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Antique Bird Print of the Common Redshank by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797
Antique Bird Print of the Common Redshank by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797

Antique Bird Print of the Common Redshank by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797

Located in Langweer, NL

based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by

Category

Antique 18th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Bird Print of a Sanderling by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797
Antique Bird Print of a Sanderling by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797

Antique Bird Print of a Sanderling by Sepp & Nozeman, 1797

Located in Langweer, NL

: drieteenstrandloper) and the dunlin (Dutch: bonte strandloper). The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird

Category

Antique 18th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Bird Print of the Grey Heron by Naumann, circa 1895
Antique Bird Print of the Grey Heron by Naumann, circa 1895

Antique Bird Print of the Grey Heron by Naumann, circa 1895

Located in Langweer, NL

, showcasing the subtle gradations of grey, blue, and white that characterize this elegant wading bird

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Asian Showa Four-Panel Screen Herons Amid Lotus and Peonies
Asian Showa Four-Panel Screen Herons Amid Lotus and Peonies

Asian Showa Four-Panel Screen Herons Amid Lotus and Peonies

Located in Rio Vista, CA

serene scene depicts a calm waterside landscape with large lotus leaves, wading birds, flowering peonies

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Five wallpaper panels, China, 18th century
Five wallpaper panels, China, 18th century

Five wallpaper panels, China, 18th century

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

: butterflies, green parakeets, male and female pheasants, sparrows, and woodpeckers, while wading birds flutter

Category

Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wallpaper

Materials

Paper

Old Hand-Colored Bird Print a Banded Stilt and a Madagascar Jacana
Old Hand-Colored Bird Print a Banded Stilt and a Madagascar Jacana

Old Hand-Colored Bird Print a Banded Stilt and a Madagascar Jacana

Located in Langweer, NL

habitat. The Banded Stilt, an elegant wading bird, is depicted with its slender build and distinctively

Category

Antique 1840s Prints

Materials

Paper

Carved Hardstone Egret in Rose Quartz and Hematite
Carved Hardstone Egret in Rose Quartz and Hematite

Carved Hardstone Egret in Rose Quartz and Hematite

Located in London, GB

. The egret is modelled as a wading bird, its body carved from softly toned rose quartz. The pale pink

Category

20th Century English Animal Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Spotted Redshank and Greenshank, Antique Shorebird Lithograph c.1895
Spotted Redshank and Greenshank, Antique Shorebird Lithograph c.1895

Spotted Redshank and Greenshank, Antique Shorebird Lithograph c.1895

Located in Langweer, NL

ornithological print depicts two closely related European wading birds: the Spotted Redshank (*Totanus fuscus

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Redshank and Marsh Sandpiper, Antique Shorebird Lithograph c.1895
Redshank and Marsh Sandpiper, Antique Shorebird Lithograph c.1895

Redshank and Marsh Sandpiper, Antique Shorebird Lithograph c.1895

Located in Langweer, NL

, printed around 1900, features two elegant wading birds common to European wetlands: the Common Redshank

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Ardea Stellaris Rufa – Eurasian Bittern from Nederlandsche Vogelen, 1809
Ardea Stellaris Rufa – Eurasian Bittern from Nederlandsche Vogelen, 1809

Ardea Stellaris Rufa – Eurasian Bittern from Nederlandsche Vogelen, 1809

By J.C. Sepp, M. Houttuyn

Located in Langweer, NL

warm browns, creams, and black, blending seamlessly into its wetland habitat. This wading bird inhabits

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Prints

Materials

Paper

Carved Glossy Ibis Sculpture
Carved Glossy Ibis Sculpture

Carved Glossy Ibis Sculpture

Located in North Palm Beach, FL

wings. The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a graceful wading bird known for its slender

Category

1990s Animal Sculptures

Materials

Hardwood

Crystal Claret Ewer, Wheel-Engraved Game Frieze, Possibly Val Saint-Lambert
Crystal Claret Ewer, Wheel-Engraved Game Frieze, Possibly Val Saint-Lambert

Crystal Claret Ewer, Wheel-Engraved Game Frieze, Possibly Val Saint-Lambert

By Val Saint Lambert

Located in Atlanta, GA

wading birds in reeds, all framed by a narrow beaded border. The long neck is plain and optically clear

Category

Early 20th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Barware

Materials

Crystal

Elegant Avian Diversity: Illustrations from Buffon's Ornithology, c.1780
Elegant Avian Diversity: Illustrations from Buffon's Ornithology, c.1780

