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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 1980s
Pair of 19th Century Sandstone Lions
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of 19th century French sandstone lion fragments. Well carved and with very endearing features. Though fragmentary, these lions present as importan...
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
A. Van Kote, Seagull above Waves, Bronze Sculpture Late 19th Century Belgium
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb gold patina bronze of a seagull flying above green patina bronze waves by the sculptor A. Van Kote, signed. Belgian school, late 19th century.
Good condition with one oxida...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, 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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Carved Patinated Leather Rhino Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful, antique rhinoceros sculpture was crafted in France, circa 1880. The detailed leather figure standing on his four legs is in excellen...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Eye Catching Ceramic Horse Sculpture with Tang Dynasty Look
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful Tang Dynasty style ceramic horse sculpture with great detail in cream, brown and black.
Gail.
Category
1980s Chinese Tang 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
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...
Category
1890s German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Wicker Elephant Head Mount
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Vintage wicker elephant head to grace any wall and add a bit of whimsy to any decor. Good condition with minor imperfections consistent with age, see ph...
Category
1980s Organic Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wicker
Italian Modern Black & White Ceramic Sculpture of Harlequin Great Dane Dog 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern black and white ceramic sculpture of Harlequin Great Dane dog, 1980s
Large sculpture, depicting a Harlequin Great Dane dog, with a...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, 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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1980s Marble Seal Sculpture 'Signed'
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Oversized, Heavy Marble Seal Sculpture
Signed: Joan Israel 1983.
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Japan, Eagle and Snake, Bronze, Meiji Period
Located in PARIS, FR
A spectacular large bronze with dark brown patina representing an eagle with outstretched wings and a snake.
52x40x40cm
Japan, Meiji period.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
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...
Category
Late 19th Century German Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Majolica Pigeon Wall Pocket
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th century French Majolica Pigeon wall pocket.
The pigeon have a pink ribbon and carry a white card.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Wiener Bronze, a Mule, Austria 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Painted wiener bronze depicting a mule, painted in different colors. Wien Austria, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Hand Carved Rocking Horse Still Wearing Authentic Paint
Located in Sofia, BG
Extraordinary hand carved rocking horse made in Italy at the end of 19th century. The piece is still wearing its authentic paint in light blu...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture Signed
Located in Tampa, FL
An antique bronze dog on a rouge marble base. Signed P.J. Mene. France, circa 1890s.
Category
1890s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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 ...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Animalier Bronze Sculpture Entitled "Reindeer" by Isidore Bonheur
Located in London, GB
Excellent late 19th century animalier bronze study of a feeding reindeer with rich brown colour and very fine hand chased and etched surface detail, raised on a stepped naturalistic base, stamped with Peyrol Foundry mark and signed Isidore Bonheur
Additional information
Height: 16 cm
Width: 22 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Foundry: Peyrol
circa: 1880
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 8211
DESCRIPTION
Isidore Bonheur
Isidore Bonheur, born in Bordeaux May 15 1827. Isidore was the third child of Christine Dorotheé Sophie Marquis (1797–1833), a musician, and Oscar-Raymond Bonheur (1796–1849) (a landscape and portrait painter and an early adherent of Saint-Simonianism, a Christian-socialist sect that promoted the education of women alongside men). Isidore was the brother of Auguste Bonheur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Musical circa 1880 Black Forest Hand Carved Fox Whip Hook Glass Eyes
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, Musical, original circa 1880 Swiss made Black Forest wood, Fox whip hook with glass eyes
These...
Category
1880s Swedish Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
1870s German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Capodimonte Old English Sheepdog Hand-Painted Porcelain Figurine
By Capodimonte
Located in Bochum, NRW
Beautiful, old English sheepdog hand-painted porcelain figurine made by Capodimonte, Italy.
Handmade and hand painted.
Original manufacturer lab...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Bronze Models of a Standing Bull and a Running Cow, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of large and finely patinated bronze models of a standing bull and a running cow after models by Isidor-Jules Bonheur, Cast on a Naturalistic Base.
French, circa 1890.
Signed 'I BONHEUR' and stamped 'PEYROL EDITEUR'.
