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Butcher Bull Head

19th Century Zinc Bull's Head Butcher's Sign
Located in Houston, TX
Zinc Bull's Head originally used as a butcher's sign in France. Beautiful detail to the face area
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Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art

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Zinc

19th Century Zinc Bull's Head Butcher's Sign
19th Century Zinc Bull's Head Butcher's Sign
H 19.5 in W 17.75 in D 17.75 in
Mid-Century Hand Painted Bull's Head Butcher's Shop Advertising Wall Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This 1960s era molded fiberglass and hand painted bull's head is unsigned, but believed to be a
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia

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Fiberglass

Butcher's Exterior Wall Mounted Shop Sign of a Steer Bull Head Wood covered Lead
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique French wooden steer's head,used as the exterior sign of a butcher’s shop (in French they
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20th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Lead

19th Century Beaux Arts Plaster Bull Head
Located in Dallas, TX
Plaster bull head from a French Butcher's shop.
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20th Century French Sculptures

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Plaster

Butcher's Exterior Shop Sign of a Steer Head
Located in brussel, BE
Antique French wooden steer's head is used as the exterior sign of a butcher’s shop (in French
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1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Amazing Rare 19th Century Zinc Bull Head
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A rare antique zinc bull head from France, circa 1860. Originally used as a trade sign for a
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Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Zinc

Iron Bull Butcher Trade Sign with Hanging Bracket from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An iron butcher trade sign in the shape of a bull or a cow from the early 1900s. This iron trade
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Early 20th Century Unknown Signs

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Iron

Very Large Wooden Carved Bull Head from a Butchery ca. 1880
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Very Large Wooden Carved Bull Head from a Butchery ca. 1880 A very large wooden carved bull head
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Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Late 19th Century Marble Butchers Table
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
in quality iron, with many beautiful details, such as bull heads etc. The table appears with the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Other Console Tables

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Marble, Iron

Late 19th Century Marble Butchers Table
Late 19th Century Marble Butchers Table
H 30.32 in W 50.4 in D 28.75 in
Pair Delft Cows 18th Century Made De Porceleyne Lampetkan Netherlands Circa 1785
By De Porceleyne Lampetkan
Located in Katonah, NY
produced in pairs, with their heads turned towards each other and their tongues lapping. This pair of cows
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Antique Late 18th Century Rococo Delft and Faience

Materials

Delft

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18th Century Swedish Baroque Cabinet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Swedish Baroque cabinet from the province of Bergsalgen. This charming cabinet comprises of two sections, the top being slimmer than the bottom. The top section offers two panelled ...
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Antique 18th Century Swedish Baroque Cabinets

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Wood

18th Century Swedish Baroque Cabinet
18th Century Swedish Baroque Cabinet
H 79.53 in W 54.73 in D 23.23 in
19th Century Biedermeier Side Table or Small Commode
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Biedermeier commode made out of cherrywood with ebonised details. Key included.
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Antique 19th Century French Biedermeier End Tables

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Cherry

Mounted Wood Horse Head
Located in Houston, TX
This fabulous carved Horse head is from a French Saddlery. Saddleries were used to design, manufacture, rebuild, and repair a wide variety of saddles, saddle trees, harnesses, riding...
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Antique 19th Century French Sculptures and Carvings

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Metal

Mounted Wood Horse Head
Mounted Wood Horse Head
H 24 in W 12 in D 12.5 in
19th Century Plaster Detail from a Building in Belgium
Located in Houston, TX
19th century plaster detail from a building in Belgium. Was the capital on top of a column which shows fish, swags, a flower and an angel. Great wall art!   
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Antique 19th Century Belgian Architectural Elements

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Plaster

Circa 1900 French Butcher Block
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Well patinated French provincial butcher block with reinforced metal corners, drawer and fluted legs. We added burnish iron frame with glass to make functional. Period: Early 20th C...
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Antique Early 1900s French Butcher Blocks

