rare root carved baseball player artist signed 4inch X 6inch X 3inch ht root carving, circa 1900, signed in base Lodge, Safe at Second, purchesed in suburban Phila 4o years ago. no info on carver. Fabulous Rare folk art. as found cond, small loss to 1 hand
Condition: Used  

Tapping the Sugar Maples in Winter Snow, painting unsigned exciting folk art rendition of a farmer with sled in Winter snow with barrels of Sugar Maple sap being gathered to return to one of the several farms shown to sugar off.
Done in a style that unites the color strength of Van Gogh with the naive simplicity of Grandma Moses.
18inch X 27 1/2inch framed and 13 1/2inch X 23inch sight, painted on artist board, unsigned with minor paint flaking/losses [shown in image]

Outsider art at it's best!  

Occupational shaving mug Indian Chief w/pipe/headdress finely painted Indian Chief in full feathered headdress smoking peace pipe with Red Warrior Tribe #109 and owners' name in gold lettering, Tom Hurley. Fine condition except loss of gilding on edges. signed on base, J & C Bavaria,
made circa 1910
Condition: good
Size: 4inch ht X 3 3/4inch dia  

redware dog face w/holes to mount on ? unsigned with great patina, some chips, super rare form, found in PA, may be related to Bell Pottery from VA, unrecorded form
Circa: 1880
Condition: fair
Size: 4 X 5 X 3inch dp
Country of Origin: US  

Shenandoah? Pottery flask w/2 handles & raised decor. raised decorations on 1 end and front, mottled color,blue, green & brown glaze, yellow body, great folk art pottery piece of unknown origin
Circa: 19th cent
Condition: some minor chips
Size: 4inch dia X 6inch ht X 5inch lg  

reverse painted top early pewter box painting is good but pewter is rough, priced cheap, displays well
Circa: 1800's
Condition: worn
Size: 3 1/4inch dia X 2 1/4inch ht  

1785 signed Freidrich Speyer Taufshein, Georg Friederich Speyer, active 1774-1803 in Berks, Dauphin, and Lancaster Counties. An outstanding example of Penna Dutch illuminated art work of the 18th century with parrots, winged angel head , women and Mermaids, Work like this is found rarely outside museums. We are offering this at less than others have sold for at public auction.
See sale at Conestoga Auction Co,, Inc., Manheim, Pennsylvania, November 3-4, 2000, sale of items from the Chris Machmer collection $8800
Circa: 1785
Condition: good some fading of lettering
Size: 13inch X 16inch sight dimension
Country of Origin: US  

signed dated 1813 redware charger mold extra rare This mold was used by the potter to create redware chargers. Molds are quite rare as only 1 was required to create hundreds if not thosands of finished pieces.
This mold is signed in sgraffitto [T H Feb 5th, 1813, his mould(sic)]

The first pottery in the Hill-Fulper-Stangl reign was founded by Samuel Hill in 1814 or 1815 in Flemington, NJ. Upon Samuel Hill's death in 1858, pottery worker Abram Fulper began purchasing Hill Pottery from the Hill estate. By the 1860s, the company now owned by Abram Fulper (also known as Abraham) was called Fulper Pottery. By this time the company was producing an assortment of earthenware, stoneware and tile products. Abram Fulper's sons continued the pottery after his passing. The company became known as Fulper Bros. or Fulper Bros. & Co. during the 1880s. Products continued to be utilitarian stoneware and household crockery and tile. In 1899, the company was incorporated as Fulper Pottery Co. Secretary and treasurer of the company was William Hill Fulper II, grandson of Abram, graduate of Princeton University and veteran of the Spanish-American War. The company at that time was producing more household items such as storage jars and Fire-Proof Cookware. Beginning about 1900, Fulper's master potter John Kunsman began throwing a variety of vases and jugs with simple solid color glazes. These were displayed on the sidewalk in front of the pottery building and sold to Flemington visitors and passersby. Some of Kunsman's artware was exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition with a display of Fulper Germ Proof Filters in 1904 and won an honorable mention for design.

