DESCRIPTION: We are so pleased to offer this "Darling" Antique Folk Art Handmade and Hand Paint Decorated Hanging Spice Cupboard Chest from New England circa  More»

DESCRIPTION: We are so pleased to offer this "Darling" Antique Folk Art Handmade and Hand Paint Decorated Hanging Spice Cupboard Chest from New England circa 1800s for your consideration. The Antique Wooden Paint Decorated Folk Art Hanging Chest/Cupboard is handmade from scrap cereal crates and salvaged wood. The Antique Primitive Cupboard Chest is so outstanding with an arched backboard. The sides on the Antique Cupboard are scrolled with an ocean wave design that is so typical of New England. The side bottoms are also scrolled. The upper two drawers are set back giving the check the look of a step back cupboard. The two upper drawers form a small shelf for placing beautiful small antique treasures. The Antique Wooden Chest has the "Best Color" paint decorated surface. This primitive hanging or stationary Chest or Cupboard is a Cutie, and would be the center of attention in any primitive setting. The paint decorated cupboard - chest has the original hardware pulls. The Antique Spice Cupboard Chest is in Excellent Condition with an age appropriate patina. All of the drawers slide and move freely and retain the original red stain paint. The entire piece is solid and sturdy. MEASUREMENTS: 20 Inches High, 10 Inches Deep and 12 1/2 Inches Wide.   «Less

DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to offer this antique Native American Woodlands Indian ceremonial effigy ladle from New England, circa 1800s for your consideration. The Antique  More»

DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to offer this antique Native American Woodlands Indian ceremonial effigy ladle from New England, circa 1800s for your consideration. The Antique Native American wooden effigy ladle was hand hewn from one solid piece of wood using stones, knives and perhaps a beaver tooth for smoothing. The smaller Native American Woodland Indian ladles were used everyday as eating implements, while sharing a community bowl. The longer handled effigy ladles were used as a ceremonial ladles and for special celebrations. This Antique wooden effigy ladle has a large deep bowl for sipping and eating. The Antique Native American Effigy Ladle shows the handmade characteristic with hand hewn marks. This primitive Hand Hewn ladle shows inactive worm holes. On the end of the ladle there is carved large hook handle effigy that appears to be a bird’s beak in form and shape. The large hook also serves for hanging. The Antique Native American Hand Hewn Wooden Effigy Ladle has age appropriate patina and wear. MEASUREMENTS: 11 ½ inches long and 5 inches wide.   «Less

DESCRIPTION: This is a Native American Woodlands Indian effigy ceremonial ladle from New England, circa 1800s. The wooden effigy ladle was hand hewn using stones, knives  More»

DESCRIPTION: This is a Native American Woodlands Indian effigy ceremonial ladle from New England, circa 1800s. The wooden effigy ladle was hand hewn using stones, knives and perhaps a beaver tooth for smoothing. The smaller Native American Woodland Indian ladles were used everyday as an eating implement or spoon. The longer ones were used as a ceremonial ladles, as the decorative handle shows. These ladles were used primarily to share from a communal bowl. The wooden effigy ladle has a spout of sorts, which would have been used for sipping and eating. The back and inside of the antique effigy bowl has a hand hewn shape which is more primitive than if it had been made by a lathe. On the end of the long handle is a carved effigy, which appears to be a feather shape. The ladle is made of a lightweight soft wood such as poplar, which would have been native to the area and was commonly used. The wooden effigy ladle has age appropriate patina and wear especially on the bowl. MEASUREMENTS: 20 inches in long and 4 1/2 inches wide at the bowl.   «Less

DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to offer this Outstanding “Darling” small Needlepoint Wooden Covered Stool from New England, Circa 1800s for your  More»

DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to offer this Outstanding “Darling” small Needlepoint Wooden Covered Stool from New England, Circa 1800s for your consideration. The Antique Wooden Stool is made of Pine and has long splayed legs that are pegged into the body of the Antique Needlepoint Stool. There is old antique woven cloth cording that decorates and secures the needlepoint to the stool. Old Brass Tack joinery decorates and surrounds the needlepoint wooden stool. The Stuffing appears to be of horsehair. The Needlepoint is executed with precision and detail of a recumbent large dog. The Antique Needlepoint Stool is in Excellent Strong Condition with Age Appropriate Wear and Patina. MEASUREMENTS: 11 1/2 Inches Long, 6 Inches Wide, and 6 Inches High.   «Less

DESCRIPTION: From as early as the 17th century until well into the 19th century, cricket stools and miniature bucket or crock benches were a popular form of small furniture  More»

