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Antique Animal Traps

The Bear Trap, aquatint engraving hunting print, 1813
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Bear Trap' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) and Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Animal Traps

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Aquatint

German Fox Trap, aquatint engraving field sport hunting print, 1813
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'German Fox Trap' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after Franz Joseph Manskirch (1768
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Animal Traps

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Aquatint

German Wolf Trap, aquatint engraving field sport hunting print, 1813
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'German Wolf Trap' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) and Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Animal Traps

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Aquatint

A Trap to Shoot the Bear, aquatint engraving hunting print, 1813
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'A Trap to Shoot the Bear' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) and Samuel Howitt (1756/7
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Animal Traps

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Aquatint

19th Century Portrait of Jerry and Dot a Pair Two Naughty Friends
By Imogen Mary Collier
Located in London, GB
known to drive a trap, of unspecified type, with some skill and speed around the local district and the
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1890s Victorian Antique Animal Traps

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Oil

Pair of 19th Century sporting oil painting with terrier dogs
By Edward Armfield
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Armfield British, (1857-1935) The Rat Trap & Under the Wheelbarrow Oil on canvas, pair, both signed Image
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19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Traps

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Oil, Canvas

Antique Cast Bronze of a Mythical Lion Beast
Located in North Hollywood, CA
hunter trapped. Cast bronze. Tribal African Islamic Art. Similar cast bronze are also find in the
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Early 20th Century African Folk Art Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

Draft Horse with Cart / - The Burden of Life -
Located in Berlin, DE
trapped in the format. The goal, the source of light towards which the horse and the man are going, will
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Animal Traps

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Charcoal

The Trapped - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By Jean Jeacques Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Trapped is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique
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1850s Modern Antique Animal Traps

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Paper, Lithograph

Uzbek Textile Wool & Silk Horse Traping, Late 19th Century
Located in Ferrara, IT
ritual gatherings to decorate different animals such as horses and Donkeys. Even though this piece has
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Late 19th Century Uzbek Other Antique Animal Traps

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Wool, Silk

Original Antique Engraving of Hunting, Small Game Hunting and Traps, 1793
Located in Langweer, NL
Pièges," which translates to "Hunting, Small Game Hunting, and Traps." It depicts various traps used for
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1790s Antique Animal Traps

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Paper

Les Taupes - Etching by F. Bracquemond - 1854
By Félix Bracquemond
Located in Roma, IT
through delicate and deft strokes, trapped animals on a three hanging.
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1850s Modern Antique Animal Traps

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Etching

"Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar, " Fabulous Art Deco Footed Bowl/Centerpiece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
as he presses down on the neck of the boar. Hercules drove the exhausted animal into deep snow
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Animal Traps

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Glass

Diana Boullogne Mythological Paint Oil on canvas old master 17/18th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
, forests and wild animals, masterfully captured in this valuable painting, which shows a luxuriant wood, a
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Antique Animal Traps

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Oil

Mythological Jupiter Canini Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
quickly discover his trap. Suspicious, she orders the mists to dissolve, thus managing to find her
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Animal Traps

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Oil

Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Bergère Armchair With Modern Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
pushing out of the armrests. For thousands of years, artisans have incorporated animal motifs into
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Animal Traps

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Walnut

China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse In Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
position striding on a trapezoidal shaped base. The animal has a gracefully arched neck to the left and
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Animal Traps

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Earthenware, Pottery

China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse in Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
position striding on a trapezoidal shaped base. The animal has a gracefully arched neck to the left
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Animal Traps

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Earthenware, Clay, Paint

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19th Century Hand Forged Bear Trap
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hand forged bear trap with extra-large pan, serrated jaws attached by rivets. Unique chain attachment opposite the pan toggle. From the patina and wear this one appears to have been ...
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19th Century American Antique Animal Traps

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Iron

Antique Victorian ‘Excelsior’ Toilet
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique Victorian ‘Excelsior’ Toilet. A reclaimed Victorian style ‘Excelsior’ toilet with a ‘P Trap’. There were three main types of water closets when they first began to emerge i...
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Late 19th Century Antique Animal Traps