This piece was on exhibit at Fulpers museum and has 2 Fulper stickers circa 1915 along with the type written description label.
It is still unknown who {T H} is, but Fulper recognized it as some relation to Samuel.
We are offering this rare artifact from what Stangl described as the [oldest pottery in the US].

The Hill-Fulper-Stangl Potteries Museum is now closed permanently. And now with the recent sale of the Pfaltzgraff company, the future of this historic building is uncertain. Plans for a new shopping center on adjacent property are already under review.

This item remains as the oldest artifact from the oldest pottery in the USA.

We are proud to make it available for purchase.
Circa: 1813
Condition: excellent
Size: 11 1/2inch X 14 1/2inch
Country of Origin: US  

folk art carved cane w/14 carved animals silver labeled snake handle complete with tongue tops the .800 silver band with owners name J J Schellberg above which are deeplyy carved roses and all along the stick is profusely carved with grape vine and leaves from which 13 animal dwell consisting of bucks, doe, fox, big horn sheep, small antilope, squirrel and rabbit are deeply carved a few with light nose rubs. ferrule is missing. hard wood of unknown species.
great condition
Circa: 1900
Condition: minor losses to noses
Size: 35inch lg  

camel #10,000,899 painted/signed by Howard Finster Desert Taxi, May, 23, 1989 signed on back, original work by famous Outsider artist. album cover artist and preacher, now deceased. God will surely never make another like Howard.
Circa: 1989
Condition: perfect
Size: 8 1/2inch ht X 13inch lg
Country of Origin: US  

carved wood Amish woman by Jail House Carvers PA similar carving of Amish woman in Machmer book Just For Nice about PA wood carvers, attributed to Jail House Carvers from Graterford Prison & others.
may have had repaint on face
Circa: 1950
Condition: foot chip, glued chip on bonnet
Size: 4 1/2inch ht
Country of Origin: US  

Antono Pollaiol #7000.419 by Howard Finster original oil on plywood signed and dated 3/5/1988 12:58 past midnight.
also marked sold Michael Nadolski, This is from Michael's estate.
Circa: 1988
Condition: perfect
Size: 19 3/4inch ht
Country of Origin: US  

Giant ball of string from Vandergrift, PA barber shop Each time he received his laundered towels the string which held them together was saved in a ball till an antique dealer found the ball of string in the closed shop while helping the widow clean it up for the last time. She said the barber saved the string for over 25 years. He died over 20 years ago and she was moving into a retirement home. Nothing was added or taken away.
If you think the price is too high, a ball of string was sold at Haussner's Restaurant Collection, 12/18/1999 for $8250.
Vandergrift is just northeast of Pittsburg along the Conemaugh river.
Circa: 1975
Condition: perfect
Size: 14inch dia
Country of Origin: US  

carved folk art cane w/alligator, frogs, snake, cicada carved from unknown wood with bark still attached [ about 40% loss] ivory half knob on top, 6 1/2inch long alligator, 3 different frogs, a cicada or house fly and a 10inch long snake , finely carved scales, but head broken off, nice nickel plated brass and steel ferrule, circa 1875 - 1900 no marks as to maker or area, found in suburban Phila.
American Folk Art Canes by George Meyer pgs 40/41, fig.45 shows a similar cane which may have been carved by the same hand using similar wood stock and motifs.
Circa: 1900
Condition: bark losses, no head on snake
Size: 36inch lg
Country of Origin: US  

photo carved wood folk art frame 3-dimensional [a] A sample Art Deco carved wood frame with 3-dimensional carved and paint decorated torso of sitter plus photographic print of the head attached. This is one of 5 different samples found in storage in southeast PA. They were apparently used to demonstrate the artists skill and demonstrate the variety of styles available to purchase and have your own photo and torso made.
Frame is hand made of light mahogany and from the Great Depression era.
Circa: 1930
Condition: good/original
Size: 9 1/2inch wd X 11 1/2inch ht
Country of Origin: US