Digging For Gold- Rare Form Gardener’s Best Friend – As American as Apple Pie An American garden friendly elf or gnome- hand cast and hand painted. Imagine this fellow going about his business digging in your garden – perhaps burying gold treasure- or assisting in your garden chores. This rare American treasure still exhibits its...

Very Nostalgic opportunity, memories of a wintery childhood past. America’s fondest childhood memories conjure up this remarkable Pair (2) of old, plump delightfully vintage and lively Mr. and Ms. snowman. They have been masterfully created long ago as cast iron lanterns and their brilliant vibrant hand painted colors spread cheerful wishes. This old vintage American...

Nautical Delight Beams Safe Harbor At Night To All Sailors This unusual “Light house” themed garden lantern is the first of this design we have seen. Heavily hand cast, sturdily crafted and built upon a well detailed rock outcrop shown, it is in a convenient portable size and displays its original attractive patina. It may...

This is an original and beautiful 23 inch by 19.25 inch hand-painted and hand incised work of art on board of a lovely Victorian lady enthralled with picking red roses and indeed surrounded by rose and greenery wall paper. This unique work of art is hand-painted in stains and oils with a gold gilt back...

  Charles H. F. Turner: Boston Etcher and Professional Pyrographer Charles Henry Francis Turner (1848-1908) , a Boston etcher and fine arts painter at the turn of the century, created some of the finest, most detailed pyrographic artworks. Because of his sojourn to France in the late l880’s, he specialized in European and French influenced...

Discovered in the estate of Walter Aigner, Taos, New Mexico, were this set of four (4) pyrography plaques featuring crosses.  Two are signed by J.W Fosdick.  They reportedly were commissioned for the Bishop’s House at 52 Williiams Street, Burlington, Vermont.

   

Currently being exhibited at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont “Lotus Lodge” inscription Alice L Granbury Sept 2 ’14. Other signatures are signed and dated 1905 through 1917 and include patrons from Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania.