Hardstone Animals
Italian Hardstone Cockatoo Figure
Located in New York, NY
Italian hardstone cockatoo figure, in the Faberge style in quartz with lapis beak and silver
Category
20th Century Aesthetic Movement Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Quartz, Silver
Russian Carved Hardstone Bear
By Fabergé
Located in Wiscasset, ME
In original fitted case from St. Petersburg retailer 'Empatorskaya'. Most likely dates to the 1920s, with gold and ruby eyes.
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Carved Geode Hardstone Parrot Sculptures
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Three stunning carved stone birds mounted on Quartz specimens. The two orange parrots are carved from orange Calcite and trimmed in Lapis. The cockatoo is (sold). All three birds hav...
Category
20th Century Brazilian Organic Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Amusing Carved Hardstone Quartz Cockatoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Amusing carved stone cockatoo with a quirky expression and brass feet mounted on an impressive smoky quartz specimen.
Category
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Carved Hardstone Eagle in Smoky Quartz
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This majestic eagle is hand carved from quality smoky quartz. The eagle is standing on a decorative geometric base that has been custom made for this purpose. With faux glass eyes, t...
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Quartz
18k Gold Duck Carved Opal Hardstone Figure
Located in New York, NY
18k Gold Duck carved opal hardstone figure
Legs marked "750".
In great condition
Measures
Category
20th Century Unknown Animal Sculptures
Materials
Opal, Gold
Fine, Late 20th Century, Han-Style, White Hardstone Horses
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of elegant, hand-carved, white hardstone, Chinese horses with gilded details. Each outfitted
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Han Animal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Kelly 'Nitushi' Byars Native American Polar Bear Hardstone Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"Polar Bear." The piece was made in 1991 of carved hardstone and is mounted to a rectangular stone slab
Category
20th Century American Native American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Pair of Chinese Hardstone Birds on Wood Stands, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese hardstone birds on wood stands, circa 1880.
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Animal Sculptures
James Tandi African Wild Boar Green Carved Verdite Hardstone Sculpture Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
James Tandi African Wild Boar Green Carved Verdite Hardstone sculpture figure. Item features
Category
Late 20th Century African Tribal Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
H 10 in W 16 in D 12 in
Large 18K Gold, Silver Gilt, Diamond and Hardstone Bird Model by Asprey
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
Large 18K gold, silver gilt, diamond and hardstone bird model by Asprey
English, c. 1980
Height
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Gold, Vermeil
Mid-20th Century Pair of Chinese Carved Green Hardstone Foo Dogs / Lions
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bi-color green hardstone carved to represent a pair of traditional Chinese foo dogs and lions. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Large Russian Carved Jasper Figure of a Rabbit
Located in New York, NY
A large Russian carved Jasper hardstone figure of a rabbit, in the style of Faberge.
With 14K
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Malachite Bird Sculpture with Inset Quartz & Bone
Located in New York, NY
Malachite hardstone sculpture depicting a hen chicken, inset with rock crystal quartz accents and
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
Hand Carved Chalcedony Lizard Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This nicely proportioned, finely carved hardstone sculpture captures these reptiles’ enigmatic
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Other
George III Marble and Blue John Dolphin Tazza
By Sir William Chambers
Located in New Orleans, LA
built in 1762 for George III.
Hardstone furnishings such as this were popular among the British
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Henrik Wigström 1908 Russia Saint Petersburg Enameled Snuff Box in 14kt Gold
By Henrik Wigström 1
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XVI, Empire, or neo-classical style. Nearly all the Fabergé hardstone animals, figures and flowers
Category
Antique Early 1900s Russian Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
H 0.55 in W 1.53 in D 1.61 in
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Chalcedony Pin Cushion
By Adie & Lovekin
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
form of a shoe made by Adie & Lovekin Ltd; an addition to our animal related silverware collection
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique rare amusing Russian silver model of a bear, St Petersburg, circa 1890
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
they used To maximise the beauty of these hardstone objects.The Bolshevik Revolution inevitably Saw the
Category
Antique 1890s Russian Sterling Silver
Materials
Onyx, Silver
17th Century Rosa di Tivoli Painting on Slate
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in New York, NY
ability to portray an animal-kingdom drama. You might say the scene is the barnyard equivalent of a modern
Category
Antique 1680s Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Slate
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Tiffany Studios Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Gilt Bronze Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp, circa 1910.
