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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Grand Tour
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Pair of Serpentine Grand Tour Lions
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of serpentine Grand Tour lions.
Category
19th Century Unknown Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Serpentine
Edwardian English Sterling Silver Game Bird Pepperette
By Charles Henry Townley & John William Thomas
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver pepperette realistically modelled in the form of a game bird; an addition to our rang...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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 Animal 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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique English Brass or Bronze Dog Jewelry Box, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely charming Victorian novelty jewellery box made from very heavy cast brass and I think that the dog himself is Bronze, with traces of the o...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Pair of 19th Century Equestrian Bronzes Russian Cossack & Roman Solider Horses
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of original 19th century equestrian bronzes of a Russian Cossack and Roman Solider riding horses
A...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Group of Two Rare Meissen Style Porcelain Figures of Pig Sow and Piglet
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A group of two rare Meissen style porcelain figures of pig sow and piglet, 19th century.
Unmarked, Possibly by Ernest Bohne & Sohne Porzellanfabrik, Rudolstad...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Pair of Staffordshire Dogs
Located in High Point, NC
19th century pair of lovely porcelain dogs from the Staffordshire region of England. They have curly tails and glass eyes, and are decorated in a rust color.
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Paint
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Sterling Silver Deer and Stag Table Ornament
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique pair of Victorian English cast sterling silver deer and stag models on a plinth; an addition to our animal related silverware collection.
These fine antique Victorian cast sterling silver table ornament...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Grand Tour Lion Attacking a Horse Miniature Bronze Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine 19th century Grand Tour miniature model of the Lion Attacking a Horse sculpture.
Modeled after the ancient Roman version found on Capitoline Hill.
Sized as a paperweight...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Slate, Bronze
19th Century Horse Pipe Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This 19th century briar wood pipe head takes the form of a horses head. The whole sculpture is finely detailed and it has a great expression.
Category
Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Door Stop Cast Iron Hoof Sporting Country House, 19th Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Fine 19th century country house hoof doorstop
- Practical and attractive sporting piece
Measures: Height 38.3cm
Width 12cm
Depth 6cm.
Category
1870s English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Magnificent Antique English Gilded Bronze Hare Inkwell, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fabulous Victorian novelty inkwell made from solid cast bronze in the form of a hunting Hare holding a rifle, smothered in the original gold with a fabulous antique patina.
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Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Terracotta Lions, after Canova, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of recumbent lions facing towards each other.
Category
19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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 Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Silvered Bronze Monkey Wearing a Hat Inkwell, France, 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
French bronze inkwell, zoomorphic inkwell in the form of a monkey head in a hinged nightcap, with glass eyes
bronze ink well statue in the form of a o...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Magnificent Antique English Novelty Inkwell / Pen Tray - Parrot With Glass Eyes
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and impressive figural inkwell made from solid cast English brass, beautifully executed with a fabulous patina.
Standing on little cast feet, the large leaf is of cour...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Victorian Hand Painted Terracotta Dog Statue, England, 1880-1890
Located in Kastrup, DK
Impressive hand painted terracotta dog.
Victorian, England, 1880-1890.
In original perfect condition.
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Brown Westhead Moore Majolica Owl Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore & Co majolica figural which features an owl perched on a branch. The owl with original glass eyes. Coloration: brown, cream, ...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Grand English Bulldog Novelty Inkwell with Glass Eyes, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent English Victorian inkwell made from solid English brass having been professionally polished to gleam.
This grand figural dog inkwell was modelled in the form of an E...
Category
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Austrian Terracotta Jack Russell Terriers, circa 1900
Located in Kastrup, DK
Set of three Austrian Terracotta Jack Russell Terriers.
Beautiful hand painted dogs with glass eyes, rich details of feet and skin folds.
High quality with great patina. Original c...
Category
20th Century Austrian Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Doorstop, 19th Century, English Victorian, Cast Iron, Bell, Rope Twist
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The rope twist handle above an acanthus leaf stem terminating in the form of a bell.
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
German Glazed Terracotta Monkey Tile by Karlshrue
Located in Houston, TX
German glazed terracotta monkey tile by Karlshrue.
German glazed terra cotta or Majolica monkey tile by Karlshrue, circa 1920. This gorgeous wall art depicts two monkeys on a tree br...
Category
1920s German Grand Tour Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique English Novelty Equestrian Inkwell, Horse, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
This is only the second time in many years of being in the antiques business that I have come across this wonderful figural equestrian inkwell.
B...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Staffordshire Porcellaneous Rabbit Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery porcellaneous figure which features a rabbit, recumbent on an oval base. Dull gilt embellishment. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse. Op...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Antique French Bronze Pocket Watch Stand / Match Strike, Equestrian / Horses
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous antique French pocket watch stand, from the Bordeaux "Le Bouscat" racecourse, the original blue enamel sign indicating this.
Below this label is the little hook ready to hang your pocket watch, I only had this small one at hand for photography (not included). At the base the naturalistic tree trunk would have acted as a match holder, with the textured sides used to strike the non-safety...
Category
Early 1900s French Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bulldog Biting into the Flank, Patinated Bronze Signed Bezeredi 1887 Budapest
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Bulldog biting into the flank, cast and patinated bronze figure on a rectangular plinth. Signed and dated "Bezeredi 1887" on the plinth.
Gyula Bezerédi was born in Mogyorósi in 1858...
