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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Empire
Victorian Terra Cotta Group Figures
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian Roger's Group of 4 figures in 2 pews titled "Neighboring Pews" made of plaster in a terra cotta finish (signed JOHN ROGERS, New York, pate...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Plaster
Minton Majolica Pottery Boy Holding a Basket Probably for Salt
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Minton Majolica pottery figure of a boy holding a basket, probably for salt, and dating from around 1879. The figure stands raised on a rounded rockwork base with a tree stump with the boy leaning on the stump and dressed in period costume with a jacket and knee length shorts and wearing a rounded hat with ribbon. He holds a basket in front of him and is hand painted in naturalistic Majolica colors in typical yellows, greens, blues, browns and natural skin tones. The base has stamped Minton marks to the rim along with date marks with the inner base decorated in typical Minton turquoise...
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Antique Spelter Marly Rearing Horses & Grooms Sculptures after Guillaume Coustou
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous antique replica spelter detailed sculptures of the Marly rearing horse and groom original stone sculptures by Guillaume Coustou. These replica sculptures were extremely popular in the Victorian era and were done by many artists. This pair is in wonderful antique condition with no outstanding flaws we have detected. Please see photos, circa late 19th century.
I knew I needed these to offer to you the moment I saw them. This lovely pair of antique Victorian highly detailed sculptures of the famed Marly rearing horse and groom sculptures are after the stone originals by Guillaume Coustou and will look amazing on your mantle, or wherever you decide. These small replica sculptures were done by many different artists in the late 19th century and were all the rage. Most were never signed but show the original signature of Coustou on the base, as do these. This handsome pair are cast in spelter, an alloy of which zinc is the main constituent, and have an exquisite age patina. They are mounted on their original black painted wood bases. Each sculpture is similar but different.
The original stone Marly horse sculptures...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Victorian Bronze Alsatian
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze figure of Alsatian seated on hind legs (att: L. Riche).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Socrates Mask, Carrara, Rosso Verona Marble Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Italian mask of Socrates, the Classical Greek philosopher 470-399 BC. Hand carved in white Carrara marble and mounted on a Rosso Verona marble base, in good condition. Wea...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Pair of French 19th Century Gilt & Patinated Bronze Sphinxes on Porphyry & Bron
Located in Hudson, NY
Made in France circa 1840s this finely cast pair of sphinxes are represented in the recumbent position most associated with the form. Showing on both figures are two hieroglyphic car...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Large Majolica Pug Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Unidentified English or European Majolica figure which features a pug, wearing a collar with a locket. Colouration: brown, white, grey, are predominant. Bears a pattern number, '..'.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Large Majolica Rooster with Bamboo Vase Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica colorful rooster signed Delphin Massier circa 1890.
On the back of the rooster, a rare brown bamboo vase, usually the vase is a trunk.
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Large Antique English Signed C. Papworth Hand-Carved Marble Bust or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This substantial and well executed hand-carved marble bust is signed by an unknown artist, and originates from England and done in the period Victorian style. The sculpture depicts a...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Victorian Bust form Bronze and Marble Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian small bronze bust form (paperweight) depicting a lady in high dress on a circular green marble pedestal base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century Papier Mâché Childs Milking Cow Toy
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century papier mâché Childs milking cow toy
We are proud to offer an extremely rare survivor child’s papier mâché milking cow toy. This time would...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Paper
Meissen Style Porcelain Figural Bust of a Baby Girl Allegorical to the Spring
By Samson & Cie
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Depicting a bust of a baby girl with an innocent gaze, red lips, and uncombed blond hair. She is wearing a gilt white ruffle top and in her head a cha...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian White Marble Lady Bust
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian white marble bust of lady wearing a dress supported on a square pedestal base (signed: A. Frille Firemre).
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Victorian Bronze 16th Century Man
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze figure of a 16th century man holding a quill and book with a guitar on base (signed).
Category
16th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Giltwood Eagle Sculpture
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rare French, 19th century, Empire. Large size carved wood and gesso gilt eagle, with its full body, swept back wings, pronounced talons, perched on a ball. Important size.
Conditi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Copeland Parian Ware Bust of Flora, circa 1870
Located in Firenze, IT
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An attractive Copeland Parian ware bust...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Pair of French Patinated Bronze Sculptures Candelabra Candleholders
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A pair of heavy patinated bronze sculpture candelabra, France, mid-19th century. Two female sculptures holding a candleholder raised on a b...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Victorian Bronze Dog Figure on an Oval Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze figure of hunting dog on oval black marble base (signed P.J. MENE).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Staffordshire Pottery Miss Florence Nightingale Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery figure which features a young Miss Florence Nightingale, stood on an oval base. The piece is titled, 'MISS NIGHTINGALE'. Dul...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Late Victorian "1870" Semi-Nude Bronze Female Bust
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian "1870" semi-nude bronze female bust featuring a European dressed women with dress and a bare breast exposed on a pedestal.