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Metal, Iron

Circa 1900 French Butcher Block
Circa 1900 French Butcher Block
H 30 in W 39.5 in D 22 in
Early 1900 French Garden Bench with Dragons and Arrows
Located in amstelveen, NL
Garden bench, France, 1900 Fantastic early 1900 garden bench with dragons and arrows in cast iron. The original wooden planks serve as the seat and seatback, covered with many coats...
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Antique Early 1900s European French Provincial Benches

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Iron

French Provincial Gilt Horse Head Butcher Sign
Located in New York, NY
French Provincial (20th Century) wall plaque of gilt horse head butcher sign.
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20th Century French French Provincial Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Vintage Taxidermy of a Deer Head
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Taxidermy of a Deer Head A taxidermied skull of the deer (Capreolus capreolus) mounted on an ebonized wooden turned base. Germany, ca. 1950s. Trophies are mementos form the...
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Mid-20th Century German Rustic Taxidermy

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Wood, Antler

Vintage Taxidermy of a Deer Head
Vintage Taxidermy of a Deer Head
H 10.24 in W 3.94 in D 7.88 in
Hand Carved and Painted Wood Ram's Head Wall Ornament
Located in Atlanta, GA
A handsome hand carved wooden ram's head wall ornament. This artisan created wooden ram's head features a hand carved, forward facing three-dimensional ram face with beautifully curl...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

1970s Large Toucan Sculpture by Sergio Bustamante in Copper and Brass
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Large, life-size brass and copper Sergio Bustamante toucan on a hanging perch. Bustamante's work was most recently featured by Architectural Digest in its September 2019, where rock ...
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Vintage 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Brass, Copper

19th Century Cricket Table
Located in Houston, TX
A George III oak cricket table, with circular top and triangular understage,
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Antique 19th Century British George III End Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century Cricket Table
19th Century Cricket Table
H 25 in Dm 27.125 in
Early 20th Century English Butchers Shop Display Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English butchers shop display figure. We share what we love, and we love this early 20th century papier Mache and wood composite figure. Recently acquired from a ...
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Early 20th Century British Late Victorian Animal Sculptures

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Wood, Paper

Antique 19th Century Folk Art Bird Hunting Tool and Decoy
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French bird hunter's tool and decoy. This item was placed in the ground and wound up. The hunter would pull a string causing the head of the tool to rotate. With the ref...
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Antique 19th Century French Decoys

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Art Glass, Wood

Mexican Sermel Papier Mâché Small Owl Sculpture
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Stamford, CT
Papier mâché small owl by Sermel. Hand painted design with overall areas of wear and minimal paint loss. Signed on the underside.
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Vintage 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Antique German Bisque Doll #152/4 Happy Character Baby by Hertel Schwab
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Hertel Schwab baby doll. Measures approximately 13.5 inches in height. Beautiful blue glass sleep eyes with painted upper and lower lashes. Painted eyebrows. Open mouth with ...
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Vintage 1910s German Toys and Dolls

Materials

Composition

19th Century Zinc Ram's Head
Located in Houston, TX
Zinc Ram's head probably from a commercial shop. Beautiful detail.
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Antique 19th Century Belgian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Zinc

19th Century Zinc Ram's Head
19th Century Zinc Ram's Head
H 7.5 in W 9.5 in D 5 in

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Copper Bull Head Apron Hook
Located in Cookeville, TN
Offering this copper bull head apron hook. It is a bull head that is one piece. These were used in
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Early 20th Century Italian Primitive Animal Sculptures

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Copper

Copper Bull Head Apron Hook
Copper Bull Head Apron Hook
H 3 in W 3 in D 3 in
Mahogany Carved Bull Head from a Butchery, circa 1880
Located in Geneva, IL
Large carved mahogany bull head. Horns are real horns from a bull. Possibly hung in a butcher shop.
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Antique Late 19th Century American Belle Époque Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Mahogany

Exceptional 19th Century Butcher's Bull's Head Trade Sign
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Exceptional 19th century butcher's bull's head trade sign with a fantastic weathered patinated
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Animal Sculptures

