Folk Pottery
Folk Pottery
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 1960s Redware Pottery PA German style trivet hotplate  US $18.99
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 Antigua Pottery Ltd male ceramic figure fruit vegetable man 5 mint vintage US $5.99
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 Large Unusual Face Jug by 6th Generation Georgia Potter Mark Merritt US $35.00
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 Catawba Valley Face Jug by Walter Fleming Unusual Shape Turquoise Glaze US $35.00
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 Vintage Art Pottery Jar Vase Primitive Hand Drawn Black Pigment Playful Deer US $19.95
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 Pottery Handmade Artist Signed Ceramic Containers Multi size Set of 3Folk Art US $3.99
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 Hand Decorated Mexican Redware Clay Art Pottery Casserole Bowl with Handle NICE US $9.99
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 Face Jug Blue and Brown Handmade Georgia Folk Art Decorative Pottery US $58.50
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 Face Jug Handmade Southern Folk Art Pottery by Rock Fort US $35.00
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 Folk Hand Crafted Red Clay Pottery Collectors Plate 7 1 2 Signed US $16.99
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 Freckled Woman Face Whimsical Handmade Folk Art Pottery US $39.99
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 HEAR NOSEE NOSPEAK NO EVILTriple Stacked FACE JUGby Randy TobiasNC US $100.00
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 BRIGHT RED SNAKE CANDELABRA Southern Folk Potteryby RTobiasNC US $24.00
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 VINTAGE 1980s FUNNY FACE FOLK ART MUSTACHE MUG BLUE SPECKLED POTTERY BIG NOSE US $9.99
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 VINTAGE 1982 FUNNY FACE FOLK ART MUSTACHE MUG BEARD JUG POTTERY ARTIST SIGNED US $9.99
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 Southern Folk Pottery CYCLOPS Face Jug by Dwayne Crocker US $75.00
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 Old Replica Antique Folk Art Redware Pottery Crock Yellow Slip Decoration US $60.00
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 2 Folk Art Pottery Comic Ladys Lips Tongue Coffee Tea Cup Mug Wizard of Clay US $12.00
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 3 Folk Art Pottery Big Nose Moustache Man Cup Mug steve Stein Wizard of Clay US $20.00
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 HAND PAINTED MEXICO TALAVERA CERAMIC POTTERY FOLK ART BUTTERFLY LARGE 15X13 US $19.99
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 HAND PAINTED MEXICO TALAVERA CERAMIC POTTERY FOLK ART BUTTERFLY LARGE 15X13 US $19.99
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 HAND PAINTED MEXICO TALAVERA CERAMIC POTTERY FOLK ART BUTTERFLY LARGE 15X13 US $19.99
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 VINTAGE MARKED ORANGE PENNSBURY POTTERY w FOLK ART ROOSTER DESIGN US $9.99
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 VINTAGE HUNGARIAN FOLK POTTERY DRINKING JUG TOP FILL SIP HANDLENO RESERVE US $.99
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 Porcelain Vase Jar Collectible China Figure Japanese Home Decor Home or Gift US $14.95
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 Flat Earth Handcrafted Pottery Goose Platter 1 Incised Raised Pattern US $14.99
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 Folk Art Utilitarian Stoneware Pottery 2 Pitchers US $9.99
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 Red Clay Pottery Redware Pitcher Vintage Pennsylvania Elisas Primitive Folk Art US $4.99
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 FOLK ART POTTERY CARVED FIGURALS COUPLE MOUNTED STAMP MOLD US $29.00
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 SIESTA Hand Painted Ceramic Vase Peruvian FOLK ART US $39.95
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 VINTAGE ABORIGINAL 13 PIECE COFFEE TEA SERVICE ART POTTERY FOLK ART AUSTRALIA US $222.00
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 Antique French HR Quimper Pottery Folk Art Statue Sainte Madonna US $399.00
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 OOAK doll Handmade makedo FOLK ART Primitive Clay recycled CHECKER board BIRD US $16.00
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 RARE BB BURLON CRAIG SWIRL FACE PITCHER CATAWBA VALLEY POTTERY NORTH CAROLINA US $147.50
