Animal Sculptures

Maurice PROST (1894 - 1967) "Panthère au repos" Bronze Sculpture with a nuanced brown patina Resting on a rectangular black marble base Signed M. Prost and sculptor’stamp with 2 cobras, numbered 2. Old edition font. Only three specimens known in this dimension Maurice Gaston Elie Joseph Prost (1894-1967) studied with the sculptor Léopold Morice...

Two original Art Deco ceramic bookends depicting lion heads, attributed to Jan Schonk who designed for Royal pottery factory Gouda.

Lovely plaster figurine by Arvid Knöppel, in the form of two endearing roe deers greeting each other or playing.

A set of highly sought after animals by Henrik Allert for Pentik from the 1980s. The set is of 7 animals / birds and one egg. All signed and marked and are in good condition. The ani...

Scultura di rinoceronte in metallo argentato, realizzata negli anni '80 Ø cm 30 Ø cm 8 h cm 15

Gorgeous collection of porcelain cat figurines made by Carl Scheidig Gräfenthal Porcelain Manufactory, Germany, from the period of 1935-1955. Th...

Vintage bronze sculpture depicting a realistically detailed American Bald Eagle / hawk / bird swooping over abstract waves, mounted on a round wood base. Signed on base C. Ra. Van 19...

A beautiful full lead crystal paperweight by Mats Jonasson for Kosta, depicting a Duck on a pond with reed.

Arts and Crafts Leather Model of a Horse This is a rare and beautiful find, it was probably made for Liberty but there is no label This handsome beast is free standing, he has a sad...

Franco Lapini exquisite seal sculpture is made entirely of metal plated in silver and its surface is lightly textured to give it an organic feel, the purple Murano glass gracing a st...

Superb and large sculpture of two alert greyhounds in beautiful Art Deco period green patina. Attributed to Louis Albert Carvin. Set on an elegant brown and white veined marble base....

Pair of deer statues from France .The set is in good condition with normal signs of age. The smaller statue dimension are : H 3.25 W: 2 D: 1.25

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...

Lalique frosted CRYSTAL SITTING CAT. In perfent condition. With original Lalique sticker in the front and model 11677 sticker in the bottom. Signed.

Gold-plated fish pendant & desk object, with moving fish scale mechanism consisting of 1 round cut ruby for the fish eye Measurements: 4.25" long St...

Gorgeous bronze casting of a large black leopard in the Art Deco style Good size at almost four feet in length Casting is superb, look at how the creatures spots have been rendered...

Porcelain White & Brown cow creamer Circa 1930.

Object of crab with bronze: A very precious object made before the second world war, when bronze was rare to find. There is a signature on the back, it is written 'Sagetsu'. -Detai...

A beautiful stylized modernist cat doorstop with spectacular patina and age acquired craquelure produced by the Hubley Manufacturing Company. This part...

Wonderful pair of giant bronze pelicans standing on boat mooring stumps Classic Pacific sea bird, very Californian Of course being bronze these can live outside with no fear of rusti...

Bimini glass exotic cartoon bird from the Art Deco period, circa 1930's. With a Disneyesque look and striking stance. Delicate hollow blown construction in vibrant colorations. Excel...

Deruta (Perugia), Italy 1983. This is a hand-painted earthenware donkey that can be used as a table salt cellar or just as a decorative object. It is a vintage piece, therefore it m...

An outstanding Art Deco ceramic horse sculpture inspired by the painting "The Red Horses IV" as also known as "Grazing Horses IV" by Franz Marc...

A striking patinated bronze hippopotamus sculpture from the 1980s, featuring a beautifully aged surface that enhances its sculptural presence. The piece captures the essence of this ...

Chrome cast bronze, marble and glass table lamp, France, circa 1930.  

Cat Gino Cosentino Lithoceramics Piccinelli Italy, 1930 Very good condiction No chips. No cracks

Amazing bronze casting of a cute elephant that measures over six feet tail to trunk - 193 CM Very characterful statue Patina is superb and being bronze this can live outside with no ...

Miniature Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Frog Circa 1930.

Wonderful large sized spelter animal figure by M Font , signed on the marble Circa 1930 mounted on a marble base Height: 29.21 cm (11.5 in) Width: 69.85 cm (27.5 in) Depth: 14.61 c...

Beautiful art deco pigeon bronze on a marble base signed G.Arisse on the base. Nice patina and perfect condition.

Vintage Life Size Heron in gilded and lacquered fiberglass. Hollywood Regency style. Glass eyes. In excellent condition, it was manufactured in the early 1980s in Europe.

A.Kelety Et M Guillard, Art Deco enameled terracotta panther. Etling edition. Very good condition, Paris, 1930.

