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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Style: Other
Style: Regency
Antique Cold Painted Vienna French Bulldog, Bergman Style
Located in Petaluma, CA
This terrier is remarkably detailed and richly hand painted. One of the nicer examples you will find. While unsigned, we believe it was done by the Bergmann Foundry. It is nice size ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Guido Cacciapuoti Ceramic Horses, 1940
Located in Milano, IT
Guido Cacciapuoti ceramic horses, 1940.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
400-500 Old Burmese Sandstone Elephant Sculpture
Located in Kastrup, DK
400-500 old Burmese sandstone elephant with beautifully detailed carvings.
Very decorative with natural patina. Forehead with older repair
From pagoda / te...
Category
17th Century Burmese Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Animalier Bronze Study Entitled 'Faisan Debout' by Ferdinand Pautrot
Located in London, GB
Very fine 19th Century French Animaliers bronze study of a standing pheasant raised on a naturalistic base with rich dark brown patina and intricate surface detail, signed Pautrot an...
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1870s French Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Horse, engraved by hand
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
Horse statue made in solid silver 800 completely handmade. The horse was made in two parts with the technique of fusion in the earth and once cast and detached joined by welding. Sub...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Cat and Her Kitten, circa 1810
Located in Baltimore, MD
Cats are more rarely seen in porcelain than dogs, this porcelain Chamberlain Worcester cat and her kitten, circa 1810, are seated on a square base., 1.5 inches long and 2 inches high...
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1810s British Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Livio Seguso “Dolphin” Murano Glass, 1955, Italy
By Livio Seguso
Located in Milano, IT
Livio Seguso “Dolphin “Murano glass, 1955, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Statue of a Patinated Bronze Model of a Horse on Marble Base
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This nicely crafted model of a horse in full pose is situated behind natural fencing and is accented by a conforming marble base, mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Overdoors in the Regency manner
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A pair of carved wood and parcel gilt over-doors, also known as supraporte or sopraporte.
The richly carved eagles, with outstretched wings, grasping the turned and reeded columns ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fabulous Meissen Porcelain Group of Count Bruhl's "Tailor on a Goat"
Located in New York, NY
Meissen's “Count Brühl’s Tailor on a Goat,” is considered by many professionals as one of Meissen's greatest works. This marvelous figure is after the incr...
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1880s German Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Staffordshire Bull and Cow, Early 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very rare pair of large Staffordshire bull and cow animal figures that date to circa 1810. Both figures are in exceptionally good conditio...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
"Red Deceive", Sculpture by Mauricio Sorice
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Enganar Rojo/Red Deceive is a large metal and fiberglass sculpture of a bull with a powder coating. By Mexican artist Mauricio Sorice.
Category
2010s Mexican Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
French Animalier Bronze Study Entitled 'Chien et Pigeon' by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
Excellent quality and very rare mid-19th century French Animalier bronze study of a seated griffon hound looking intently at two pigeons feeding beside him. The bronze with excellent...
Category
1870s French Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
English Regency Bronze Stag on Ormolu & Marble Base
Located in London, GB
A lovely English Regency object, the subject that of an exhausted stag after a model made by Pitoin for Madame du Barry in 1772. The well finished stag sits on a superb ormolu base, ...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Animalier French Bronze 'Pheasant & Weasel' by Jules Moigniez
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive late 19th century French animalier bronze group of a Pheasant surprised by a weasel, both animals heightened with original gilding and raised on a naturalistic...
Category
1870s French Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Regency Brass Recumbent Greyhound Paperweight
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency brass paperweight in the form of a recumbent greyhound raised over cloth covered base.
Category
1810s Irish Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Victorian Staffordshire Ceramic Recumbent Giraffe Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Each with one leg bent, and nicely colored with dotted fur details slightly different from each other, circa 1860. Green double palm trees with red fruit form the supports at the bac...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Lenci Ceramic Elephant 1950 Elena Scavini, Italy
By Lenci
Located in Milano, IT
Lenci ceramic elephant 1950 Elena Scavini, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Gilt Bronze Whippet within Glass Cloche Dome Display Case
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency gilt bronze statue in the form of a whippet presented within period glass cloche dome bell jar display case supported on fitted ...
Category
1810s Irish Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Italian F.Mori Ceramic Animal Sculpture, 1950s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Incredible ceramic by F.Mori ceramic, 1950s made in Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Newcastle Prattware Pottery Model of a Horse, St. Anthony Pottery, Newcastle
Located in Downingtown, PA
Newcastle Prattware Pottery model of a horse,
St. Anthony Pottery, Newcastle upon Tyne,
circa 1800-1820.
