Antique Penguins

Splendid silver candlestick with a very modern design and enriched with enameled sculpture of a penguin on the circular base. Presumably realized in Sweden between the end of 19th...

Vintage 'Isokon Penguin Donkey 2' bookcase / coffee table designed by Ernest Race for Isokon in 1962.   

Original vintage Asia travel poster issued by the East Indian Railway (1845-1952) - See the Calcutta Zoo - featuring a great design by Kay Nixon (Kathleen Irene Nixon; 1895-1988) of ...

Lamp foot decorated with Penguin figures. Terracotta faience with thick overglaze in blue, green, grays, Denmark, circa 1890.

Very interesting early natural history chart from Holland. Features a penguin or seagull beak, a mole skeleton, a webbed foot of a bird, a mosquito and the den of a mole.

The map features two compass roses and decorative cartouches featuring natives and wildlife (penguins). Engraving with contemporary hand colouring on hand laid paper.

Unlike the production model Gordon Russell book donkey (designed mainly to take Penguin sized books), this can accommodate larger sizes.

Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. Penguin Books. pp. 328, 330.

Classic vintage silverplate Art Deco penguin pitcher. Excellent detail with ribbed pattern repeated on feet, wings, top plume and handle.

The Penguin George Edwards "A Natural History of Birds, Most of which have not been figured or described and others very little known..." published in London between 1743 and 1751.

Margaret Frances "Peggy" Bacon (May 2, 1895 – January 4, 1987) was an American printmaker, illustrator, painter and writer. Bacon was known for her humorous and ironic etchings and d...

Margaret Frances "Peggy" Bacon (May 2, 1895 – January 4, 1987) was an American printmaker, illustrator, painter and writer. Bacon was known for her humorous and ironic etch...

A pair of circular tables with the bases in bronze in the form of penguins by early 20th century sculptor J D'aste. The penguins very well executed and with a soft patina.

Estate Austrian figural penguin decanter, circa 1940.

19th century carved French wooden fairground penguin This is a superb piece of Folk Art, it is carved from solid wood, and has rather shabby paint The cheeky little chap has...

Folk Art carved and decorated whimsical penguin bowling pin, patented in 1922. Chipped areas and paint loss from use.

A round lidded box from the Art Deco era, produced in France circa 1920s, crafted of wood, the lid decorated with painted marquetry, depicting penguins congregating. Markings include...

Early 20th century decorative cast stone penguin statue. Made in the United Kingdom. Please note of wear consistent with age including wear and weathering due to exposure to the elem...

Metal Content: 14k Yellow Gold Theme: Penguin Couple, Love Birds Features: Smooth & Etched Finishes Measurements: Tall: 25/32" (19.5mm) Wide: 1/2" (12.4mm) Interior of hidden bai...

This cool pair of hand-carved wood and painted folky penguins. It looks like the mother and baby. These cool guys were found in the state of Maine and are in as found condition.

Pair of Art Deco penguin and alabaster book ends circa 1920. Beautiful pair of deco period bookends, made in spelter and superbly cast with cold painted gold bellies. 

Bowl in hand-painted glazed ceramics modelled with penguins. 1920s / 30s. Model Number 223. Measures: 15 x 13 cm.

Bowl in hand-painted glazed ceramics modelled with penguins. 1920s/30s. Model Number 223. Measuring: B 15,0 x D 13,0 H 14,0 cm.

Original hand-carved penguin with solid macassar ebony wings which is also the door handles to open both doors.

Art Deco salt or sugar dispenser in the form of a penguin. 

Artist or Maker:
 Christofle. Design by Sandoz.

Signed on the side of the penguin. Dimensions 28.25 high, by 7.50 wide and 8.25 deep.

Art Deco brass and silver plate bar / water pitcher modeled as a penguin with class eyes. Fitted with a hinged lid and mechanical beak, when tilted forward an internal counterweight ...

"Donald and Tootsie" original painting from Disney's 1939 short "Donald's Penguin". A vintage cel retailed by COURVOISIER GALLERIES.

Femelle de Pingoin [Female Penguin], Le Curicaca de Cayenne Sarcelle male de la Cote de Coromandel [Male Teal from the Coromandel Coast], Le Manchot des Hottentots [The Hottentot Pen...

Unusual late 19th or early 20th Century oversize Noah's Ark, the hinged lid over gothic tracery windows, the ark of typical form, complete with Noah, his wife and over 40 animals (in...

Unusual late 19th or early 20th Century oversize Noah's Ark, the hinged lid over gothic tracery windows, the ark of typical form, complete with Noah, his wife and over 40 animals (in...

"skeleton of the cock - leg of penguin". The condition is excellent, also the 46" x 65" size make this impressive and unique poster.

Purchased from Caldwell (silver plated hardware is signed) by Sarah Mellon Scaife in the early 20th century for her Ligonier, PA country house Penguin Court. After her death the chan...

The finely cast metal squirrels have an applied gun metal finish with polished elements and are mounted on a black marble base with upstand both with contrasting brown veining runnin...

The shade features an orange and yellow acorn vine against a mottled orange glass geometric ground and sits atop a bronze three-armed “Penguin” base. Circa 1900. A similar shade a...

The design depicts mountain glaciers, the bay, boats, airplanes, penguins and buildings. A dress maker designed the classic late 1920's cardigan style jacket trimmed in navy blue si...

Antique bird print of the horned grebe, Senegal coot-grebe, Northern Diver, Puffin, Great Auk and Patagonian Penguin. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Engr...

The shade sits on a bronze, penguin-footed base in gold dore. The pedestal is decorated with green enamel dots.

During this time, Gallé incorporated polar bear and penguin designs into his work, reflecting renewed European fascination with the exotic wildlife of Earth’s final frontiers.

In 1918 a landmark exhibition of modern art was held at the Penguin on East 15th Street in New York, featuring works by American and European artists including Man Ray, the Zorachs, ...

In 1918 a landmark exhibition of modern art was held at the Penguin on East 15th Street in New York, featuring works by American and European artists including Man Ray, the Zorachs, ...

She is known for her crystal minaudières, evening purses made of a metal shell often encrusted with Swarovski crystals, plated with silver or gold and with various forms, such as bab...

This defect does not affect the image of this fine penguin-lecturer in elegant clothes carrying a text to read.

Villa illustrated Anatole France's Penguin Island; Roger Lallier's Par les Airs; Edgar Allan Poe's Fantastic Tales, Zola's Short Stories ( Les Contes et Nouvelles), and Georges Foure...

This penguin has a timeless personality from the golden age of Detroit.

Original engraving, hand-colored at the time of publication, after the work of George Edwards from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel" by Johann Michael Seligma...

Original engraving, hand-colored at the time of publication, after the work of George Edwards from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel" by Johann Michael Seligma...

Great folk art stone carved penguin with remnants of old paint. Initialed JNW on the base area.

Original print of various penguins. This print originates from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' by M.

Estate Austrian figural penguin glass decanter, circa 1940.

Art Deco pair of Penguin bookends, mounted over alabaster bases, they look as ice Rocks.

The Penguins are very well executed by sculptor J. Daste in the early 20th century in France.

Fig. 1 Ostrich, fig. 3 the extinct Dodo, fig. 4-6 different types of Penguins, standing on the ground. The plates are similar to the plates in the famous German work: 'Bilderbuch fur...