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Vintage Ceramic Alligator from Søholm, Danish 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A glazed black crocodile or Alligator decorated with green dots across its spine. It can be displayed lying of wall mounted. Designed and made a...
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Scandinavian Bronze Figurine of Inuit Girl with Flowers, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small stylized bronze sculpture depicting young Inuit girl collecting flowers. Designed and studio cast in Scandinavia in a style reminiscent of Kar...
Category
Vintage 1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage African Carved Bust's or Bookends Girl & Boy in Ebony, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of vintage African Busts; boy and girl, possibly Nigerian/Lagos. Hand-carved from Ebony wood. Very decorative with a strong 'dark' and stylish presence. Due to their weight the...
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Vintage 1970s African Modern Busts
Materials
Ebony
Just Andersen Baby Girl Figurine with Pen-Holder, 1930s Art Deco
By Just Andersen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small figurine/vase/pencil-holder from Just Andersen designed around 1930. Its Composed of Just Andersens own alloy/patina called Disko Metal. The figu...
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Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Just Andersen & Elna Borch Patinated Sculpture of Young Woman, 1930s
By Just Andersen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Erotically stylized small sculpture from Just Andersen designed 1930-40 by female sculptor and artist Elna Borch. Its Composed of Just Andersens own al...
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Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Lion in Natural Rope by Kay Bojesen & Jorgen Bloch, Denmark, 1960s
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare example of the Danish toy-design-master Kay Bojesen work. This lion in braided natural rope was designed I collaboration between Jorgen Bloch and K...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Rope
Indian Chief Desk Sculpture or Bookend in Bronze
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Ornate cast bronze bookend depicting Indian Chief in full headdress. It was made in the US or continental Europe circa 1930-60. Measurements: H: 14.5 cm, W: 12 cm, Dept: 8 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dante Alighieri Small Bronze Bust, Grand Tour 19th Century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A skillfully cast miniature buste of the Italian Poet Dante Alighieri. It is a Grand Tour item meaning it was purchased by travelers through Europe: R...
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Antique 19th Century European Victorian Busts
Materials
Bronze
Danish Naive Unicorn in Raku Burnt Stoneware
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unique artist/ceramist signed unicorn in Baku burnt stoneware. A waste variety of different glaze colors and the 'horn' itself is actually made from wood. Unknown/un-identified Danis...
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Early 2000s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Bronze Relief Wall Plaque of Infant Girl, Scandinavian, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylized bronze wall relief depicting a naked infant girl. A hidden wall clasp allows you to install it anywhere suitable in the room. It was made on order in Scandinavia, probably...
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Vintage 1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Male Mannequin Head, Hat Stand, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A natural or slightly oversized male mannequin head in painted pottery/plaster. Distinct Art Deco styling with exaggerated features. Made in France...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Plaster
Wall Sculpture in Bronze 47 Skulls Entangled, Rat King, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A studio piece open to a lot of interpretations. The media is cast bonze with a dark brown patina. It depicts 47 rat skulls connected almost melted together (in appearance) via tubes...
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Vintage 1970s European Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Wild Boar Sculpture in Bronze, France, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small desk og mantle bronze depicting a young wild boar standing on a log. Fine detailing and a rich golden patina. Signed/marked France to its base. Where it was made circa 1920-25....
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Vintage 1920s French Late Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Royal Copenhagen Large Roaring Porcelain Polar Bear No. 502 by C. F. Liisberg
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large roaring polar bear figurine/sculpture in porcelain. Designed in 1901 by Carl Frederik Liisberg for Royal Copenhagen. This example dates to t...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Karl Josef Hoffman Bronze Sculpture Baby Boy and Fish in Embrace, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Stylized and mythological small bronze sculpture depicting a baby boy embracing a fish. Designed and studio cast by German Sculptor Karl Josef Hoffmann (1925-59) during the 1940s or ...
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Vintage 1950s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Scandinavian Running Greyhound Hand-Carved in Oak
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A skillfully hand carved figurine of a running Greyhound or Whippet. Beautiful details and a rich golden patina to the oak. Made by an anonymous craftsman in Scandinavia circa 1900-2...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Scandinavian Late Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Vintage Scandinavian Troll Figurines Bookends in Ice Glass by Höglund & Bergdala
By Erik Höglund
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A cute couple of heavy ice glass figurines or bookends (Flat backs) The female Troll with long hair was designed by Peter Johansen and manufactured by Bergdala Glasbruk in Sweden dur...
