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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Petit-Monsigny French Art Deco Ibis Sculpture Table Lamp, 1920
By A. Petit Monsigny
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco bronze sculpture table lamp by Adolphe Petit-Monsigny, France, ca.1920. Amazing bronze sculpture of an ibis holding an alabaster shade in its beak. Old alabaster cann...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, 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
Antique Bronze Sculpture By J.Berré, Resting Cow, France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful lifelike sculpture by J.Berré.
Depiction of a resting cow, nicely chiseled on a marble base.
Signed by the artist "J.Berré" on the plinth.
Category
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Victorian Staffordshire Dalmatian
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian Staffordshire Dalmatian dog having a Dalmatian dog hand painted with black spots standing on a green shaped base.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century French Painted Iron Bird Wall Trophies on Walnut Plaques
Located in Dallas, TX
These large heavy antique trophy plaques were created in France, circa 1880. Set on oval walnut board, each wall hanging decor feature a detailed spelter carved bird in high relief, ...
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Mid-19th Century French Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire Royal figures
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire Royal figures having a quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire Royal figures of Prince Albe...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A Pair of Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of Swans
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of Swans. This pair of swans portrays the graceful form of these birds with a level of artistry that is truly exceptional. The...
Category
1840s German Rococo Revival Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
47" Three Dimensional 19th Century Eagle Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Copper eagle form weather vane. Very large, hollow body, spread wing eagle form with open beak, resting on a ball for support above a directional arrow. Rotating later iron base. Min...
Category
19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
'Listening Stag' by Romantic Author A.L. Barye Produced by Barbedienne in Bronze
Located in North Miami, FL
Patinated bronze sculpture 'Listening Stag' by romantic author and sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye and produced by F. Barbedienne Fondeur
By: Antoine-Louis Barye, F. Barbedienne Fondeu...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Metal, Bronze
Pair of Mason Detroit Grade Canvasback Decoys, circa 1920
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of Evans Factory canvasbacks
Item Number: Y606A
Pair of Evans Factory canvasbacks. Original paint, hand carved, glass eyes. Were used in Wisconsin. Almost complete wing paint remains. One bottom carved W.E.T. Assume the hunter.
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Wisconsin, United States
Size: to scale
Dimensions: 15" x 5" x 6".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery...
Category
1920s American Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Joseph Victor Chemin (1825-1901) Signed French Spelter Fox Sculpture 19th C
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Signed
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Large pair of Victorian seated Staffordshire spaniel dogs
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large pair of Victorian seated Staffordshire spaniel dogs, having a large pair of antique Victorian seated spaniel dogs with matching white coats with gold detail with gold collars a...
Category
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
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
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 pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of Antique Victorian Staffordshire figures having a pair of quality Victorian Staffordshire figures of two fox hunters on horseback going hunting, hand painted in wonder...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Edgar William Brandt Art Deco Wrought Iron Snake Desk Weight
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Art Deco wrought iron snake desk weight in the brutalist style by renowned ironworker and designer Edgar William Brandt (French, 1880 – 1960) and ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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 Bronze Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
Located in Esbeek, NL
This patinated bronze statue is after the original Renaissance sculpture which was executed by Andrea del Verrocchio in 1480–1488, in Italy. Exac...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
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
English Cast Iron Hand Painted Cocker Spaniel sculpture/Door Stop circa 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1213 English hand cast and painted iron sculpture/door stop
Category
1920s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
"Cerf Qui Marche" by A L Barye
Located in London, GB
Excellent late 19th Century French bronze figure of a walking stag with beautiful autumnal, green. black. brown and orange patination and excellent hand finished surface detail on an oval naturalistic base with integral stepped plinth, signed Barye and inscribed F Barbedienne Fondeur
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Measures: Height: 19 cm
Width: 22 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1870
Foundry: F Barbedienne
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref Barye by Michel Poletti & Alain Richarme
ABOUT
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
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
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
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
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
French Art Deco French Bulldog Sculpture, circa 1925
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco French bulldog sculpture, France, circa 1925. Spelter and marble. Width : 11"((28cm), Height : 10.8"(27.5cm), Depth : 4.9"(12.5cm).
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
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
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
Antique German Black Forest Style Carved Owl Sculpture with Glass Eyes, ca. 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
An antique Black Forest style hand-carved Lindenwood owl sculpture, Germany, circa 1920.
This impressive naturalistically carved dark brown wooden owl with glass eyes, sitting on a w...
Category
1920s German Black Forest Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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.
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Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century Serpentine Carving of 'The Dying Lion' After Bertel Thorvaldsen
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully carved Italian Grand Tour serpentine copy of Bertel Thorvaldsen's monumental sculpture 'The Lion of Lucerne' also known as 'The Dying...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Serpentine
Goldscheider Porcealin Figure in shape of Parrot, 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Viennese Porcelain Ceramic Figurine in shape of Parrot sitting on Branch with Apple, probably 1920s
This charming porcelain figurine was manufactured by prominent Viennese ceramic c...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
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
Antique 19th Century English Staffordshire Russet Spaniel Dog
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique 19th-Century English Staffordshire diminutive russet spaniel dog figurine. This fine fellow is hand painted with fine details and would be perfect for the dog lover ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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
Walking stick ivory knob with greyhound head, United States 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick, knob carved ivory, depicting the head of a greyhound dog. Eyes in glass paste. Silver band. The shaft made out of fruitwood. Iron tip. USA circa 1890
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Iron
Antique Bronze Camel Sculpture
Located in Summerland, CA
Very decorative 18” tall bronze camel sculpture. Nicely patinated, side saddle with face mask on both sides. Probably made in China. C. 1920s.
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage 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
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
Demetre Chiparus French Art Deco Terracotta Lady Bust Sculpture, 1920s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco terracotta sculpture by Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), France, 1920s. Young lady and a lamb. Measures: Height : 15.75"(40cm), width : 23.2"(59cm), depth : 6.7"(17cm). ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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
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
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
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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
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
Edouard Marcel SANDOZ Bronze Rabbit Sculpture, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco bronze rabbit sculpture by Edouard Marcel SANDOZ, Paris, Susse Freres Foundry, France, 1920-1928. Rabbit, head turned. Just 7 co...
Category
1920s French Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Asian Bronze Sculpture Boys Washing Elephant
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1473 Solid bronze sculpture with fine detailing of two boys washing an elephant. Remnants of red polychrome.
Category
1920s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charming Cold Painted German Donkey
Located in Riverdale, NY
Charming Cold Painted German Donkey from the early 20th Century. Standing and beautifully detailed with lots of personality. Germany 1920's.
Category
1920s German Edwardian Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large French Bronze Sculpture “Winner of Cockfight" by Falguiere & Thiebaut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JEAN-ALEXANDRE JOSEPH FALGUIERE
French, 1831-1900
"La Vainquer au Combat de Coqs" (Winner of the Cockfight)
Patinated bronze signed in base A. Falguiére with foundry cachet of Thi...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
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 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
Chinese Export Famille Rose Pheasant With Ormolu Mounts, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous Chinese export famille rose enameled porcelain model of a pheasant mounted on an ormolu stand.
The elegant bird is portrayed perched on a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu
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.