Bonheur was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon and his naturalistic depiction of farm animals, including cattle, was one of his most popular subjects. The bronze was cast by his brother-in-law, Hippolyte Peyrol, who ran one of the most successful art foundries in Paris at this time.
Isidore-Jules Bonheur (1827-1901) was the son of the painter Raymond Bonheur and younger brother of Rosa Bonheur, the famous sculptor. He was born in Bordeaux and studied painting, at first with his father and then with the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, moving on to sculpture in 1848.
He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1848 with a painting and plaster study of the same subject ‘African horseman attacked by a lioness’. From then onwards, Bonheur exhibited regularly at the Salon as well as other exhibitions, winning medals in 1865 and 1869 together with the prized Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.
He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 1895.
Most of Bonheur’s casts were by his uncle by marriage, Hippolyte Peyrol, whose tiny foundry mark is often very difficult to find.
Bonheur’s studies range from farm animals, bears and tigers in a very naturalistic vein to equestrian groups. Although noted primarily for his small groups he did complete two large scale commissions, one to his sister Rosa, at Fontainbleau and the other, two stone lions at the steps of the Royal...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Blue Murano Glass Duck Sculptures Signed Cenedese 1980s Italy
By Cenedese
Located in Villaverla, IT
Pair of Blue Murano glass duck sculptures signed Cenedese 1980s Italy with Submerged Gold Finishes
This artistic pair of duck sculptures will brings with itself a touch of Venerian ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Swiss Black Forest Eagle Carving 'Taking Flight'
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
Fine Swiss Black Forest eagle carving of substantial size. The eagle beautifully carved with exceptional detail throughout perched upon a rocky outcrop w...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
American Gilt Copper Full Bodied Horse Directional Weathervane, Fiske, C. 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
American gilt copper full bodied running horse directional weathervane with two gilt circular spheres resting on squared iron stand, J.W. Fiske, late 19th century.
Category
1870s American Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Iron, Zinc, Gold Leaf
Large Antique English Brass Owl Inkwell, circa.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and rare large figural inkwell, beautifully executed in the form of an Owl with fine detail.
The hinged head lifts to reveal a fitted ink chamber which looks to be a ...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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
Tessellated Bone Faux Tusks
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated bone faux tusks in the style of Anthony Redmile.
Category
1980s Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Large bronze from the Chiurazzi foundry in Naples
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large bronze from the Chiurazzi foundry in Naples,
Exact copy of one of those found in Herculaneum and currently in the Archaeological Museum of Naples
Bronze measures:
94 cm. High...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Thomas Suby Carved Duck Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Suby carved duck sculpture. Represented by Breckenridge Art Gallery/ Breckenridge Colorado. This piece probably dates to the Mid-1980s. Beautifully ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Polychrome Sculpture of a Roman Woman
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian original painted plaster sculpture of a young Roman woman in nice gilt dress and flower wreath. This well sculptured smiling lady cou...
Category
1880s Italian Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair Large Cast Iron Horse Bookends/Sculptures
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Large pair of finely detailed iron horse sculptures/bookends.
Category
1980s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lillemor Mannerheim Klingspor, Panda WWF, Arabia
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
This panda designed by Lillemor Mannerheim was made for WWF and part of the sales of the items was donated to this organisation. Mannerheim, being a member of ...
Category
1980s Finnish Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Faience
Large Artist Signed Japanese Bronze Tigers Attacking Bull Sculpture on Wood Base
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Large Artist Signed Japanese Bronze Tigers attacking a Bull sculpture on wood base. Amazing original Patina and signed by the artist. The wood stand is or...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Tessellated Marble Faux Tusks
Located in London, GB
A pair of tall faux tusks in tessellated marble mounted on dark marble plinths with brass accents.
