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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Style: Other
Style: Folk Art
Hand Carved African Zebra Bookends
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nice pair of hand carved heavy wood bookends African Zebra sculptures.
This fine detailed hand carved and hand painted elephant bookends.
Each zebra sculpture with base and side is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
American Gilt Copper & Cast Iron Full Bodied Rooster Weathervane, circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American gilt copper and cast iron full bodied rooster weathervane mounted on stand, Late 19th Century
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Iron
Large Antique Southeast Asian Thai Carved Polychrome Rabbit Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A large whimsical hand carved and painted antique Southeast Asian wooden hare sculpture with incised detailing, polychrome decoration and beautifully aged patina.
Hand-crafted in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fantastic Nantucket Hand Carved and Painted Folk Art Seagull Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A wonderful Folk Art carved and hand painted wooden seagull on base having an authentic weathered patina and faded grey, black and yellow color palette.
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Hand Carved Black Cat Trinket Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wooden ebonized cat with dish sculpture mounted to a mahogany plinth. Dish can accommodate keys or smaller objects.
Patina / light wear present (paint loss to the tips of ears / edges of green dish...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
Hand Carved Chalcedony Lizard Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This nicely proportioned, finely carved hardstone sculpture captures these reptiles’ enigmatic, curious presence. The milky blue translucence of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Fabrege Style Gilt-Bronze Bear
Located in New York, NY
Cast bronze with gold wash.
Category
20th Century Russian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Pair of Cast Bronze Hunting Dogs, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of cast bronze hunting dogs, France, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Figure of a Soldier on a Horse with a Helmet
By Lauchhammer
Located in New York, NY
A Fabulous and Large Patinated Bronze Figure of a Soldier on a Horse. Beautifully cast and well patinated with a dark brown patina. The soldier is seen seated on a horse, beautifully...
Category
1920s German Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Italian Enameled Phoenix Sculpture
Located in VALENZA, IT
Resin sculpture depicting "The Phoenix" covered in pure 999 silver. The sculpture is the 33rd piece of a limited edition work of 499 made by the Etruria silver factory in Florence at...
Category
1990s Italian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Folk Art Driftwood Dachshund Dog
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 20th century Folk Art driftwood dachshund, circa 1920, a natural form piece of driftwood that has been augmented with the addition of inset Periwinkle shell eyes, two drilled n...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Driftwood
Bronze Bull French and Signed Louis Kley
By Louis Kley
Located in Petaluma, CA
This beautiful study of a bull was done by the noted artist Louis Kley (1833-1911). Notice how the artist paid attention to the detailing to include the much desired naturalistic bas...
Category
Late 19th Century French Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
English 19th Century Cast Iron Unicorn
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large, cast iron unicorn with a custom attached base stand. Great detail can be seen in the creature’s mane, head and musculature.
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th century Regal Carved English Stone Lion
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Fleurdetroit presents for your consideration, this pair of antique, carved lions.
Fresh to the market from an East Coast Estate, these lions are in search of their next home for the next century. Beautifully carved with an excellent patina only achieved by ages in an estate garden...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
20th Century Italian Sculpture of a Bee Eater
Located in VALENZA, IT
Resin sculpture depicting the Bee-Eater covered in pure 999 silver. Made by the Etruria silver factory in Florence at the end of the 20th century.
The finish is hand-enameled in gree...
Category
1990s Italian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Leaf
Scottish Ram in Polychrome Wood, 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb polychrome carved wooden ram from Scotland-19th century
Very elegant and surprising ram which is almost carved at life size which comes from a Manor in Scotland.
Uncommon ...
Category
19th Century Scottish Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Decorative Glass Case from the 1930s with a Pair of Taxidermy Pheasants.
Located in Lejre, DK
This decorative glass case from the 1930s is a stunning display piece that adds a touch of vintage elegance to any interior. Featuring a pair of taxidermy pheasants, it captures the ...
Category
1930s Danish Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Wild West Cowboy and Horse Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Gilt brass sculpture on stand, depicting a celebrating cowboy on a wild horse with great patina.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Guido Cacciapuoti Ceramic Cat Base Black Lacquered Wood, 1940
Located in Milano, IT
Guido Cacciapuoti ceramic cat base black lacquered wood, 1940.