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Zinc

19th Century French Carved Butcher Block with Back and Bronze Cow Head
Located in Dallas, TX
from a later addition is decorated with volutes on both sides and decorated with a bronze bull head and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Butcher Blocks

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Iron

19th Century French Carved Butcher Block with Back and Bronze Cow Head
Located in Dallas, TX
from a later addition is decorated with volutes on both sides and decorated with a bronze bull head and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Butcher Blocks

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Iron

19th Century French Carved Butcher Block with Back and Bronze Cow Head
Located in Dallas, TX
embellished with a bronze bull head. The butcher table is in very good condition commensurate with age and use
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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Butcher Blocks

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Iron

19th Century Butchers Block
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stunning 19th century French fruitwood and beech butchers block with a carved wooden bulls head
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Butcher Blocks

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Beech, Fruitwood

19th Century Butchers Block
19th Century Butchers Block
H 59.85 in W 78.75 in D 30.32 in
French Butcher Block with Zinc-Lined Drawer
Located in Houston, TX
backsplash sports two handsome cast iron bulls heads while the corners are braced by brass brackets. Two
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Early 20th Century French Butcher Blocks

Antique French Bull Head Butcher's Trade Sign
Located in New York, NY
A turn of the century butcher's trade sign in the shape of a bulls head in gilded metal. The piece
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Early 20th Century French Signs

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Metal

19th Century Bulls Head Butchers Shop Sign
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A decorative 19th century terracotta bulls head with glass eyes. This piece would make a super
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Antique 19th Century Belgian Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Terracotta

19th Century Bulls Head Butchers Shop Sign
19th Century Bulls Head Butchers Shop Sign
H 25.6 in W 29.93 in D 18.9 in
ZINC HEAD OF A BULL FROM A BUTCHER STORE
Located in Chicago, IL
Bought in Uruguay
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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Objects

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Zinc

19th Century Cast Iron Bull's Head from a Butcher Shop Trade Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky trade sign has traces of original painted surface and holes for mounting flush on the inside or out side of a building. Great in a ranch house or restaurant. Wonderful wor...
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Antique Early 19th Century American Signs

19th Century Zinc Bull Head
Located in Houston, TX
This 19th century zinc bull head was originally used as a trade sign for a French butcher shop. The
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Antique Early 19th Century French Decorative Art

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Zinc

19th Century Zinc Bull Head
19th Century Zinc Bull Head
H 12 in W 14.75 in D 13.25 in
19th Century French Zinc Bull Head
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French zinc bull head originally from a butcher shop.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Zinc

19th Century French Zinc Bull Head
19th Century French Zinc Bull Head
H 12 in W 13 in D 15 in
Early 20th Century French Zinc Butchers Bull Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
zinc trade sign in the form of a bull’s head. Mounted on its original pine backing shield and hand made
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Animal Sculptures

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Zinc

Pair of French 19th Century Zinc Bull Heads
Located in Essex, MA
Interesting pair of bull heads from a French butcher shop. Traces of old gilding.
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Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art

19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Bull Head in Wood
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A late 19th Century Swedish or Danish wooden carved sculpture representing the head of a bull or
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Antique Late 19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Bone, Wood

Antique Zinc French Architectural Element with Two Bull Heads
Located in Houston, TX
A wonderful antique French architectural zinc element with two bull heads embossed into the piece
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Antique Late 19th Century French Architectural Elements

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Zinc

Mid-Century Hand Painted French Metal Butcher Cow Head Sculpture with Ring
Located in Dallas, TX
iron, features a realistic bull head with two large horns and a metal ring through the nostrils, is
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Late 20th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Iron

Monumental 19th Century Brass Portuguese Butcher Shop or Butcher's Balance Scale
Located in Birmingham, AL
with it's brass upright surmounted by a bull's head, supporting a balance beam stamped 'COSTA BRANCO
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Antique Portuguese Brass Butcher's Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
An antique brass Portuguese butcher's scale with bull's head figure.     
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Iron Bulls Decorative Utensil Chain
Located in Seattle, WA
hold utensils or mount on wall as decoration. Beautiful patina and wear on bull heads and chain with
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Antique 19th Century Wall-mounted Sculptures