The horse with cropped tail stands on ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Pair of Tigers, Carved Marble, 20th Century, after Oriental Models
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of sculptures in carved marble. "Tiger". Inspired by oriental models.
Located on a base that resembles land thanks to a sgraffito, the tigers appear roaring. The stripes on his...
Category
20th Century Unknown Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Please" by Sergei Isupov, 2007, Porcelain, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Signed porcelain sculpture titled "Please" by Serei Isupov, 2007. Mint condition.
Category
Early 2000s Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Animalier Bronze "Seated Alsatian" by Louis Riché
By Louis Riché
Located in London, GB
A striking French Animalier gilt bronze study of a seated Alsatian in alert pose with head turned slightly and ears pricked. The surface with excellent naturalistic detail and very f...
Category
Early 1900s French Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Italia Solid Silver-Cristal Jug with the Shape of a Parrot
By Mauro Fancelli
Located in VALENZA, IT
Jug with the shape of a parrot. The body is in crystal while the head is the legs are in silver.
The head of the parrot is fixed to the neck with a hinge. This is to allow the liqui...
Category
1990s Italian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Pair of 19th Century English Lead Dogs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual pair of lifesize English late 19th century sculpted lead dogs with raised front paws, and having expressive faces and well detailed coat.
Note, s...
Category
Late 19th Century English Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lead
French Large Engraving of an Eagle by Savigny
Located in Downingtown, PA
From the description de l'Egypte.
J. Ces. Savigny,
1809-1813.
The stipple engraving depicts the Imperial Eagle. This is Aquila heliaca or the Easte...
Category
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Newcastle Prattware Pottery Horse, Attributed to St. Anthony Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
Newcastle Prattware Pottery model of a horse,
Attributed to St. Anthony Pottery, Newcastle upon Tyne,
circa 1800-1810.
The horse with cropped ta...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Hawk on a Sodalite Stone
By Ranzoni Fatelli
Located in VALENZA, IT
Hawk in sterling silver on a sodalite stone-base.
The hawk was made in casting. The finish was made completely by hand with chisel and engraving.
The reproductions of animals in sol...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Monumental Early 20th century Chinese Hardwood Sculpture of a Buffalo
Located in Troy, NY
Exceptionally large Chinese sculpture of a buffalo in laying down on a simulated carved root-wood base, with five children riding on its back....
Category
20th Century Chinese Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Large Pair of Majolica Terra Cotta Eagles
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Opposing pair of lifesize Majolica or glazed terra cotta eagles. Executed with fine detail right down to the talons. Perched on mountainous bases these birds bring a formidable attit...
Category
20th Century Italian Regency Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Walker & Hall Sterling Silver Fox.
Located in London, GB
A fine Sterling silver model of a fox baring his teeth, well-modelled and mounted on a granite base. Hallmarked Walker & Hall, Sheffield, England, 1921.
Category
Early 20th Century British Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Sterling Silver
Gruppo di scimmie in legno intagliato. Lombardia, seconda metà del XVIII secolo
Located in Milano, IT
Gruppo di quattro scimmie in legno di tiglio finemente intagliato e patinato scuro. I primati, rappresentati con dovizia di particolari anatomici, assumono pose singolari che le rend...
Category
1750s Italian Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Baccarat Black Glass Polar Bear
Located in New York, NY
Baccarat black glass polar bear, sleekly modeled, the polished glass bear on all four paws, etched to underside or front left paw with signature "...
Category
20th Century French Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Alphonse DARVILLE : "Peacock", tall vernished plaster, C.1937-39
By Alphonse Darville
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Alphonse DARVILLE (1910-1990, Belgium) : "Peacock"
Original white painted and varnished very tall sculpture made of inforced plaster
Height = 240...
Category
1930s French Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Decorative Patinated Bronze Model of a Crab
Located in London, GB
Decorative patinated bronze model of a crab
Continental, Early 20th Century
Height 22cm, width 32cm, depth 22cm
This large crustacean model is a beautifully made early 20th cent...
Category
Early 20th Century European Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Statue of a Patinated Bronze Model of a Horse on Marble Base
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This nicely crafted model of a horse in full pose is situated behind natural fencing and is accented by a conforming marble base, mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lalique Large Frosted Sitting Tiger Sculpture
By Lalique
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Lalique frosted tiger sculpture showing with its postures and gesture why in Chinese culture it’s considered the king of all beast. It also symbolizes strength and confidence.
Category
Early 20th Century French Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cut Glass
Vienna Augarten Horse Piaffe Spanish Riding School 1590 Doebrich Made circa 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Vienna Augarten Horse Spanish Riding School
Figurine type: Piaffe
The piaffe is a dressage movement where the horse is in a highly collected and cadenced trot, in place or nearly...
Category
1950s Austrian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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.