Elegant Avian Diversity: Illustrations from Buffon's Ornithology, c.1780

Located in Langweer, NL

. Le Héron (The Heron) – A tall wading bird with gray plumage, long legs, and a pointed beak, shown

Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Prints

Materials

Paper

Life-Sized Spoonbill Print – Dutch Ornithology by Sepp and Nozeman, 1789
Life-Sized Spoonbill Print – Dutch Ornithology by Sepp and Nozeman, 1789

Life-Sized Spoonbill Print – Dutch Ornithology by Sepp and Nozeman, 1789

Located in Langweer, NL

spoonbill is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family (Threskiornithidae) found across Europe, Asia

Category

Antique 18th Century Dutch Prints

Materials

Paper

Seasonal Plumage of the Sanderling: Selby's Ornithological Study, 1826
Seasonal Plumage of the Sanderling: Selby's Ornithological Study, 1826

Seasonal Plumage of the Sanderling: Selby's Ornithological Study, 1826

Located in Langweer, NL

showcases the Sanderling, a small wading bird, captured in meticulous detail by Prideaux John Selby. Plate

Category

Antique 1820s Prints

Materials

Paper

A 19th Century French "Pagoda" Japonisme Inkwell
A 19th Century French "Pagoda" Japonisme Inkwell

A 19th Century French "Pagoda" Japonisme Inkwell

By Maison Marnyhac 1, Gabriel Viardot, Edouard Lievre

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

, fish, butterflies and other insects, the blackbirds, cranes and wading birds, the cats, tigers, and

Category

Antique 1870s French Japonisme Inkwells

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Verdure Landscape Tapestry with Birds
Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Verdure Landscape Tapestry with Birds

Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Verdure Landscape Tapestry with Birds

Located in New York, NY

complete floral border. Two birds wade aside a winding stream in this scenic landscape with an ancient town

Category

Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Tapestries

Materials

Wool, Silk, Tapestry

DUSK
DUSK

DUSK

By Frank W. Benson

Located in Portland, ME

with a gun and brace of birds wading to shore as evening falls, is an early Benson print (with the

Category

1910s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Stunning Italian Design Midcentury Modern Antonio Pavia Crane Table Lamp
Stunning Italian Design Midcentury Modern Antonio Pavia Crane Table Lamp

Stunning Italian Design Midcentury Modern Antonio Pavia Crane Table Lamp

By Antonio Pavia

Located in Lisse, NL

lamp with the large and long legged wading crane bird sculpture is even more impressive in real life

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Fornasetti Tray with Motives of Wading Birds
Fornasetti Tray with Motives of Wading Birds

Fornasetti Tray with Motives of Wading Birds

By Fornasetti

Located in Nice, FR

Tray by Piero Fornasetti in metal with decor of wading birds. Glass track on the front. Target

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Pair of French Wading Bird Sculptures
Pair of French Wading Bird Sculptures

Pair of French Wading Bird Sculptures

Located in London, GB

Weathered, Lichen Patinated Cast Stone and Metal Wire. French, c.1930 12" high x 7" wide x 4" deep

Category

Vintage 1930s French Animal Sculptures

17th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry
17th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry

17th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry

Located in London, GB

With a castle in a wooded landscape surrounded by wild animals, including deer and wading birds in

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Belgian Louis XIV Tapestries

Materials

Silk, Wool

Tapestry / tapestry with the motif of birds at the pond, height 212 X 122 cm
Tapestry / tapestry with the motif of birds at the pond, height 212 X 122 cm

Tapestry / tapestry with the motif of birds at the pond, height 212 X 122 cm

Located in STRAČOV, CZ

with the motif of wading birds with a plume in the view between flowers of a pond and a medieval thing

Category

Early 20th Century French Tapestries

Materials

Wool, Linen, Silk

Charles Catteau and Leon Delfant Art Deco Vase

Charles Catteau and Leon Delfant Art Deco Vase

By Charles Catteau for Boch Freres

Located in Atlanta, GA

Fantasie. Vase depicts a polychrome design with wading birds and a floral motif on an brick red background

Category

Vintage 1930s French Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Pastel Titled The Blue Lagoon
Fine Pastel Titled The Blue Lagoon

Fine Pastel Titled The Blue Lagoon

Located in Leicester, GB

shallow waters edge. Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae that

Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Blue Heron Boehm Wading Bird Series
Blue Heron Boehm Wading Bird Series

Blue Heron Boehm Wading Bird Series

Located in Toledo, OH

Boehm blue heron figurine. Standing with foot raised. Made in the USA and part of the Wading Bird

Category

20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

English 19th Century Stone Wading Bird
English 19th Century Stone Wading Bird

English 19th Century Stone Wading Bird

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

A reconstituted stone representation of a Heron or wading bird from the end of the 19th century

Category

Antique 19th Century English Garden Ornaments

Wading Birds Console, Alain Chervet style, circa 1970
Wading Birds Console, Alain Chervet style, circa 1970

Wading Birds Console, Alain Chervet style, circa 1970

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Wading birds console in brass and glass, circa 1970, in the style of Alain Chervet

Category

Vintage 1970s French Console Tables

Materials

Brass

A Group of Four Wading Birds.
A Group of Four Wading Birds.