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 FOLK ART POTTERY DEVIL DEMON SATAN VTG BELL HANGING BELL BRIGHT RED US $16.95
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 29 Classic Rustic Red Hearth or Mantel Pot Floor Vase Clay Tuscan Folk Amphora US $76.00
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 Pigeon Forge Pottery Bird signed Pigeon Forge Pottery Tenn folk art original US $29.99
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 Pigeon Forge Pottery Chipmunk D Ferguson signed Folk art Tennessee US $39.00
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 Nude Musician Clay Figure Flute Oboe Louis Rizzo 1970s Hollis ME US $29.99
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 Nude Lawyer Clay Figure Louis Rizzo 1970s Hollis ME US $29.99
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 Unique Whimsical Set of Three Wizard of Clay Mugs Father Mother and tiny bear US $50.00
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 NORTH CAROLINA FACE JUG RANDY TOBIAS FOLK ART POTTERY SCULPTURE US $26.00
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 Jugtown Ware Pottery Bowl 1985 Very Nice NC Pottery US $5.24
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 Berggren Scandinavian Folk Art Plate Rosemal Art Pottery US $5.00
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 Vtg Enamel Art Vase Pitcher Old Ceramic Pottery Handmade Portugal Portuguese US $32.00
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 Hand Painted Pottery Green Asparagus 8 Plate Italy US $12.95
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 Two Vtg Italian Plates Bonwit Teller Primitive Folk Art Bird Dishes Italy PC 96 US $17.99
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 Southwest Pottery Pot Folk Art Signed Handpainted US $34.99
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 Folded Note Cards Featuring Meaders Folk Pottery Set of 12 Individual Cards US $5.50
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 ADORABLE BROWN GLAZED SPECKLE FOLK ART WITH EMBOSSED SHEEP MUG MAKER UNKNOWN US $7.99
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 Meaders Family 1994 Folk Pottery Calendar Featuring Lanier Edwin and Others US $15.00
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 Very Unique N Owens Pottery North Carolina Pepper Shaker US $12.95
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 Phil Morgan NC Salt Glaze Stoneware Mini Folk Art Pottery Rebecca Jug Signed US $10.50
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 MEXICAN MEXICO POTTERY CERAMIC TALAVERA TILE FOLK ART POTTERY WALL CROSS US $12.95
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 Black Face with Pink Lips Jug Handmade Sothern Folk Art Pottery US $35.00
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 Green Face Jug Handmade Georgia Folk Art Pottery by Rock Fort US $35.00
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 Wrinkled Old Devil Face Jug by Kate original folk art direct from artist US $7.09
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 Vintage Clay Pottery Folk Art Vase Ceramic Hand Made Painted Crafted Pot US $69.00
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 Old Replica Antique Folk Art Redware Pottery Plate Bowl Yellow Slip Decoration US $22.72
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 Vintage Russian Folk Art Fugurine Clay Pottery Mother Baby Must see MB04 US $6.99
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 1930s PZH Gouda Het Hert Holland Pottery Multi Flora Chintz 95 Dinner Plate US $11.79
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 KL 105 SELF SCAR DEVIL FACE JUG STONEWARE WHISKEY JUG SOUTHERN FOLK ART US $85.00
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 Poole Pottery England Blue Black Dolphin Store Display Figurine 6 1 2 Long US $8.84
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 Pigeon Forge Pottery Vase A Huskey US $12.99
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 Old Spanish Folk Art Pottery Wall Plate 135 Platart SL Valencia Hand Painted US $50.32
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 Vintage Moorcroft Pottery England Pink Magnolia Cream Glazed Vase 6 1 4 Tall US $73.68
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 Vintage Folk Pottery American North Carolina Influence Moravian Slipware Style US $7.00
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 VTG Hand Made Peru or Mexico Pottery Clay Church Peruvian or Mexican Folk Art US $14.00
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 Bone Head Pottery Swirl Face Jug Primitive Americana USA Folk Art Hand Made US $26.00
