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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 1980s
An English Horn Chair and Ottoman 20th Century adorned with spurs. Height 43 x
Located in Buchanan, MI
An English Horn Chair and Ottoman Covered In Cowhide, Brass Head Trim.
20th Century
adorned with spurs.
Height 43 x width 29 x depth 35 inches. Can save shipping charges is shipping...
Category
Late 19th Century English Adirondack Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Horn
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Polo Player Sculpture by General Coello of Portugal
Located in Madrid, ES
Polo player sculpture By General Coello of Portugal.
Polo player sculpture by General Coello of Portugal polo player sculpture in blued bronze s...
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French White Terracotta Majolica Rabbit Bavent, circa 1890
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Small French white terracotta Majolica rabbit Bavent, circa 1890.
(Normandy).
Measures: Length / 8 inches, height / 6 inches.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Majolica
Fine 'Black Forest' Linden Wood Model of a Standing Bull, Swiss, circa 1890
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine 'Black Forest' linden wood model of a standing bull, Swiss, circa 1890.
Category
1880s European Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Mythical Lion & Hunter, Hand Carved & Painted, India, 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Tamil Nadu massive ferocious mythical lion (Yali) and hunter sculpture - hand carved from a single piece of wood (likely teak or walnut) - multi color painted finish with fin...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist Scandinavian Modern Stoneware Sculpture Shell Handmade
Located in EL Waalre, NL
Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist – A unique stoneware sculpture of a snail shell on a glazed base – Arabia Finland ca. 1980
Description
A unique unglazed incised stoneware sculpture of a spiral shell or snail shell on a glazed base.
Sculpted by Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist for Arabia’s Art...
Category
1980s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
French Napoleon III Spelter Athena Statuette circa 1890
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Art Nouveau spelter Athena statue.
Very nice treatment of the subject in a detailed and nervous classic style with a high quality of details. Ver...
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Small Antique Hippopotamus Figure, African, Soapstone, Hand Carved, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique hippopotamus figure. An African, hand-carved soapstone animal, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Adorable and j...
Category
Late 19th Century African Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Vienna Bronze, Lizard, Late 19th Century
By Geschutzt
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and large 19th century Vienna bronze of a lizard by the Geschütz manufacture. Not signed.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x L ) : 4 x 28 x 9.
Secure shipping.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Metal Sculptural Gazelles on Pedestals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Metal Rod & Wire Gazelle Sculptures on Metal Bases
Bases Have Crackled Paint Details But are Smooth To The Touch
Wrapped Wire Details
Bases Are Identical In Size, But One...
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
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...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Style Black Panther with Brass Details
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a sleek art deco styled black panther with brass details. The panther is in a seated position with its face turned to the left. Cast in fiberglass and lacquered black, this s...
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Near Pair of Japanese Jizai Kagi Wood Koi Folk Art Sculptures
Located in Atlanta, GA
A near pair of wood koi fish from Japan circa 1860-90s of late Meiji Period. Hand-carved from solid wood, these sculptures are known as Jizai Kagi in Japane...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Era Pierre Jules "P.J." Mene 1810-1879 Bronze Greyhound Sculptures
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A beautiful pair of bronze greyhound sculptures on marble
created by sculptor Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1879).
Impressed signed "P.J. MEN...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Deco Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Roosters, Italy, 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of roosters handmade in Murano glass, Italy 1980s.
Dimensions of the two roosters: 1) height 27.5 cm, width 20 cm, diameter 6 cm, depth 10 cm. 2) height 26 cm, width 19 cm, base...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Russell Russ Graff Signed Hawaiian Artist Inlaid Carved Wood Bird Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful. Whimsical piece by Hawain artist Russ Graff.
Made from Hawaiian exotic and Kauai inlaid woods and a tree of natural driftwood.
Signed an...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vienna Bronze, Red Robin, Austria Late-1800s
By Geschutzt
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb red robin Vienna bronze with beautiful polychrome colours, Austria 19th century. Stamped Geschützt.
In good condition.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : 7 x 11 x 4...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Porcelain Bird Model
Located in London, GB
A Meissen porcelain bird model
German, late 19th century
Measures: height 15cm, width 15cm, depth 9cm
This elegant miniature, of a ptarmigan or sim...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Silver walking stick with a rooster, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: silver handle depicting a rooster. Ebony shaft. Metal tip. France 1890 ca.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver
Japanese Antique Wooden Raccoon Figurine / 1868-1920 / Good Luck Charm
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I would like to introduce a very interesting Japanese old wooden kimono.
This is a wooden figurine in the shape of a tanuki.
The raccoon dog has long b...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
1870s French Louis Philippe Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Hand Carved and Painted Sea Birds on Wood Post
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1238 beautiful hand carved and painted sea bird sculpture.
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
19th Carved Wood Black Forest Chamois & Eagle
Located in Austin, TX
Antique fine 19th Black Forest carved wood chamois and eagle, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Group of Ariadne and the Leopard
Located in Folkestone, GB
Bronze group of “Ariadne on the Panther’ after the original masterpiece by Johann Heinrich von Danneker. representing the taming of the wilderness by beauty. Ariadne lies naked upon ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Pug Dog Ceramic Statue Figurine Vintage, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1980s Italian Majolica ceramic dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. Made of Majolica ceramic, hand painted. ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Equestrian Bronze, Seated Jockey, P.J. Mene
By P.J. Mêne
Located in Doylestown, PA
A late 19th century equestrian bronze of a jockey on horseback by Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1879) signed "P.J.Mene" on the bronze base and mounted on r...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Set of Twelve 19th Century French Set of Silver Plated Knife Rests
Located in Dallas, TX
Dress a dining table with elegance using this set of "Porte-Couteaux". Crafted in France circa 1880, each silver plated piece is different and depicts an outdoor animal...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg. Unique "Stim" Fish in Glazed Ceramic
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sven Wejsfelt (1930-2009) for Gustavsberg.
