Fairground Art

August Sander's work includes landscape, nature, architecture, and street photography, but he is best known for his portraits, as exemplified by his series People of the 20th Century...

Probably one of the smallest pieces we’ve had in a long time but we just couldn’t resist it! An utterly charming Folk Art wire work Ferris wheel, mounted on a small wooden base. Wit...

The “Knock-Down” Silhouette figures with hinged attachments to verso. Well worn, weathered and patinated sheet metal, English, circa 1900. Measures: 12 ½” high x 12 ¾” wide x 5 ½” ...

Exceptional original antique carousel dolphin, solid wood, perfect colour tones, original patina and paint. No5 on the base. I have had a small iron bracket made for her that simply ...

Original 19th Century rare child’s carousel horse, the most wonderful original patina, original paint, glass eyes, (one eye has a small chip) original horse bit, finely carved head, ...

Rare antique French child’s carousel pig. 19th Century. Lovely historic repairs from the fairground. Freestanding.

Wonderful metal hand painted rocket by Anna Carter, signed and dated 1997 in blue, orange and yellow. Carters steam fair is a traditional English travelling funfair with rides da...

"Fairground on the River" is an oil on panel painting by Scott Prior.

While celebrity figures inform his work, folk art, fairground signs, and an overall sense of nostalgia also influence his style.

While celebrity figures inform his work, folk art, fairground signs, and an overall sense of nostalgia also influence his style.

While celebrity figures inform his work, folk art, fairground signs, and an overall sense of nostalgia also influence his style.

While celebrity figures inform his work, folk art, fairground signs, and an overall sense of nostalgia also influence his style.

While celebrity figures inform his work, folk art, fairground signs, and an overall sense of nostalgia also influence his style.

While celebrity figures inform his work, folk art, fairground signs, and an overall sense of nostalgia also influence his style.

Original antique advertising poster for the Breslauer Festwoche Sport Spiel Kunst Festwiese im Scheitniger Park / Wroclaw Festival Week Sport Games Art Fairground in the Szczytnicki ...

Vintage Wall Decoration Theme Circus - Clowns - Carnival - Carnival Art - Fairground- Amusement.

While celebrity figures inform his work, folk art, fairground signs, and an overall sense of nostalgia also influence his style.

As featured in the bible of fairground history "fairground art" by Geoff Weedon & Richard Ward.

A decorative double sided switchback shield, sheet steel with riveted heavy gauge hanging hooks, early 20th century Each side depicts a growling tiger Both sides have heavy dec...

With its original hanging hooks in place, overall a lovely piece of fairground art. Size in inches: H16” x W 13” x D 1” Date: 1920 Material: Hardwood Origin: EU Condition: Goo...

A colorful and very well aged fairground piece of original English fairground art, that would make a great piece of wall art for any hip restaurant/bar or home space.

Scratch built fairground wheel Mounted on a bespoke cast iron detachable support stand, this unique, folk art, scratch-built fairground roulette wheel is still in fully working o...

These really are quite amazing and real works of fairground art, recently uncovered from a private collection in the South of France.

These pieces of fairground art are rare due to being a complete set untouched in completely original condition dating from the mid-20th Century.

A lovely example of English fairground art in our humble opinion. Size in inches: H 27” x W 20” x D 7” Units: 1 Period: 1920 - 1950 Material: Metal and Wood Origin: English Cond...

Original English Fairground Dodgems Sign We are proud to offer a unique folk art handmade English Dodgems fairground sign.

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A stripped down version of this panel is referenced on page 30 of the popular reference book "Fairground Art."

A pair of wooden fairground columns, the Ionic capitals centred by rosettes above columns initialed 'WN', on plinth bases. Marbleised polychromatic paint, metallic foils and varni...

French Carousel fairground headless pig rare Folk Art hand carved Figure, circa 1905 This lot is a wonderful circa early 1900s wooden hand carved French fairground carousel pig.

Fairground Rounder’s board circa 1920 We have a very rare pictorial fairground rounder’s board, likely to have been previously part of a large carousel. The piece is made of pine ...

Antique Passe-Boules French fairground game A rare French Passé-boules ball toss game circa 1920 made from wood, painted polychrome and lithographed paper. Antique ball toss game, s...

Early 20th century Folk Art fairground roulette wheels We are proud to offer a unique pair of early 20th century scratch built Folk Art French fairground roulette gaming wheels.