Category
1880s Hungarian Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Pair of Ducks by Ludwig Vordermayer on a Marble Plinth
By Ludwig Vordermayer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Whimsical grouping of a mother duck and a duckling in a mellow brown patina and a marble plinth. Signed Ludwig Vordermeyer.
In 1888-1890, Vordermayer attended the educational institute of the Museum of Applied Arts in Berlin. 1890-1891 he was a pupil with Peter Breuer , then until 1894 with Karl Begas . From 1893 Vordermayer was represented at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition .
Category
Mid-19th Century European Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Marble Sculpture of the Melossian Hound
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and handsome piece dates to the "Grand Tour" period of Europe and is titled the "Melossian Hound" of ancient Greece, Albania, and is carve...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Monumental Majolica Houdan Hen & Chick Vase Choisy Le Roi by Paul Comolera
Located in Austin, TX
Spectacular Majolica mottled Houdan hen with his chick vase signed Paul Comolera for the manufacture of Choisy le roi, circa 1875.
The houdan hen feed his chick with a worm, a branch with leaves is on the base with blackberries, on the back of the hen a large vase with leaves.
An incredible example of the Naturalism of the 19th century.
This piece is very unusual by the color.
The poule de Houdan is an old French breed of domestic chicken named by her origin the commune of Houdan near Paris, this hens are all usually mottled black and white like this one.
It's very possible it's an early example of the production or a special order because all the others hens know on the market are white.
At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most important ceramics...
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Collection of Five English Treacle Glazed Ceramics, Lions and Busts
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century collection of five English treacle glazed ceramics. A seated lion, two lion faced furniture risers along with two classic bust style risers. ...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century Staffordshire Recumbent Lions
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming pair of late 19th century Staffordshire recumbent lions. These handsome beasts are in overall excellent condition and ...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Glass
French Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Animalier Mounted Thermometer
Located in London, GB
A fine and unusual French antique Grand Tour table thermometer in patinated bronze. Set upon a naturalistic trefoil shaped patinated bronze base with...
Category
1840s French Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Figural Desk / Paper / Note Clip, Dog / Greyhound, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and most unusual desk-top accessory, a novelty paper or note clip in the from of a very handsome Greyhound.
Figured in cast English brass, the dog has his crossed paws...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
English Cast Iron Springer Spaniel Boot Scraper with Wood Brushes, Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
English cast iron boot scraper with flanking Springer spaniels, centered wood brushes with scraper, and resting on a molded edge rectangular base, Late 19th century.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Majolica George Jones Fox Serving Tray circa 1869
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant pink Majolica serving dish decorated with a three green vine leaves, the handle formed as a fox peering into the bowl with its tail appearing on the mottled underside signed ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Pair of Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs Seated on Sienna Marble Plinths
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of 19th century antique grand tour patinated bronze dogs seated on siena marble plinths. Each dog is beautifully cast and hand-chiseled with meticulous craftsmanship...
Category
1880s Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
19th Century Pair of English Lion Figures
Located in High Point, NC
19th century pair of pottery figures of lions resting on English shields. They are sitting on molded bases which are beaded around the platforms. Wonderful color. No maker's mark.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Scottish Cast Iron and Hand-Painted Raven Doorstop, Circa 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
Scottish cast iron and hand-painted raven doorstop standing on rocky plinth base with centered incised space for holding door, Late 19th century.
Category
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
19th Century English Majolica Stork Vase, Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Austin, TX
This Victorian Majolica stork vase is signed Joseph Holdcroft, inspired by Minton Joseph Holdcroft offer here a different version more rustic.
It's...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Jerome Massier Fils Majolica Dog Spill Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jerome Massier Fils French Majolica vase which features a hunting dog stood in front of a tree trunk. Coloration: cream, brown, green, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks ...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Small Lonitz Majolica Snipe Wall Plaque
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Lonitz Majolica wall plaque which features a snipe. Coloration: Cream, grey, brown, are predominant.
Category
1880s German Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Pair of English Victorian Silver Plate Deer Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Victorian silver plate candlesticks with a deer and floral design resting on a rectangular base (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
English Victorian Terra Cotta Horse
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian brown marbleized glaze terra cotta life size horse head figure on round base (two sections)
Category
20th Century Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Large Majolica Palissy Fishs Wall Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Large Palissy wall platter a large catshark on the center surrounded by four fishs, two frogs, two crawfishs, two lizards, shells and different greens plants, circa 1900, this platte...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Pair of 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Oil Lamps on Marble Bases
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic pair of Roman bronze tripod stands, each with three removable hanging oil lamps, each of those a different type, with a lid in the form of an animal, a rat, a hawk and a swan. The detail on these is incredible, not an exact pair, one has stags heads the other goats heads, one a figure of Mercury, the other of young Dionysus...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Griotte Marble, Slate, Bronze
Victorian Silver Bronze Racing Horse
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian silver plated bronze figure of racing horse with saddle on a yellow oval marble base with bronze trim
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze
French Terracotta Lion on Rocky Plinth. Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
French Terracotta roaring lion mounted on rocky rectangular plinth. Plaque reads Lion Guettant Sa Proie, Par Foucher. Late 19th Century
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Pair of 19th Century English Dog Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century English wrought iron andirons in the form of mastiff dog figures reclining upon decorative plinths.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century English Butchers Shop Display Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English butchers shop display figure.
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th century papier Mache and wood composite figure. Recently acquired from a ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Late Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper
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.