A Group of Four Wading Birds.

By Edward Lear

Located in London, London

‘the most remarkable bird drawings ever made’ LEAR, Edward. A Group of Four Wading Birds. Flamingo

Category

1830s Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph

A Group of Four Wading Birds.
A Group of Four Wading Birds.

A Group of Four Wading Birds.

By Edward Lear

Located in London, London

“The most remarkable bird drawings ever made” LEAR, Edward and John GOULD. A Group of Four Wading

Category

1830s Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Lithograph

Hand Carved Teak Sculpture of a Wading Bird, ca. 1960s
Hand Carved Teak Sculpture of a Wading Bird, ca. 1960s

Hand Carved Teak Sculpture of a Wading Bird, ca. 1960s

Located in Peabody, MA

Large table top sculpture of an elegant wading bird, heron or crane, hand carved with wire legs and

Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Collection of Early 20th Century Naive French Wading Bird Decoys
Collection of Early 20th Century Naive French Wading Bird Decoys

Collection of Early 20th Century Naive French Wading Bird Decoys

Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex

Primitive Collection of three French working wading bird decoys, a large curlew and a pair of

Category

Mid-20th Century French Decoys

Working Wading Bird Decoy
Working Wading Bird Decoy

Working Wading Bird Decoy

Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex

Working Sandpiper Shorebird decoy, carved wood in original paint. Glass eyes, later stand. Baie de Somme, France Circa 1950. Measurement includes stand. Dimensions: 23cm x 28cm x 7cm.

Category

Vintage 1950s French Decoys

Materials

Wood

20th Century French Solid Silver Wading Bird With Articulated Wings c.1910
20th Century French Solid Silver Wading Bird With Articulated Wings c.1910

20th Century French Solid Silver Wading Bird With Articulated Wings c.1910

Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Antique early 20th Century Fench solid silver figure intricately modelled as a wading bird. This

Category

20th Century French Other Animal Sculptures

Materials

Silver

Monumental Shell Encrusted Burlap and Wire Wading Bird Sculptures, a Pair
Monumental Shell Encrusted Burlap and Wire Wading Bird Sculptures, a Pair

Monumental Shell Encrusted Burlap and Wire Wading Bird Sculptures, a Pair

Located in Topeka, KS

wading birds will be the center of attention no matter where you use them. Comprised of wire that has

Category

20th Century Folk Art Models and Miniatures

Materials

Wire

Vintage Cast Iron Spoon Bill Wading Bird Garden Ornament
Vintage Cast Iron Spoon Bill Wading Bird Garden Ornament

Vintage Cast Iron Spoon Bill Wading Bird Garden Ornament

Located in Mt Kisco, NY

standing happily on a "rock" platform this painted cast iron spoon bill is the perfect addition to a garden, or terrace.

Category

American Garden Ornaments

Monumental English Majolica Wading Birds in a Cattail Marsh Ewer
Monumental English Majolica Wading Birds in a Cattail Marsh Ewer

Monumental English Majolica Wading Birds in a Cattail Marsh Ewer

Located in Philadelphia, PA

wading in a marsh or pond with cattails and bulrushes. The handle is made of the long neck and head of a

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Pitchers

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of Antique Japanese Bronze Vases with Birds 19th-20th Century
Pair of Antique Japanese Bronze Vases with Birds 19th-20th Century

Pair of Antique Japanese Bronze Vases with Birds 19th-20th Century

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

A stylish pair of antique Japanese bronze vases, one moulded in relief with wading birds with birds

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

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Wading Birds For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of wading birds for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct wading birds — often made from paper, metal and ceramic — can elevate any home. Find 91 antique and vintage wading birds at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 5 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Wading birds have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Art Deco, Victorian and Hollywood Regency wading birds are consistently popular styles. Wading birds have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by J.C. Sepp, M. Houttuyn and Cornelius NOZEMAN are consistently popular.

How Much are Wading Birds?

Wading birds can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,600, while the lowest priced sells for $65 and the highest can go for as much as $65,000.