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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1940s
Elephant Craquelé Glazed Earthenware Art Deco Sculpture, Fontinelle Belgium 1940
Located in Firenze, IT
Art Deco elephant sculpture designed by Fontinelle.
Belgium 1940s
cream / ivory craquelé glazed earthenware
Marked on the base with N. 66, ther...
Category
1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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
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 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
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
Wrought Iron Sculptures Of Life Size Flamingos
Located in Madrid, ES
Wrought Iron Sculptures Of Life Size Flamingos
DECORATIVE SCULPTURES FROM THE 1950s IN THE SHAPE OF 2 FLAMINGOS. HOT WORKED WROUGHT IRON AND GIANT SHELL BODY. THE EYES ARE IN TRANSLU...
Category
1940s Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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,...
Category
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
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
Japanese Showa Arita Porcelain Rooster and Hen Figures
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Showa period Arita porcelain rooster and hen pair in striking bright white and red glaze. The pair comes with a signed box and was made during...
Category
1940s Japanese Showa Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI 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
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
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...
Category
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
Isidore-Jules Bonheur, A Rare Gilt and Patinated Bronze Jockey on A Horse
Located in New York, NY
Isidore-Jules Bonheur (French, 1827–1901)
A Rare Gilt and Patinated Bronze Jockey on A Horse, circa 1875.
Introducing a truly exceptional and highly s...
Category
19th Century French Sporting Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
English Majolica Stork Vase, 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Joseph Holdcroft had previously been employed at Minton for eighteen years where he became most proficient in the production of Majolica, although the firm also produced Parian and o...
Category
1870s English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
French Bronze Group of Pheasant Hen and Her Young, Alphonse-Alexandre Arson
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture of a mother pheasant protecting her chicks from an approaching lizard. Inscribed Arson.
Category
1850s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Turquoise Glazed Parrots
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
A pair of parrots in China symbolizes affection, fidelity, and deep, enduring love. The parrot is also a powerful symbol of opportunity and the bearer of good news, drawing in positi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Antique Plaster Lion Head
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
This antique plaster lion head has been reserved for years: now I'm publishing it for sale. I have no fountain, not even a garden that can welcome it. It'...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Black Forest Bear holding a Gong, 19th Century.
By Black Forest
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting Swiss Black Forest carved bear, holding a gong and hammer, mounted on a carved rocky outcrop.
Batch 73 YZZZ 62138
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
French Bronze Pheasant Preying on a Lizard, Alphonse-Alexandre Arson (1822-1880)
Located in New York, NY
Titled Perdrix au lézard. Inscribed Arson.
Category
1850s Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Set of Fifteen 19th Century Miniature Carved Oak Black Forest Bears
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique set of Fifteen 19th century miniature carved black forest bears some standing, some sitting down, some with original glass eyes and in fabulous original condition.
A char...
Category
19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
An Assembled Group of Seventeen Sitzendorf Porcelain Monkey Band Figures.
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Assembled Group of Seventeen Sitzendorf Porcelain Monkey Band Figures, Charming as a collection or themed dining table decoration. Priced per figure.
Property from the Estate of Fred and Estelle Spector, Chicago, Illinois
Fred Spector began violin lessons at the age of five with his uncle J.B. Mazur, concertmaster of the Czar’s Imperial Orchestra in Saint Petersburg. A lifelong Chicagoan, he attended Hyde Park High School and Chicago Musical College.
He was a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 47 years (1956 – 2003). He was actually hired into the CSO twice. The first time was in 1948 but the music director was fired shortly after he was hired, and the symphony did not honor any of the contracts of the recently hired musicians. Eight years later he was invited to audition again. At that point, he was conducting Top Banana...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Colorful Portuguese Cistern/Humidifier with 17th Century Flowers & Masque Decor
Located in Verviers, BE
Beautiful old water tank or cistern intended to humidify the home in hot weather. Made of white ceramic in Conimbriga (near Condeixa, Portugal).
This impressive hand decorated cist...
Category
1940s Portuguese Art Nouveau Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze "Panthère de L'Inde No.1" by Antoine L Barye
Located in London, GB
An excellent mid 19th Century French animalier bronze study of reclining panther with wonderful autumnal (green, orange, black and brown) patination and very intricate hand chased su...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century English Staffordshire Recumbent Greyhound Whippet Dogs
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb pair of antique English Staffordshire Greyhound Whippet recumbent dogs, circa 1860. These charming dogs are hand painted with fine details and turquoise collars...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Couple of cats in Murano glass by Barovier&Toso circa 1948 "zebrato"
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible couple of cats in Murano glass by Barovier&Toso 1948 "zebreto oro" circa 1948
Category
1940s Italian International Style Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Scottish Pottery Lion, circa 1880
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Standing pottery lion, Scottish. Great treacle glaze; foot raised on a "stone" ball, circa 1880. Well modeled and rarely found large size. One eye possibl...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Bronze Griffin Candle Holder
Located in Hudson, NY
This piece is somewhat of a mystery to me. Extremely detailed and finely produced. I am not sure of the origin but certainly over 100 years old. Amazing sculptural and soulful object...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Wolf Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century bronze sculpture of a wolf, set upon a green marble plinth.
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze Eagle Fragment on White Marble Stand, Italy
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian gilt bronze sculpture of an eagle on a rectangular white Carrera piece of marble. The high quality of the gilt work and the early age makes the eagl...
