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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 1980s
Majolica White Swan Jardinière Jerome Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica white swan jardinière signed Jerome Massier Vallauris, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Swiss Wood-Carving, Family of Cows, Circa 1880-1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Swiss carved Family of cows, Circa 1880-1900.
Exceptional Art of wood-carving.
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Brass Accented Hand Painted Duck Decoy Figurine Statue, 1980s Malevolti Italy
By Malevolti
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage signed duck figurine by Malevolti, Italy. It features a decoy type design with brass accented parts. It has glass eyes and a hand painted body. A nice addition to the Hollywo...
Category
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Very Large Antique Victorian Brass Lobster-Form Box
Located in London, GB
A very large antique Victorian brass lobster-form box.
English, Late 19th Century.
Measures: Height 34cm, width 91cm, depth 41cm.
This exceptional piece is a remarkably large brass box...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Large Sheep Sculpture by Hanns-Peter Krafft for Meier C. 1980's
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Designed by Hanns-Peter Krafft for Meier. This sheep is a playful interpretation of a stool, but also acts as a sculptural accent. Handmade in Germany, this piece has a beautiful pat...
Category
1980s German Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wool, Beech
Folk Art Artist Made Crain Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1271 Folk Art hand painted Crain sculpture.
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Antique Black Forest Hand-Carved Deer or Elk Head Wall Plaque or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed antique wall sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been done in Switzerland in approximately 1890 in the period Black F...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
Pair Large Chinese Guardian Lions Qing Dynasty 19th Century
Located in Katonah, NY
These magnificent Chinese temple lions are true works of art, masterfully crafted with incredible attention to detail. The bulging eyes, sharp ears, open mouth, and fluttering mane are expertly rendered, creating a pair of stunning creatures that are truly alive with energy and movement.
The expressive faces of these lions are captivating, and the fact that they are a "true" pair, meaning a male and a female facing each other, adds to the sense of interaction and action.
These lions are made of stoneware and painted in the traditional Chinese sancai three-color glaze on a light brown ground; dating to the late Qing period, they are covered in rich green, blue, and amber glazes. The intricate detailing and rich colors are breathtaking, making these lions a treasure.
Temple lions, also known as lion dogs, are celebrated for their auspicious symbolism and are believed to protect the peace and prosperity of one's home. These lions are beautiful works of art and bring good luck and prosperity to the home they are placed in.
Dimensions: 17" Height x 16" Length x 6 1/2" Depth.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $6,800
Background of Chinese Temple Lions:
Chinese guardian lions...
Category
Late 19th Century Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Rare Set of 9 Different Japanese Insects Made of Copper, Brass and Wood
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Group of late 19th century Japanese insects. This tangle of swarming, flying and crawling mini fauna is made of copper, brass and wood in larger than l...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Parianware Group Figure "Chasse Au Lapin / the Rabbit Chase"
Located in Folkestone, GB
Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-79)
"Chasse Au Lapin"
An exquisite Parianware hunting group after P.J Mene. It captures a trio of dogs excitedly cong...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Brienz Black Forest Carved Bear with Thermometer, ca. 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic late 1900s Black Forest Brienz work of art. This hand carved bear sculpture is a great example of the Black Forest craftsmanship in ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Vintage Black and White Blown Solid Murano Glass Penguin Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Early 1980, a very cute Venetian penguin Art sculpture in blown Murano glass, the central solid crystal clear core is deeply overlaid in black and white, t...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Carved Wood Chamois Family by Ernst Heissl, Ebensee Austria, circa 1900
By Ernst Heissl
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A handcarved wooden sculpture of a chamois group with buck, chamois and fawn. A very fine and natural carving by the Austrian woodcarver Ernst Heissl, ca....
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Bronze Sculpture by John Willis Good '1845-1878'
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A patinated bronze sculpture by John Willis Good (1845-1878) depicting an English countryside Fox hunting scene. A saddled horse dutifully standing as...
Category
1870s English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Impressive Murano Glass Cobra Sculpture by Loredano Rosin
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This Cobra sculpture was created and made by the famous Italian glass artist Loredano Rosin in his workshop in Murano, Venice, Italy in the 1980s.
The black Murano glass cobra...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
19th Century Black Forest Carving
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century walnut Black Forest carving of a eagle perched on a rock with a deer below, lovely crisp carving and fabulous quality, circa 1880.