Hand painted game in original condition. The player would throw a ball at the target, which set off a mouse trap installed on the back in turn firing a piece of candy out of the mout...

Aunt Sally We are proud to offer an Edwardian game called an Aunt Sally, a traditional pub garden or carnival game, origins dating back to the 17th century in which player would thr...

Antique French fairground coin toss board game with original coins This lot is a very unique and rare antique French fairground coin toss board game (with 3 original metal / lead...

Mid-20th century English Fairground panels set. We are proud to offer a set of 3 rare handmade wooden English mid-20th century Fairground ride panel signs. Obtained from a fairgroun...

Early 20th century fairground figure In the form of Benito Mussolini this early 20th century hand carved French fairground knockdown figure is in original untouched condition. With ...

Antique Vintage Rustic Bird Folk Art Fairground Shooting Target A superb original steel fairground shooting target.

Painted on galvanised tin in wood frame. Available to view at Brunswick House, London.

Item: Americana Folk-art Tree Root Fairground Hoop Toss Target Figure Description: For sale in this LOT is a rare survivor of the early 20th Century, in the form of a folk-art tree ...

This lot is a one off very rare and highly decorative antique handmade fairground folk art cast metal shooting target. The item is unusually large and quite unique due to this fact.

Charming mid-20th century fairground "strongman" figure, the slight gentleman wearing a beanie cap and sporting a handlebar moustache in mid squat position standing on original paint...

A mixture of maroon, gold and green colours set this example off as a great decorative piece of authentic fairground wall art. The reverse section of this panel is still firmly in pl...

Mid-20th century English fairground panel. We are proud to offer a mid – 20th century English fairground panel. A hand painted sign promoting a fairground JETS ride. The panel is ma...

We are proud to offer a unique and highly decorative set of double sided English Folk Art fairground ride figures. In the form of 4 mechanics dressed in Esso and BP petrol station ov...

Set of 3 hand painted early 20th century folk art fairground panels Now this is cool fairground folk art in our humble opinion.

A pair of 19th Century decorative Fairground Panels with original paint. Can be hung either vertically or horizontally, forming what would make a great transom above a door. Italy, ...

Resembling two leprechaun characters, these hand-crafted examples would likely have been attached to some sort of a ride or fairground attraction and would now make highly decorative...

An honest well used piece of fairground gaming, that would look stunning as a piece of wall art in any cool interior space.

Mid-20th Century English Fairground Panels Set We are proud to offer a set of 2 rare handmade wooden English mid-20th Century Fairground ride panel signs. Obtained from a fairground...

A very well carved turn off century fairground rounders panel/frieze, depicting a grotesques screaming being, attributed to Orton & Spooner. The piece has its original paint that ha...

70 inch long “Toyland” Fairground Sign England Circa 1930 Hand Painted fairground sign bordered with circus lights. Measures: 70.5” L x 29” H x 3” D.

Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...

The classic encyclopedia of the arcane in an expanded edition. Renowned philosopher and lecturer Manly P. Hall’s masterful encyclopedia of ancient symbols, hidden rituals, and arcan...

A beautiful grocery shop room box, painted and stained wood with lithographed wall and floor papers, side stair case and upper gallery, some drawers on rear wall with metal handles a...

Fantastic 1970's Space Age Bedroom Vanity / Dressing Table The Vanity has an adjustable mirror and a drawer unit for storing your make up goodies A cute wall mounted mirror in yel...

Screen with free-standing structure in corrugated paper-board extracted from pure cellulose. Completely recyclable and non-pollutive. Upper and lower edges in techno-polymer in matte...

This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...

here we offer one of 2 bangas, with black interior. the second one with light grey interior is offered in another listing. a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...

Bird Cage, Art Nouveau Year: 1900 Country: French Material: Iron It is an elegant and sophisticated bird cage. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles s...

Fountain made of light marble with a shell-shaped bowl and richly decorated base. The finely sculpted volutes and the ornately carved leaf motif give the piece sculptural depth and c...

A magnificent pair of Louis XV style Ormolu and crystal girandoles Probably by Baccarat Constructed from finely cast and chased ormolu, the imposing floor candelabra—almost 2-me...

1960s carnival art sign from England. It is advertising a cake walk on one side of the sign, and on the back has a charming message "Have a nice Victorian day". Great sign for any co...

Great vintage disco ball made of mosaic glass tiles. Rare example with rows of different colors of glass. Yellow, mirror, blue, red and green throughout. Some small chips and cracks ...