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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Arts and Crafts
Large Bulldog Perfume Light Ernst Bohne & Söhne
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large French Bulldog perfume light.
A large porcelain sculpture with two bulldog - duo bulldog by Ernst Bohne & Söhne.
This art deco bulldog statue has...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Small Antique Bronze Sculpture, Art Deco Cougar, France, Circa 1930s, Seal Stamp
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful small antique bronze work depicting a sitting cougar.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Jacques Cartier Horse Bookends Bronze Sculpture, c 1930, France
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Deco Jacques Cartier horse bookends bronze sculpture. c 1925 France. A stunning pair of art deco stylized bookends. Silvered plated bronze Ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th century French Art Deco St Clément Ceramic Cat, 1930s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Period art deco kitten in St Clément ceramic signed Dax on the back.
Perfect condition and very good quality.
Rare piece.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bird In Flight by Alvan Kote
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Art Deco cast bronze sculpture of a bird flying along the crest of a wave.
Signed on the base at the rear of the casting: Alvan Kote.
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Porcelain Perfume Lamp of Woodpecker, Germany, 1930s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful large porcelain perfume light - Perfume lamp in the shape of a woodpecker.
This animal statue - Animal light - Bird lamp dates from the Art ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Ceramic Stippled Black & Crimson Glaze Panther signed Vago Weiss
By Vago
Located in New York, NY
This gleaming Art Deco Ceramic Panther sculpture signed Vago Weiss Originates from France, Circa 1925. Rendered in an optical mixture of stippled charcoal and cool crimson ceramic gl...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Limited Edition Crystal Glass Sculpture "Greyhound" by Lalique
By Lalique
Located in London, GB
A fabulous limited edition rich grey glass study of a seated greyhound with a very fine smooth tactile surface and good deep colour, signed Lalique France & numbered 164/288
From the Egypt of the Pharaohs to the present day, greyhounds have appeared regularly in the history of art, from paintings to tapestries, statues, dishes and many noble coats of arms. (The greyhound is a symbol of loyalty in heraldry.) The Lalique greyhound...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Modernist bronze sculpture antelope by Boisnoir, Marcel Guillemard 1925
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture antelope by Boisnoir.
Modernist with the foundry mark of Marcel Guillemard, marked Bronze, numbered 38.
Patinated bronze on an oval Belgian Black marble ba...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, 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
Edouard Marcel Sandoz, Seated cat, circa 1920
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
The cats of the sculptor Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, born in Basel (Switzerland) on March 21, 1881, was the son of Marcel
Sandoz, founder of the chemical company and...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Deco Study entitled "Lapin Assis" By Irénée Rochard
Located in London, GB
An endearing Art Deco bronze study of a seated rabbit with a carrot in its mouth with excellent deep black/brown patination and fine smooth tactile surface, signed I Rochard
ADDITIO...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ouganda Art Deco Style Panther Sculpture Original Max Le Verrier in Spelter
Located in Ulm, DE
Lion or panther sculpture named “Ouganda”
Original “Max Le Verrier”, signed
Art Deco style, France
Materials: patinated spelter (French: régule), marble base
Socle could have a dif...
Category
2010s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Karlsruhe Majolika Manufactory Sculpture, Dogs, Dachshund, Germany, 20th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful figure of two dachshund puppies from the well-known Karlsruhe Majolika Manufactory.
Marked on the bottom '5338', the production number.
On the bottom we see the coat of arm...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Pigeon Sculpture by Jacques Adnet 1920s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Extraordinary ceramic dove by the renowned French artist and designer Jacques Adnet and exhibited for the first time at the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industries in Paris, specifically in the ladies' room of La Maitrise. This historic piece captures the essence of the Art Deco style of the period and represents a true gem for collectors and design lovers.
The Adnet Ceramic Dove is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and detail. Each graceful curve and flowing contour reflects the influence of geometry and the modern aesthetic of the time. The delicacy and precision with which this piece has been sculpted make it a testament to Adnet's talent and artistic vision.
The carefully worked ceramic presents a combination of subtle glazes, creating an effect of depth and texture.
This Adnet Dove...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Panther Signed Plagnet
Located in NANTES, FR
Panther around 1930 in black patina spelter on an oriental breccia marble base signed "Plagnet" on the marble.
In perfect condition.
Length: 67 cm
Width: 22 cm
Height: 28 cm
Weight...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Deer and Stag Statues French Mid Centuy 1940
Located in Mimizan, FR
Pair of Deer Mid Century Stag and Deer
French Mid Century
Marble base
Bronze
Good vintage condition with minor signs of age.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze & Marble Terrier Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique bronze sculpture, depicting a crouched Yorkshire terrier with ball. Nicely chiseled bronze work o a marble base.
