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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
Small Antique Decorative Water Buffalo, Malayan, Bronze, Victorian, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique decorative water buffalo. A Malayan, bronze figure, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1900.
Distinctive stance with a nicely patinated appearance
Display...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quality antique brass Chinese lidded incense burner
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique brass Chinese lidded incense burner having a quality brass incense burner with a pierced removable lid decorated with a deer, going down...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
A Charles X Palais Royal Ormolu and Mother of Pearl Equestrian Statue
Located in London, GB
A very fine and rare Charles X period Palais Royal ormolu and engraved mother of pearl Statuette Sculpture of a horse. With an engine-milled ormolu mounted mother-of-pearl base
Prove...
Category
1830s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Cast Sculptures Bronze Lions, after Antonio Canova, 19th Century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Italian, 19th century, after a model
by Antonio Canova (1757-1822) A pair of Sculptures lying lions
These beautiful lions possibly bookends or doorstops are in good condition!
Me...
Category
19th Century Italian Georgian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Silver Gilt and Enamel Peacock
Located in Riverdale, NY
Antique Chinese Silver Gilt and Enamel Peacock from the 1940's on hand carved wood stand. Delicately constructed of vermeil sterling with colorf...
Category
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-19th Century French Bronze Entitled "Deux Chiens en Arret" by A L Barye
Located in London, GB
"Deux Chiens en Arret" by A L Barye
A dramatic mid 19th Century French bronze animalier group of a pointer and setter as they iflushing pheasants in a naturalistic undergrowth. The bronze with excellent autumnal (green, brown, and orange) patina and intricate hand chased surface detail, signed Barye. A rare bronze subject from the artist’s own atelier (workshop).
Additional information
Measures: Height: 12 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 8 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1860
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref BARYE Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures by
Michel Poletti – Alain Richarme
Page no. 150
Description
Antoine Louis Barye
“The Michelangelo of the Menagerie”
These are the words of Théophile Gautier in praise of Barye’s genius. Throughout his life Barye endeavoured to capture the fundamental nature of the animal kingdom in all its diversity, wild or tame, exotic or familiar, cruel or gentle, bringing to life the roaring, trembling, living beasts.
The son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a steel engraver at a young age, Barye found himself making moulds for ornaments, acquiring knowledge that he would later build on to produce his exquisitely chased bronzes. When he was called up at seventeen, he joined the army’s topographic brigade where he used clay to model raised relief maps...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Carved Marble Parrot Sculpture with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a man's office desk with this stately antique marble parrot sculpture. Created in France circa 1880, and carved of white marble, the figure stands on an integral ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Chinese Blue and White Cat Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, w...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Trotting Horse Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large trotting horse weather vane/stable sign. Hand forged metal cutout figure painted black. On a more modern base. 42"H x 49"L base 39" x 7 1/2"
...
Category
19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Rooster Vase Signed Jerome Massier
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring the country French style into your home with this large, colorful, antique rooster figure with side vase. Crafted in France circa 1890, the chicken sculpture is a Classic French country home accessory. The tall porcelain bird...
Category
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Italian ceramic from 1940 Green glazed horse sculpture Perugia manufacture
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian ceramic from 1940 Green glazed horse sculpture Perugia manufacture
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Sheep Tabletop Accessory, English 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
Elevate your garden with the charm of English mid 20th Century design through this delightful pair of sheep table top or garden ornaments. Crafted with met...
Category
1940s English Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) 'Lion marchant'
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875)
'Lion marchant'
bronze with dark brown patina
signed 'BARYE' on the base and with the foundry mark 'HB / C' to underside for Maison H. Brame.
France, Circa 1880.
Antoine-Louis Barye’s remarkably lifelike depictions of wild animals made him the most famous animal sculptor of the nineteenth century and he is credited with making small animal bronzes cast in bronze a recognised genre. Such artists became known as ‘animaliers’.
Given the associations with power and strength it is befitting that Barye cemented his reputation with his depeiction of ‘Un lion assis...
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Very Fine Russian Antique Bronze “Resting Bear” after Nikolai Lieberich
Located in Shippensburg, PA
NIKOLAI LIEBERICH [after]
Russian, 1828-1883
A Resting Bear
Sand-cast patinated bronze with concrete core signed in Cyrillic to the underside (editeur ...
Category
19th Century European Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) 'Tigre qui Marche'
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) 'Tigre qui Marche'
Bronze with dark brown patina.
Signed 'BARYE' and with the foundry mark 'F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur' on the base.
France, C...
