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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Pair of 19th Century Swiss Carved Black Forest Trophy Plaques Hunting Deer Stag
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Stunning craftsmanship! This pair of 19th century Black Forest hunting Trophy plaques from Brienz Switzerland. Fully carved from solid ...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures

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Walnut

Antique Vienna Bronze Sculpture of a Dog in Jules Moigniez Style, France, 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
France bronze of a Dog antique figure. Offered is a bronze figure of a Dog dating circza 1880. He shows an antique patina.In the Style of Jules Moigniez.
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1880s French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century English Painted Bisque 'Obedience & Reward' Dog Figures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Bisque 'Obedience & Reward' Dog Figures England, Circa 1880s Both with impressed numbers #1242/ 20 and #1242/23 and painters marks The charms...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Porcelain

Wild Boar Silver Sculpture, 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid silver figure of wild boar. Made in Spain, 1880. Marked on the tip at the tail. Measurements: width 7.48 in ( 19 cm ), height 3.94 in ( 10 cm ), depth 2.36 in ( 6 cm ).
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Animal Sculptures

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Silver

Bronze sculture depicting a rhinoceros, France 1870 ca.
Located in Milan, IT
Cast bronze sculpture depicting a rhinoceros emerging from the rock with one leg raised. Glass paste eyes. France 1900.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

A Rare And Remarkable Bronze American Bison, Circa 1885 By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
A finely cast lost-wax bronze with a deep coloured patina. Made in Austria, this piece is exceptionally rare and unusually large in size for a Bergmann bronze exuding a powerful pres...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Anglo Indian Carved Wood Elephant
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing 19th century Anglo Indian elephant and rider with a serene ambiance, having a polychrome finish now aged to perfection. Presented on a classic beveled plinth.
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Beautiful Standing Retriever Hunting Dog Statue Vintage, Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An antique decorative dog figure. Made of metal. A nice original antique item for displaying or just to use on your table. It is in the original as foun...
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1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Metal

Porcelain Parrot Figurine
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920s German porcelain parrot figurine. Measurements: Height:11" Width:6.25"(widest point) Depth:7.5".
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1920s German Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Porcelain

Pair of Decorative Antique Hand Carved Wooden Statues of a Lovely Horses
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very decorative pair of circa 1880 English hand carved wooden horses. A good looking well made and decorative pair, they would look amazing...
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1880s European High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Oak

Art Deco Period Sculpture of German or Belgian Sheppards by Louis Carvin
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A huge sculpture of two German or Belgian Shepherds, made of patinated spelter (zinc alloy). On a marble plinth made of 'Porto Nero' marble and Sienna...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Siena Marble, Marble, Spelter

19th Century Hand Carved Wood Bulldog Inkwell from England
Located in North Salem, NY
What a fun and beautiful unque accessories. 19th century Fine hand carved Bulldog inkwell from England. Head tilts back. It well sit and stay, look...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures

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Hardwood

Antique Plaster Lion Head
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
This antique plaster lion head has been reserved for years: now I'm publishing it for sale. I have no fountain, not even a garden that can welcome it. It'...
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Late 19th Century Italian Other Antique Animal Sculptures

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Plaster

Large Italian Carved Wooden Monkey Serving Figure with Cabot Family Provenance
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderfully detailed carved large wooden dressed monkey serving figure sitting on rocks, with glass eyes, gilt highlights, and great overall patina. Ita...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Glass, Wood

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.
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1880s Swiss Antique Animal Sculptures

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Walnut

Vintage Modern Brass Cow Skull Wall Mounted Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Modern Brass Cow Skull Wall Mounted Sculpture Beautiful Brass Cow Head Skull Wall Mounted Sculpture, circa 1960 Dimensions: D 6.5” W 22” (widest Ho...
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1920s American Organic Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Brass

Hand-Carved Fruitwood Black Forest Bear Germany, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Black Forest bear. Striking German design from the 1920s. Hand-carved fruitwood sculpture of a life-like bear walking on all four paws. Rare because of the hand-...
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1920s German Black Forest Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Fruitwood