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Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Viking Rune Stone Paperweight in Bronze, Scandinavia, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Detailed model in bronze depicting what we believe is the famous Jellingestenen/Jellinge Stone in Denmark. It is executed in cast bronze and can be displayed decoratively or used as ...
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Vintage 1950s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Sphere in Green Fuchsite Crystal, Madagascar, 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Artisan made sphere with matching stand in green Fuchsite crystal. Mined, crafted and polished in Madagascar ca 1980. Measurements: H: 14 cm, D: 12 cm. Weight: over 2kg. Fuchsite chert also commonly known as "Dragon Stone...
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Vintage 1980s Malagasy Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Kay Bojesen and Jorgen Bloch Lion in Natural Rope, Denmark 1960s
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare example of the Danish toy-design-master Kay Bojesen work. This lion in braided natural rope was designed I collaboration between Jorgen Bloch and K...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Rope
Royal Copenhagen Stoneware Elephant and Bear by Knud Kyhn, 1950s
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This series of elephants / mammoths, bears, deers etc was designed by the Danish ceramist Knud Kyhn (KK) all the way back in 1929-36. Hugely inspired by the sung glazes applied in Ax...
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Brutalist Desk Sculpture Morning Star in Bronze, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Weighing in over 2 kg this small unique desk sculpture was made anonymously in Denmark during the 1930s. Its thick stainless steel base supports a 18th...
Category
Vintage 1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Vintage Wall Relief Captain Alte Seebär, Masculinity, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This heavy hand-colored wall relief in cast plaster uzzes masculinity . It depicts a dutch seaman/captain called Dorus Rijkers who rescued over 500 people lost at sea between 1870-18...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Whale Sculpture Moby Dick in Iron, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Vintage interpretation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The great white whale. It is executed in sheet iron and measures 64 cm in length. According to its latest owner is was a part o...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Scandinavian Brutalist Stoneware Hedgehog Figurine by Tut Fog for B&G, 1970s
By Tut Fog
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Brutalist inspired stoneware hedgehog designed by female Danish Ceramist, Artist and Sculptor Tut Fog in the mid-1970s. This particular example (7010) dates from the 1970s and is the...
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Brutalist Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Scandinavian Brutalist Glass Block Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Heavy unusual glass object with several decorative sides/angles. It can also be used as a bowl for car keys, change etc. Its was made at Kosta Boda in Sweden during the 1970s and pro...
Category
Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Bing & Grøndahl Abstract Goat Porcelain Figurine by Agnethe Jørgensen, 1970s
By Bing & Grøndahl
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Abstract figurine depicting two connected goats sharing 3 horns. It is executed in blanc de chine porcelain and decorated with blue glaze. It was designed by Agnethe Jørgensen in Den...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
'Eternity', Abstract Sculpture by Anonymous Danish Artist, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
An ornamental play on the Classic eternity symbol. This modernist sculpture by an anonymous Danish ceramist would serve as a fine focal point in any living room setting. It is execut...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Black String Iron Rigshaw by Bror Bonfils, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Graphic looking string Figurine designed and manufactured by Bror Bonfils in Denmark during the 1950s. It is made from blackened iron. The figure's clothes are made textile and his h...
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Wall Hung Face Mask of Richard Nixon, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A very wellmade 1:1 wall hung face mask in glazed porcelain. The color of the glaze is cream/off-white. It has great facial expressions and intricate details. Anonymous European or A...
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Scandinavian Surreal Ceramic Sculpture, Vase, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual ceramic vessel - sculpture in blue, turquoise and yellow glaze. Organically shaped as a Tadpole. Anonymous Scandinavian ceramist/artist circa 1970-80. Unsigned.
Category
Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Sculpture by Kai Nielsen for Kähler, Denmark, 1930s
By Kai Nielsen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Measurements and infos:
Type: figurine of boy and fish.
Height: Approximately 21 cm (8.5 inches).
Base diameter: Approximately 9 cm (3.75 inches).
Material: terracotta w...
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Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Danish Art Glass Hen Figurines, 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Decorative pair of hen figurines in marbled multicolored glass. Hand blown and finished by the founders of Danish glass art husband and wife John and Ulri...