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Antique Victorian ‘Excelsior’ Toilet
Antique Victorian ‘Excelsior’ Toilet
H 16.15 in W 13.78 in D 18.9 in
Antique Victorian Patterned Waterfall Toilet with P Trap
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Victorian blue and white patterned waterfall toilet or WC by Twyford Hanley. Perfect for a vintage cloakroom or period style ensuite, this antique toilet is instilled with...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Traps

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Pair of Early 19th Century Art Antique Hunting Scenes on Concave Tin Plates 1850
Located in Encinitas, CA
Delightful pair of concave enameled tin plates with hunting scenes in frames of hand-wrought iron embossed with masks, mythological figures and fruits. Beginning of the 19th century....
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Mid-19th Century Italian Romantic Antique Animal Traps

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Wrought Iron, Tin

Torch Light Fishing in N America, aquatint engraving hunting print, 1813
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Torch Light Fishing in N America' Colour aquatint by Merke after John Heavenside Clark (c1770-1863). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Samuel Howitt was an English pain...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Animal Traps

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Aquatint

Digoin Sarreguemines French Faïence 12 Les Mois de L'année à la Campagne Plates
By Digoin & Sarreguemines
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A complete set of 12, Digoin Sarreguemines, French faïence plates, known as "Les mois de l'année à la campagne." Each plate shows a unique black, transfer printed image, relating t...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Animal Traps

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Earthenware

Antique Pair of Hand-Painted Earthenware Wall Plates Landscape with Deer / Stag
Located in Lisse, NL
Sizeable and decorative wall plates depicting wildlife in the mountains. These are not your average, transfer printed wall plaques or plates. These sizeable plates each come with a ...
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Early 20th Century German Antique Animal Traps

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Earthenware

Antique Print of an English Hunting Horse
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Englisches Jagdpferd'. Lithograph of an English hunting horse by Karl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862), one of the most accomplished lithographers of the early-nine...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Animal Traps

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Paper

Antique Print of an English Hunting Horse
Antique Print of an English Hunting Horse
H 8.98 in W 12.68 in D 0.02 in
The Delicate Predator: Botanical Illustrations of Drosera, 1777
Located in Langweer, NL
The plant depicted in the illustration is identified as "Drosera rotundifolia," which is commonly known as the round-leaved sundew. It is a species of sundew, a carnivorous plant tha...
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1770s Antique Animal Traps

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Paper

French Art Deco Walnut Buffet
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco walnut credenza with bronze face in the front doors. This sideboard has been professionally restored having a very high French polish. The two center doors h...
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1920s Art Deco Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

French Art Deco Walnut Buffet
French Art Deco Walnut Buffet
H 39 in W 91.5 in D 23.5 in
Antique Aquatint of a Dog named 'Crab' by J. Clark, circa 1820
Located in Langweer, NL
Handcolored aquatint made after Henry Alken by J. Clark. The antique aquatint depicting a dog named 'Crab' by J. Clark around 1820 likely portrays a beloved pet or a celebrated dog ...
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Early 19th Century Antique Animal Traps

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Paper

Antique Print 'Half a Crown, You Dont Clear It!!!' by H. Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Langweer, NL
Henry Alken "Sporting Anecdotes - The Sporting Miller - Showing more 'the parts of a man' than 'the man of parts' - Half a Crown, you dont clear it!!!", plate 2, hand-colored engravi...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Animal Traps

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Paper

Antique Limestone Fireplace mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A very nice antique limestone fireplace from France for sale. The dimensions make this a very versatile and usable piece, its decoration and style capture the mind but also give it ...
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19th Century French Antique Animal Traps

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Stone, Limestone

Antique Limestone Fireplace mantel
Antique Limestone Fireplace mantel
H 53.75 in W 45.67 in D 7.88 in
“On the Moors” or "Dogging" Signed by Heywood Hardy, Antique Print, 1894
By Heywood Hardy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an 1894 signed first edition goupil-gravure print by Heywood Hardy (1842-1933). The engraving was printed in Paris and published by Boussod Valadon & Co. Publishers, the...
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1890s French Antique Animal Traps