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Sculpture of a Panther, Bronze Cast, Marble, France circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Art DecosSculpture of a panther, bronze cast, marble, France circa 1930
Elegant Art Deco Sculpture of a Panther
- Model by Irenee Rochard, unsigned
- Massive bronze cast, pati...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pure Art Deco Bronze & Alabaster Chandelier w. Stylized Running Deer Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Exclusive bronze and alabaster, pure Art Deco pendant light for the perfect atmosphere.
If you are looking for an awesome light fixture to grace your living space then this antique Art Deco chandelier from the earliest years of the 1900s could very well be the one. Because of the quality and the design of the stylized bronze deer sculptures and the equally pure Art Deco alabaster...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Metal, Brass, Bronze
Art Deco Saint Clement Style French Lion In Red Glazed Ceramic.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Spec...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Roger Favin Ceramic Art deco Ram head
By Roger Favin
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Roger Fabian Ceramic Art deco Ram head Artist Roger Favin Ceramic sculpture Art deco Ram head
Circa 1930 Origin France
Very good condition- Small restoration on one horn but very wel...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco bronze bust of two deer signed by Georges H. Laurent France 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze bust of two deer signed by Georges H. Laurent.
Green patinated bronze on a wooden base.
France, 1930.
This bronze is illustrated on page 424...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Clear Glass Sculpture Entitled "Bison Paperweight" by Lalique Glass
By Lalique
Located in London, GB
An impressive clear and frosted glass paperweight in the form of a grazing bison with excellent hand finished detail, signed Lalique France
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 12 cm
Condition: Excellent Condition
circa: 1970
Materials: Frosted Glass
ABOUT
Lalique Glass
René Lalique (1860-1945) began his career as a jewellery apprentice at the age of 16, and by 1881 he was a freelance designer for many of the best-known Parisian jewellers. In 1885, he opened his own workshop on Place Gaillon in Paris, the former workshop of Jules Destape. In 1887, Lalique opened a business on Rue du Quatre-Septembre, and registered the "RL" mark the following year. In 1890, he opened a shop in the Opera District of Paris. Within a decade, Lalique was amongst the best-known Parisian jewellers.
In 1905, Lalique opened a new shop at Place Vendôme which exhibited not only jewellery, but glass works as well. It was close to the shop of renowned perfumer François Coty; in 1907, Lalique began producing ornate perfume bottles for Coty. The production of glass objects began at his country villa in 1902, and continued there until at least 1912. The first Lalique glassworks opened in 1909 in a rented facility in Combs-la-Ville, which Lalique later purchased in 1913. In December 1912, Lalique hosted an exhibition of Lalique Glass—as his glass would come to be known—at the Place Vendôme shop. During the First World War, the glassworks produced mundane items in support of the war effort. In 1919, work began on a new production facility in Wingen-sur-Moder, which opened in 1921. From 1925-1931, Lalique produced 29 models of hood ornaments; a mermaid statuette first produced in 1920 was also later sold as a hood ornament. During the 1920s and 1930s, Lalique was amongst the world's most renowned glassmakers.
René Lalique died in 1945. His son Marc Lalique took over the business, operating initially as "M.Lalique" and later as "Cristal Lalique...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Set of 2 bronze Polar bears by Pierre Chenet, France
By Chenet
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Pair of 2 bronze polar bears by the French sculptor Pierre Chenet.
Beautiful patina and very elegant
Each bear features the artist's stamp underneath
The big bear: W 48cm H 22cm D 15...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco bronze sculpture whale in the waves by Marcel André Bouraine 1925
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture whale in the waves by Marcel André Bouraine
Bronze with silver patine, alabaster waves, on a Belgian Black marble bas...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Lalique France Frosted Crystal “Perceval” Greyhound Sculpture
By Lalique
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lalique frosted and clear crystal “Perceval” Greyhound sculpture /figurine. The quiet and calm greyhound is standing up straight with its mouth closed and very sweet eyes. ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Antique French Art Deco Pair Lifesize Bronze Parrot Bird Sculptures Statues 55"
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite Antique Pair of French Art Deco bronze oversized Macaw Parrots or birds perched on stands with nice patina, circa 1920s. These monumental art sculptures feature a realistic...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Silvered French Bulldog Money Box, 1920s, Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Silvered French Bulldog Money Box.
A figural antique money bank in the shape of a French Bulldog Dog,
made in Germany circa 1920s.
A Cubistic Bulldog sculpture with large orange - brown glass eyes and a collar.
He's sitting on a treasury with lock.
Under the coffer there is a silverstamp.
The valve under to close this money bank is no longer there.
