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Animal Sculptures For Sale
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Two Massive Late Qing Cloisonné Enamel Models of Cranes
Located in London, GB
Two massive late Qing cloisonné enamel models of cranes
Chinese, circa 1900
Measures: Height 187cm, width 52cm, depth 50cm
These extraordinary Chin...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Mexican Sterling Silver Bird Table Ornament
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Mexican sterling silver bird model; an addition to our animal related silverware collection.
This exceptional vintage Mexican cast sterling silver table...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of Ceramics Poodles, Probably England, 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of ceramics poodles, probably England, 19th century.
Category
19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Naturalistic Terracotta Elephant Group Model
Located in London, GB
Antique naturalistic terracotta elephant group model
Continental, early 20th century
Dimensions: Height 49cm, width 54cm, depth 18cm
This char...
Category
Early 20th Century European Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
21st Century Sterling Silver Fox Head Stirrup Cup
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive contemporary cast sterling silver stirrup cup modelled in the form of a fox's head; an addition to our diverse silver drinking vessels...
Category
2010s British Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Black Forest Wood Carving of a Mountain Goat
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A charming small ‘Black Forest’ wood carving of a mountain goat and her kids.
Category
1890s Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Swiss Hand Carved Black Forest Figure of a Fox with Thermometer, circa 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Swiss hand-carved Black Forest figure of a fox with thermometer, Brienz, Switzerland, circa 1880 in linden wood, with the original antique thermometer...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Rare Danish Porcelain Group of Pig Farmer, Royal Copenhagen, circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
Depicting a well dressed farmer feeding two pigs at their trough.
Category
1780s Danish Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Austrian Polychrome Bronze Sculpture "Desperado" by Carl Kauba
Located in New York, NY
Signed Kauba Austria. Horse and rider plunge from naturalistic base.
Literature: Harold Berman, 'Bronzes, Sculptors and Founders 1800-1930 Volume 4, PA, 1994, p. 1184.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Fawn" Ceramic Sculpture by Gariboldi for San Cristoforo - Ginori, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Cerbiatto ceramic sculpture by Giovanni Gariboldi for Richard Ginori -San Cristoforo.
Figure presented at the 6th Milan Triennale in 1936.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Big Bird Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Constructed from kitchen colanders
Wings extend.
Category
1970s American Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Georgiana's Companion
Located in Greenwich, CT
Georgiana's companion, Horatio. Striking sitting dog - stylized and charming in black and white. Horatio has curly hair - exactly 23. Horatio sit. Horatio stand later.
Category
19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
German Porcelain Fox, Meissen, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
With Meissen crossed swords mark.
Category
20th Century German Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sterling Silver Model of a Pug by BSE Products
By BSE Products
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive contemporary cast English sterling silver model of a pug; part of our animal related silverware collectio...
Category
1990s British Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Bronze Figure of a Bulldog, by Friedrich Gornik
Located in New York, NY
French bulldog signed 'F. Gornick' with Aust-Reich founders mark.
With ivorine bone.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Porcelain Panther, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Blanc de chine panther. Signed Erich Oehme.
Category
1920s German Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Sculpture of a Zebra, France, Midcentury
By Primavera
Located in New York, NY
An elegant ceramic sculpture of a zebra from the famed French line Primavera.
Stamped: PRIMAVERA
Incised: Made in France.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Finnish Seal Sculpture by Taisto Kaasinen for Arabia
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An uncommon ceramic seal sculpture with painterly red-brown glaze.
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Pair of Animalier Sculptures
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century Black Forest pair of finely hand carved animalier sculptures depicting owls.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Sterling Silver Pair of Red-Legged Partridges Models by Comyns, London, 1970
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1970 by Richard Comyns, this handsome pair of sterling silver Partridges, are realistically cast. The female measures 4.5"(12cm) tall, by 7"(18cm) from beak t...