Folk Art Walking Stick, USA 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Folk art walking stick. Painted wooden cane with snake curled at the shaft. America XIX century.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antoine-Louis Barye '1795-1875' Signed Bronze of Lion Crushing a Snake ca. 1870
Located in CH
Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris, 1795-1875). Lion crushing a Snake. Bronze with a brown patina signed Barye on the left hand side of the base. The bronze sculpture is sitting on a black m...
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Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Large Pair of French 19th Century Bronze Marly Horses After Costou, circa 1870
By Guillame Costou
Located in Central England, GB
This fantastic pair of 19th century finely sculpted, large scale bronze figures are after Guillaume Costou (1677 – 1746. )They each depict a wild prancing horse being restrained by t...
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1870s French Louis Philippe Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Huge English Early 20th Century Papier Mache Bull Figure
Located in London, GB
Huge English Early 20th century Papier Mache Bull Figure Firmly attached to a section pine wheeled base, this hand-crafted papier Mache bull is h...
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1920s British Victorian Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Paper

French Art Deco Opal Green Glass Fish Statue by CLA
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Superb Art Deco sea green opal fish statuette signed 'Made in France' and 'CLA' (Image 6). Very high Art Deco; a very pretty fierce looking 'Ugly' fish -Alas the origin of CLA is unk...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Art Glass

Late 19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear circa 1900
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Black Forest carved walking bear. Fine hand carved detail with original glass eyes. Linden wood. Dimensions: H 22cm W 15cm D 11.5cm Origin: Swiss Date: Circa 1890 Item...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures

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Wood

19th Century French Spelter Pointer Dog Sculpture on Marble Base Signed Masson
Located in Dallas, TX
The antique spelter sculpture was created in France, circa 1870. Set on a rectangular variegated base, the work features an Irish setter poin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Animalier Bronze of a Pointer by Jules Moingiez
Located in London, GB
Superb antique patinated bronze model of a pointer by Jules Moingiez. Outstanding cast and in pristine condition this shows a pointer at work in a most skillful way. The pointer aler...
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1880s French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Marble Ashtray with a Sculpture of a Bronze Dog Setter, England, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Ashtray in green Alps marble with a sculpture of a bronze setter. England circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures

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Marble

Large Greyhound Dog in Solid Bronze Art Deco Period
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Greyhound Dog In Solid Bronze Art Deco Period LARGE GREYHOUND IN SOLID BRONZE ART DECO PERIOD DECORATIVE GOLDEN DOG FROM THE ART DECO PERIOD IN ...
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1920s Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Horse’s Head Sculpture, Decorative Part of an English Country House England 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Sculpture in gilded zinc sheet with gold leaf depicting a horse's head. The sculpture is entirely embossed and shows two mane wings. The equine head was a decorative part of an Engli...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures

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Zinc

Bronze Sculpture of an Italian Grayhound Dog, France, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Sculpture of an italian grayhound. Patinated bronze. The moved base is engraved with decorative motives. Original patina. France circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Just Andersen Rhino Merman Sculpture Paperweight Art Deco, 1920
Located in New York, NY
A rare Jus Andersen sculpture or paperweight in patinated bronze called “Disko” of a Merman atop of a rhino head. Signed
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1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Louis Albert Carvin, Lovebirds, France Art Deco, 1920s
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful romantic Art Deco spelter sculpture by Louis Albert Carvin (1875-1951) of two lovebirds standing atop some grapes and a quiver filled wit...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Spelter

Exquisite Antelope Sculpture, Animal Terracotta, Sampiero, Art Deco, 1925, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
Huge special terracotta sculpture of a pair of antelopes. The sculpture is signed and on a solid walnut wood pedestal. The animal pair is reproduced at the moment of movement. This ...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Walnut, Terracotta

Wiener Bronze: a Dog Terrier, Austria 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Wiener bronze depicting a dog Terrier standing, wearing a cap. Wien Austria, circa 1900.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Art Deco Silvered Bronze Duck Bookends G.H. Laurent France 1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco silvered bronze duck bookends G.H. Laurent France 1925. Pair of Art Deco silvered bronze bookends by the famous French artist G.H. Laurent. Signed and numbered, circa 1925....
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Antique Meiji Japanese Patinated and Gold Speckled Bronze on Wooden Stand
Located in New York, NY
Antique Meiji Japanese Patinated and Gold Speckled Bronze on Original Wooden Stand.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Sterling Silver Equestrian Horse & Rider Dressage Statue Sculpture 1920
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique sterling silver equestrian horse & rider sculpture, circa 1920. The statuette is very finely modeled as a rider and his horse and most likely engaged in dressage, the ...
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1920s English Edwardian Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Silver