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quality pair of large antique Victorian Staffordshire lions
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of large antique Victorian Staffordshire lions having the original glass eyes, tan coloured coats resting on a green and brown coloured base, unusual large size.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th CENTURY HORSE MODEL
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful horse model in papier-mâché covered in hand-crafted leather. You can see the attention to detail in the reproduction of the animal, and in its accessories such as the bridl...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Paper
Antique Mantel Clock with Herdsman Family, Goats and Cattle
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Mantel Clock with Herdsman Family, Goats and Cattle
A Black Forest wooden carved mantel clock with a lovely herdsman family with their goats and cattles. A masterpiece of woodcarving which brightens up any chimney piece. The clockwork is replaced by battery driven one - working order.
Soberly considered mantel clocks are small pendulum clocks with feet...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Staffordshire Porcelain Dogs with Gilt Basket of Pups
Located in New York, NY
Each with green bow-tied ribbon around neck; standing on an orange oval plinth base.
Category
19th Century British Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
A Patinated Iron Sculpture of a Bull
Located in London, GB
A fine patinated iron model sculpture of a bull. From the collection of the late Countess Bunny Esterhazy (1938-2021)
Category
1850s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique Hand Carved Wooden Head Sculpture of a Mythical Animal
Located in Lincoln, GB
Hand Carved Wooden Head Sculpture of a Mythical Animal
Head covered with raw earth afrian clay and glass eyes
Striking carved tusks
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glass, Wood
19th C. English Life-Size Carved Wood Pony Head Sculpture
Located in East Hampton, NY
This wonderfully distressed carved wood sculpture of a pony head mountable to wall has signs of age and wear. An architectural remnant with some of ...
Category
19th Century English Primitive Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Palatial Pair of English Baroque Style 19th Century Carved Marble Sitting Lions
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial pair of English Baroque style 19th century carved marble sitting lions, the very realistic carved pair with fine attention to detail, each resting its front ...
Category
19th Century English Baroque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Two terracotta sculptures depicting the ox and the donkey. Italy, 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Two terracotta sculptures depicting the neck and head, the ox and the donkey, of a nativity scene. The two sculptures are made of terracotta entirely by hand, finished in stick and c...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Dog ivory carved handle walking depicting a French buldog head, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: ivory carved handle, depicting a French bulldog head. Bamboo wood shaft. Sulphur glass eyes. Metal ferrule. France circa 1890.
(SHIP TO EU ONLY)
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century Fine Hand Painted Porcelain Bird Figure by ENS Germany
Located in Sofia, BG
Hand painted bird figure in beautiful bright colours handmade by Ens Germany. Ens porcelain is one of the most oldest manufactories for porcelain in Germany. Founded end of the 18th ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Bronze Statue of Dogs Hunting Grouse Signed F. Pautrot
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century bronze statue of a pointer and spaniel hunting grouse with signature of F. Pautrot.
Ferdinand Pautrot’s (French, 1832-1874) first recorded exhibit was at the Salon in P...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Great Dane White Porcelain Dog
Located in New York, NY
Meissen great dane white porcelain dog. Antique white porcelain dog sculpture of a great dane beautifully modeled with original custom conforming red velvet covered base, with markin...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Velvet
Antique American Scottish Dogs Terriers Iron Sculpture/Door Stop
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1188 American cast iron Terrier sculpture/door stop
Category
1940s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
A.Courbier 1943 french bronze bull signed on the base.
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible A.COURBIER Art Deco france bronze signed on the base with founder stamped bull.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Horse Head, Decorative Iron Figurine Busts Home Decor Plinth Metal Head
Located in Hampshire, GB
Beautifully created antique horse head figurine with a great balance of harmony, it portrays the beauty of the inner world through love and beauty....
Category
1880s Greek Art Deco Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal, Iron, Metal
Auguste Cain Silvered Bronze Lion & Ostrich Sculpture 19th Century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Auguste Cain Silvered Bronze Lion & Ostrich (1822-1894). This fine bronze shows a male lion standing proud, his front right foot is perched on a rock and his left stands firmly on his pray, an ostrich; he has a full mane and a curling tail, has good detail in the fur and the feathers of the ostrich. Signed "A. Cain" and a foundry mark. Perfect Size to locate on a desk.
Auguste Nicholas Cain (1821 – 1894) was a Paris born French sculptor in the Animaliers school who was known for his bronze sculptures...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Stone Composite Lion Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
These French Stone Composite Lion Sculptures from the 1910s are a unique and stunning addition to any home or garden. Crafted from a combination of stone and composite materials, the...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Composition
White marble sculpture of a hare Firenze 1840
Located in Madrid, ES
White marble sculpture of a hare Firenze 1840
Decorative sculpture from 1840 by PIetro Freccia (1814-1856) in Firenze. It is made of white Carrara marble. The sculpture is reminiscen...
Category
1840s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
A 19th century French bronze study of a tiger on a marble base circa 1890
Located in Central England, GB
This high quality and very well modelled French bronze study depicts a muscular prowling tiger with its mouth wide open roaring and growling, perhaps to warn off a rival or to attrac...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unusual 19th Century Large Eel Form Majolica Pottery Pitcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
European, 19th century.
