Antique Bone Carvings

Whalebone walking cane with greyhound top. Glass eyes, carved greyhound head. All original. L91, d 7, w 2.5cm. Circa 1870. English

From a collection of more than 70 years, this extraordinary and highly decorative bone over wood, sculpture comes from! Rarely worked out in movement and aesthetics! Never see, or fi...

Very funny okimono of a man leaning on a tree trunk. Japan - Meiji (1368-1912). Measures: Height 4 cm and Diameter 3.5 cm.

A small and fine Indo-Portuguese figure of Saint Anna, mother and teacher of Lady Mary. Carved, painted and giltwood, the faces and hands of Saint Anna and of the child Mary and the ...

Turtle top walking cane Meissen porcelain top depiction of a turtle, on original cane shaft with horn ferrule. Nautical views hand painted with magenta highlights. circa 1850. L 91, ...

Wonderful 18th century Italian walnut carving in the form of a mythical bird, carved on the reverse with the initials "CVB."

Beautiful French commode with 4 drawers, good old bleached patina of the walnut, nice Dog-Bone pattern carvings of the drawers, Piece of furniture with great character and power, fro...

Sandalwood veneered with horn and engraved bone plaques with an intricate arabesque carving.

Pine-oak-walnut construction, walnut veneers, carving, bone, Vienna, late 19th century.  

Construction: coniferous wood, ebony and mahogany veneers, carving, bone marquetry, second half of the 19th century.   

Pine-oak structure, ebony veneers, carving, bone marquetry, second half of the 19th century Furniture in good condition.    

A very well done carved bone that contains soldiers camped at rest having a good time.

Pair of large, Asian bone tusks, measure: 32" height, circa 1920.

18th century hand carved bone figurative snuff box One of the most outstanding examples we have been lucky enough to uncover. Made from what resembles mutton bone or similar this ...

It's a little bone disk, painted. The decor is a decor of birds on branches in green and black color, bone is of course in white color. It is typically an object made in the republic...

A beautiful 1800s Canton fan having highly detailed carved bone stays with a hand painted scene on each side. Included is the original storage box which features its own scenery deta...

19th century collection of French carved bone spillikins A small collection of 19th century French carved bone spillikins or sand set pieces Dieppe. Comprising of eleven hand car...

This 19th-century Naga necklace with a monkey-skull pendant is a remarkable artifact that offers a glimpse into the rich cultural and spiritual traditions of the Naga tribe in Burma....

A sculptural natural history specimen, large vertebrae bone with naturally aged surface. Nineteenth Century Inquire about this piece H 32 x W 75 x D 28 cms

In 19th-century Japan, kimono-clad men compensated for the garment’s lack of pockets by wearing small pouches secured by button-like fasteners known as netsuke. Although these tiny, ...

Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically, it refers to the artwork created by whalers, engraved on the by-products of whales, such as bones ...

Japanese artisans have long held mastery in the creation of miniature treasures, or netsuke. Carved from bone, this leaf with a central chrysanthemum medallion would have been a wais...

Beautiful Chinese fan of Canton of the 19th century in Bone, Paper and Silk. Dimensions: H: 49cm, W: 28cm, D: 2cm.  

19th century matched pair prisoner of war snuff box We are proud to offer a rare, matched pair of prisoners of war shoe shaped snuff boxes, with a hidden dice compartment. Finely ...

Napoleonic prisoner of war spinning jenny We are proud to offer a rare mechanized carved bone model of a spinning jenny. The upper platform has a seated female figure in a hat at a ...

Prisoner of War Memento Mori This unusual object is made from cow bone. Likely to have been produced in the 19th Century by a prisoner of war. this object includes a fully articu...

19th century Scrimshaw Spanish powder horn We are proud to offer an early 19th century Spanish scrimshaw gun powder horn made from bull horn. Covered in some lovely naïve folk-art m...

Japan, a one of a kind large-scale hand-carved wooden model of an animated tiger, Taisho period (1912-1926) A fine sculpture hand-carved from a single block of wood, in a Mingei o...

Early 18th Century antique hand carved and polychromed hand painted table crucifix from France with its original patina preserved. The crucifix could possible mid to late 17th Century.

A late 19th Century Swedish or Danish wooden carved sculpture representing the head of a bull or cow. This very figurative painted folk art object has probably been hanging on a wall...

The handle, sculpted in low relief, is detailed with a flowing mane and expressive facial features, complete with inlaid dark eyes. The bone carving is joined to the blade with a ch...

We want to present a beautiful recently arrived powder container that has left us speechless due to its particularity, it is O-shaped. Dating from around the 19th century and coming...

Size in inches: H 6” x W 13” x D 8” Period: Early 19th Century Material: Wood Origin: Unknown Condition: Aged Completely solid in structure and form, missing sections, worn e...

However, the latter really fall into the categories of ivory carving, for all carved teeth and tusks, or bone carving.

In good condition From a private collection Free international shipping 17th Century Flemish Corpus Christi Religious Carving

An antique French cutlery two-piece service consisting of a carving fork and bone clamp both with heavy chased silver handles in a floral and ribbon pattern.

Impressive 19th century Anglo Indian lidded box crafted in organic substances featuring wood, bone, and tortoise shell top, sides, and front with center panels having carved bone fig...

A Victorian three-piece sterling silver mounted carving set by Harrison Bros Howson Alpha in the original velvet-lined wood box. Made in Sheffield, England. The knife is 16" by 1.2...

This service retains the original bone handled knives and carving set; each steel blade bears the retailer/maker's mark 'A Beardshaw & Co, Victoria St, Sheffield'.

Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved bone details throughout with filigree and carved veneered Horn and engraved bone plaques with arabesque carving.

The interior is a marvel to behold, with its myriad of precisely fitted compartments, pigeon holes, trays, covered boxes secretive spaces formed of Indian Rosewood punctuated by deco...

A set of five early 19th Century Anglo Indian rosewood side chairs, having a highly decorative shaped back rail incorporating a central panel with bone inlay and floral carving at ei...

A superb quality 19th Century Anglo-Indian carved elephant occasional table, the profusely carved circular top consisting of three borders and each border having decorative floral an...

Antique Moroccan wall cabinet crafted in mahogany and featuring turrets, Moorish arches, columns, balustrades, inlaid mother of pearl, ebony and bone medallions, floral carvings and ...

Crafted in mahogany and featuring elaborate carvings highlighted with bone inlaid flowers, stick and ball panels, Moorish arches around the skirt and unusual dog legged feet.

Unusual late 17th Century walnut octagonal table with inset needlework top having foliate and dragon design and molded walnut molded edge, over turned shaft supported by three "horse...

Lavished with carved detail and distinctive subject matter Displays a desirable aged patina and in good original order Ebony cane decorated with carved patterns to each face Comfo...

This intricate sculpture is crafted entirely of carved bone, and rests on a rectangular plinth with canted angles. The sculpture is formed of dragons amidst waves, who breath fire th...

However, the latter really fall into the categories of ivory carving, for all carved teeth and tusks, or bone carving.

An 18th Century miniature crucifix. The Corpus of Christ is carved in bone. European, found in Belgium.

Japanese Meiji period okimono of a Hen. This is a beautiful and highly detailed okimono figure, created in the imperial Japan during the Meiji period, back in the 1900. The okimono ...

Gloriously Naughty 19th century Japanese bone Inro……from circa 1860. The inro is made of 4 interlocking sections……held togerther with a draw-string and a bone bauble.

Stunning antique Japanese hand carved bone letter opener in the form of a Tanto dagger and scabbard. Features traditional scenery, great for collectors of hand crafted works of art f...