Category
1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Napoleon III Spelter Athena Statuette circa 1890
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Art Nouveau spelter Athena statue.
Very nice treatment of the subject in a detailed and nervous classic style with a high quality of details. Ver...
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Meissen Dog Group Pug with Puppy and Bells by J.J. Kaendler Germany, circa 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Lovingly designed group of animals:
Sitting female pug with jingle collar, looking attentively to the right, between her legs a small puppy looking out.
Designer:
Johann Joachim...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptionally Rare Chamberlains Worcester Pea Hen and Chicks, c1821
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Exceptionally Rare Chamberlains Worcester Pea Hen and Chicks, c1821
Additional information:
Date : c1821
Period : George IV
Marks : Iron-red hand painted cursive Chamberlains Worces...
Category
19th Century English George IV Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
A Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Two Striding Lions, Signed By the Artist
Located in New York, NY
A Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Two Striding Lions, Signed By the Artist
Witness the awe-inspiring spectacle of this extraordinary antique bronze masterpiece, painstakingly hand-car...
Category
1890s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Decorative Antique Hand Carved Wooden Statues of a Lovely Horses
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very decorative pair of circa 1880 English hand carved wooden horses.
A good looking well made and decorative pair, they would look amazing...
Category
1880s European High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Pair of Egyptian sphinxes in gold-coloured scaiola plaster
Located in Milano, IT
Discover the epitome of elegance with this exquisite pair of Egyptian sphinx statues. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, these magnificent sculptures are made of scaiola pl...
Category
1880s French Egyptian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Antoine-Louis Barye (1795 - 1875) bronze, LLion crushing a on oval base, signed
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris, 1795-1875). Lion crushing a Leopard.
Bronze with a brown patina signed Barye on the left hand side of the base. The bronze sculpture is sitting on a blac...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century English Albatross Bird Carved Stag Horn Walking Stick
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique 19th century English gentleman's walking stick with a carved stag Horn albatross bird handle. This handsome walking stick has a finely carved albatross handle with e...
Category
19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Horn, Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Bisque 'Obedience & Reward' Dog Figures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Bisque 'Obedience & Reward' Dog Figures
England, Circa 1880s
Both with impressed numbers #1242/ 20 and #1242/23 and painters marks
The charms...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Twelve 19th Century French Set of Silver Plated Knife Rests
Located in Dallas, TX
Dress a dining table with elegance using this set of "Porte-Couteaux". Crafted in France circa 1880, each silver plated piece is different and depicts an outdoor animal...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair Chinese Cloisonné Birds on Stands
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of hand painted and gilded Chinese cloisonné birds on stands decorated with flowers and gilded trim. Removable wings. Birds lift off of ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Vintage Oriental Blue & White Large Foo Dog Terracotta Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful vintage blue & white foo dog. No chips or breaks. Incredible details. Dimensions: 18 H x 16 W x 9 D.
Category
1940s Hong Kong Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Bronze Sculpture "Chien De Chasse" by Paul-Edouard Delabrierre, c. 1870
Located in Shippensburg, PA
"CHIEN DE CHASSE (HUNTING DOG)" BY PAUL-EDOUARD DELABRIERRE (FRENCH, 1829-1912)
Patinated bronze with plaster filled base; signed in rock "E. Delabrier...
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Zaccagnini, "Colombe Rose" Craquelé Faience Sculpture, Italy, 1940
Located in Firenze, IT
Zaccagnini "Colombe rose" craquelé faience Art Deco sculpture
Ceramiche Zaccagnini, Gualdo Tadino, Italy, 1940
Signed under the base.
20.5 cm H - 18.5 x 9 cm
Conditions: ...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
C.1890 Majolica Rooster Vase Choisy Le Roi by Carrier Belleuse
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica rooster vase signed Carrier Belleuse for the manufacture of Choisy le Roi, circa 1875.
Very rare colors.
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (born Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse; 12 June 1824 – 4 June 1887) was a French sculptor. He was one of the founding members of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and was made an officer of the Legion of Honour.
At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most important ceramics...
Category
1890s French Country Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Faience, Majolica
19th Century Wooden Carousel Horse
Located in Ongar, GB
A beautiful and rare 19th century wooden carousel horse with original dry scrapped paint and glass eyes. Mounted on a later stand for display it now ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Rare 19th Century Decorated Tole Dummy Board
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A rare C19th decorated tole dummy board constructed as stick stand, depicting a terrier with red ribbon collar, seated upon a red velvet cushion stool with small cabriole legs and pa...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Tin
Friedrich Ruckart German, 1832-1893 Standing Doberman
Located in New York, NY
Friedrich Ruckart
German,1832-1893
Standing Doberman
Signed Fried. Ruckart K. J.; inscribed Hampe Deutsche Dogge and indistinctly inscribed to the right of the signature on the...
Category
19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique pair of 19th century bronze hounds on red marble bases.
Located in London, GB
A fine quality pair of early 19th Century Regency period well-cast bronze Models of Greyhounds, having engine-turned gilt-brass collars, on moulded edged red marble bases.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
An English Horn Chair and Ottoman 20th Century adorned with spurs. Height 43 x
Located in Buchanan, MI
An English Horn Chair and Ottoman Covered In Cowhide, Brass Head Trim.
20th Century
adorned with spurs.
Height 43 x width 29 x depth 35 inches. Can save shipping charges is shipping...
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Late 19th Century English Adirondack Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Horn
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.