Category
1880s Swiss Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Beautiful Wooden Metal coated Tang-Style Horse, Vintage Asia, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful decorative horse statue. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Wooden horse coated with metal. Very decorative and nice to display ...
Category
1980s Chinese Folk Art Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of European Porcelain Roosters
Located in Essex, MA
Each colorfully painted figures with underglaze blue mark. Newport RI estate.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Bronze Signed Waagen of Dog with Huntsman's Kit
Located in Wells, ME
French 19th century bronze of a large dog, possibly a mastiff, with huntsman's kit sheltering under his large body, as if he is protecting his master in absentia. This substantial br...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Hattakitkosol Somchai Bronze Bird Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Stunning large bronze bird sculpture with wood base by Hattakitkosol Somchai.
Category
1980s Thai Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Otter and Loss, Taxidermy in a Glass Machine, London Piccadilly
By Rowland Ward
Located in Lisboa, PT
Otter and loss - Taxidermy in a glass machine - London Piccadilly, Rowland Ward Ld. 19th Century.
Taxidermy is the art and process of preserving, mounting, and displaying animal spe...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Glass
French Majolica Elephant Delphin Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Elephant Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
Measures: Height / 5.4 inches.
Length / 6.7 inches.
Category
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg, Unique Stim Fish in Glazed Ceramics
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sven Wejsfelt (1930-2009) for Gustavsberg. Unique stim fish in glazed ceramics. 1980s.
Measures: 16.5 x 9 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Carved Bull Sign
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Carved and painted wood bull sign. Life size head with carved and painted details, real horns fitted to the head by lead sleeves. The top of the head fashioned from a thick sheath of...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Brass Accented Hand Painted Duck Decoy Figurine Statue, 1980s Malevolti Italy
By Malevolti
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage signed duck figurine by Malevolti, Italy. It features a decoy type design with brass accented parts. It has glass eyes and a hand painted body. A nice addition to the Hollywo...
Category
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Brass Accented Hand Painted Duck Decoy Figurine Statue, 1980s, Malevolti, Italy
By Malevolti
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage signed duck figurine by Malevolti, Italy. It features a decoy type design with brass accented parts. It has glass eyes and a hand painted body. A nice addition to the Hollywo...
Category
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Set of 4 Salvaged Antique Ornately Cast Iron Claw Tub Feet with Owl Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of four antique cast iron claw tub feet are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1880 in the period Vi...
Category
Late 19th Century American High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Delft Figural Group of Milkmaid and Cow, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
The cow enameled with loose floral and foliage decoration. Marked underneath.
Category
1890s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Delft
Zai Wang, Eagle Sculpture, Patinated Bronze, Chinese, 1960s
Located in Stamford, CT
Eagle sculpture.
Made by Zai Wang.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lladro, Spain, Two Porcelain Figurines, Two Pigeons and Mandarin Duck
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lladro, Spain. Two porcelain figurines. Two pigeons and mandarin duck, 1980s-1990s.
Largest measures: 20.5 x 12 cm.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Staffordshire Zebra Figurine
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb 19th-century English Staffordshire prancing zebra figurine. This charming zebra is hand painted with fine details and would be perfect for disp...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Signed American Folk Art Sewer Tile or Redware Pottery Lion Figurine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique signed Folk Art lion figurine.
In the form of a recumbent lion.
Signed to the underside. The signature appears to read: 'J Silverthorn'
Made out of a reddish-brown redware or stoneware sewer tile...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
19th Century Bronze entitled "Famille de Cerf" by Antoine Barye
Located in London, GB
A delightful late 19th century animalier bronze group of a family of resting deer including alert Stag and resting Doe & Faun. The subject modelled with wonderful intuition and skill. The surface has a rich green patination and excellent hand chased detail. Raised on a stepped bronze base, signed Barye and inscribed F Barbedienne Fondeur.
Additional information
Height: 22 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Foundry: Barbedienne
Circa: 1870
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref BARYE Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures by Michel Poletti – Alain Richarme
Page no. 301
Description
Antoine Louis Barye
“The Michelangelo of the Menagerie”
These are the words of Théophile Gautier in praise of Barye’s genius. Throughout his life Barye endeavoured to capture the fundamental nature of the animal kingdom in all its diversity, wild or tame, exotic or familiar, cruel or gentle, bringing to life the roaring, trembling, living beasts.