Iron Bulls Decorative Utensil Chain
Iron Bulls Decorative Utensil Chain
H 5 in W 4.5 in D 2.5 in
Exceptional Pair Of 19th Century French Butchers Tables
Located in Ongar, GB
Carrara marble which are in good condition. Each table has 4 Bulls heads which are all intact. These would
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Antique Late 19th Century French Tables

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Iron

19th C Double Butcher's Scale by Maco Braga
By Maco Braga
Located in Norwalk, CT
Large double scale with characteristic bull's head decoration. Complete set of weights. Made in
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Monumental Solid Brass and Iron Portuguese Butcher Shop Scale
Located in Hopewell, NJ
complete set of original weights, adorned with a fabulous bull's head at the top.
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Antique 19th Century Portuguese More Furniture and Collectibles

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Brass

Antique French Wood and Iron Butchers Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
tables had marble tops, but this one has a wonderful wood top with painted bull heads, a big center bull
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Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Tables

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Iron

Painted Antique Architectural Steer Head Panel from France
Located in Dallas, TX
late 1800's. The bull head is cast iron. At the center of the panel is a cast iron long
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Antique 19th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

19th Century French Life-Size Tole Horse Head Sculpture and Original Gilt Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a kitchen wall with this antique horse head from a butcher shop. Crafted in Normandy
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Antique Late 19th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Tôle

Tete de Vache
Located in Houston, TX
Bull's Head in Zinc, Originally From A Butcher's Shop.
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Antique 19th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Zinc

Tete de Vache
Tete de Vache
H 17 in W 15 in D 12 in
Painted Tete Du Boeuf in Zinc
Located in Washington, DC
A rare antique bulls head (tete du boeuf) from France, circa 1860. This bulls head was originally
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Antique Late 19th Century French Signs

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Zinc

Painted Tete Du Boeuf in Zinc
Painted Tete Du Boeuf in Zinc
H 13 in W 14.5 in D 13 in
French 1880s Butcher Block with Broken Pediment, Carved Bull Head and Volutes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French butcher block from the late 19th century, with carved wooden bull head, single drawer and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Butcher Blocks

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Brass

19th Century French Butcher Block with Bronze Bull Head and Antique Meat Knives
Located in Dallas, TX
with a bronze bull head sculpture. The butcher table is in very good condition commensurate with age
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Antique Late 19th Century French Country Butcher Blocks

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Bronze, Iron

French Terracotta Bull Head on Wood Frame
Located in Houston, TX
butcher shop in France. The bull head is attached to the wood by a single screw and is removable allowing
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Antique Late 19th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Terracotta, Wood, Paint

French Terracotta Bull Head on Wood Frame
Located in Houston, TX
butcher shop in France. The bull head is attached to the wood by a single screw and is removable allowing
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Antique Late 19th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Terracotta, Wood, Paint

Antique French Wood Butcher's Table
Located in Houston, TX
Early 20th century French butcher table with two hand forged iron cow/bull heads. Fantastic butcher
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20th Century French Industrial and Work Tables

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Wood

Antique French Wood Butcher's Table
Antique French Wood Butcher's Table
H 57 in W 72.75 in D 28.5 in
French 19th Century Steel and Marble Top Butcher's Table with Scrolling Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French marble top butcher's table from the 19th century, with steel scrolling base and bulls
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Antique 19th Century French Industrial and Work Tables

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Marble, Steel

Hand-colored Etching "The Spanish Bull-fight" Napoleon Satire by James Gillray
By James Gillray
Located in Alamo, CA
right, each with a butcher's label pinned to their torsos reading: 'Prussian Bull Beef', 'Dutch Bull
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Early 1800s Portrait Prints