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Salviati & C Measures: Violet : 33 long x 10 high x 5.5 depth Green: 30 long x 9 high x 5.5 depth The lawyer Antonio Salviati and his dream In 1859 in his premises at Number 731 of Dorsoduro, Venice the “Salviati Dott. Antonio fu Bartolomeo” company was established. This is when, Vicenza-born lawyer Antonio Salviati started the entrepreneurial career, moved by a passion for the precious mosaics of the Basilica of San Marco and fascinated by Murano glass art, he decided to start-up his own production of mosaics and objects in Murano glass. An ambitious and far-sighted goal pushed him along this path: to revive the fate of Murano glass production that has been fallen for decades. A challenge which finds the maximum support from two fundamental figures in the history of Murano glass: the mayor of the island, Antonio Colleoni, and the Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti, founder of the glass museum and of the first art school for glass masters. The first successes and international investments The launchpad was the “First Glassmakers’ Exhibition” in 1864 in which Salviati participated with a monumental mosaic that earns him a prize superior to the Gold Medal. The success achieved affirmed the credibility of the Company which thus started its glass production in Palazzo da Mula. The new corporate and productive reality needed investors and the lawyer started to internationalise the company by addressing the economic and financial market across the Channel. The UK immediately showed huge interest in Salviati’s mosaics – as testified by the mosaic that can be seen on the façade of the current Apple Store in Regent Street, London. It was also in London, on 21st December 1866, that the “Società Anonima per Azioni Salviati & C.” was established with the support of diplomat Sir Austen Henry Layard and historian William Drake. The new corporate set-up was further established with the purchase of a new headquarter, this time on the Riva dei Vetrai in Murano. The universal show of Paris in 1867 celebrated the relaunch project of Antonio Salviati “Venice owes a debt of gratitude to the knight Salviati in the resurgence for one of the most legitimately famous of its industries”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 275. “Venice and Italy have gain huge success in the Universal Exhibition. The resurgence of one of the city’s most famous industries is consecrated in this very occasion by the gold medal awarded by the jury to Mr Salviati […] the crowd […] is gathering around the display cases that hold those pieces of glass that are so transparent and so light as to appear like woven air, impregnated, when in their elegant forms that become rainbows of those iridescent reflections that cover them at the artist’s whim – the author of a real ray of sunshine from the beautiful and splendid Venice”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 311 The fundamental role of training in murano glass Training plays a fundamental role for the Company; attendance at the Art School was made compulsory for “[…] all the young workers of the Factory who don’t only tire themselves in manual work. This was established with the idea not only to lift their dignity and their initially limited aspirations, […] but also to improve their artistic education and thereby facilitate an improvement also in their economic situation”. Together with the art school, a free school was also set up to teach all employees to read and write. Diversification in production and made-to-measure projects In a short time, Salviati & C. diversified its production to include glasses, cups, amphoras, and vials which guaranteed the first prize in the universal exhibition for three consecutive years. Its mosaic production also flourished, being used in world-class projects: from the Houses of Parliament in London, to the Viceroy’s palace in Alessandria in Egypt, to the Opera House of Paris, including the private homes of wealthy New York personality. The entire 19th century for Salviati & C. was represented by development, success and fame in the national and international markets, and the Company became a symbol and reference point of Murano glass art throughout the world. The Salviati legacy at the turn of the century On the death of Antonio Salviati in 1890, first his three children followed one another at the helm of the company and then Maurizio Camerino, previously general manager. It was thanks to him that the decorative mosaic project of the Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto (California, USA) took place after 12 years of work. As well as the opening of a sales point in Via Montenapoleone in Milan and the institution of a museum collection of Murano glass from the 19th and 20th centuries. The post-war years, biennials and lighting After Maurizio Camerino’s death in 1931, his three children took over the helm of the company: its solid foundations allowed them to strive for new important goals in the art world, participating in the Biennials of 1932 and 1934. Not even the Second World War could tarnish the strength of the Salviati brand: in the post-war years Renzo Camerino renewed the ruined production headquarter and enthusiastically restored all his commercial contacts. Thanks to his grandson Renzo Tedeschi (newly graduated in Engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin and upon his return from an apprenticeship in the United States), Salviati launched its production in lighting appliances. The following years saw intense growth in the number of collaborations with renowned artists and designers. In 1959, the production site was moved to Fondamenta Radi 16, where it still stands today. The great lighting projects The larger production area allowed the company to further expand the international market in the field of architectural lighting. A number of projects were undertaken, such as the 9-tonne, 22-metres high chandelier in the Chamber of Commerce in Parma, the ceiling illumination in the premises of the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva and the Kowloon Hotel in Hong Kong; not to mention the sound-absorbing windows of the Aula Nervi in the Vatican and the lighting system of the great honour hall of the Philippine Plaza Hotel in Manila in collaboration with architect John Marsteller. The reputation of Salviati & C. was further affirmed by the commission – after an international call for bids – for twelve 11-metre high chandeliers for the Tonhalle concert hall in Dusseldorf, made using an innovative system of modular glass elements – “LS- System” – one of the today company’s cornerstones. Salviati from the modern age to the present The story of Salviati continues in the modern era, keeping the focus on creating an innovative style that had distinguished it since its inception. Participation in international exhibitions increased, such as the Venice Biennials from 1958 to 1972 (the final year in which Murano glass was allowed) thanks to projects by designers of the calibre of Betha and Teff Sarasin, Claire Falkestein, and Luciano Gaspari. In 1962 Salviati was awarded with the highest recognition in the Design world, the “Compasso d’Oro” prize assigned by A.D.I. for the Marco vase designed by architect Sergio Asti. In 1965 the company changed its name to Salviati & C. s.p.a.; then it was purchased by the Gruppo Ferruzzi in 1987 which later on it was transferred to a French company. Since 2015 the company returned to be Venetian with the acquisition by the Umana group. Salviati and its designers Salviati’s designers: Luciano Gaspari, Sergio Asti (Compasso d’Oro 1962), Claire Falkenstein, Ward Bennet, Teff and Betha Sarasin, Ingo Maurer, Ross Lovegrove, Amanda Levete, Tom Dixon, Nigel Coates, Thomas Heatherwick, Luca Nichetto, Ben Gorham...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

