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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Cast Iron Horse Head
Located in Hellerup, DK
Large antique French cast iron horse head. Originally it was mounted on a gate pillar at the stables of a chateau in the South of France so the head has endured many years outdoors a...
Category
1880s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Mid 19th Century Animalier Bronze Study "Lièvre au Repos" by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
"Lièvre au Repos" by Pierre Jules Mêne
An entrancing mid 19th Century Animalier bronze study of an alert hare. The bronze exhibiting excellent hand chased surface detail and good ri...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lifesize Pair of Original French Bronze Sculptures of Herons- Moigniez
Located in New York City, NY
This important and unusual pair of life size French 19th century Blue Herons are realistically depicted with the two birds foraging in their natural environment. One large Heron is h...
Category
Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Very Rare circa 1850 Chinese Hand-Carved Serving Tray with Snake Handles & Frog
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1850 hand-carved from a single piece of timber serving tray with snake handles chasing a frog
A very good looking and exqui...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chippendale Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Small Antique Bronze, Pug With Scarf, Gilt and Painted, 1880s, Vienna Bronze?
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful small bronze, depicting an pug with a red scarf around the head.
Maybe Vienna bronze?
Finely chiseled, gilt and hand painted.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Animal Bronze L'accolade
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze sculpture with brown patina L'accolade featuring two hugging horses and a dog on a naturalist base highlighted with flowers. The dog is barking at the horses. The group rests on a gilt bronze fluted base...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
19th Century Hand Carved Wood Bulldog Inkwell from England
Located in North Salem, NY
What a fun and beautiful unque accessories. 19th century Fine hand carved
Bulldog inkwell from England. Head tilts back.
It well sit and stay, look...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Animalier Bronze "Taureau Vainqueur" by Jean-Baptiste Clesinger
Located in London, GB
An impressive late 19th century French bronze study of a majestic bull with standing in a proud stance exhibiting excellent hand chased surface detail and fine rich brown patina. Rai...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné War Horse Sculptures on Mahogany Base - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné War Horse Sculptures on Mahogany Base - Pair
Exquisite Set of 2 vintage Chinese Cloisonne' war horse sculptures on maho...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Chinese Early Qing Pair Blanc de Chine Porcelain Hawk Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made pair antique Chinese porcelain blanc de chine figures of hawks dating from the early qing period and from the 18th century, possibly from the Kangxi reign. The fig...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Collection of Five Staffordshire Figures of Poodles
Located in New York, NY
Seated and standing poodles on cobalt or unglazed bases with gilt banding.
Category
19th Century British Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Pair English Salt /Glazed Spaniels, c. 1830
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an imposing pair of stoneware saltglaze spaniels that were made at the Briddon Pottery in Brampton Derbyshire circa 1830. They are a unique design and historically significan...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Black Forest Wood Carved Brienz Hunt Plaque Antique, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Rare antique large German black forest hunt scene wall plaque trophy depicting a Rabbit and powder Horn.
Wonderful Trophy of the Hunt for your Black Forest Collection. This is a truly fine carved older piece.
Great lodge or ski cabin...
Category
1890s German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of J. W. Fiske Greyhound Garden Statues
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
A large recumbent cast iron greyhound attributed to J.W. Fiske Foundry, New York, circa late 19th century. Weathered black painted finish with underlayers showing through. Wear and ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
After Christophe Fratin (Signed), Grooming 12 Point Stag in Patinated Bronze
Located in Morristown, NJ
After Christophe Fratin (French 1801-1864), a majestic 12 point stag in brown patinated cast bronze, modeled with head turned to towards hind, inscribed "FRATIN", and mounted to a re...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Exquisite Steel Engraved Qajar Cow Ceremonial Staff
Located in New York, NY
This 19th-century Qajar head of a bull ceremonial staff is a remarkable artifact that showcases the exquisite craftsmanship and artistic finesse of the Qajar dynasty...
Category
19th Century Persian Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Rare Bronze Sculpture of “Arab on Camel” by Antoine-Louis Barye circa 1880
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
French, 1796-1875
"Dromadaire Monté par un Arabe"
Nuanced green and black patinated bronze signed in base "BARYE" cold-stamped foundry marking twice to unders...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Black Forest Carving
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century walnut Black Forest carving of a eagle perched on a rock with a deer below, lovely crisp carving and fabulous quality, circa 1880.
Category
1880s Swiss Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Dog in terracotta
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Dog in glazed terracotta, 19th century (or before).
Labrador, presumably English.
Category
1880s English Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Lion Marble sculpture from the 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
XVII Century
Lion
Marble, 30 x 43 x 25
The object under consideration is configured as a marble sculpture referable to the 17th century, characterized by a strong, visceral langua...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French White Terracotta Majolica Rabbit Bavent, circa 1890
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Small French white terracotta Majolica rabbit Bavent, circa 1890.
(Normandy).
Measures: Length / 8 inches, height / 6 inches.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Majolica
Grand Tour Ancient Egyptian Style Carved Soapstone Figure of Horus
Located in Stamford, CT
Grand Tour carving of Horus, ancient Egyptian god in the form of a falcon. Quite possibly much earlier in date, that is beyond my expertise. From a collection that did have ancient p...
