Folk(e)sy

scarce 1st ed.
The Unsophisticated Arts
by Barbara Jones,
c.192pp. full of beautiful illus.,hb. d.j

Handpainted wood 'skate girl',
18" / 46cms.
by Mary & Jiem (Franco/Belge folk artists)
£350

19th century heavy carved wooden sculpture of Spanish probably Saint Barbara of Architecture and Engineering!
c.100cms.(h)
£650

collection of 19th century local Romney Marsh farm tools

19thC Romney Marsh wooden ditch maintenance shovels
£80 each

metal Romney Marsh 'trug'
c.42cms.(l) x c.25cms.(w)

cast iron hay bailing tool from Romney Marsh
(a lovely thing - if rather terrifying!)
£80

two 19thC Romney Marsh shepherd's crooks
lambs one sold
£65 each

old trivet £20
old metal boot reinforcer sold
old farm wood pulleys £55 (2)
old Romney Marsh wheet/chaff /seed broadcastersold

old Romney Marsh branding letters
£50 eachpair
wimble (thatching tool)sold
lambing toolsold

Romney Marsh branding numbers

1940s burgundy utility felt running hare, made to 1940s pattern, large and small
£120 each

Folkestone prize pooch in battered silver frame, c.15cms. high.

c.1979 Slovakian colour postcard of folk dancers
£4 each

one of Henry Vlll's wives in tapestry, feather filled cushion,
c.39cms. high,
(all six unlucky wives are here!)

1930s intricately hand embroidered square mat , punch needlework, c.27cms. x 28.5cms.
£30

primitive 'Staffordshire' figure of Spring/harvest, possibly Scottish,
£45

handcoloured silver foil on glass picture of galleon, c.29cms. (h)

old tin sweet moulds, shells soldand lobsters,
£30 for pair
(from Rowlands Rock shop Folkestone)

c.1930s shell form inkwell
£55

remnant of old figurative claypipes,
like De Gaulle profile,
£4 each (rt hand one sold)

c.1950s original Japanese Kokeshi hand painted wood dolls,
by father and son Kamada
c.13cms. - 28cms.
£60 pair of smaller
£60 pair of larger these are SOLD
more from collection AVAILABLE
- PLEASE ENQUIRE

c.1960s 'kodachrome' colour Folkestone International Folklore Festival postcards,
sold

souvenir photo plaque of Bournemouth gardens on 'Birch from the New Forest'!
£10

enamelled chrome Society of International Folk Dancing pin badge

1940s utility wirework brooches,
£25 each

1930s primitive Greek oil on canvas,
(unstretched)
£120

c.1920 ferrotype studio portrait
£30

C.1900 ferrotype group portrait,
£40

pair of fine Victorian staffs mantel dogs,
c.24cms. high,
£395

clutch of 19th century glazed ceramic dummy eggs for broody hens,
£20 each

only one left

Clulow Child 'Barbara and Ploughboy'
signed pastel and bodycolour portrait of beloved horses,
dated 1939, c. 16.5" / 42cms. x 13"/ 33cms.

Frank Egerton
1980's handpainted wood folk carvings of
Cat in Corset, with opening jewel drawer!
and Boxer bulldog with cheval mirror

'agate' pottery jugs, turquoise blue glaze interiors,
c.8cms. & c.14cms.
£12 each (smaller one sold)

Folksongs of Olde England by Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, classic 1968 lp
£15

large heavy stoneware bellarmine,
(incised with number 4 ) and lovely thumbprints on base of handle

charming vintage needlepoint of squirrels and floral branches,
made into a cushion c. 14"/36cms. x 10.5"/27cms.
£75
(the squirrels have the added charm of being in a finer/smaller needlepoint stitch)

Large old Stonehenge button badge
£9
unused vintage Stonehenge colour pc
£6

remember to check all our other pages for lovely things too! www.rennart.co.uk

sadly you missed British Folk Art exhibition at Tate Britain - 31 August 2014

please click on each image for a larger view

to order any of the above and to advise postage costs please
contact Karen and Paul

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Folkestone
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