Category
1930s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Unusual Antique Hand Carved Lizard and Prey Hard Stone Desk Weight, 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb antique carved stone sculptural desk weight modeled as a lizard with its prey dating from the 19th century. Carved from a single piece of rectangu...
Category
1880s Italian Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Ronzan Italian Ceramic “African Gazelles“, 1950
Located in Milano, IT
Ronzan Italian ceramic “African Gazelles”, 1950.
Category
1950s Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Primitive Architectural Carved Wood Mounted Indian Horse Head
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Primitive architectural carved wood mounted Indian horse head
A beautiful piece of folk architecture from the Indian continent, the horse head was usu...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Fish Sculpture "Verinós" 2018 Mixed Media, Jesús Pelegrí
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
"Verinós". Mixed media. 2018. Spain. Recycled iron from mechanical pieces. Wooden painted base.
Jesús Pelegrí is a spanish painter and sculptor. Born in Barcelona in 1975. He is specialized in marine fauna like this big fish called "verinós" wich means poisonous. This fish belongs to a serie of what he calls volumetric zoomorphics: " The form is naturalized to a large extent, the volume is seized by the plane so much so that it turns into a sculpture exempted from the second-dimension or even out of it"
Measurements:
Wooden base: 26,5 x 20 x 10 cm ( 10,4x7,8x4 in)
Sculpture: 50 x 72...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Important Antique Folk Art Carnival Figure of a Macaque
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A hollow finely carved wood macaque figure dressed as a human with short green hair, a blue jacket and yellow slacks. He stands and holds a walking stick in his left hand and crosses...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Pr. of Soapstone Sculptures Inuit Birds Signed Syllabics E Number for Carver ID.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Pair of soapstone Inuit birds signed in Syllabics and E numbered for Carver ID. Both are carved in black colored soapstone, the bird with his beak down meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
K.Tutter “Woman with Bears” Porcelain, 1940, Germany
By Karl Tutter
Located in Milano, IT
K.Tutter “Woman with bears” porcelain, 1940, Germany.
Category
1950s German Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Sculpture by Dan Ostermiller
Located in Houston, TX
Dan Ostermiller is an American sculptor best known for his depictions of animals. As of 2012, he is president of the National Sculpture Society. He resides in Loveland,
Colorado.
...
Category
1990s American Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vienna Augarten Horse 'Trab' Albin Doebrich Model 1592 Spanish Riding School
Located in Vienna, AT
Vienna Augarten horse Spanish riding school 'Trab'
The sitting rider conducts the horse by the reins.
The trotting horse depicts a figurine which is called "Trab".
The model was created by Prof. Albin Döbrich...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vienna Bronze Walrus Inkwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wonderfully charming and boasting a high level of detail, this bronze walrus also serves as an inkwell. The incredible artistry of Viennese bronze work i...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Mid-Century Italian Ceramic White Standard Poodle Spaghetti Dog Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
A large Mid-Century Italian ceramic standard white poodle "Spaghetti" dog sculpture. With its sweet face and wonderfully executed fur, this poodle sculpture is a perfect companion f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Lion & Tiger Bronze Fight Statue on Carved Wood Platform Asian Marking
Located in Toledo, OH
Lion and tiger bronze fight statue on carved wood platform. Asian makers mark. Very nice condition. Dimensions: 4.5" depth x 7.5" W x 4" H.
Category
20th Century Asian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Leather Parrot by Federico Mexico
Located in Miami, FL
Leather parrot from Mexico. Sitting on a brass perch.
Marked Federico Made in Mexico.
Category
1970s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Porte Dogon Terre/Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Traditional Dogon architecture throughout a Dogon village consists of a series of unique and exceptional mud buildings which the Artist, Victor Anicet, featured in an organic sculptural manner in his Porte Dogon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Caribbean Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Bronze Group, Harness Race Driver and Horse, Artist Signed, circa 1920
Located in Petaluma, CA
Being bronze dealers for over 40 years we are always on the lookout for horses, because they are beautiful, graceful animals, and people love them. We often get jockeys on horses, bu...
Category
1920s Austrian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Flavio Poli Bull Murano Glass, 1950, Italy
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
Flavio Poli bull Murano glass, 1950, Italy.
Category
1950s European Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Dutch Carved Monumental Wood Eagle Figure Seated on a Pedestal
Located in New York, NY
Continental 19th century Dutch life-sized carved wooden eagle figure with open mouth on square pedestal.