The son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a steel engraver at a young age, Barye found himself making moulds for ornaments, acquiring knowledge that he would later build on to produce his exquisitely chased bronzes. When he was called up at seventeen, he joined the army’s topographic brigade where he used clay to model raised relief maps...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brass Accented Hand Painted Duck Decoy Figurine Statue, 1980s Malevolti Italy
By Malevolti
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage signed duck figurine by Malevolti, Italy. It features a decoy type design with brass accented parts. It has glass eyes and a hand painted body. A nice addition to the Hollywo...
Category
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Victorian Porcelain Staffordshire Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Victorian style (19th/20th Cent) large porcelain Staffordshire porcelain figures of orange and white seated spaniels holding baskets of flowers in their mouths with g...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Two Chrystal Glass Murano Elephants, 1980s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Two adorable little Elephants. Made by Murano 1980. Hollywood Regency style.
Chrystal glass with 24-carat gold. Very nice bookends. Excellent condition...
Category
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Sven Wejsfelt '1930-2009' for Gustavsberg, Unique Stim Fish in Glazed Ceramics
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sven Wejsfelt (1930-2009) for Gustavsberg.
Unique Stim fish in glazed ceramics. Perch. 1980s.
Measures: 15 x 8 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sven Wejsfelt (1930-2009) for Gustavsberg. Unique Stim fish in glazed ceramics.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sven Wejsfelt (1930-2009) for Gustavsberg.
Unique Stim fish in glazed ceramics. 1980s.
Measures: 16.5 x 9 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Patinated Bronze Hunt Dogs Sculpture Signed Charles Valton
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a man's desk or a library shelf with this antique bronze sculpture composition. Created in France, circa 1890, the sculpture features two hunt dogs standing on a rocky groun...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Nutwood & Oak Wine Theme Tilt-Top Table with Hand Carved Faun Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Remarkable, practical and highly decorative antique table.
We are certain that this incredibly well-crafted and one of a kind table will appeal to both antique furniture enthousiasts in general AND to wine related antique collectors in particular. Because of its worldly subject matter, decorative appeal and top quality workmanship we expect people from all walks of life and from many countries across the globe to take a liking to this work of art and table into one. To us, this unique table ticks all the boxes and we, again, felt blessed for it to come our way. Just like, through our hands, we expect it to find exactly the right custodian somewhere in the world. The design, the workmanship and the symbolism in this antique, is what makes it so much more than just a table. The entire design and condition is remarkable, but the incredibly well carved faun or satyr sculpture in the stem of this table really is what takes it to the next level. The details of the faun (he is often found in sculptures together with Bacchus), his amazing polished surface and patina, but also the grape vines and bunches, they really are an absolute joy to own and to look at. Thanks to the perfect tripod base this table also stands as strong and firm as the day it was handmade all those decades ago. Apart from some truly minor wear, consistent with age and of being used and enjoyed, this 19th century solid wooden, wine theme...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
J.W.Tufts Owl Miniature Silvered Brass Candle Holder
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1200 Hand crafted silver plated miniature owl candle holder with glass eyes.
Manufactured in Boston by J.W.Tufts 1875 to 1915.
Category
1890s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Bronze Duck Statue by Western Artist James Regimbal, 1986, #1/48
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze duck Statue by James Regimbal with paperwork
1986, #1/48
James Regimbal strives to pass on the true story of our American heritage through ...
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Sculptural Tessellated Marble Tropical Fish
Located in London, GB
A Tropical fish mounted on plinth with brass accents in tessellated marble by Maitland Smith USA. Great form, subject and style
Category
1870s North American Modern Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th C. Set of English Victorian Cast Brass Pointer Dog Profile Doorstoppers
Located in Haarlem, NL
A wonderful set of two Victorian heavy cast brass sitting English Pointer dogs.
Depicted 'en profile' facing towards or from each other.
They were originally made as doorstoppers, but also very useful as large bookends...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Roberto Estevez Magnificent Kudu Sculpture with Malachite Eyes 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Kudu sculpture in polished brass with malachite eyes on dark wood base by Robert Estevez, American 1980's. The radiant malachite eyes set against the sh...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Large Brutalist Sculpture of Dachshund by David Brown
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Large steel Dachshund sculpture by David Brown, Unsigned.
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Sculpture of Suckler Cow with Calf in Marble, Late 19th Century
Located in Marseille, FR
Earthenware turkey with harlequin pattern from the early 20th century, height 31 cm.