Antique Bronze Sculpture, Dog, Bulldog, Late 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Antique bronze sculpture, depicting a sitting bulldog. Nicely chiseled bronze work o a marble base.
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Ipsens, Denmark, Elephant and Crocodile, Ceramic Figurine Group
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ipsens, Denmark, Elephant and Crocodile. Ceramic figurine group, glaze in orange-green shades. From Rudyard Kipling's tale of how the baby elephant got...
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1920s Danish Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Grand Tour Ancient Egyptian Style Carved Soapstone Figure of Horus
Located in Stamford, CT
Grand Tour carving of Horus, ancient Egyptian god in the form of a falcon. Quite possibly much earlier in date, that is beyond my expertise. From a collection that did have ancient p...
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Late 19th Century Egyptian Egyptian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Soapstone

Wiener Bronze, a Mule, Austria 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Painted wiener bronze depicting a mule, painted in different colors. Wien Austria, circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Astray with a Pekingese Dog, Signed J. R. Hare, France, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze astray in shape of a leaf with bronze sculpture depicting a pekingese dog. Signed J. R. Hare. France circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Gilded Bronze Sculpture: a Dog Chained, France 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Small gilded bronze sculpture depicting a dog chained. Marble base. France circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Wiener Bronze, a Hen with Chicks, Austria, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Wiener bronze depicting a hen with chicks. The group is painted in different colors. Wien Austria, circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Art Deco Bronze Bird Bookends Signed by C. Omin, Marcel Guillemard Foundry
By Marcel Guillemard, C. Omin
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze bird bookends signed by C. Omin, Marcel Guillemard foundry. Stamped number. Silvered bronze, France 1925.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Bronze Sculpture, Signed by Auguste Cain, Coq Sur Un Panier, Rooster
Located in Greven, DE
Antique sculpture signed by Auguste Cain 1821-1894. Auguste-Nicolas Caïn (born November 10, 1821 in Paris; † August 6, 1894) was a French animal sculptor and medalist. Title of bronze work: "le Chant Du Coq." This model is illustrated in the literature: Pierre Kjellberg...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Sculpture of a Borzoi Greyhound, Watch Holder, France, circa 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A lost wax watch holder bronze, depicting a standing Borzoi greyhound, fully detailed. Circular green veined marble base. A hook holds the pocket watch. France circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Dog Sculpture of a Grayhound, France, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Sculpture of a stand grayhound that licks his wound. Patinated antimony over green marble base. France circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Marble

Bronze Paper Knife Opener Dipicting a Dachshund Head, Austria, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A Bronze paper knife opener depicting a dachshund head. Austria 1890 circa.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Paire De Carlins En Porcelaine Allemande Xixème Siècle
Located in TOULOUSE, FR
Paire de carlins en porcelaine polychrome allemande . Manufacture de Pössneck en Thuringe ( Conta et Boehme ) . La femelle de couleur marron le mâle blanc et noir . Grands modè...
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Late 19th Century German Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures

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Porcelain

Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Bear 1920s Germany
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice black forest bear. Hand carved 1920s. Good condition.
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1920s German Black Forest Vintage Animal Sculptures

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Fruitwood

French Bronze Sculpture of Greyhound and King Charles Spaniel, by P.J. Mene
Located in New York, NY
Dark brown patination on an oval base designed as a carpet with a fan, signed P.J. MÊNE.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Berlin Porcelain Magpies, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Both perched on branches while one is peering down at a snail. Marked KPM Berlin.
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1870s German Antique Animal Sculptures

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Porcelain

19th century Carved Walnut Black Forest Bear / Cigar Holder
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century Continental carved walnut bear / cigar holder. In the style of Black Forest, German, Possibly Russian. The complex form of a classic dancing bear on hind legs. Stan...
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Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures

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Walnut

Stunning Antique Victorian circa 1880 Pitch Pine Carousel Horse Merry Go Round
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original Victorian Pitch Pine Carousel horse A very well made and good looking piece, it was originally made for a carousel as ment...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Pine

Pair of Wiener Bronze Bulldogs Bookends, Austria circa 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of little Vienna bronze bookends for desk representing a bulldog under a tree. Austria circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Black Forest Wood Carved Brienz Bear Statue Desktop Accessory German Antique
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 1890s black forest Brienz wood carved desktop accessory in form of a Bear. Nice addition to your room or just for use it on your desk. Made of hand...
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1890s German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Garniture of Bronze Figures by Franz Xaver Bergman
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Garniture of bronze figures, depicting a scene of hunters with an elephant with a dead tiger strapped securely on top of it, accompanied with one hunter and another at his side with ...
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1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Parrot Vide Poche, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Modeled as a parrot with pink and yellow feathers mounted to the edge of a basin made from an abalone shell, raised on a circular gilt metal base.
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1890s Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures

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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.

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