Category
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Life Size Antique Carved and Painted Swan Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and impressive pair of hand carved Swans which may have at one time been decoys having fine form and presence. In newer white paint with black beaks and eyes. The unpainted i...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Charles Hart Folk Art Penguin Massive
By Charles Hart
Located in Litchfield, CT
By Charles Hart, Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1930s. Charles Hart (1862-1960), working in Gloucester, Massachusetts, was known as a carver of fine duck decoys. Hart also had a passion for penguins which he carved in different sizes. This one is a larger example of his penguins, very similar to the pairs flanking the entrance to his house. It is complete with an original wood base. The artist often sold his carved penguins during the summer tourist season alongside the road on the way to the beach, many smaller examples from this stand are known. Very good condition.
Remark: " No home décor is complete without a penguin, even Monty Python...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ferocious Bronze Tiger Statue
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Ferocious bronze tiger statue
A handsome piece made in spelter with a bronzed finish to the animal standing on his rocky plinth
3 dimensional and look...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Lion Bronze Sculpture on Wood Base
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique lion bronze sculpture on a round wood base.
I've not found signature, but it is a French statue.
nr. O/7561
Category
Mid-19th Century French Other Antique 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
Large Folk Art Driftwood Horse Head Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial sculpture of a horse's head is unsigned, but believed to have been made in Canada in circa 1980. The sculpture is made completely of pieces of driftwood...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Driftwood
Seguso Seashell Murano Glass Gold Leaf Inclusions, 1950, Italy
By Seguso
Located in Milano, IT
Seguso Seashell Murano glass gold leaf inclusions, 1950, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Mid Century Scandinavian Giraffes
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Stand out pair of mid century giraffes one standing and one grazing with a unique construction of shaved reed bundles and having carved wood heads,...
Category
20th Century Danish Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Reed
Leather Horse Equine Animal Sculpture in the Folk Art Style
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful all leather horse equine animal sculpture, circa late-20th century. This hand-crafted piece is clad in a light brown leather with glass eyes. For size perspective, please...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Pair of 19th Century Ceramic Parrot Money Banks, Bornholm Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of 19th century ceramic parrot money banks, Bornholm Denmark.
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Folk Art Antique 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
Hand Carved Wood Figural Bull Statue
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This skillfully executed hand carved figural bull is fully dimensional and has a rich brown color. The bull is depicted in a standing position atop a shaped wooden plinth. The muscular animal has been finished with realistic detail with particular attention given to the bull's facial features and folds of skin. The plinth itself is slightly domed at the center and bears carved elements which include a large rock and stylized plants.
The bull measures 8" tall and the base is 10.75" x 4.125". It weighs 1lb 15oz. The carved bull is in very good vintage condition with no cracks or signs of wear.
This early 20th century hand carved bull statue...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bonbon Chouval "Bleu Voodoo"/Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bonbon Chouval (Horse Biscuit in Creole) was originally a traditional pastry from the island of Martinique. Carelessly shaped as a horse, the biscuits were sold on the village m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Caribbean Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Scottish Ram in Polychrome Wood, 19 Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb pair of rams in polychrome carved wood from Scotland-19th century
Very elegant and unique pair of rams which are almost carved at life size which come from a Manor in Scotl...
Category
19th Century Scottish Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
American Folk Art Large Carved Wood Elephant or Donkey
Located in New York, NY
Large American Folk Art carved pine wood sculpture of an elephant or donkey with raised ears. Measures: 37.75" H x 31.5" W x 30.5" D.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bonbon Chouval Terre/Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bonbon Chouval (Horse Biscuit in Creole) was originally a traditional pastry from the island of Martinique. Carelessly shaped as a horse, the biscuits were sold on the village m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Caribbean Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bonbon Chouval "Mini Me Terre"/Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bonbon Chouval (Horse Biscuit in Creole) was originally a traditional pastry from the island of Martinique. Carelessly shaped as a horse, the biscuits were sold on the village m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Caribbean Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
1880s German Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sergio Bustamante Early Lion Papier-mâché Sculpture Hand-painted, 1975
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sergio Bustamante (20th century, Mexican) life sized paper mache lion from the early years of his Family Workshop Studio in Tlequepaque, Jalisco, Mexi...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Paper
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
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.