Category
1970s English Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of French Bronze Animalier Sculptures of Game Birds
Located in London, GB
Pair of French bronze Animalier sculptures of game birds
French, late 19th century
Size: Height 48cm, width 37cm, depth 9cm
These charming lat...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse Sculpture
By A. Mead
Located in Chicago, IL
Horse sculpture, signed Jo Mead.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Mid-Century Steuben Glass Geese
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American Mid-Century Steuben clear glass small figures of a goose looking forward (Similar: LNL015A)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Pair of Bronze Game Bird Sculptures by Jules Moigniez
Located in London, GB
Each bird in this pair is a partridge—the ubiquitous European game bird. The partridges are cast from bronze and are finished with a beautiful, polychrome patina. Each partridge in t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
English Silver Gilt and Shell Casket
Located in New York, NY
Depicting a visibly agitated Jonah in the mouth of the whale. The upper half of the whale opens revealing the lower shell interior. Marked: London 1896, Maker: James Samuel Bell
Category
1890s English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
1960s Finnish Fossilized Fish Sculpture by Taisto Kaasinen for Arabia
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An impressive stoneware sculpture of a fish fossil having a rich and variegated matte glaze over expressive textural impressions enriched by brown underglaze markings. Signed "T. Kaa...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Indian Carved Hardwood Elephant
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This hardwood stool is in the form of a caparisoned Indian elephant with wooden tusks, shown walking forwards with a curled trunk, the ceremonial trappings comprising a triangular he...
Category
1880s Indian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
1950s Italian Wire Horse Sculpture by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bronze wire sculpture of a prancing horse on a wooden base.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental and Striking ‘Black Forest’ Walnut Carving of an Eagle
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A monumental and striking ‘Black Forest’ walnut carving of an eagle perched on a toppled shield, E Binder, Shown with outstretched wings and the head turned to the right , the talons...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Gilt Bronze Goat Inkwell, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Gilt bronze goat inkwell, circa 1875.
Category
1870s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Cast Iron Doorstop in the Form of a Boston Terrier
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Boston Terrier was made in cast iron by Bradley and Hubbard Co. Meriden CT in the 1920s
Model #7294-N.
A finely modeled hollow half round cast form with natural brindle paint.
See:
The Doorstop Book, John and Nancy Smith...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Pair of Italian Bronze Standing Deer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of large bronze standing deer on bases, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Adam Style Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Figure of an Antelope, by Christophe Fratin, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed Fratin with Charpantier, Paris Foundry.
Category
1890s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Very Large Patinated Bronze Marly Horses with Marble Pedestals
Located in London, GB
Pair of very large patinated bronze Marly horses with marble pedestals
French, 19th century
Measures: Horses: Height 76cm, width 60cm, depth 32cm
Pedestals: Height 92cm, width 65cm, depth 36cm
These superb horses are unusually large examples of so-called Marly Horses—models after Guillaume Coustou’s early 18th century marble sculptures...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Edwardian English Sterling Silver Bear Pepperette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver pepper shaker realistically modelled in the form of a bear, an addition to our range of silver novelty items
This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver pepperette...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Venini Multicolor Glass Upupa Bird Sculpture by Toni Zuccheri
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Upupa in multi-color by Toni Zuccher. Numbered edition. Bronze structure with plumes applied when still hot.
Color: Multi-color
Dimensions: D 40 cm, H 38 cm
Year of manuf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Black Forest Bull
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Fine quality late 19th century Black forest bull. The carver has caught the power and strength of this majestic animal, circa 1870
For similar examp...
Category
1870s Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Cats, circa 1750
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese porcelain cats, circa 1750.
Category
1750s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Swiss 19th Century Carved Wooden Cattle Attributed to Johann Huggler
By Johann Huggler
Located in London, GB
A pair of Black Forest cattle
attributed to Johann Huggler
Carved in lindenwood, the naturalistically carved Swiss cow, calf and bull stand on elliptical bases of grass and rocky...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Bronze Figure of a Striding Giraffe, by Charles Valton
Located in New York, NY
French bronze figure of a striding giraffe, by Charles Valton (1851-1918), circa 1905
Inscribed C. Valton and impressed Valsuani Foundry mark.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Outdoor Italian Neo-Classic Iron Wall Plaques
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Outdoor Italian Neo-classic style iron wall mounted plaques possibly fountains in the form of a dolphin (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
French Bronze Figure of a Bull, by Rosa Bonheur
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed "Rosa B" and stamped with the "Peyrol" foundry on the base.