An incredibly unusual and interesting majolica pitcher. The water pitcher features a finely detailed Eel, with scales, eyes and a wonderful tail.
Category
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chiseled Bronze Cobra Candlesticks
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice pair of cobra candlesticks is made of a finely chiseled bronze. This is a French work. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late Victorian English Silvered Door Stop Depicting a Dog, circa 1880-1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Late Victorian period silvered door stop from circa 1880-1900 showcasing a dog depicted in profile. This English Late Victorian period silvered door stop, dating from circ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Long Feather Tail Ceramic Birds, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of painted ceramic birds standing on a tall pedestal. Great addition to your boho chic inspired home. Would look great on any table top.
Category
1940s Chinese Other Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Original Painted Cow Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th century Original painted heavy cast iron door stop full body cow doorstop.This is a three dimensional cow door stop.
Category
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Blue Speckled ceramic vase - "Triton" Vicke Lindstrand - Upsala Ekeby - 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful ceramic vase of model Triton designed by Vicke Lindstrand at Upsala Ekeby 1940s. It is 35 cm (14") high and in very good condition except from some minor repaired chips n...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Group Bear & Alligator by Yoshimitsu
Located in Newark, England
The Japanese group comprises of a Bear being attacked by a large alligator. The alligator jumping on the back of the Bear with mouth wide opening showing its razor sharp teeth. The b...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Napoleon III Bronze Hunter Camel and Dog circa 1890
Located in Labrit, Landes
French bronze hunter camel and dog statue.
Very nice treatment of the subject in a detailed and nervous classic style with a high quality of details.
V...
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Just Andersen Figurine of Young Shepherd with Lamb of Disco Metal 1940s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Original figurine designed by Danish artist and sculptor Just Andersen (1884-1943) featuring a young shepherd feeding a lamb.
It's made in Denmark in the 1940s or 1950s of Just Ander...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Dolphin Palais De La Mediterranee Palace Door-Handle Sculpture, 1940s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Spectacular and large dolphin door-handle sculpture, France, 1930s-1940s. This magnificent hammered bronze dolphin adorned one of the large glass doors of the Palais de la Mediterran...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
French Marble Monkey Sculpture, End 19th C
By Paris Studio
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French marble sculpture, France, end 19th C. Monkey smoking a pipe. Marble and glass. Glass eyes. Measures: height : 9.8"(25cm), width : 6.7"(17cm), depth : 4.4"(11.2cm). Some slight...
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
English Cast Iron Lion, 19th Century
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Once was used as a boot scrape and retains it’s original gold patina
(2 available)
Made in England
13″H x 25″W x 4″D
Category
19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Spelter Clock and Cow Composition Signed E. Picault
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office with this large, patinated white metal sculpture with clock titled "La Moisson" (the harvest). Crafted in France, the antique composition stands on a red marble ba...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Antique Bronze Sculpture, Signed by Auguste Cain, Coq Sur Un Panier, Rooster
By Auguste Cain
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
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Black Forest Carved Eagle Sculpture Wall Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
This unusual antique mirror was crafted in the Alps region of France, circa 1880. The whimsical mirror features a large eagle sculpture with win...
Category
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Mercury Glass, Oak
Early 19th Century French Carved Oak Imperial Eagle Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office"s shelf or a study with this elegant antique carved Imperial eagle. Crafted in France circa 1830, and almost three and a half feet wide, the wooden eagle has a com...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Carved Variegated Marble Eagle Sculpture with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a man's office desk with this stately antique marble eagle. Created in France circa 1880, and carved of variegated marble, the tall sculpture depicts a proud bird...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century bronze Sculpture of Whippet by Pierre Jules Mene
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century bronze Sculpture of Whippet by Pierre Jules Mene on green marble base. Beautiful piece and condition.
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
TERRACOTTA HORSE HEAD OF SELENE'S CHARIOT end 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
TERRACOTTA HORSE HEAD OF SELENE'S CHARIOT end 19th Century
Italy
HEIGHT 25 cm
WIDTH 31 cm
the goddess of the full moon
Sculptor: Pheidias (Phidi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bird Nest Key Rack Holder Pincushion Wall Mount Folk Art German Black Forest
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely key holder board made of hand carved wood, made in the Black Forest area in Germany. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. It is not marked, but dated 1891. A nice ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Chalkware Figure of a Seated Spaniel
Located in New York, NY
Charming figure of a spaniel cast from Staffordshire ceramic molds and handpainted in water-based pigments. Chalkware is made from plaster of Paris and was used to create inexpensive...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Cow Creamer - Import Marked London 1896
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London in 1896 by Edwin Thompson Bryant, this charming, Antique Sterling Silver Cow Creamer, is handsomely modelled.
The cow cre...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
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.