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Chalkware Busts

Vintage St. Therese Chalkware Bust
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large St. Therese chalkware bust found on the east coast of the United States. Great early paint
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Religious Items

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Vintage St. Therese Chalkware Bust
Vintage St. Therese Chalkware Bust
H 17 in W 12 in D 10 in
Early 20th Chalkware Bust attributed to Esther Hunt c.1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An early 20th c. painted chalkware figure attributed to artist Esther Hunt. Bears the same
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Mid-Century Female Bust Chalkware Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This mid-century chalkware lamp showcases a detailed sculptural bust of a young Polynesian woman
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Plaster

Vintage Art Deco Chalkware Lady Bust in Dress Figural Table Lamps P004 - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Art Deco Chalkware Lady Bust in Dress Figural Table Lamps (P004) - a Pair. Items featured
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Deco Table Lamps

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Fabric

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St. Rita of Casia Chalkware Bust
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A vibrant chalkware bust of one the Catholic Church's most popular saints; St. Rita of Casia, the
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Early 20th Century American Religious Items

St. Rita of Casia Chalkware Bust
St. Rita of Casia Chalkware Bust
H 17 in W 13 in D 8 in
Chinoiserie Asian Chalkware Bust of a Woman Attributed to Esther Hunt, 1920s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
bust is created from chalkware and features a Chinese woman with dark hair pulled into two buns at each
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Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Busts

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Ceramic, Paint

Antique Chief Hawata Figural Chalkware American Indian Portrait Sculpture
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique and large hand painted and gilt chalkware portrait sculpture depicts bust of Native
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20th Century American Native American Busts

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Ceramic

Antique Hiawatha Cigar Store Polychrome Plaster Bust of Indian Warrior c1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Hiawatha cigar store portrait bust offers polychrome chalkware construction in the form
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Early 20th Century American Busts

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Plaster

6 Bossons England Chalkware Nautical Maritime Sailors Seamen Head Busts
Located in Dayton, OH
Six Bosson’s painted chalkware wall hanging busts / heads representing seamen / sailors through the
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster, Paint

Antique French Art Nouveau Chalk Ware Portrait Sculpture Bust of Woman
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Art Nouveau chalkware portrait bust features bust of woman with long hair and
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

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Composition

Esther Hunt Chalkware Bust c.1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An early 20th c. painted chalkware figure by artist Esther Hunt. Signed by the artist and
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Composition

Esther Hunt Chalkware Bust c.1920
Esther Hunt Chalkware Bust c.1920
H 8.25 in W 7 in D 4 in
Large St. Therese Chalkware Bust from an Erie, PA Church
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This turn of the century chalkware devotional bust, with its original paint surface, depicts Saint
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Religious Items

19th Century Pennsylvania Chalkware Pedestal Polychrome Bust, Tall Figural Girl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A mid-19th century Pennsylvania Chalkware bust, a figure of a girl. Highlighted with the original
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Primitive Primitives

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Plaster

Chalkware Frankenstein Bust, circa 1930
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a legit scary chalkware bust of Frankenstein circa 1930 used by a theater as an advertising
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Vintage 1930s American Other Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

Italian Bisque Deco Bust Volutta by M.Spampineto, 1974
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Italian Bisque Deco bust volutta by M.Spampineto, 1974. Signed chalkware bust in fine condition.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Busts

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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy

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Other

Religious Chalkware Diorama
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Amazing religious chalkware wall hanging found in a Catholic church in Philadelphia. The pictures describe it all. Wonderful detail and dimension.
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Religious Items

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Plaster

Religious Chalkware Diorama
Religious Chalkware Diorama
H 28 in W 56 in D 7.5 in
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