Wood carries memory. It softens with age, holds the marks of the hand, and tells stories through grain and form. This category brings together carved figures, folk art, architectural fragments, devotional sculpture, and decorative woodwork from every corner of culture and craft - from simple vernacular carvings to refined sculptural works of the Gothic, Rococo, and Arts & Crafts traditions.
Our collection spans centuries of design and devotion: ceremonial objects, tribal masks, ecclesiastical panels, and Art Nouveau sculpture, all chosen for their authenticity and craftsmanship. Each piece is sourced for the quality of its carving, its cultural resonance, and the patina that only time can produce.
Saint Anthony of Padua with Christ Child, Iberian Carved Wood Statue, c.1800
Antique folk art Nine Holes painted pine marble gameboard, circa 1900
Large African hardwood carved Benin hornblower figure, mid to late 20th century
Vintage Indian octagonal hand-painted wooden jewellery box
Antique French wooden duck decoy with anchor weight, circa 1900
Nepalese shaman mask in carved wood with surviving pigment, 18th to 19th century
Zulu hardwood knobkerrie, iwisa throwing club, early 20th century
Unusual British erotic folk art carved figural walking stick, 'HULK IT'S ALL GRUNT'
Spanish-Philippine Santo La Inmaculada Concepcion wood figure, 19th century
Vintage wooden stationery cabinet in bookcase form with faux book spines
Chinese carved bamboo tea caddy with sages in a bamboo grove, late Qing
Vintage Mexican ironwood carvings of a sailfish and dolphins
Massim carved wooden canoe bowl from Papua New Guinea, 20th century
French wooden wall cross with bronze relief plaque of Christ with crown of thorns
Large French giltwood crucifix with brass corpus, late 19th century
Royal Army Medical Corps wooden shield plaque from Miyajima Japan 1951-52, with message
Bamana carved wood colonial mask with tricolour crest Mali, on bronze stand
Carved wooden giraffe lamp base, Kenyan. mid 20th century
Rare Victorian prosthetic knee-rest peg leg by London Surgical Machinist W. H. Spratt
Giltwood sunburst wall clock with Swiss 8 day movement, mid 20th century
Victorian Mauchline ware Bezique score board in lacquered wood with fern decoration
Vintage Burmese carved wooden mother and child figure, with glass mosaic decoration
Chinese hardwood bamboo form teapot with overhead handle, late Qing period
Vintage pair red and gilt painted wooden candlesticks in japanned revival style
Makonde African Mpingo blackwood Binadamu seated elder figure carving, Tanzania
Senufo carved wooden rhythm pounder figure, Côte d’Ivoire, African
Dogon style carved wooden ancestor figural column Mali, Africa, vintage tall sculpture
Tall Thai giltwood monk figure with offering bowl, modernist folk style, vintage carving