Category
Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figurines Candelabras, 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Pair of Empire style patinated and doré bronze figurines male and female candelabras, France, circa 1860-1870. Raised on a monumental marble plinth with doré bronze ormolu-mounted ba...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
19th Century Portrait Bust of William Shakespeare
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century portrait bust of William Shakespeare, Vividly painted, a striking portrait of the English playwright, poet, and actor. Raised on a pedestal base with a neoclassical urn....
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Austrian Seated Ceramic Pug Dog with Red Collar and Glass Eyes
Located in Haarlem, NL
I found this very lovely Austrian cold painted terracotta model of a Pug Dogie in seated position with little red collar adorned with gold pain...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Antique Victorian Spelter Figurines
Located in London, GB
Pair of large antique Victorian spelter figures of two women with musical instruments that look to me like lutes. They are in excellent condition & hav...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
19th Century Victorian Terra Cotta Lady Bust Signed Belleuse
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian terra cotta bust of 19th century lady with flowers in hair on blue porcelain & black painted square base (signed CARRIER BELLEUS...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Porcelain, Terracotta
A. Merente Maternita Spelter Metal Travertine Bronze Mother Child Bust Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A. Merente Maternita spelter metal travertine bronze mother child bust sculpture statue. Item features cast spelter metal figure on travertine stone base, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Antique English King Charles Cavalier Hand-Painted Dog Doorstop
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Form meets function with this King Charles Cavalier doorstop. This iconic English dog is believed to be made from plaster or similar material and is filled with sand. The pup wears a red collar with a lock at the front with a small chain leash draped over its back. It is painted in a light brown, with deep brown spots throughout. Use this to bring a touch of classic English decor...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Paint
Pair of Brard Palissy Majolica Palissy Fish Plates
By Léon Brard 1
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Brard French Palissy Majolica plates which feature fish and seashells placed out on a white ground. One of the plates, unusually, also features a langoustine. Hand painted, b...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century English Jockey Striker
Located in High Point, NC
19th century jockey striker from England made from polychromed spelter. It is a lovely model of a mounted jockey on horseback with reins in front of a hitching post, which is the str...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Superb 19th Century Golden Bronze Vase Made in Gild Bronze
By France"
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century golden bronze vase made in gild bronze and decorated celluloid with handles in the shape of grotesque face and animal head.
Measures: 30 x 26...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Quebec Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture of St. Anthony & Jesus
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and well executed hand carved pine sculpture was done is unsigned, but believed to have been done in Quebec Canada in approximately 1850 in the period Early Victorian...
Category
Mid-19th Century Canadian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pine
19th Century Mannekin Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 19th century French mannekin head in beech with original polychrome remains.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Beech
19th Century Victorian Cast Iron "Lion" Inkwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figural lion inkwell boasting original paint with hinged lion's head concealing the well, circa late 1800s
Patina / paint loss consistent with age / use.
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Swedish Empire Column Pedestal
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Large Swedish Empire early 20th Century column pedestal.
This wonderful neoclassical pedestal features a moulded faux marble top over the main shaf...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Empire Sculptures
Materials
Pine
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 ...
Category
Early 1900s Indian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique German or Austrian Porcelain Female Figurines Harvesting Grapes
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique porcelain figurines are marked on their respective bases, but the specific maker cannot be identified. It is presumed this pair of figurines was made in either G...
Category
Late 19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Style Porcelain Figural Bust Baby Girl Allegorical to the Winter
By Samson & Cie
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Depicting a bust of a baby girl whose ash hair head and upper chest is covered by a pink waved cape. This is adorned with pine nuts and small pine branches i...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Galleon Ship Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch built galleon ship model
An extraordinary early 20th century example of a handcrafted scratch-built galleon ship model, ...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vintage Copper and Brass Table Top Model of a Weathervane
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage copper and brass tabletop model of a weathervane, well made, beautiful patina, moveable.
The dog alone measures: 13" W x 10" H x .5" D
The base has a 5.5" diameter.
Category
Late 20th Century American Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Pair of Polish/German Stoneware Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely 19th century pair of Polish/German stoneware figures.
Quite rare!
Not a matching pair but similarly themed, with the little girl holding a basket of kittens with one kitten climbing up her front and the other of a little boy climbing a tree stump with a snail at the base.
The ‘Little Girl’ is painted stoneware or earthenware and we are of the opinion is Polish in origin (or possibly Russian). It does not have any identifiable markings but it was originally with another similar style figurine (not included in this sale) which had markings that we were of the opinion were Polish markings.
The ‘Little Boy’ is painted pottery and we are of the opinion that it is either Polish or German in origin. It is slightly different in style an texture to the girl and has a more ‘bisque’ finish. The facial features are more defined and remind me of German bisque dolls...
