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By Mervin Jules
Located in Provincetown, MA
Mervyn Jules studied at Baltimore City College and the Maryland Institute College of Art before moving to New York City and continuing his art education at the Art Students League of...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Penguin

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Lithograph

Hand-Colored Penguin Engraving
By George Edwards
Located in New York, NY
Penguins aux piez noirs. Nuremberg: 1749-1776.
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Mid-18th Century Antique Penguin

Materials

Laid Paper

Drypoint Etching "Penguin Island" 1926
By Peggy Bacon
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
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1920s Modern Antique Penguin

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Drypoint, Etching

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
Located in Hudson, NY
Beige ground lacquer with black and grey lacquer penguins with small pieces of shell making up
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Penguin

Materials

Shell, Wood, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
H 24.5 in W 69.5 in D 0.75 in
Daum Nancy Penguin Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.
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1910s French Antique Penguin

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Art Glass

Penguin iluminated sculpture by Marcel André Bouraine
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Penguin iluminated sculpture by Marcel André Bouraine (1886 -1948). Silverplated bronze and
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Alabaster, Bronze

Penguin ceramic solifleur vase, Saint Clement France 1920s
By Saint-Clément
Located in Firenze, IT
Penguin ceramic solifleur vase Saint Clement France 1920s Marked Saint Clement France on the
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Ceramic

Macarena and Penguin - Etching by Johann Friedrich Naumann - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Macarena and Penguin is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann
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1840s Modern Antique Penguin

Materials

Etching

Emile Gauthier Fratelli Toso Penguin Night-Light/Perfume Burner, 1920s
By Gauthier
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
, Paris, France and Fratelli Toso, Venice, Italy, 1920s. Charming wrought iron penguin by Emile Gauthier
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Wrought Iron

Adelie Penguin Tracks and Sledge Track Crossing, 8 December 1911
By Herbert George Ponting
Located in London, GB
Adelie Penguin Tracks and Sledge Track Crossing, 8 December 1911 Stamped with Scott Polar Research
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Early 20th Century Antique Penguin

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Platinum

An Emperor Penguin - Herbert George Ponting (Black and White Photography)
By Herbert George Ponting
Located in London, GB
An Emperor Penguin - Herbert George Ponting (Black and White Photography) Stamped with Scott Polar
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Early 20th Century Antique Penguin

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Platinum

A Rare ‘Adelie’ Penguin Egg from the Australian 1911-14 Expedition
Located in London, GB
A Rare ‘Adelie’ Penguin Egg from the Australian 1911-14 Expedition Egg, paper, wood Adelie Land
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Early 20th Century Antarctican Antique Penguin

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Eggshell

Penguin Island - Animal Fable - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By Jean Jeacques Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Penguin Island - Animal Fable is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J
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1850s Modern Antique Penguin

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Polished Pewter Penguin-Shaped Decanter Designed by Hugo Leven for Kayserzinn
By Kaiserzinn, Hugo Leven
Located in North Miami, FL
Jugendstil polished pewter penguin-shaped decanter designed by Hugo Leven for Kayserzinn factory
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Penguin

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Metal, Pewter, Tin, Lead, Copper

Royal or Macaroni Penguin, Sea Bird lithograph with hand-colouring, 1928
By After Henrik Gronvold
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eudyptes Schlegeli (Royal or Macaroni Penguin)' Limited edition lithograph with original hand
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Penguin

Materials

Lithograph

A Female Penguin: An 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored engraving of a female penguin entitled "Femelle du Pingoin" by Francois Nicolas
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1760s Naturalistic Antique Penguin

Materials

Engraving

Original Print of Great Crested Grebe, Atlantic Puffin, King Penguin, Great Gull
Located in Langweer, NL
Puffin, nicknames such as “clown of the ocean” and “sea parrot”, 3. King Penguin, 4. Great Black-backed
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1840s Antique Penguin

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Paper

Robert Garret Thew American Sculptor Rare Art Deco Bronze Cigar Stand, Penguin
By Robert Garret Thew
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fabulous deco penguin design- bronze cigar stand by Connecticut sculptor Robert Garret Thew, (1892
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Bronze

Art Deco Silver Plate Penguin Water / Bar Pitcher w/Mechanical Beak & Glass Eyes
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A hard to find Art Deco silver plated brass bar or water pitcher in the form a penguin with black
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Silver Plate, Brass

Antique Arts & Crafts Wall Coat Rack With A Hand Carved & Painted Penguin Colony
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique coatrack with hand carved penguin sculptures and maker's monogram. With the Arts and Crafts
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Penguin

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Brass, Metal

1920's Danish Hand-Crafted Art Nouveau Penguin Ash Tray / Bowl by P. Ipsens Enke
By P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish hand-crafted Art Nouveau penguin ash tray / bowl designed by Lauritz Jensen in 1923 for P
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1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Penguin