Unique "Stim" fish in glazed ceramic.
1980s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: L 16.5 x H 9.0 cm.
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Decorative Turquoise Blue Ceramic Foo Dogs Sculptures
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A very nice pair of vintage, turquoise blue, ceramic foo dogs, circa 1980s. Excellent condition and patina; makes a fun decor item in any room! Size given in...
Category
1980s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Louis Vidal (1831-1892), Roaring Lion, France
By Louis Vidal
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful roaring lion in gold patinated bronze by the artist and sculptor Louis Vidal (1831-1892) of the Romantic period, France 19th century.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : 17 x 36 x 9
Secure shipping.
Louis Vidal, Vidal the blind or Vidal-Navatel is a French sculptor born on December 6, 1831 in Nîmes and who passed on May 9th, 1892 in the 12th district of Paris.
Born to an unknown father and Sophie Vidal-Navatel, he grew up in a family of artists, having for stepfather the painter Alexandre Colin who married his mother in second marriage and for half-brother Paul-Alfred Colin. He studied anatomy but became blind around 1853, which prevented him from pursuing this path.
He studied with the animal sculptors Antoine-Louis Barye and Pierre Louis Rouillard and became an animal sculptor himself by replacing sight with touch. This faculty enabled him to create portraits, he perceived the shape of faces by touching them and sculpted them in clay, and remains known as the author of a sculpture representing a roaring lion, as well as that of a bull in bronze, donated by the State to the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes in 1867.
Louis Vidal worked in particular with Alfred Barye, son of his master Antoine-Louis Barye. He became a professor of modeling in 1888 at the École Braille in Paris.
A portrait of the artist taken by the photographer Étienne Carjat...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Porcelain Bird Sculpture or Figurine, Hand Painted and Realistic, KPM
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A finely detailed and realistically modeled and hand painted piece from the Royal Porcelain Manufacturer of Germany, KPM, circa 1900 and in really nice antique condition and ready fo...
Category
1890s German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Majolica Birds Jardiniere Clement Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Antique Majolica birds jardinière with bamboo circa 1890, signed Clement Massier Golfe-Juan.
Category
1890s French Country Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
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.
Category
1880s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lifesize French Bronze Horse Statue Architectural Bronze Horses Pony
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Wonderful lifesize French bronze horse
- Stands in at 7 feet tall - 213 cm - so massive
- Of course being bronze this can live outside with no fear of rusting
- Artist has really captured the beauty to the horse, check out features like the muscletone and casting
- Great patina to the bronze
- Purchased from a dealer at the Paris antiques markets...
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meiji Period Carved Lion and Tiger
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an outstanding pair of Meiji Period carved hardwood figures of a ferocious lion and tiger. The carving is exceptional as is the bone detailing of the mouthes and teeth. The f...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
Set of Three Glazed Pottery Cat Sculptures
Located in Houston, TX
Set Of Three Glazed Pottery Cat Sculptures.
Whimsical trio of handmade colorful glazed pottery cat sculptures.
Each of these beautifully executed animal sculptures is artist signe...
Category
1980s American Folk Art Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Large Late 20th Century Thai Hand Carved Wooden Horse Sculptures
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of large Late 20th Century Thai hand carved wooden horse sculptures. Circa 1980s
Feature two horses trotting, carved from single piec...
Category
1980s Thai Tribal Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Staffordshire Equestrian Fox Stirrup Cup
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine 19th century English Staffordshire fox hunting stirrup cup. This charming stirrup cup is in the form of a fox head and hand painted with beaut...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Walking Stick, Handle Depicting a Pug Dog’s Head, France 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: golden metal knob depicting the head of a pug dog. Collar with red and green colored stones, garnet eyes, jet band. Rattan wood barrel. Metal tip. France circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
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...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Zinc
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique circa 1880 Collectable Black Forest Hand Carved Fox Whip Hook Glass Eyes
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, stunning, original circa 1880 Swiss made Black Forest wood, Fox whip hook with glass eyes
Thes...
Category
1880s Swedish Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Ceramic Swallows Nest, Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful black swallows, made and hand painted in Italy will make a nice addition to your room.
Made in Italy, about 1980s they are still a nice wall decoration.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Garden Statue of Two Crocodiles Alligators Late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive bronze statue of two crocodiles, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century.
This life-like bronze statue features two crocodiles with their jaws open on...
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Leather Horse, Italy, Late 19th, Early 20th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Papier-mâché horse covered in leather with metal elements.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
19th Century French Carved White Marble Eagle Sculpture with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a man's office desk with this stately carved, antique marble eagle. Created in France, circa 1870 and carved of white marble with grey veins, the tall sculpture d...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Collection Four Jelly Fish Murano Italian Art Glass Aquarium Paperweights Statue
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful set of four Murano hand blown aquarium design Italian art glass paper weights or statues. Showing Jelly Fish inside, in different colors, floating on controlled bubbles. Co...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Expressive Bronze Abstract Sculpture of Bird
Located in London, GB
Abstract bronze cast sculpture of bird about to fly, spreading its wings. The sculpture is Expressive in a brutalist manner. It stands on a cast bronze pedestal.
Category
1980s German Brutalist Vintage 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.