Category
Late 19th Century Egyptian Egyptian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carved and Stained Walnut Bear
Located in Stamford, CT
Very fine carving of a black forest bear walking on all fours paws. The life-like bear realistically carved and stained by a master craftsman. The eyes inset...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut, Wood
Antique Decorative Dog Figure, Austrian, Bronze Viennese Borzoi Hound, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative dog figure. An Austrian, bronze Viennese Borzoi hound, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Tactile and endearing, a treat for the display ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Parrot on a Tree Sculpture, Germany, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
19th century Meissen Parrot on a tree sculpture, expertly crafted with realistic details. This multi-colored masterpiece features the parrot perched on a tree adorned with vibrant fl...
Category
19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century French Silvered Metal Animal Knife Rests - Set of 8
Located in Dallas, TX
Dress a dining table with elegance using this set of eight "Porte-Couteaux". Crafted in France circa 1960, each silvered piece is different and depicts an outdoor animal...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Fine 'Black Forest' Linden Wood Model of a Standing Bull, Swiss, circa 1890
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine 'Black Forest' linden wood model of a standing bull, Swiss, circa 1890.
Category
1880s European Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Meissen Porcelain Birds on Gilt Bronze Mounts / Johann Joachim Kändler
Located in Dallas, TX
two (2) Meissen porcelain birds (bitterns), from 1743 model by German sculptor Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706-1774), each on a base of re...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century the Lobster Japanese Bronze Lobster Meiji Period
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century the Lobster Japanese bronze Lobster Meiji Period.
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of Race Horse Stallion “Hanriette" by Pierre Lenordez
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PIERRE LENORDEZ
French, 1815-1892
"Hanriette Dimsdal A Race Horse" (1858)
Patinated sand-cast bronze Signed in cast "P. Lenordez 1858" foundry inscription for Duplan et Salles
Item # 306FTV06Q
This large and exquisite casting of Pierre Lenordez's "Hanriette Dimsdal" of 1858, it features a delightfully textured body with chaotic scoring from his minute stylus work across the hair of the body throughout. The mane and tail feature the crisp textured chiseling typical of his early work. This has been captured with utmost integrity by the renowned house of Duplan et Salles, the quality of the sand-casting simply above reproach with crisp replication of the artist's intent evident in every element. A most sensitive handling of this beautiful stallion.
Note the particularly wonderful handling of the ground of the base, a rather rare example of capturing the horse in its stall instead of over a naturalistic field. The hay is brushed away in numerous areas to reveal the brick flooring...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Animalier Bronze Sculpture entitled "Standing Ostrich" by Barye
By Alfred Barye
Located in London, GB
A very rare late 19th Century French Animalier bronze study of a standing ostrich, the detailed feathering chased with extremely fine precision, the flightless giant bird...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tiger, Japanese Bronze, Meiji Era, XIXth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large bronze tiger with brown patina, with very subtle bronze work to bring out the stripes on the body of the tiger
No mark or signature
Japan wo...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Staffordshire Spaniels
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of 19th century Staffordshire spaniel figures with separated front feet. This pair of dogs has wonderful hand painted copper...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Cocker Spaniel Statue, English, Plasterwork, Dog Figure, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cocker spaniel statue. An English, plasterwork dog figure, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Fine decorative speci...
Category
Early 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Bronze Cheval De Marly in the Style of Guillaume Coustou, circa 1930
Located in Labrit, Landes
Bronze statue in the style of Guillaume Marly.
The horses of Marly were commissioned by Louis XV to sculptor Guillaume Coustou to decorate the entrance of the park of Marly castle. ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Halting Stallion” Horse by Pierre Lenordez
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PIERRE LENORDEZ
French, 1815-1892
A Halting Stallion
Patinated sand-cast bronze Signed in cast "P. Lenordez" cast circa 1860
Item # 306GRT17P
A rare example of Pierre Lenordez's early work, this fine sand-cast bronze model of a halting stallion showcases the powerful animal as he is stopping his forward motion, rearing slightly as he shifts his weight to his back legs. The model is beautifully chased and a wonderful hammered texture to the hair and texture from the original wax mold replicated in the bronze under the translucent brown surface patina. The model is signed on the back corner of the naturalistic base in his typical script, "P. Lenordez".
Born in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, in the district of Manche in northwestern France, Pierre Lenordez eventually established himself in Caen where he would become a professor and teach at the Fine Arts Academy of Caen for a decade, accepting under his tutelage the Romantic sculptor of renown Arthur Jacques Leduc...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Jockey on Race Horse by H.R. de Vains
Located in Shippensburg, PA
H.R. DE VAINS
French, 1848 - 1886
Jockey on a Race Horse
Patinated bronze signed in base "HR de VAINS" original foundry label to the underside for Auguste Gouge
Item # 306CPA15Q...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
2 Antique Chelsea Porcelain Staffordshire Miniature Confetti Spaniel Dog Anchor
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of antique Chelsea Porcelain miniature 18th century Staffordshire figurines in the shape of brown spotted King Charles Spaniels or poodles....
