Woodenware

Wooden Funnel Birds

Funnel Birds are hand carved from solid wood, painted in traditional country colors, and mounted on reproduction tin funnels. Birds are each 4 3/4" overall height. Imported.

41N37

Bird on A Funnel, Red Head

$8.

41N38

Bird on A Funnel, Mustard Belly

$8.

41N39

Bird on A Funnel, Blue Tail

$8.

41N30

Wooden Funnel Birds - Set of 3

$21.

Whale's Tail Wall Box

The whale's tail wall box derives its unusual name from the shape of its back panel, which resembles a pair of whales diving into the sea. It is handcrafted in solid Eastern white pine, painted black and lightly distressed. Click photo for details.

42C52

 

$27.

Village Green Tissue Boxes

Prints of Essex County artist Sue Nagle's work are applied to these wooden tissue boxes. They have been hand-decorated in a rosewood color, in a traditional grain painted pattern. Click photo for details.

41Q35

Village Green Tissue Box, Boutique

$48.

41Q44

Village Green Tissue Box, Regular
is SOLD OUT.

$0.

Grain Painted Tissue Boxes

These wooden tissue boxes have been hand-decorated in a rosewood color, in a traditional grain painted pattern known as "burl drag". Note especially the "fan" pattern at the lower corners. Click photo for details.

41T41

Rosewood Painted Tissue Box, Boutique

$37.

41T51

Rosewood Painted Tissue Box, Regular

$39.

Grain Painted Tissue Boxes

Our tissues boxes are hand painted in a grained design popular in the mid-19th century. Note the "fan" pattern at the bottom edge of the boutique tissue box and on the top corners of the regular tissue box. Solid wood. Click photo for details.

42H42

Mustard Painted Tissue Box, Boutique

$36.

42H52

Mustard Painted Tiisue Box, Regular

$38.

Vintage Checker Board

This wooden checker board is hand painted with a crackle finish and mounted in a mitered frame, ready to hang on the wall when not in use. Includes a set of wooden checker pieces. Click photo for details.

58H32

 

$40.

Painted Oval Storage Boxes

In the manner of 19th century bandboxes, these pasteboard oval boxes have been covered in paper inside and out. The sides are individually grain painted; the lids are silk screened with hand painted details. Click photo for details.

42V53

Painted Oval Storage Boxes - Set of 3

$44.

Round Sewing Box

Use this pasteboard storage box, with its hand sewn fabric "tomato" pincushion, for all your sewing notions. Click photo for details.

42P54

 

$18.

Primitive Spice Chest & Birds

Primitive spice chests such as this one may well have been used to hold many other things than spices in colonial homes. Note the generous base and top moldings. On the spice chest are a set of five hand carved wooden birds gaily painted in traditional colors. Click photo for details.

49J16

Primitive Spice Chest

$73.

42G32

Hand Carved Wooden Birds - Set of 5

$28.

Miniature Step Back Hutch

Known to collectors as "salesman's samples", small scale cupboards like this one were often intended as children's toys or to hold miniature collectibles. Our Step Back Hutch is made by hand of solid wood, painted by hand, and distressed to look like an antique. Doors are completely functional. Click photo for details.

58N11

 

$107.

Oxbone Ditty Box

Ditty boxes, like this scrimshaw example, were created and used by sailors on American whaling vessels in the mid-19th century to hold thread, needles, and other necessities. Like the originals from which this is adapted, ours is entirely hand made. Click photo for details.

41W33

 

$46.

Oxbone Inlaid Boxes

Lacquered wood boxes are inlaid with polished oxbone, which resembles ivory, to create decorative checkerboard patterns. Scrimshaw engravings are hand tooled into the small domed box. Available in three styles. Click photo for details.

42A11

Round Oxbone Box

$28.

42A12

Oval Oxbone Box

$0.

42A13

Scrimshaw Oxbone Box

$0.

Whaling Ox Bone Boxes

These ox bone boxes are hand etched in whaling motifs in the manner of 19th century sailors' scrimshaw work. Constructed of wood and overlaid with tiles, with solid brass hinges and clasp, and interiors of dark green flocked lining. Available in two designs. Click photo for details.

42H16

"Chasing the Whale" Box

$28.

42H17

"Manning the Longboats" Box

$0.

Butter Mold Wall Plaques

Antique wooden carved butter molds are reproduced in durable hydrastone and tinted to look like the originals. Click photo for details.

41M34

Graceful Swan Butter Mold

$11.

41M35

Bold Thistle Butter Mold

$11.

41M36

Sheaf of Wheat Butter Mold

$11.

41M45

Woolly Sheep Butter Mold

$9.

41M44

Dairy Cow Butter Mold

$6.

41M02

Butter Mold Wall Plaques - Set of 5

$46.

Hand Carved Ram Pull Toy

Our ram pull toy is a decorative accessory adapted from a 19th century children's toy. It is hand carved from solid wood, mounted on a wooden base with cast iron wheels, then painted and lightly distressed. Click photo for details.

41B45

Hand Carved Ram Pull Toy

$27.

41B50

Hand Carved Wooden Animals - Set of 3

$76.

Hand Carved Giraffe Pull Toy

Our giraffe pull toy is a decorative accessory adapted from a 19th century children's toy. It is hand carved from solid wood, mounted on a wooden base with cast iron wheels, then painted and lightly distressed. Click photo for details.

41B55

Giraffe Pull Toy

$27.

41B50

Hand Carved Wooden Animals - Set of 3

$76.

Camel Pull Toy

Our camel pull toy is a decorative accessory adapted from a 19th century children's toy. It is hand carved from solid wood, mounted on a wooden base with cast iron wheels, then painted and lightly distressed. Click photo for details.

41B44

Camel Pull Toy

$27.

41B50

Hand Carved Wooden Animals - Set of 3

$76.