[more like this] - CHINESE IVORY CARVED FOO (FU) LION JAR
the head with protruding eyes and open mouth forming the fitted cover. Signed in calligraphy by the carver in red underfoot. Height 12'' width 4.50'' depth 6''. c. 1920's....
[more like this] - Terracotta bust of a man wearing a night
cap in a Nautilus shell signed Graillon on man's sleeve minor wear/chips 8 1/2'' h. x 6 1/2'' w. [Note: Pierre Adrien Graillion (1809-1872) was born into a family of Dieppe...
[more like this] - Abraham Lincoln Hand-Carved Cane 36
in. ln. ferrule 1 in.; textured wooden handle with partial applied bone detail at each end; with Abraham Lincoln's bust in relief below handle plus a high relief carving of...
[more like this] - A Japanese ivory figure of a farmer
Meiji period (1868-1912) holding aloft a vine of gourds in his left hand and with millets suspended from a rope over his back on a naturalistic base two character signature...
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