DESCRIPTION: From as early as the 17th century until well into the 19th century, cricket stools and miniature bucket or crock benches were a popular form of small furniture in the early American home. Cricket stools and miniature benches were used in affluent homes as well as tiny cottage homes where space was minimal. They were used by children for seating, foot stools by adults, and to hold buckets and crocks off the floor away from small vermin. We are pleased to offer this Antique Pine Mortised Through Miniature Crock or Bucket Bench from New England circa 1700s for your consideration. The Antique Miniature Bucket Bench is handmade of New England white pine boards. New England white pine was a popular wood for making furniture by early colonists in the 1700s and was over harvested to the near point of extension by the early 1800s. The boot jack shaped splayed legs were mortised through the top of the Antique Miniature Crock Bench. The front and back aprons are tapered on the ends and attached with age appropriate nails to the legs. The Antique New England Miniature Crock or Bucket Bench is in excellent condition, strong and sturdy, with an age appropriate patina. MEASUREMENTS: 22 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 9 inches high.   «Less

DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to offer this Antique Mortised Through and Wedged Paint Decorated Cricket Bench Stool from New England circa 1820s for your consideration. The  More»

DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to offer this Antique Mortised Through and Wedged Paint Decorated Cricket Bench Stool from New England circa 1820s for your consideration. The paint stain on the cricket stool is the traditional New England red color. The cricket stool bench has hand turned round legs that are scribed and mortised through and wedged to the top of the stool. The hand turned legs are splayed and supported by hand turned stretchers. The top of the Mortised Through Cricket Stool is one single piece of wood. The mortised through stool is in excellent condition with age appropriate wear and patina. MEASUREMENTS: 16 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 6 ½ inches high.   «Less

DESCRIPTION: The Antique Basket perhaps as much as any other singular antique conjures up fond and nostalgic memories from the past. As far back in history we find an  More»

DESCRIPTION: The Antique Basket perhaps as much as any other singular antique conjures up fond and nostalgic memories from the past. As far back in history we find an importance and dependency upon baskets. The old time basket makers went out of business in the early decades of our country only to be replaced by cheap factory made containers. Today Antique American Hand Made Basket are valued, collected and sough after by Antique Basket aficionados. We are pleased to have this Oak Rod Hand Made early basket from Appalachia circa 1800s for your consideration. This Antique basket is a work of labor and love in the preparation of the material for making this basket, which is indeed prodigious. One wonders what advantages such fine construction is offered over the tradition rib and flat splint. Perhaps it is more durable as the process is so very laborious as the white oak had to be pulled and made into fine oak rods for weaving the rib style basket, which is indeed one of the hardest basket styles to make. There is an identical or similar Hand Made American Basket shown on page 59 of the informative book ''Baskets and Basket Makers in Southern Appalachia" by John Rice Irwin. The Antique Basket is just gorgeous with the beautiful aged patina of the white oak and the finely carved handle with a worn mellow patina. The Antique Basket is large in size and is solid, sturdy and heavy in weight for a basket of this size. Perhaps the use of the Oak Rods is why this Antique American Handmade Basket has survived a hundred and fifty years without damage or breakage. The Antique Basket is in Excellent Condition with a beautiful nut brown patina. MEASUREMENTS: 17 Inches Long, 15 Inches Wide, and 8 Inches High Not Including Handle   «Less

DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to offer this Outstanding Rare American Made Taghkanic Basket from Columbia County, New York circa 1800s for your consideration. Taghkanic or  More»

DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to offer this Outstanding Rare American Made Taghkanic Basket from Columbia County, New York circa 1800s for your consideration. Taghkanic or Taconic, also known as "Bushwacker Baskets", come from a Township in the lower corner of Columbia County in New York State, of the same name, pronounced Ta-kon-ik. These wonderful baskets were made by immigrants from the Palatinate, a district of southwest Germany located west of the Rhine, who came to America just before the Revolutionary War and settled in the area along the east bank of the Hudson River, just south of Albany, New York. When the Revolution erupted, these recent immigrants, who sided with the loyalists but wished to avoid conflict, abandoned their homes and hid in the wooded hills where they lived in simple shacks, safe from both the patriots and the British soldiers. Surrounded by good, plentiful timber in their woodland home, they turned to basket making as a way of supporting themselves. They lived there in the hills, marrying and intermarrying and keeping to themselves. They lived an isolated existence, and in many cases, even intermarrying or marrying the native American Indians (Mohicans) who also called this region "Home". Their land, which was poor for farming and limited to little patches of corn and potatoes, was an ideal environment for basket trees - brown ash, oak, hickory and maple. Somewhere they learned to make baskets, and the baskets gave them a living. They didn't have to be where the market was, but simply where the trees were. These basket makers were typical of other makers in the way they practiced and passed on their craft . . . much like the Shakers who also lived in insulated communities. This Taghkanic Basket is handmade of black ash wood. The Taghkanic Basket has a hand carved black ash swing handle that is attached to two wooden eyelets woven into the sides. The Taghkanic Basket has a square bottom flat splint weave with a round rim and bulbous body. Most Taghkanic Baskets had rounded bottoms with a bump up which makes this a rare and uncommon design and is shown on page 47 of the book "Legend of the Bushwhacker Basket". The profile of the rim is another distinctive feature of Taghkanic Baskets as it looks like a sort of compressed capital letter "D". Most other basket rims are taller than they are thick; the Taghkanic rims are the opposite. And, because they are thickened laterally, Taghkanic rims extend out from the top edge of the basket more, giving it a very special look. Where the uprights are turned down under the rims, the turndown is short. They have very short tails, and they're turned alternately on the outside and the inside, outside and inside. The rims are always double lashed to the body and they're always crisscrossed nicely . . . especially around where the handle is attached, to give it strength and to prevent racking (or loosening). Where the uprights are turned down under the rims, the turndown is short and they have very short tails. The Swing Handled Taghkanic Splint Basket, has a beautifully patinated, warm, nut brown color. The Taghkanic Basket is in excellent condition with age appropriate wear and Patina. MEASUREMENTS: Handle to handle is 16 inches, 10 Inches high not including handle, and 48 inches round in circumference.   «Less

