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Charming Antique Swedish Bird Box Folk Art
Rams Head Antiques
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Charming Antique Swedish Bird Box Folk Art

1900 - 1920
Description

This charming antique Swedish bird box is a delightful piece of folk art with lovely carved detail and original paint intact. This has a characterful chimney to the roof which has the original asphalt covering in excellent order. The box is in great condition for its age circa 1910 and still has a small nest to the interior.

This is a decent size at 50 cms high 38 cms wide by 18 cms deep.

UK insured packing and delivery is £15

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Rams Head Antiques has dated this Swedish Folk Art Bird Box to the 1910s.

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Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in Wolsingham in Weardale where we have had shop premises for 28 years. The shop is generally open every Saturday from 11 am till 3 pm.

You are most welcome to visit the shop but please always check to confirm we are open before travelling. We have been in the antiques trade for well over thirty years now and stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items specialising in carpets and Eastern and Oriental items as well as Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings, prints, ceramics and clocks.

We can arrange worldwide delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.

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This charming antique Swedish bird box is a delightful piece of folk art with lovely carved detail and original paint intact.
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This has a characterful chimney to the roof which has the original asphalt covering in excellent order.
Rams Head Antiques

The box is in great condition for its age circa 1910 and still has a small nest to the interior.

This is a decent size at 50 cms high 38 cms wide by 18 cms deep.

UK insured packing and delivery is £15

Date of Manufacture

Rams Head Antiques has dated this Swedish Folk Art Bird Box to the 1910s.

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Rams Head Antiques
Rams Head Antiques
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A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail.
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Archive I A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail.

Charming Antique Swedish Bird Box Folk Art

Archive II A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail. View II
Archive III A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail. View III
Archive IV A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail. View IV
Archive V A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail. View V
Archive VI A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail. View VI
Archive VII A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail. View VII
Archive VIII A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail. View VIII
Archive IX A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail. View IX
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Rams Head Antiques

Rams Head Antiques
Telephone 07769 255 544
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Wolsingham
Weardale
Durham
United Kingdom
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Verified Since Sep 2014
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A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail.
Charming Antique Swedish Bird Box Folk Art
Ref: SA1232076
A carved and painted wooden Swedish birdhouse featuring a floral motif in a pot with a central entry hole and a chimney detail.
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Traditional Swedish folk art birdhouses feature hand-carved timber panels adorned with stylized floral or geometric motifs, reflecting regional 18th and 19th-century vernacular craft traditions.

These items were typically constructed from local softwoods such as pine or spruce, hand-carved using gouges and chisels, and finished with mineral-pigment paints or milk paint.

Authentic pieces exhibit natural timber shrinkage, oxidisation inside carved crevices, irregular hand-carved tooling marks, and surface paint wear consistent with age.

A folk art birdhouse functions well as a sculptural accent placed on a sideboard top, nestled within a bookshelf, or mounted in a narrow wall space to add visual texture.

Dust gently using a dry, soft-bristled brush, maintain stable humidity levels indoors, and avoid liquid cleaning agents that could lift or damage original painted surfaces.
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