At the turn of the century, Clara Driscoll, head of the women’s glass cutting depa...
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Stone Trough, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this early 19th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. Hand-carve...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Stone Sinks
Materials
Limestone
Rock Crystal Gemstone Parrot Bird on Amethyst
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful rock crystal parrot perched on amethyst clusters. Realistically modelled with curious and amusing expression, with natural rock crystal plumage, onyx beak and sodalite ta...
Category
2010s Peruvian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal
Costa Rica Jade Avian Axe God Celt Pendant Pre Columbian, 500 AD-1500 AD
Located in Dallas, TX
Fine Costa Rican Jade Axe God,
Guanacaste-Nicoya region, ca. A.D. 1-1500
Of celt form depicting the mythical part human- part avian figure, with circular eyes peering from the bird ...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Pre-Columbian Animal Sculpt...
Materials
Jade
PABLO PICASSO "Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune"
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
"Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune"
linocut in colours, 1958, on Arches wove paper, signed in blue crayon, numbered 31/50, a very good impression of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
Stuart Devlin Set of Twelve Silver and Silver-Gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas"
By Cartier, Stuart Devlin
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing an extraordinary and complete collection of Twelve English silver and silver-gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas" gift boxes, presented as edition No. 94 out of a limited prod...
Category
Vintage 1970s English Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rock Crystal Parrots Birds on Amethyst
Located in Somis, CA
Two rock crystal parrots perched on amethyst clusters. Realistically modelled with curious and amusing expression, with natural rock crystal plumage, aventurine and green serpentine ...
Category
2010s Peruvian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal
Semi Precious Stones Hand Carved Bird Sculpture
Located in Fairfax, VA
Hand carved agate bird with bronze legs standing on dark green jade.
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Hand-Carved Malachite Cat
Located in New York, NY
This luscious green copper carbonate mineral specimen from the DRC has been expertly hand-carved into an intricately detailed cat and hand-polished to a brilliant luster to enhance i...
Category
2010s Congolese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
Birds in Flight off Coast Sculpture on Onyx Stone by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed brass sea gull sculpture by Curtis Jere. C Jere’ works are made and marketed by the corporation Artisan House. Curtis Jere is a compound nom de plume of artists Curtis Freiler...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Rose Quartz Parrots Crystal Birds on Amethyst
Located in Somis, CA
Two rose quartz parrots perched on amethyst clusters. Realistically modelled with curious and amusing expression, with natural rose quartz plumage and blue sodalite tails. Beaks in b...
Category
2010s Peruvian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Multi-gemstone
Fabergé, Court Jeweler to the Tsars, First Edition
By Alexander von Solodkoff, Geza von Habsburg-Lothringen
Located in valatie, NY
Fabergé, Court Jeweler to the Tsars by G. von Habsburg-Lothringen and A. von Solodkoff. New York: Tabard Press, 1979. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 170 pp. A book on the ...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
C. Jere Mid-Century Modern Bird in Flight on Stone, circa 1960s
By Curtis Jeré
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid- Century Modern Curtis Jere' metal bird in flight with applied patina, circa 1960s on stone base.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Solid Hand Carved Verdite African Hippopotamus Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice solid verdite hand carved figural hippopotamus sculpture, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good condition and measures 8.5" W x 6" D x 3.75" H. It has a great polished ...
Category
20th Century Zimbabwean Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Carved Rock Crystal Quartz Cockatoo Bird on Citrine
Located in Houston, TX
An intricately carved rock crystal cockatoo with amethyst tail, garnet eyes, agate beak and gilt bronze feet perched on a citrine druzy specimen. Superior workmanship and semi-precio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Aesthetic Movement Animal Sculpt...