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Etching

19th Century French Painted Papier Mâché Wall Cow Head Sculpture from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
handmade papier mâché head sculpture was found in a butcher shop in Normandy. The bovine animal head
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Antique Late 19th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

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Paper

19th century Bull's Head Butcher Sign
Located in Tongeren, BE
rare gilded wooden bull's head used as interior decorative sign at the butcher, now a decorative
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Antique 19th Century French Sculptures

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Giltwood

19th century Bull's Head Butcher Sign
19th century Bull's Head Butcher Sign
H 10.24 in W 7.49 in D 7.09 in
Replica of 19th Century Butchers Table Bulls Head
Located in San Francisco, CA
Replica of 19th Century Butchers Table Bulls Head 6" H X 6" W X 4" D
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21st Century and Contemporary American Animal Sculptures

19th c French Butchers Work Table with Pr Iron Bulls Heads
Located in Houston, TX
19th c French butcher table with two front working drawers and pair iron bulls' heads mounted on
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Antique 19th Century French Industrial and Work Tables

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Iron

French Bull Head
Located in Houston, TX
French iron bull head from the 1900's. This figure has remnants of the original red paint. In
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Antique Early 1900s French Wall-mounted Sculptures

French Bull Head
French Bull Head
H 23 in W 23 in D 16 in
Rare 19th Century French Zin Bulls Head
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very rare French zinc bulls head from a butchers shop, retaining some of the original paint
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Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures

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Zinc

Rare 19th Century French Zin Bulls Head
Rare 19th Century French Zin Bulls Head
H 40.56 in W 22.05 in D 17.33 in
French Butcher's Trade Sign
Located in High Point, NC
Gilt coated molded tin Bulls head trade sign from French Boucherie
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Antique 19th Century French Signs

French Butcher's Trade Sign
French Butcher's Trade Sign
H 11 in W 9.5 in D 8 in
Painted Butcher Shop Mantle, circa 1900
Located in Seattle, WA
bulls head and a circular plate with bull relief.  
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Wood

Painted Butcher Shop Mantle, circa 1900
Painted Butcher Shop Mantle, circa 1900
H 18.75 in W 58 in D 7.5 in
French 19th Cent. Butcher's Trade Sign
Located in Pasadena, CA
Made of zinc in the shape of a bull's head, these were used as street signs to denote butcher
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Antique 19th Century French Signs

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Zinc

Magnificent Antique Brass Butchers Scales 19th Century Portuguese, circa 1890
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
bull's head that sits on top of the scales, supporting a beam and twin circular brass weighing pans
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Antique 1890s Portuguese Victorian Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Lifesize Bull's Head Butcher Trade Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
Lifesize Bull's head butcher trade sign.
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20th Century American Signs

Materials

Composition

19th Century Cast Iron Bull's Head from a Butcher Shop Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
A nice untouched example of 19th century Folk Art cast iron 'boucherie' bull's head trade sign
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Antique Late 19th Century French Folk Art Signs

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Iron

19th Century French Butcher Block Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century French Butcher Block Table (bulls heads are replicas ) 47.5"H X 71"W X 28.5"D
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Industrial and Work Tables

19th Century French Butcher Block Table
19th Century French Butcher Block Table
H 47.5 in W 71 in D 28.5 in
Magnificent Antique Brass Butchers Scales 19th Century Portuguese, circa 1890
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
bull's head that sits on top of the scales, supporting a beam and twin circular brass weighing pans
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Antique 1890s Portuguese Victorian Scientific Instruments

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Brass

Early 20th Century Oil on Panel Study of an English Bulldog, Alph Jack, 1926
By Alph Jack
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
, English scientist Christopher Merret applied: "Canis pugnax, a Butchers Bull or Bear Dog", as an entry in
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Vintage 1920s English Paintings

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Oak

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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal butcher bull head for your home. A butcher bull head — often made from metal, iron and wood — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect butcher bull head — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A butcher bull head, designed in the Folk Art or Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

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Prices for a butcher bull head start at $170 and top out at $12,000 with the average selling for $3,125.
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