Category
18th Century Federal Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Swiss 19th Century Bear Carvings from the Black Forest
Located in London, GB
A pair of miniature black forest bear carvings
Constructed using linden wood, the animals naturalistically carved, and with colored highl...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Meissen Commedia Dell'Arte Group Harlequin Family by J.J. Kaendler Germany c1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Commedia dell'Arte figure group from the 19th century:
Harlequin and Columbine with child dancing in a circle: Harlequin in green jacket with golden buttons and white ruff...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Highland Doorstop, Scottish Brass Decorative Stag Door Keeper, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Highland doorstop. A Scottish, brass and cast iron decorative door keeper with stag figure, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1870.
Delightful doorstop, proudly presenting Scottish taste and theme
Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order
Quality brass relief work with bright golden tones
Base and rear support in cast iron, with consistent graphite finish
The stag figure redolent of Sir Edwin Landseer's Monarch of the Glen painting...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Decorative Fox Doorstop, English, Door Keeper, Country House, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative fox doorstop. An English, brass door keeper in country house taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Beauti...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
English 19th Century Victorian Split Leg Staffordshire Dog with White Coat
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period slit leg Staffordshire dog from the 19th century with textured coat and gilded collar. Created in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, this Staffor...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Antique 1800s Indian Silver Peafowl Bird Ornaments
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, pair of large silver bird ornaments; part of our ornamental silverware collection
These magnificent and large a...
Category
1890s Indian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Large & Finest Quality, Antique Carved Nutwood Swiss Black Forest Bull Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Museum quality and condition, hand carved livestock sculpture.
This marvelous bull is for the collectors of the rarest and best quality Black Forest sculptures. Incredibly detailed,...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Nutwood
Decorative Bronze Figure of a Bull, Home Decor Objects After Jules Moigniez
Located in Hampshire, GB
An artistically created sculpture table decorative objects, After Jules Moigniez (French 1835-1894), bronze figure group modelled as a bull, cow and calf on the naturalistically modelled ground before a fence, upon an oval base, signed J Moigniez.
This bronze with a brown patina, entitled “Bovine family...
Category
Early 1800s French Art Deco Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wild Boar Silver Sculpture, 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid silver figure of wild boar. Made in Spain, 1880. Marked on the tip at the tail.
Measurements: width 7.48 in ( 19 cm ), height 3.94 in ( 10 cm ), depth 2.36 in ( 6 cm ).
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Pair, Ming Dynasty Gilt Bronze Diminutive Chinese Foo Dogs / Guardian Lions
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, Ming Dynasty.
Pair, Ming Dynasty Gilt Bronze Diminutive Chinese Foo Dogs or Guardian Lions of extraordinary quality and casting. Procured from an important New York Collect...
Category
17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Cast Iron & Painted Horse Head Fluted Ringed Hitching Post, Circa 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast iron and painted horse head hitching post with a central fluted ringed column resting on a squared base, Mid 19th Century.
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Greyhound with Ball in Bronze by Pierre-Jules Mène '1810-1879'
By P.J. Mêne
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Greyhound with Ball in Bronze by Pierre-Jules Mène (1810-1879)
This delightful greyhound has been captured in a playful pose by the sculptor Pierre-Jules Mène, one of the foremost...
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wedgwood Black Basalt Hedgehog Bulb Planter
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A black basalt bulb pot molded as a hedgehog, made by Wedgwood in the middle of the 19th century.
Finely molded as a lively little hedgehog, this unique object would have been use...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock of a Lion Signed Festeau Le Jeune
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The clock is signed by the Clockmaker Festeau Le Jeune. The case after a design of François Vion in form of a lion supporting a cylindrical case draped with ribbon tied laurel swags ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th century Carved Walnut Black Forest Bear / Cigar Holder
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century Continental carved walnut bear / cigar holder. In the style of Black Forest, German, Possibly Russian. The complex form of a classic dancing bear on hind legs. Stan...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear circa 1900
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Black Forest carved walking bear. Fine hand carved detail with original glass eyes. Linden wood.
Dimensions: H 22cm W 15cm D 11.5cm
Origin: Swiss
Date: Circa 1890
Item...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Majolica George Jones Fox Serving Tray circa 1869
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant pink Majolica serving dish decorated with a three green vine leaves, the handle formed as a fox peering into the bowl with its tail appearing on the mottled underside signed ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Pair of Lunéville Faience Lions
By Luneville
Located in Dallas, TX
a large handsome pair of Lunéville faience lions, each shown resting on a green sponged plinth base with his tail curled over his back, their legs, p...
Category
19th Century French Baroque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Carrousel Painted Horse
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful French Painted Carousel Horse..
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Bronze Sculpture of a Stallion, PJ Mene (1810-1871)
Located in New York, NY
This highly detailed study of a Normandy mare is an excerpted model from Mêne's popular Jument normande et son poulain, exhibited in wax at the 1868 Salon (no. 3749), and in bronze t...
Category
1850s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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.