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Folk Art Spinner Cricket Table

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:32:18 +0000

Folk art fun!
Here’s a very unusual piece that makes me happy for many reasons.
It’s a 19th century cricket table which has been adapted in the early 20th century as a way of selecting a town or village, for some purpose that I can only wonder at!
It has a very local connection for me, Snape and Iken being neighbouring villages.
An absolutely super cool, amazing thing!

In solid condition with obvious losses and time related wear. There are gaps in the table top that can be seen in the pictures. The spinner rotates freely.

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Victorian Folk Art Seance Table

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:22:38 +0000

A 17th Century gate leg oak table of real high quality. The workmanship and the type of wood are rather exquisite and show that it would have originated from a very fine house indeed.
As fashions changed and the desire for more exotic timber came about, this fine table would have been relegated from the main house to the servants quarters or outhouses.
This is where the story gets very exciting. Some time during the mid 19th Century when seances were very fashionable among the Victorian upper classes our little table became adapted and carved for that very purpose.
With gravestones carved all around the top, there are also carvings on the legs that must mean something.
I can only wonder in awe about the people that sat around this little table throughout its life.
It’s a real special piece indeed.

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French antique cast iron clown head shooting target

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:43:12 +0000

A beautifully decorative cast iron painted clowns head. This was originally a shooting target from a funfair in France. It still has the original paint that has a fantastic worn look.

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Antler Man. A curious wooden carved figure with antler legs

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:19:42 +0000

Antler man. A curious polychromed and wooden carved figure of a man with carved anters for legs. It has a hanging hoop on the back so can be wall mounted.

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A pair of Napoleonic prisoner of war bone carved vases

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:08:53 +0000

A pair of 19th Century Napoleonic prisoner of war bone carved vases with wooden bases.

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Folk Art Grotesque carved head

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:39:42 +0000

This stone carved head originated in Bude Corwall and was made for a folk festival in the 1980's. It is very heavy.

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1920’s American Depression Dentist’s Sign

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:17:14 +0000

1920's American Depression Dentist's Sign

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Japanese Salmon Wall Plaque

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:58:25 +0000

Huge Japanese carved wooden salmon mounted on a rattan background in an Oxford type frame.

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