Category
1860s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gilt Bronze Table Sea Horses on Marble, by E.F. Caldwell, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Commissioned from E.F. Caldwell by Larz and Isabel Anderson ('she wrote "the great sea horse" a fairy tale from which the quotes are depicted in the sculptures, they were commissione...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Murano Glass Animals by Archimede Seguso for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Marvelous Murano glass animals collection by Archimede Seguso.
Two elephants, one horse an a swan with different techniques and glass colors.
Heavy pieces with original labels of...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Antique German Silver Table Pheasants
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large pair of antique German silver table pheasants, part of our continental ornamental silverware collection.
These exceptional antique cast German silver table ornaments have been realistically modelled in the form of a pair of pheasants.
Each of the silver pheasant ornaments has been embellished with fine details reproducing the plumage, in addition to the bird's anatomical features.
These exceptional birds are embellished with the original tail feathers; the tails are larger than typical examples of this style.
Both the large cock and hen is further ornamented with impressive cast silver hinged wings; the hinged components indicates the high quality of these pieces.
These exceptional antique silver pheasant...
Category
1870s German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Venini Pavoncella Bird Sculpture by Toni Zuccheri
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Pavoncella sculpture by Toni Zuccheri. Numbered edition for year. Sculpture hand-blown glass.
Technique: Canes and Filigree
Dimensions: Ø 31 cm, H 23 cm
Year of Manufactu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
German Porcelain Eagle, Meissen, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
German porcelain eagle, Meissen, circa 1860.
Category
1860s German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
American Cast Iron Talon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American red painted cast iron talon, 1900s.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Berlin Iron
Kitsune from the Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
According to Japanese folklore the fox, or kitsune, can assume human form to protect and trick humble country folk. Dating to the 18th century, this fox protects its own pup. Carved ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
1960s Finnish Betta Fish Sculpture by Michael Schilkin for Arabia
By Arabia
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An uncommon white stoneware betta fish sculpture with thick glossy cyan glaze. Signed.
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Hand Carved Antique 'Black Forest' Fox Stool
Located in London, GB
A 'Black Forest' fox stool
Constructed in a very well patinated and carved lindenwood, the kneeling fox having glass eyes, with monochrome naturalistic highlights; the seat carved to resemble a mushroom.
Brienz Area, circa 1900
Brienz, in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland was remarked upon in Baedeker's Travel Guide, as having a population of 2400, of whom 600 persons were employed as woodcarvers, to supply the tourist trade to Switzerland with mementos of the tour. A museum devoted entirely to the art of wood carving may be visited today.
Arenski, Jay, Simon Daniels, and Michael Daniels. Swiss Carvings: The Art of the 'Black Forrest', 1820-1940. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, p. 140 (fig. 224). Illustrating a kneeling bear stool...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
French 19th Century Equestrian Bronze Sculpture after Pierre-Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
An equestrian sculpture
after Pierre-Jules Mêne
A naturalistic, carefully detailed and beautifully patinated bronze model of a jockey on his galloping horse, the realistic topogr...
Category
19th Century French Sporting Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Bronze Foo Dogs, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese bronze Foo dogs, 19th century.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Borzoi
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 19th century patinated bronze borzoi, by W.Gebler, on a rectangular base, foundry mark of Guss, Pirner, Franz and Dresden.
Category
19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Figure of a Bear, by Isidore Jules Bonheur '1827-1901'
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed I. Bonheur, with Peyrol foundry mark.
Category
1870s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Gilt and Patinated Bronze of Cupid on a Lion, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Engraved on the cupid's paddle "Omnia Vincit Amor" which translates "Love Conquers All". Signed by Thomas Weeks of Tichburne St.
Category
1820s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wilfrid Prost, Ceramic Sculpture of a Bear with Two Cubs, France, circa 1940
By Wilfrid Prost
Located in New York, NY
This playful ceramic sculpture of two cubs riding atop their mother's back emanates warmth with its subject, form, and color.
Category
1940s French Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Sculpture of Two Panthers, by Maximillien Louis Fiot
Located in New York, NY
Signed 'M. Fiot' and with foundry mark 'Susse Fres Edts Paris Cire Perdue'.
Category
1910s Vintage 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.
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