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Ceramic

Art Deco period Spelter Bookend with Pinguins
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An adorable pair of Art Deco bookends with penguins. The penguins are made of dark gray with gold
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Alabaster, Spelter

Art Deco period Spelter Bookend with Pinguins
Art Deco period Spelter Bookend with Pinguins
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H 6.3 in W 3.15 in D 3.55 in
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Calcutta Zoo Hippo East Indian Railway Nixon
Located in London, GB
nine penguins against a blue background below and the title text in bold black lettering on the yellow
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1920s British Antique Penguin

Materials

Paper

Antique Michael Andersen & Son of Bornholm Painted Pottery Table Lamp
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Søborg, DK
Antique pottery table lamp made by Michael Andersen & Son of Bornholm with penguins. 5 Standing
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1910s Danish Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Pottery

Antique Mounted Taxidermy Loon on Naturalistic Base, Early 20th Century Bird
Located in Bristol, GB
on a loon. Mounted somewhat like a penguin a tad more upright and plump than in the wild this non
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Penguin

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Wood, Feathers, Natural Fiber

Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence - PIRATED EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
Kingdom until 1960 when it was the subject of a watershed obscenity trial against the publisher Penguin
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Early 20th Century American Antique Penguin

Materials

Paper, Leather

Black, Starr & Frost Art Deco Platinum Emerald Ruby Diamond Charm Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
penguin, a cat and a parakeet, most set with diamonds or colored stones, some enhanced with enamel, signed
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Platinum

Ponting: In the Pack (1910) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Herbert Ponting
Located in London, GB
Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images) A penguin wanders across the pack ice in the
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1910s Modern Antique Penguin

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Three Gould Hand-colored Lithographs from Birds of Australia and New Zealand
By John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
included New Zealand, depicting: pairs of "Eudyptes Chrysocome" (New Zealand Rock-hopper Crested Penguins
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1840s Academic Antique Penguin

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Bird Print of an Ostrich, Toucan, Pelican and Other Birds, 1808
Located in Langweer, NL
, rooster etc. G) charadriiformes species H) pelican I) penguin K) bittern L) cassowary. This print
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Early 19th Century Antique Penguin

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Paper

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Calcutta Zoo Hippo East Indian Railway Nixon
Located in London, GB
nine penguins against a blue background below and the title text in bold black lettering on the yellow
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1920s Antique Penguin

Materials

Paper

Antique Art Deco Penguins Brooch
Located in Sale, Cheshire
Such a sweet antique novelty brooch dating from the 1920s. The two penguins have their flippers
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1920s German Art Deco Antique Penguin

Materials

Ruby, Silver

Fantastic Vintage French Concrete Garden Penguin, circa 1930
Located in Houston, TX
A fantastic vintage French concrete garden penguin circa 1930 standing on a plinth base
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Penguin

Materials

Concrete

Ib Kofod-Larsen Mid-Century Modern Penguin Chair
By Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Tucson, AZ
Vintage Ib Kofod- Larsen Mid-Century Modern Danish penguin chair. Great vintage condition.
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Mid-19th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Penguin

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Hardwood

20th Century Silver and Enamel Penguin Sculpture Chandelier, Sweden, 1900s
Located in Florence, IT
penguin on the circular base. Presumably realized in Sweden between the end of 19th century and the
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Penguin

Materials

Silver

White Midcentury 'Isokon' Bookcase / Coffee Table by Ernest Race, England, 1962
By Ernest Race
Located in London, GB
Vintage 'Isokon Penguin Donkey 2' bookcase / coffee table designed by Ernest Race for Isokon in
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1660s English Mid-Century Modern Antique Penguin

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Teak, Plywood

Michael Andersen Art Nouveau Ceramic
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Oslo, NO
Attributed to Michael Andersen Art Nouveau ceramic (1859-1931). Lamp foot decorated with Penguin
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Late 19th Century Danish Art Nouveau Antique Penguin

Materials

Ceramic

Early Natural History Chart
Located in North Beninngton, VT
Very interesting early natural history chart from Holland. Features a penguin or seagull beak, a
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Early 20th Century Antique Penguin

Materials

Linen, Paper, Wood

Early Natural History Chart
Early Natural History Chart
H 30 in W 40 in D 0.07 in
Tabula Magellanica qua Tierrae del Fuego.
By Johannes Janssonius
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
and decorative cartouches featuring natives and wildlife (penguins). Engraving with contemporary hand
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1640s Antique Penguin

Materials

Engraving

Gordon Russell Arts & Crafts Cotswold School oak booktable bookcase 1920s unique
By Gordon Russell
Located in London, GB
. Unlike the production model Gordon Russell book donkey (designed mainly to take Penguin sized books
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Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Penguin

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Oak

Beautiful 17th Century Oil on Canvas by Ciro Ferri
By Ciro Ferri
Located in Madrid, ES
University Press. Wittkower, Rudolph (1980). Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. Penguin Books. pp. 328
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Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Penguin

