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Welcome to Ryder Antiques, dealer of Swedish antiques, Swedish Folk Art, Norwegian Folk Art, Scandinavian Folk Art, Canadiana, painted furniture and decorative artwork. We also carry Canadian Folk art, Dutch Folk Art, German Folk Art, and French Folk Art. We can be reached at (905) 639-4407 or you can email us at lloydryder@gmail.com.
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ATTENTION EUROPEAN COLLECTORS, WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THE VAT!
May, 2011
I am retired now but I was an investment advisor with a major investment company here in Canada for over thirty years. I have seen many down markets and up markets each with the last one being worse than the one before. This last one would make the 1929 crash look like a peanut under a steam roller.
Right now nobody is buying so this is the bottoming. This is the time to be buying! According to Sir John Templeton:
What do we know about Mora clocks?
Well, we know they were made, at least the clock works, in a town called Mora in the district or province of 
Dalarna, Sweden. We know that they were made as early as the 18th century and that the shapes that are in demand now, the figure eight and the curvaceous female forms, were produced more in the early 19th century. It seems that each province in Sweden used roughly the same internal clock works and a similar set of patterns for their body types, but each came up with a somewhat different variation on the shape or form. While there was little deviation from the standard figure eight or female shapes, there were some that were very thin and tall (northern Sweden) and some wide and overly shapely. These beautiful clocks, quickly becoming a hot commodity on the market today, were sought after even more fervently in their own time.(THIS CLOCK TO THE LEFT IS “SOLD”). Continue reading
This is a carved French watch holder from the Napoleonic period, 1805-1815, shown holding two pocket watches. The fact that It holds two watches is unusual and suggests that the owner was wealthy or that it was being crafted for a wealthy person. It is carved from fruitwood and represents a Triumphal Arch, which was often created to celebrate a victory in wartime. Finely carved elements such as, The Lion (allegory of strength), the Wreath of Laurels ( allegory of Victory), the Eagle (the symbol of the Emperor, Napoleon) and the Dog (allegory of Faithfulness) come together to make this a truly outstanding piece of folk art. H.17 1/2in., W.12 1/2in. (44cm by 32cm).
Around the world Sweden is recognized by its three golden crowns on a background of blue.You will find it on a coat of arms, cuff links, clothing etc. Historians have searched for the origin and meaning of the three crowns.Researchers felt they were used by heathen gods and others felt they represented the three surrounding areas of the capital that had the right to participate in the election of the king. It came down to the three crowns were simply accepted to be the symbols of the Three Holy Kings who came to praise the birth of Christ. Continue reading