Materials
Amethyst, Quartz, Agate, Rock Crystal, Marble
Antique Imperial Russian Peter Carl Faberge Silver Gilt Diamond 8 Day Clock 1900
By Fabergé
Located in Portland, OR
Important antique Russian Imperial Faberge silver gilt chalcedony (black onyx) diamond miniature desk clock, by workmaster Feodor Afanassiev (1870-1927), the clock circa 1900.
In 188...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Baltic Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Enamel, Silver
H 5.063 in W 2.938 in D 1.25 in
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Sterling Silver and Carved Smoky Quartz Ape Sculpture by Gianmaria Buccellati
By Gianmaria Buccellati
Located in Pasadena, CA
. Gianmaria whose animal form sculptures are routinely cast in silver rarely surface in a carved hardstone. An
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
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H 10.25 in W 10.5 in D 7 in
Carved Hardstone Bird Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Carved Hardstone Bird
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Carved Russian Hardstone Rabbit Pendant Faberge Style
Located in Nottingham, GB
From a private collection.
Free international shipping.
Carved Russian Hardstone Rabbit Pendant
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Signed Carved Hardstone African Seated Hippo Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Signed Carved Hardstone
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Signed Canadian Inuit Seal Hardstone Sculpture Carving
Located in Nottingham, GB
Hardstone Sculpture Carving
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Carved Amethyst Gemstone Geode Hardstone Owl Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone owl Sculpture
Good condition
From a private collection.
Free
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone Exotic Pelican Bird Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone Pelican Sculpture
Good condition
From a private collection.
Free
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone
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H 3.15 in W 2.17 in D 6.3 in
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone Exotic Pelican Bird Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone Pelican Sculpture
Good condition
From a private collection.
Free
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone
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H 8.27 in W 2.37 in D 7.49 in
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone Exotic Parakeet Bird Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone Exotic Parakeet Bird Sculpture
Good condition
From a private
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone
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H 7.49 in W 2.37 in D 3.55 in
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone Exotic Parakeet Bird Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
Carved Geode Gemstone Hardstone Exotic Parakeet Bird Sculpture
Good condition
From a private
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone
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H 8.67 in W 2.76 in D 3.35 in
Carved Quartz Gemstone Geode Hardstone Exotic Pelican Bird Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
Carved Quartz Gemstone Geode Hardstone Exotic Pelican Bird Sculpture
Good condition
From a
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Quartz
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H 1.19 in W 2.76 in D 3.94 in
Carved Quartz Geode Gemstone & Lapis Hardstone Owl Bird Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
Carved Quartz Geode Gemstone & Lapis Hardstone Owl Bird Sculpture
Good condition
From a private
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Lapis Lazuli, Quartz
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H 3.15 in W 2.37 in D 2.37 in
Carved Amethyst Gemstone Geode Hardstone Exotic Parakeet Bird Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
Carved Amethyst Gemstone Geode Hardstone Exotic Parakeet Bird Sculpture
Good condition
From a
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Amethyst
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H 1.58 in W 2.76 in D 3.55 in
Amusing Hardstone Parrot Perched on an Amethyst Geode
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Amusing multi colored hardstone exotic parrot or bird sculpture with realistic feet perched on a
Category
20th Century Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Large and Exceptional Carved Hardstone Parrot or Bird
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Magnificent, large carved hardstone parrot or cockatoo with an air of confidence and majesty
Category
20th Century Brazilian Organic Modern Animal Sculptures
Two Huge Hardstone Carved Parrots and a Friend, Available Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Three carved stone parrots made from an assortment of hard stones described from left to right. Individually priced.
3318C: The large parrot blue sodalite, with white marble and b...
Category
20th Century Brazilian Organic Modern Animal Sculptures
Italian hand carved hardstone sculpture of a exotic bird, circa 1930
Located in Central England, GB
A very fine Italian carved hardstone sculpture of an exotic bird.
This splendid exotic bird is a
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Vacheron Constantin ‘Wolf’
By Vacheron Constantin
Located in London, by appointment only
Naturalistically carved hardstone wolf, poised and alert, eyes bright, mouth open with hardstone
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Large Russian Carved Jasper Figure of a Rabbit
By Fabergé
Located in New York, NY
gold and ruby eyes.