Materials

Canvas

Penguin Pitcher
Located in New York, NY
Classic vintage silverplate Art Deco penguin pitcher. Excellent detail with ribbed pattern
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Penguin

Penguin Pitcher
Penguin Pitcher
H 8.5 in W 7 in D 4.5 in
Hand-Colored Penguin Engraving
By George Edwards
Located in New York, NY
The Penguin George Edwards "A Natural History of Birds, Most of which have not been figured or
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1740s Antique Penguin

Materials

Paper

Drypoint Etching "Penguin Island" 1926
By Peggy Bacon
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
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1920s Modern Antique Penguin

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Charming Early 20th Century Penguin Sculpture
Located in Essex, MA
A charming early 20th century sculpture of a penguin in painted and hard molded rubber, which feels
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Early 20th Century American Antique Penguin

Materials

Rubber

Charming Early 20th Century Penguin Sculpture
Charming Early 20th Century Penguin Sculpture
H 10.13 in W 5.25 in D 7.38 in
Pair of French Bronze Penguin Cocktail Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of circular tables with the bases in bronze in the form of penguins by early 20th century
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Early 20th Century French Antique Penguin

Materials

Bronze

Estate Austrian Figural Penguin Decanter, circa 1940
Located in New Orleans, LA
Estate Austrian figural penguin decanter, circa 1940.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Penguin

Folk Art Carved and Decorated Whimsical Penguin
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art carved and decorated whimsical penguin bowling pin, patented in 1922. Chipped areas and
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1920s American Folk Art Antique Penguin

Materials

Wood

19th Century Carved French Wooden Fairground Penguin
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century carved French wooden fairground penguin This is a superb piece of Folk Art, it is
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Penguin

French Art Deco Round Box with Penguins
Located in New York, NY
decorated with painted marquetry, depicting penguins congregating. Markings include [AP 19/25] signed to the
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Wood

A Pair of Rookwood Art Pottery Penguin Bookends
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of Rookwood art pottery penguin bookends, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1924, each in the form of
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Penguin

Materials

Earthenware

Early 20th Century Decorative Cast Stone Penguin Statue
Located in South Salem, NY
Early 20th century decorative cast stone penguin statue. Made in the United Kingdom. Please note of
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Early 20th Century British Country Antique Penguin

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Concrete

Yellow Gold Penguin Couple Pendant, 14k Love Birds
Located in Greensboro, NC
Metal Content: 14k Yellow Gold Theme: Penguin Couple, Love Birds Features: Smooth & Etched
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19th Century Unknown Antique Penguin

Materials

Yellow Gold

Pair of Folk Art Carved and Painted Penguins
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cool pair of hand-carved wood and painted folky penguins. It looks like the mother and baby
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Early 20th Century American Adirondack Antique Penguin

Materials

Wood

Charming Pair of Victorian Taxidermy Penguins, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A charming taxidermy Humboldt penguin couple (spheniscus Humboldt), late 19th-early 20th century
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Penguin

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Other

Charming Pair of Victorian Taxidermy Penguins, 19th Century
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H 13.78 in W 8.67 in L 13.78 in
Art Deco Penguin Door Stop by Taylor Cook
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish Art Deco era door stopper is by Taylor Cook and it dates to the 1930s. The piece retains its origianl cold painted colors. Note: See verso photo for makers mark.
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Iron

Art Deco Penguin Door Stop by Taylor Cook
Art Deco Penguin Door Stop by Taylor Cook
H 9.25 in W 5.25 in D 2.25 in
Ipsens, Denmark, Bowl in Hand-Painted Glazed Ceramics with Penguins
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ipsens, Denmark. Bowl in hand-painted glazed ceramics modelled with penguins. 1920s/30s. Model
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1920s Danish Antique Penguin

Materials

Ceramic

Ipsen's, Denmark, Bowl in Hand-Painted Glazed Ceramics with Penguins
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ipsen's, Denmark. Bowl in hand-painted glazed ceramics modelled with penguins. 1920s / 30s. Model
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1920s Danish Antique Penguin

Materials

Ceramic

Oak and Padouk Art Deco Amsterdamse School Penguin Wall Cabinet, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
the 1920s. Solid oak frame with solid padouk doors and top. Original hand-carved penguin with solid
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Antique Penguin

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Fruitwood, Oak, Padouk

Art Deco Silvered Salt Shaker Penguin, Designed by Sandoz for Christofle, 1935
By Christofle
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco salt or sugar dispenser in the form of a penguin. 

Artist or Maker:
 Christofle. Design
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Penguin

Materials

Metal

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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique penguin you’re looking for. An antique penguin — often made from metal, stone and bronze — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique penguin, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique penguin, those designed in Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Folk Art styles are of considerable interest. Christofle, Daum and Ib Kofod-Larsen each produced at least one beautiful antique penguin that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Penguin?

Prices for an antique penguin can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $54 and can go as high as $55,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,200.