Italian hand painted Cocker Spaniel dog statue. Made by Italian manufacturer C.S.M. In excellent condition. No damage or signs of use.

1542 Oversized hand crafted Panter metal animal sculpture Body height at tail 21" Mid body height 16"

1821 Hand crafted metal owl in style of Curtis Jere Larger version available see 1798b

Vintage signed duck figurine by Malevolti, Italy. It features a decoy type design with brass accented parts. It has glass eyes and a hand painted body. A nice addition to the Hollywo...

Edouard-Marcel SANDOZ (1881-1971, Switzerland) : "Guinea Pig" (1919) Antique edition in silvered bronze (silvering faded by time and renewed) Antique edition cast by Susse Frères ...

This Murano glass statue was most likely made in the 1980s in Italy. Murano glass is a type of glass that is made on the Venetian island of Murano,...

Italian modern Rooster statue in grey ceramic with base in wood, 1980s Rooster statue with a sinuous shape, in gray painted ceramic. Finely worked. Oval...

Greenlandica, Ortôrak, large sculpture of a lying seal made of soapstone. In good condition with signs of use. Signed and dated 82. Dimensions: Length 30.0 x Hight 10.0 cm x depth 10...

Classic early 1980s Italian Majolica Ceramic white dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. Made of majolica ceramic, hand pain...

Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers. Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase. Wienerbronze, Austria. Miniature Art Deco sculpt...

Set of 2 Mid-Century Silvered Bronze Horses, attributed to Jean Joire, 1930s Wooden base, intact and in good condition. Jean Victor François Joseph Joire (5 September 1862 – 8 Sept...

1813 Hand crafted metal horse sculpture

Exceptionally rare sea lion / seal animal figurine, made by the well-known Danish porcelain maker Royal Copenhagen, an original from the 1930s, from the Ar...

French Pottery Majolica Tureen circa 1930.

This chrome plated metal dog statue was made in the 1980s by Stilarte in Italy. It is signed and has the original label. This is a beautiful decorative piece, it can be displayed as ...

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda / Svenskt Glas, four figurines in art glass. WWF. Ca. 1980s. Stamped. Tallest: W 9.0 cm x H 8.0 cm.

Bibliography: For an illustration of this model, see: Hardy, Alain-Rene´. Primavera 1912-1972: Atelier d'Art du Printemps. Dijon: E´ditions Faton & Vingtie`me Plus, 2014. p. 372. ...

1980's Mid-Century Modern abstract carved marble owl sculpture with black base, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina to the mar...

Massive Italian Vase Aquarium with fishes in blown Murano Glass, 1980s. This is an authentic masterpiece Aquarium Vase, it is made up of a submerged...

This Murano glass sculpture of a cat exemplifies the artistic brilliance and meticulous craftsmanship characteristic of fine Murano glasswork. The piece's striking amber orange prima...

Classic early 1930s Vienna bronze figurine. This beautiful bronze is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria. Fixe...

Fascinating, almost antique, piece of Venetian Murano glass attributed to Ercole Barovier, circa 1930s/1940s. This rather unusual looking turtle or tortoise sculpture, similar to the...

A charming set of 3 Blue Art Glass Bird Paperweight Figurines from FM Ronneby, Sweden. These exquisite vintage ornaments will add a touch of elegance to any space. Crafted with preci...

Vintage Hippo Toy Sculpture by Zooline. mouth opens up and has small space for coins or jewelry. missing the tail