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 Antique Orientalia Japanese Pottery Urn w Serpent Dragon Snake Handle 1800s US $75.00
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 Three Toed Alligator Candy Dish by Face Jug Maker Stacy Lambert NC Folk Pottery US $16.50
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 Face Jug Maker Michel Bayne Ovoid Republic of SC Edgefield SC Inspired Pottery US $114.50
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 Stacy Lambert Mermaid Love Story Face Jug Seagrove NC Pottery Dali Folk Art US $90.00
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 Southern Folk Pottery Face Jug By Jerry Brown Hamilton Alabama Perfect Condition US $65.00
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 Cobalt Blue Snake Stoneware Jug Coin Bank Americana Primitive Folk Art Pottery US $46.00
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Folk Art - Craft From the Past
Folk art is craft from the past - history in an object. Whenever we admire a beautifully woven basket, a perfectly carved decoy duck or an exquisitely hand sewn quilt we are appreciating articles of folk art. But what exactly does the term "folk art" mean? Simply, it was adopted in America early last century to describe works made by people who had never had any formal training in carving a decoy duck or sewing a quilt for instance. Previously terms such as "naive" or "primitive" had been used to describe such objects, but neither is as evocative as the term "folk" art - the simple, ordinary, modest art made by plain ordinary folk.
Folk art is always unique and embodies the spirit of it's creator, comprising both decorative and utilitarian items. It is rare these days to find original items at inexpensive prices, and neither can they be found in great quantities, but from time to time beautiful folk art items can be found at car boot sales, markets and country auctions. Before industrialisation and mass-manufacturing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ordinary people hand made objects, such as decoy duck s both for decoration and for everyday use. It's these handmade items that are so desirable to collectors today.
Painted tinware, hand-turned wooden bowls, all kinds of baskets, colorful quilts and other textiles may still be found. Spongeware pottery - which is named from the pieces of cut sponge used to apply patterns to the pottery surface - is much harder to find in the UK than it is in the USA as a large amount of spongeware was exported to the US from the 1820s onwards.
Hunting with decoy ducks became popular in Victorian Britain, although Native Americans have a long history of using lures and carving is a tradition firmly rooted in American folk art. The finest American ducks were carved in the 1920s and 1930s, and beautiful examples are still being produced today. In top condition with original paint, a decoy duck could fetch more than $20,000 if made by one of the big names such as Elmer Crowell of Cape Cod.
Many basket weavers were farmers who made their own containers for agricultural use - look out for those bearing the initials of the farmer who made them, or stencilled details of the contents.
Rustic textiles in coarse linen and woollen cloth were woven on domestic handlooms which were often very narrow - so the pieces of cloth then had to be joined together to make larger items such as sheets and bed covers. You may find some with characteristically bold patterns in reds and blues.
Quilting, which is the quintessential American folk art technique was also carried out in Britain in the 16th and 17th centuries, particularly in Wales and Northern England where keeping out the cold was so extremely important. Women used the long winter hours to apply their needlework skills to create the beautiful quilts we treasure today. Their skills crossed the Atlantic to America with the first European settlers.
Bringing these wonderful old handmade items of folk art into our homes is not just a great way of honoring the traditions of the past, but is also a way of paying tribute to the many unknown, but incredibly skilled folk who crafted them so beautifully.
About the Author
Caroline Jones lives in Devon, England and delights in visiting craft fairs and festivals to indulge her passion for collecting vintage and folk art items for her home and shop. Click Here to visit her recommended one stop shop for finding fairs, festivals, events, craft shows, art festivals, music festivals, farmers markets, and more! !
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