Realistically carved hardstone figure of a bunny rabbit holding a carrot carved
Category
20th Century Russian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Henrik Wigstrom Faberge master candle Silver Gold Enamel Rubies
Located in Palm Springs, CA
boxes which the firm ever made, in Wigström's largely neo-classical style. Many of the hardstone animals
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Candle Holders
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Chinese Hardstone, Cloisonne Enamel and Lacquer Screen
Located in London, GB
, hardstones, enamels, and paint, the screen is a luxurious piece of Chinese furniture-making.
Each of the
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone, Enamel
Early 19th Century Micromosaic Gold-Mounted Hardstone Bonbonnière
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in Paris, FR
Round box made in hardstone (green porphyry). The removable lid is decorated with a circular
Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Zuni Carved Stone Heishi Necklace & Fetishes
Located in New York, NY
nine animals mounted with turquoise and coral, one signed red jasper turtle, one orange jasper turtle
Category
Late 20th Century Native American Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Multi-gemstone
17th Century Cabinet of Curiosities
Located in New Orleans, LA
by beautifully vibrant hardstones mingling amongst resplendent gilt bronze.
Six golden classical
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Cabinets
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Taxco Mexico 825 Silver Bird
By Taxco
Located in Hanover, MA
Taxco Mexico 825 silver bird, with gray hardstone body, likely onyx, marked FC Guadalupana.
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Silver
Hand Carved Chinese Malachite Frog / Toad Sculpture on Base
Located in San Diego, CA
piece is a superb example of traditional Chinese hardstone figural carving; it is very well detailed and
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
Large Centerpiece Silver Plated Hand Hammered Lobed Pitcher Bowl Emilia Castillo
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hardstone probably malachite along the body with a gilt beak.
Emilia Castillo, a second generation designer
Category
20th Century Mexican Pitchers
Materials
Stone, Silver Plate
Carved Hardstone African Elephant Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Carved Hardstone African
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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Hardstone Animals For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of hardstone animals available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct hardstone animals — often made from stone, metal and other — can elevate any home. Hardstone animals have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Hardstone animals bearing Baroque or Georgian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Adie & Lovekin, Erwin Klein and Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli) each produced beautiful hardstone animals that are worth considering.
How Much are Hardstone Animals?
Prices for hardstone animals start at $612 and top out at $295,000 with the average selling for $4,300.
Finding the Right animal-sculptures for You
Invite the untamed wonders of the animal kingdom into your home — and do so safely — with the antique, new and vintage animal sculptures available on 1stDibs.
Artists working in every medium from furniture design to jewelry to painting have found inspiration in wild animals over the years. For sculptors, three-dimensional animal renderings — both realistic and symbolic — crisscross history and continents. In as early as 210 B.C., intricately detailed terracotta horses guarded early Chinese tombs, while North America’s native Inuit tribes living in the ice-covered Arctic during the 1800’s wore small animal figurines carved from walrus ivory. Indeed, animal sculpture has a long history, and beginning in the 19th century, the art form started becoming not only fashionable but artistically validated — a trend that continues today. At home, animal sculptures — polished bronze rhinos crafted in the Art Deco style or ceramic dogs of the mid-century modern era — can introduce both playfulness and drama to your decor.
In the case of the frosted glass sculptures crafted by artisans at legendary French glassmaker Lalique, founded by jeweler and glass artist René Lalique, some animal sculptures are purely decorative. With their meticulously groomed horse manes and detailed contours of their parakeet feathers, these creatures want to be proudly displayed. Adding animal sculptures to your bookcases can draw attention to your covetable collection of vintage monographs, while side tables and wall shelving also make great habitats for these ornamental animal figurines.
Some sculptures, however, can find suitable nests in just about any corner of your space. Whimsical brass flamingos or the violent, realist bronze lions created by Parisian sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye are provocative and versatile pieces that can rest on windowsills or your desk. Otherwise, the brass cat shoehorns and bronze porcupine ashtrays designed by Viennese artist Walter Bosse are no longer roaming aimlessly throughout your living room, as they’ve found a purpose to serve.
Embark on your safari today and find a fascinating collection of vintage, modern and antique animal sculptures on 1stDibs.
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