This Stunning Art Nouveau - Art Deco Bulldog Sculpture is a collectible for the French Bulldog Lover.
Bulldog penny bank - cashbox - piggy bank - moneybox - Frenchie - Bulldog Collectibles - Money Box Collectables - antique money bank - silvered money...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Art Deco Bear Sculpture signed Debrieu
Located in Beirut, LB
Bear sculpture in white enameled and crackled ceramic, representing a bear signed at the lower part Debrieu.
A beautiful sculpture and is sure to give a certain cachet as a decorativ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Art Deco Bronze Study entitled "Panther" by Irenee Rochard
Located in London, GB
A majestic Art Deco bronze study of a walking panther with excellent deep green patination and a very fine smooth tactile surface, raised on a polished black marble rectangular base and signed I Rochard
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Width: 45 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1925
Materials: Bronze and Marble
SKU: 8978
ABOUT
Irénée René Rochard (French, 1906 ~ 1984) – born in Villefranche sur Saône in 1906, his mother was a painter and his brother was the actor-singer Armand Mestral. Rochard chose the course of an artist’s life and turned to animal sculpture in order, as he used to say “pay tribute to animals”. On leaving the École des Beaux-Arts at the age of 22, he won first prize for a life-size panther sculpture and many other prizes and awards followed throughout his career. In the 1920’s Rochard frequently met with other animal sculptors, including François Pompon and Edouard Sandoz.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Signed Bronze Pelican or Shorebird Sculpture or Paperweight
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This small well executed sculpture is signed by an unknown artist and presumed to date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The sculpture is composed of cast ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lion Ceramic Terracota Sculpture Jul. Singer, 1937, Vienna, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful vintage ceramic glazed lion sculpture. It is marked Jul. Singer, and dated 1937. Small chip at the base like seen in the pictures. found at an Estate Sale in Vienna, Aust...
Category
1930s Austrian Arts and Crafts Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Charles Lemanceau French Art Deco Little Lama Statue, 1930s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Art Deco Little lama sculpture by Charles Lemanceau at Saint-Clement (Luneville), France, 1930. French Art Deco ceramic. Measures: Width: 10.2"(26cm), Height: 10.2"(25.8cm), Depth: 2...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Hand Made Wood Carved Rocking Donkey
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Hand Made Wood Carved Rocking Donkey
Rare, unique, and absolutely adorable hand made, solid wood carved vintage rocking donkey. The perfect classic vintage touch to complete...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Art Deco Austrian Bronze Rabbits Signed R. Desset
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Art Deco Austrian Bronze Rabbits Signed R. Desset
Each rabbit mounted on a block of variegated green serpentine marble.
Rabbits are ea...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Pheasant Birds Statue by Rochard Unique
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco Birds Statue by Rochard is a unique treatment of two pheasant birds in contrasting positions. Both figures are mounted on a beautiful base that ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Chrome, Spelter
1930s German Pull Toy Horse , Burlap Over Wood
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful antique German toy, a pull toy, a pull horse toy.
This antique toy horse, circa 1930s, is mounted on a wooden platform with wheels. The ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
A Rene lalique Ram Glass Art Deco Mascot
By René Lalique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The R.Lalique's car mascots are famous.
There quality is outstanding as well as for the glass as for the sharpness of the mould .
This mascot was created in 1928, one of his first a...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Abstract Ceramic Bull Signed Florentino. Spanish Earthenware Clay Art. 70s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
What a beautiful piece of art! This bull is made of earthenware / ceramic and most probably made in Spain. Signed Florentino. Just a few of these works are in circulation. In near pe...
Category
1970s Spanish Arts and Crafts Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Vintage Netsuke Soapstone Figure Pig
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful small Pig figurine. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made probably of soapstone or resin. A beautiful nice desktop item or j...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Animal Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Art Deco WPA Pottery Horse Sculpture by Jordan 1937
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well done handcrafted pottery fired clay horse in the Art Deco WPA style with strong build , great character , gentile but powerful feel . The piec...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay
M Buzelin Bronze Art Deco Flight Of The Swallows
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco bronze with double patina, mercury gilding and silver.
Representing 3 swallows on a pond.
Signed M Buzelin and Gauthier estr Paris for the founder.
In very good shape.
Heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of a Fish Signed De Roche, 1930
By De Roche
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture of a fish signed by De Roche.
Bronze with silver patina on a Belgian Black marble base.
France 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Pair of American 1930s Lead Greyhound Dogs Sculptures Sitting on Cushions
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of midcentury American lead dogs, obediently sitting on cushions. This adorable pair of dogs, circa 1930, was born in the United States and features t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lead
Maurice Guiraud Rivière & Etling Paris Cowboy at the Rodeo Art Deco Statue
Located in Oakland, CA
A rare tall bronze sculpture by Maurice Guiraud Rivière & Etling Paris representing the figure of a cowboy at the rodeo on a bucking bronco.