Additional information:
Material: Earthenware & Ceramics.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Black Forest 1880s Carved Wooden Chamois Coat or Hat Racks with Foliage
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Black Forest carved wooden chamois heads hat or coat racks from the late 19th century, with foliage accents. Created during the last quarter of the 19th century, each of this pair of racks features a chamois head with glass eyes, emerging from an oval backplate connected to three hoof leg hangers. Boasting a dark brown patina, this pair of Black Forest carved chamois...
Category
Late 19th Century European Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Modern Rooster Statue in Grey Ceramic and Wood, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Rooster statue in grey ceramic with base in wood, 1980s
Rooster statue with a sinuous shape, in gray painted ceramic. Finely worked. Oval...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Hand-Painted Earthenware Figural Donkey Table Salt Cellar and Pepper Mill, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Deruta (Perugia), Italy 1983.
This is a hand-painted earthenware donkey that can be used as a table salt cellar or just as a decorative object.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it m...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Carved Black Panther
Located in Cheshire, GB
Life-size prowling ebonised carved oak panther.
Dimensions
Height 24 inches
Width 62 inches
Depth 19 inches.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Tripod Base Banner Stand with Eagle Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and beautiful Gothic base for a church flag or banner.
If you have a Gothic style (inspired) interior or if you work in a Gothic Revival church or ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Handmade White & Gold Finish Plaster Giraffe Animal Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Resting Giraffe in Plaster with white Finish and gilt Ossicones (Horn like tusks), stunning Animal Sculpture.
Handmade in the 1980 and origin is America.
This is a beautiful piece ...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Plaster, Paint
19th Century Antique Black Forest Bear Stick Stand
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century black forest bear stick/umbrella stand constructed in linden wood, the stand consisting of a bear standing on his back legs with a front paw extended, with a naturalisti...
Category
1880s Swiss Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Large Royal Gold Plated Cloisonne Bull Statue
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent antique Chinese Cloisonne bull statue is made from gold plated bronze/copper and shows very detailed hand craft works of Cloisonne art - a lot of Chinese traditional folks art like Buddhas flower...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Tall Hand Made Leather Giraffe
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-659 leather covered wood tall Giraffe.
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Large Elkington Epergne Centerpiece With Camel, Palm Tree and Glass Bowl
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Victorian Silver Plate Centerpiece and Matching Cut Crystal Dish With Camel and Palm Tree Decorations.
Made in the mid 19th Century by Elkington, Mason & Co., this spectacu...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
Bronze Animal Deer and Fawn Late 19th Century Signed Fratin
Located in Marseille, FR
Late 19th century animal bronze signed Fratin representing a wild animal having captured a young deer. Bronze mounted on wooden terrace Dimension height 29 cm for a length of 45 cm a...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage, Mid-Century, Contemporary and Antique Animal Sculptures
Invite the untamed wonders of the animal kingdom into your home — and do so safely — with the antique, new and vintage animal sculptures available on 1stDibs.
Artists working in every medium from furniture design to jewelry to painting have found inspiration in wild animals over the years. For sculptors, three-dimensional animal renderings — both realistic and symbolic — crisscross history and continents. In as early as 210 B.C., intricately detailed terracotta horses guarded early Chinese tombs, while North America’s native Inuit tribes living in the ice-covered Arctic during the 1800’s wore small animal figurines carved from walrus ivory. Indeed, animal sculpture has a long history, and beginning in the 19th century, the art form started becoming not only fashionable but artistically validated — a trend that continues today. At home, animal sculptures — polished bronze rhinos crafted in the Art Deco style or ceramic dogs of the mid-century modern era — can introduce both playfulness and drama to your decor.
In the case of the frosted glass sculptures crafted by artisans at legendary French glassmaker Lalique, founded by jeweler and glass artist René Lalique, some animal sculptures are purely decorative. With their meticulously groomed horse manes and detailed contours of their parakeet feathers, these creatures want to be proudly displayed. Adding animal sculptures to your bookcases can draw attention to your covetable collection of vintage monographs, while side tables and wall shelving also make great habitats for these ornamental animal figurines.
Some sculptures, however, can find suitable nests in just about any corner of your space. Whimsical brass flamingos or the violent, realist bronze lions created by Parisian sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye are provocative and versatile pieces that can rest on windowsills or your desk. Otherwise, the brass cat shoehorns and bronze porcupine ashtrays designed by Viennese artist Walter Bosse are no longer roaming aimlessly throughout your living room, as they’ve found a purpose to serve.
Embark on your safari today and find a fascinating collection of vintage, modern and antique animal sculptures on 1stDibs.