DESCRIPTION: Baskets have been around in one form or another forever. Native American women strapped flat cradle baskets to their backs to carry their babies. American  More»

DESCRIPTION: Baskets have been around in one form or another forever. Native American women strapped flat cradle baskets to their backs to carry their babies. American baskets are handmade works of art that are functional. Farmers harvested fruits and vegetables from the garden and hauled them in baskets. Eggs were collected in baskets and homesteaders gathered berries in baskets. Baskets are still as useful today and the Antique American Baskets are coveted by collectors world wide. We are pleased to offer this Outstanding Large Rectangular Shaped, Paint Decorated Deep Garden Gathering Basket from New England, circa 1800's for your consideration. The antique basket is made of black ash with a large carved bentwood handle with the "Best" dark aged patina. The antique garden gathering basket was painted the “Best” traditional New England red stain. There are many fine details that are incorporated into this splint basket. The antique woven splint basket has a hand carved bentwood handle that has been notched and carved and deeply woven into the sides of the basket. The bottom of basket has an open weave to allow air flow and three additional garden ground runners. There is a small minor loss in one of the corners (see photos), which doesn’t affect the strength, character or integrity of this basket that is well over 100 years. The antique basket is in excellent condition with an age appropriate wear and patina. MEASUREMENTS: 18 inches long, 12 inches wide, 8 inches high not including handle.   «Less

DESCRIPTION: In the early 1800s the Shakers began to sell many of their high quality hand made goods including baskets, seeds, brooms, boxes, and chairs. The hub of the  More»

DESCRIPTION: In the early 1800s the Shakers began to sell many of their high quality hand made goods including baskets, seeds, brooms, boxes, and chairs. The hub of the commercial Shaker basket making was Mount Lebanon and the first offered baskets for sale in 1809 were sturdy working baskets used for gardening and outdoors use. Several hundred baskets were produced annually as early as 1840 and in the later part of the 1800's as many as over three thousand baskets were made in a year. We are pleased to offer this Antique New England Shaker Handmade Black Ash Huge Gathering Basket with a Carved Swing Handle from Mount Lebanon New York circa early 1800s for your consideration. The New England Shakers were known to make beautiful handmade baskets and each of their baskets express a signature of style and craftsmanship. One must look at all of the details that are incorporated into making up this Very Fine Antique New England Shaker Swing Handle Basket. These Shaker baskets were made with pride as with everything the New England Shakers did. These Antique Baskets embody an idea of utility but posses many characteristics that differs from other baskets, in the concept and finish. The ratio of weavers to uprights is noted in the New England Shaker made baskets. The ends of the weavers on this Antique Shaker Basket are tapered out so they would not overlap with rigidness or bumpiness, which is only seen on Shaker made baskets. The Handles are beautifully formed and carved. Every Basket the Shakers made they pared down, refined down, to the critical requirements of the need. The Inside of this Beautiful Shaker Made basket displays no overturned weavers as they wanted the basket to have a neat clean appearance on the inside of the basket. Every other weaver was cut at the rim of the basket to allow for this beautiful inside finish. The outside shows every other weaver tapered and tuned down on the outside of the Antique Basket. You would only find this type of precision and attention to detail is only found on Shaker made baskets. The Antique New England Shaker Basket tapers toward the bottom and has a full bulbous body with woven tapered skids for the bottom to "wear" better. The Rim on the Basket is finished in the same fashion as the Taghkanic Basket with a Criss Cross Finish that gives a beautiful appearance and durability to the double bentwood rim. Notice the tapered bentwood handle that end in the center of the basket. The Handles are finely carved and notched and shaped into the length of the basket and the handle is hand carved, steam bent and pegged. There is an old nail that has secured the handle over years of time. The Antique New England Shaker Basket is in excellent condition with one minor handle loop that the taper has slight loss. This does not effect the antique basket's strength in any manner. There are no breaks or damage to the woven splints on this Outstanding New England Rare Shaker Gathering Basket with Swing Carved Handle. MEASUREMENTS: Handle to handle is 16 inches, 10 Inches high not including handle, and 48 inches round in circumference.   «Less