Category
Vintage 1980s Danish Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
French Art Deco Sculpture of Lions A L'affut by A. Martinez, Paris, 1924
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A large plaster sculpture of a Lioness and a Lion. Vivid details with a lot of 'movement' and muscularity. It is titled L' Affut (trans: lying ...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Italian Bronze Wall Sculpture of Roman Warrior, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Whether this bronze wall plaque depicts a Roman Gladiator or Legionaire is uncertain. It was brought home from Rome in 1970 or 71. It is made from solid bronze that has a rich brown ...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Erotic Bronze Sculpture by Danish Artist Ove Rasmussen, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small bronze sculpture depicting nude female. Made by the Danish artist and sculptor Ove Fritz Rasmussen, (1911-1973). It dates to the late 1940s or early 1950s. It is signed by hand...
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic Elephant by Michael Andersen, Denmark, 1970s
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Michael Andersen elephant executed in polychrome glazed ceramic. Very rare version with blue and black glaze. It is imprinted with the crest mark and design number to the front feet....
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Blanc de Chine Mother & Child Figurine by Kai Nielsen for Bing & Grøndahl
By Kai Nielsen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Despite being designed in 1913 this blanc de chine mother and child figurine by the Danish sculptor Kai Nielsen has and striking clean and mo...
Category
Vintage 1910s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mythological Diskometal Figurine with Walrus & Faun by Just Andersen, 1930
By Just Andersen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
- Mythological figurine by Just Andersen designed, circa 1930
- Composed of Just Andersen's own alloy called Disko Metal
- The figurine is sig...
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Dark & Disturbing Interpretation of 'The Little Mermaid' by Anonymous Danish Art
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Deconstructing the romantic and nationalistic feelings that Danes and tourists for that matter has for 'The little Mermaid' sculpture by Edvard Eriksen in Copenhagen - comes this rat...
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Vintage 1970s Danish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Abstract, Brutalist Sculpture in Copper, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Object resembling a group of flowers. Executed in patinated copper. Raw and brutal in expression. It was executed during the 1970s within the perimeters of Middelfart Psychiatric Hos...
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Brutalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Green Fox in Stoneware by Kaare Berven Fjeldsaa, Norway, 1960s
By Kåre Berven Fjeldsaa
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This charming ceramic fox figurine has an applied soft and subtle olive green glaze on a pastel yellow under-glaze. It was designed and manufactured by Kaare Berven Fjeldsaa's at his...
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Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Mounted Object of Fossilized Wood, Scandinavia
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Interesting object. A piece of fossilized wood. It has been polished and finished to all sides and edges. It has an almost bone-like grain structure. T...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Scandinavian Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Baby Boy by Søren Kongstrand Danish Ceramic Bust in Lustre Glaze, 1930s
By Søren Kongstrand
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Commissioned work by ceramist and sculptor Soren Kongstrand who worked out of Esbjerg at the west coast of Denmark from the 1920s through to the 1940s...
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Hans Kongslev Bronze Sculptor 'The Princess & The Pea' - H. Ch. Andersen, 1940s
By Hans Kongslev
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small patinated Art Deco bronze sculpture by Danish sculptor Hans Kongslev. Depicting a scene from a Fairy tail 'The Princess and the Pea' by Hans...
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Vintage 1940s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Faux 'Elephant Tusk', Marble Bookends or Dresser Ornaments, 20th Century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of faux elephant tusk bookends or decorative ornaments for your desk, dresser or in front of your entrance hall mirror. They are constructe...
Category
Late 20th Century British Colonial Mounted Objects
Materials
Marble
Trio of Antique Hindu God Figurines in Bronze, Maha Durga, Shiva and Ganesh
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of 3 mythological figurines depicting Hindu Gods. All of them are at least 100 years old and made from cast bronze. The detailing is executed by hand ...
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Antique Early 1900s Indian Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Signed Antique Bronze of Dancing Baby Boy, circa 1900
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This small bronze is full of movement and delicate expressions. Its signed M.M to the base. These initials has not been identified. The rich patina and style however indicates a manu...
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Antique Early 1900s European Arts and Crafts Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Scrap Sculpture of Brain by Danish Skagen Artist Poul Winther
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual object partially fashioned from the beach sand of Skagen in Denmark. The 'brain' itself it made from an old floating device from a fishing net that has salvaged and converted by the artist Poul...
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