S...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Stylish Plaster Handpainted Bambi Sculpture, Signed: Depose No 98 J.B
Located in Verviers, BE
Signed: Depose No 98 J.B
This stylish Bambi sculpture dates to the late 1930s and was Fabricated in France.
The piece is in excellent condition and a ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Hand-Carved Oakwood Owl Sculpture with Glass Eyes, Germany, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Art Deco style hand-carved oakwood owl sculpture, Germany, circa the 1930s.
This beautiful naturalistically carved dark brown wooden owl with glass eyes, sitting on a wooden base wi...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oak
Pair of Rare German Art Deco Iron Sheep Sculptures Bookends Paperweights
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare pair of decorative Art Deco iron sheep sculptures.
Germany, 1930s.
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
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
Brass Modernist Deco Style Gazelle Bookends Sculptures, a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Brass Modernist Deco Style Gazelle bookends sculptures, a pair
Offered for sale is a pair of brass gazelle art deco or modernist style bookends or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique Art Deco Cast & Patinated Bookends Depicting Three Perched Owls
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique bookends are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The bookends are composed of cast steel with a bronze patination and depict three perched owls...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Wauja, Céramique Indigène Zoomorphe, "Tatu", 2020
Located in PARIS, FR
Cette céramique est une création contemporaine de la tribu Wauja situé au Haut Xingu/ Brésil. Réalisée selon les méthodes traditionnelles avec des matières premières naturelles, son ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Arts and Crafts Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Antique Bookends, Signed by the Artist Franjou, France, Art Deco
By Franjou
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique bookends signed by the french artist "Franjou".
Zinc Cast on a marble base.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Demetre Chiparus Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Elephant and Baby
Located in Atlanta, GA
Demetre Chiparus (1888-1950) designed this gorgeous Art Deco fine terracotta sculpture. The artwork features a brown-red patinated Art Deco walking el...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ercole Barovier for Barovier and Toso Rare Murano Glass Sculpture of a Donkey
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Ercole Barovier for Barovier and Toso Rare Murano glass Sculpture of a Donkey in vibrant red with gold applied accents. The leg is up. Rare art deco sculpture.
The nearly fifty y...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Giovanni Gariboldi, "Crouching Deer," Richard Ginori, San Cristoforo Italy 1940
Located in Firenze, IT
"Crouching Deer" fawn green sculpture figure designed by Giovanni Gariboldi (1908 - 1971)
Richard Ginori - San Cristoforo, Italy, 1940s.
Cast ceramic sculpture with marbled green g...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Frosted Glass Sculpture Entitled "Standing Elephant" by Lalique
By Marc Lalique
Located in London, GB
Impressive Mid-20th Century clear and frosted glass figural study of an African elephant with its trunk raised. The surface with fine detail, signed Lalique France
Additional information
Height: 15 cm
Condition: Excellent Condition
circa: 1970
Materials: Clear & Frosted Glass
About
Lalique Glass
René Lalique (1860-1945) began his career as a jewellery apprentice at the age of 16, and by 1881 he was a freelance designer for many of the best-known Parisian jewellers. In 1885, he opened his own workshop on Place Gaillon in Paris, the former workshop of Jules Destape. In 1887, Lalique opened a business on Rue du Quatre-Septembre, and registered the "RL" mark the following year. In 1890, he opened a shop in the Opera District of Paris. Within a decade, Lalique was amongst the best-known Parisian jewellers.
In 1905, Lalique opened a new shop at Place Vendôme which exhibited not only jewellery, but glass works as well. It was close to the shop of renowned perfumer François Coty; in 1907, Lalique began producing ornate perfume bottles for Coty. The production of glass objects began at his country villa in 1902, and continued there until at least 1912. The first Lalique glassworks opened in 1909 in a rented facility in Combs-la-Ville, which Lalique later purchased in 1913. In December 1912, Lalique hosted an exhibition of Lalique Glass—as his glass would come to be known—at the Place Vendôme shop. During the First World War, the glassworks produced mundane items in support of the war effort. In 1919, work began on a new production facility in Wingen-sur-Moder, which opened in 1921. From 1925-1931, Lalique produced 29 models of hood ornaments; a mermaid statuette first produced in 1920 was also later sold as a hood ornament. During the 1920s and 1930s, Lalique was amongst the world's most renowned glassmakers.
René Lalique died in 1945. His son Marc Lalique took over the business, operating initially as "M.Lalique" and later as "Cristal Lalique...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
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.