A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Amber and Mink Bullicante Glass Fish Sculpture by Alberto Dona
By Alberto Donà
Located in London, GB
Art glass sculpture fish. Slightly shaded of amber mink colour with hints
of dark chocolate brown, Murano's (Venice) Italian blown glass with
bubbles. Signed on the base by artis...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
French 19th Century Gilded Bronze Dog Fremiet & Barbedienne
Located in Newark, England
Fine 19th century French gilded bronze model of a dog. The bronze beautifully cast by renowned French sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet. Cast as a recumberant Samoyed on an elongasted oval b...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Black Forest Extending Book Rack
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century black forest extending book rack, with finely a carved bear at either end standing on carved logs, when fully extended the total length is ...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Bronze Group With Brown Patina Mare And Her Foal By Pierre Jules Mène
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Pierre-Jules Mène Paris (1810 - 1879)
Jument et son poulain à la corbeille d'avoine
Très beau petit groupe en bronze à double patine brun clair et brun foncé. On peut admirer certains détails mis en relief par une ciselure très fine et très habile. Pierre Jules Mène est né à Paris le 25 mars 1810 et il y est mort le 20 mai 1879. Célèbre à travers le monde entier pour ses sculptures animalières, Il était le beau-père du sculpteur Auguste Cain (1821-1894), qui fut son collaborateur.
Cette très belle épreuve est ancienne, elle est d'époque fin du XIXème siècle.
Elle est signée 'P J MENE' sur la terrasse à droite. La patine est authentique et présente de légères nuances.
Hauteur : 8 Largeur : 15 Profondeur : 7,50 cm
Bibliographie en rapport :
Michel Poletti et Alain Richarme, 'Pierre-Jules Mêne, catalogue raisonné', Paris, 2007, p. 83 , modèle référencé sous le n...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of 3 Paper Mache Gargoyle Heads By Peter Winter
Located in Doylestown, PA
A collection of 3 paper mâché gargoyle heads in cardboard and newsprint by artist Peter Winter, each signed and numbered on reverse with "San Fransisco".
Category
1980s American Folk Art Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Paper
19th Century Swiss 'Black Forest' Carving a Dog Family
By Walter Mäder
Located in London, GB
A 'Black Forest' Dog Group
The naturalistically carved limewood group shows the bitch couchant and her three playful pups; glass eyes are used in all the figures, in the manner of Walter Mäder...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Natural Specimen, a Trophy of a Bufalo Skull, Africa 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A natural specimen of a trophy of an African bufalo skull with horns for Wunderkammer, bufalo Cafro, black bufalo from Cap, (Sincerus Caffer (Sparrman, 1779)). Sub-Saharian Africa, c...
Category
Late 19th Century Sub-Saharan African Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Horn
19th Century American Black Cast Iron Piggy Bank Money Box Animal Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
19th century American black cast iron piggy bank, money box, animal sculpture.
We left it intentionally in the distressed look to show its ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Rustic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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
14k Gold Mounted Agate Bird on Carved Amethyst Rock
Located in New York, NY
14k Gold Mounted Agate bird on carved amethyst rock, 20th Century
A really nice and cool object - a true collectors piece. Part of a group of five birds....
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Gold
Late 19th Century Patinated Bronze Eagle on Black Marble Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French Eagle on a Belgian Black Marble Stand, circa 1880-1900.
This amazing Eagle sculpture is made in a solid bronze that still has the original patina, with a unbeatable age-...
Category
Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Vienna Bronzes, Deer and Doe Sculptures, 19th Century
By Geschutzt
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb 19th century Vienna bronze sculptures of a stag, the doe is a late 20th century/early 21st production of Vienna bronzes. The deer sculpture is attributed to the Geschütz manuf...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Russian Carved Jasper Figure of a Rabbit
Located in New York, NY
A large Russian carved Jasper hardstone figure of a rabbit, in the style of Faberge.
With 14K gold and ruby eyes.
Realistically carved, figure of a...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
KPM Porcelain Model of a Parrot, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A KPM porcelain model of a parrot
German, late 19th century
Measures: Height 23cm, width 12cm, depth 9cm
Marked for KPM, the leading German porcelain makers, this charming and ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Stylised Bird Vase by Dominique Pouchain 'circa 1980s'
Located in London, GB
French glazed ceramic stylised bird vase by Dominique Pouchain (circa 1980s). Quirky and original, these ceramic birds are by the son of Jacques Pouchain, well-known French ceramicis...
Category
1980s French Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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.