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Paper

The Berkeley Hunt hunting print by Lionel Edwards
By Lionel Edwards
Located in London, GB
To see our other hunting pictures, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and then search. Lionel Edwards (1878 - 1966) The Berkeley...
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1920s Antique Animal Traps

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Lithograph

"Shooting on the Prairie, " Original Hand-colored Lithograph by Currier & Ives
By Currier & Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shooting on the Prairie" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a hunter shooting at fowl in an open field. 8 1/2" x 12 1/2" art 20 1/4" x 23 3/4" fr...
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1870s Other Art Style Antique Animal Traps

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Lithograph

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Decorative Tibetan Takyab Horse Trapping with Flaming Jewel Design
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
animals in Tibet. Horses and other pack animals play an important role in Tibetan daily life and proper
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19th Century Chinese Antique Animal Traps

Charming Tibetan Takyab Decorative Horse Trapping with Kalachakra Design
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
animals in Tibet. Horses and other pack animals play an important role in Tibetan daily life and proper
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19th Century Chinese Antique Animal Traps

Charming Tibetan Takyab Decorative Horse Trapping with Lotus Flower Design
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
animals in Tibet. Horses and other pack animals play an important role in Tibetan daily life and proper
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19th Century Chinese Antique Animal Traps

Hunting scene catching a badger in a trap by Ridinger - Engraving - 18th century
By Martin Elias Ridinger
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
trap. Description: From: 'Virtute et Ingenio. Genaue und richtige Vorstellung der wundersamste Hische
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1760s Old Masters Antique Animal Traps

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Engraving

Antique hunting scene print with a deer trap by Ridinger - Engraving - 18th c
By Martin Elias Ridinger
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
enclosed space. Ropes are used to section off a piece of forest, trapping the deer inside. Description
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1760s Old Masters Antique Animal Traps

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Engraving

A hunting scene print with a wild duck trap by Ridinger - Engraving - 18th c
By Martin Elias Ridinger
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Der wilde Enten Fall.' - ('The wild duck trap.'). Several hunters
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1760s Old Masters Antique Animal Traps

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Engraving

Katsushika Hokusai, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print, Manga, Landscape, Bear
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in London, GB
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai Title: Bear caught in a trap Series: Hokusai Manga volume 3 Publisher
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Early 19th Century Edo Antique Animal Traps

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Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

19th Century Baluch Rug
Located in London, GB
donkeys, as trapping for their animals and wall hangings for their tents. They are very well constructed
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Mid-19th Century Asian Tribal Antique Animal Traps

19th Century Baluch Rug
19th Century Baluch Rug
W 33.47 in L 59.06 in
Antique hunting scene print with a wolve by Ridinger - Engraving - 18th century
By Martin Elias Ridinger
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Subject: Antique print, untitled. A wolve caught in a log trap. Description: From: 'Virtute et
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1760s Old Masters Antique Animal Traps

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Engraving

Antique French Bronze Sculpture “Young Trapped Elephant” by Emmanuel Fremiet
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
interesting he chose to instead sculpt the Young Elephant Trapped. A sensitive and empathetic work, Fremiet
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Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

Antique Bronze Cat Lamp on all Fours, Cat Faces on Shade, German ca. 1900
By Hermann Eichberg
Located in Petaluma, CA
the unusual. The cat on all fours is obviously avoiding the trap while the shade shows smiling cat
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Wounded Hound” by Emmanuel Fremiet
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
elk has the hound dog trapped on the ground among the scattered foliage of the field. Artist Listings
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Traps

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Marble, Bronze

"Lion au Serpent No. 3” French Bronze Sculpture by Barye & Delafontaine
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
the serpent trapped under the Lion's outstretched hind leg while his paw is raised to strike the
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19th Century French Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