Category
Late 19th Century Polish High Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Bronze Viking Sculpture
Located in Norwalk, CT
A very commanding appearance, this sculpture will be a focal point displayed in any room. It has a wonderful marble base carved in the manner of a ships bow,...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Staffordshire Military Portrait Figure of Omar Pacha
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Staffordshire military portrait figure of Omar Pacha, A rare well decorated version, depicting the Omar Pasha, also known as Omer Pasha ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Black Forest Hand Carved Terrier Inkwell Stand with Glass Eyes, Swiss circa 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest hand carved terrier inkwell stand with glass eyes, Swiss, circa 1880. This highly sought-after piece features an adorable and detailed, crisply carved dog with a stylize...
Category
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Staffordshire Pottery Stirrup Cup Modelled as a Fox Head
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery porcellaneous stirrup cup which features a fox head, stood directly on the ground, no base. Dull gilt base line. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front ...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Victorian Cast Brass Figural Cherub Door Stops or Sculptures
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique detailed cast brass figural cherub door stops are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1880 in the p...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique English Bronze Hunting Hound / Dog Inkwell, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully cast late Victorian inkwell dating to circa 1880 in the form of a handsome hunting dog.
The hinged lid opens to reveal a removable ink chamber.
Excellent conditio...
Category
1880s Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Plaster Maquette Sculpture of a Young Boy
By John Hodges & Sons
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Plaster sculpture of a naked young boy holding fishes aloft.
This charming sculpture is believed to be a maquette of John Hodges' fountain sculpture in Braintree, Essex.
A maquette is a three-dimensional object made as a preparatory study...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Very Fine Terracotta Bust of Alexandre Brongniart, After Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine early 20th century terracotta bust of Alexandre Brongniart, after the original work by Jean-Antoine Houdon.
Demonstrating exacting proportions & finely sculpted features...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Victorian Bronze Dore Peacock Sculpture Centerpiece Signed by LeSoudier
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze doré figure of peacock sculpture signed (LeSoudier).
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
School of Paris Palissy Majolica Palissy Fish Platter
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
School of Paris French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features two overlapping fish on a water-effect ground, to the centre. A lizard, shellfish, ...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Amazone zu Pferde, Bronze Equestrian Statue after August Kiss 'German, 1802-1865'
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Amazone zu Pferde is an 1841 bronze equestrian statue by August Kiss, installed outside the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.
It was based on a smaller clay model which August Kiss first built in 1839. Amazone zu Pferde stands opposite its companion statue, Löwenkämpfer.
A bronze copy, cast in 1929, sits in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Zinc copies also exist in England, Italy, and elsewhere in Germany
August Kiss (1802-1865)
August Kiss was trained at the Ironworks in Paprotzan and the Royal Iron Foundry Gleiwitz. He further took lessons in chasing and drawing at the Academy under Leonhard Posch. From 1825 he worked as a student and later as assistant in the workshop of Daniel Rauch. In 1830 Kiss received a teaching position at the Königlichen Gewerbeinstitut in Berlin. He also repeatedly collaborated with his friend and colleague Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The marble version of the fighting Amazone sculpture, one of his masterpieces, is nowadays to be found in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Moreover Kiss designed the tombs of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Christian Daniel Rauch.
Category
19th Century German Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Obelisks
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A pair of late 19th century Grand Tour Obelisks. The mouldings in Carara, the plint in Sienna, the plaque in Lapis Lazuli and the obelisks themselves in onyx.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble
19th Century Pipe Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
You just got to love this guy! A wacky looking bearded Indian pipe head. Probably 19th century France. Beautifully carved by a artisan with a sense of humor.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Majolica Turtle Fountain Sarreguemines, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica turtle fountain signed Sarreguemines, circa 1890.
Form 913.
At the end of 19th century it's not unusual to find in the rich houses thi...
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Giltwood Carved Eagle on Verde Antico Fluted Marble Column
Located in London, by appointment only
A superb and richly carved giltwood eagle perched on rocks with open wings, the eagle's head looking to its left and fitted with a separate giltwood wreath...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
1800s Carved Drapery Trompe l'oeil Panel Wall Relief Sculpture Memento Mori
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Late 19th century decorative wood panel, hand carved curtain relief.
Category
1890s American Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Large Antique Victorian Staffordshire Hand Painted Figurine 'The Lion Slayer'
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique ceramic figurine was made by Staffordshire of England in circa 1890 in the period Victorian style. The figure is done in th...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hand Carved Folk Art Figure of a Naked Lady
Located in London, GB
Naked Lady, circa 1920
We are proud to offer a unique example of an early 20th century Folk Art hand carved figure. The figure stands in her underwear spor...
Category
1920s Unknown Victorian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Pine, Paint
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
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