"Himalayan Monal Pheasant (Lophophorus Impeyanus)" Naturalistic Bird Lithograph
By John Gerrard Keulemans
Located in Houston, TX
Mintern and Hanhart, and early in his career, some were printed by P. M. W. Trap. Often, the published
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1870s Naturalistic Antique Animal Traps

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Lithograph

Pair of Candle Sticks, Animal, Figural, Bronze, Napoleon III, ~ 1880, France
Located in Wien, AT
crane - which serves as a symbol of prudence. Each of these cranes has a trapped snake in its beak
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1880s French Napoleon III Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

Deer Painting - Animals in the Woods, Wild Painting Oil on Board, 1920
Located in Albignasego, IT
that envelops them. Wild animals. The painter manages to perfectly render the motionless nature of
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1910s Italian Antique Animal Traps

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Paint

Bronze Boxer Dog by Henri Trodoux
By Henri Trodoux
Located in Fairfax, VA
Bronze statue of a boxer dog trapping a mouse on sheaves of wheat. Adrien Trodoux was a late 19th
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

Bronze Boxer Dog by Henri Trodoux
Bronze Boxer Dog by Henri Trodoux
H 3.5 in W 6 in D 3.5 in
Persian Luri Bakhtiari Soumac
Located in San Francisco, CA
A truly tribal piece, this unusual trapping was probably used as a neck-piece for a horse. Woven in
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Early 20th Century Persian Antique Animal Traps

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Wool

Japanese Bronze Okimono, Omori Misumoto Saku, Meiji Period
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
, as an elephant throwing a tiger with his trunk, whilst a further tiger is trapped beneath him. The
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

George Frederic Watts OM RA studies of mischief drawing, British 19th Century
By George Frederic Watts
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
. The artist’s wife Mary wrote, Watts intended ’to contrast the animal man with the spiritual’. The
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19th Century Academic Antique Animal Traps

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Hindoo Elephant Trap
By Samuel Howitt
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Howitt (1756-1822) titled "Hindoo Elephant Trap", 1813. Published and sold 1813, Edward Orne, Bond Street
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Traps

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Aquatint

19th century romantic painting Roosters at a farm - bird countryside
By William Huggins
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century Romantic painting "Roosters in a farm courtyard" by the well-known English animal
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19th Century Romantic Antique Animal Traps

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Oil, Cardboard

19th century romantic painting Roosters in the countryside - bird dove
By William Huggins
Located in Antwerp, BE
animal painter William John Huggings This peaceful painting depicts several roosters and hens enjoying
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19th Century Romantic Antique Animal Traps

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Oil, Cardboard

Oil painting of a lady in a Pony Phaeton
By Frederick Albert Clark
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Frederick Albert Clark British, (1869-1954) Pony and Trap Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1906 Image
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Animal Traps

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Canvas, Oil

Honeys - Race Horse - British 20th century art horse portrait oil painting
By Imogen Mary Collier
Located in London, GB
life followed a certain course. Dena’s mother Sophy was known to drive a trap, of unspecified type
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1910s Realist Antique Animal Traps

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Oil

19th Century French Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Renard” by Alfred Dubucand
By Alfred Dubucand
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A rare and exceptionally well detailed model of a trapped fox, it is an expertly cast work that
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19th Century French Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

Antique French Bronze Sculpture "Cicogne & Crab" by Alfred Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
having just trapped a crab under it’s talons. The casting work is exquisite, the bird handsomely chiseled
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Traps

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Bronze

19th Century Majolica White Cat with Mouse Pitcher Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
A very rare white Majolica cat pitcher trapping a mouse under its right paw its tail forming the
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1870s English Victorian Antique Animal Traps

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Majolica

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Antique Animal Traps For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of antique animal traps available for sale. Finding the perfect modern or Old Masters examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique animal traps available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes brown, beige, black and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Samuel Howitt, Edward Armfield, Félix Bracquemond, Frederick Albert Clark and Imogen Mary Collier are often thought to be among the most beautiful. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in etching, aquatint and oil paint — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Antique Animal Traps?

Prices for pieces in our collection of antique animal traps start at $65 and top out at $9,891 with the average selling for $2,156.