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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique 19th Century Bronze Elephant Statue with Exceptional Detail in Casting.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century Bronze Elephant Statue with Exceptional Detail in Casting.
Category
19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lifesize 19th Century Quirky Carved Wood Antelope
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A unusual late 19th Century wood carved antelope, with naive expression on his face and in a spread stance, finished in his original brightly coloured decoration. Circa 1880.
H: 9...
Category
1880s Indian Country Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Bronze Statue of a Pheasant
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze statue of a pheasant, signed Dubucand. The impressive statue is raised by a circular mottled...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Porcelain Goat and Child, Hand Painted, Meissen, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
Beautiful piece 19th century Meissen,
Hand painted porcelain Goat and child, beautifully detailed.
Shipping included
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Category
19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Meissen
Italian 18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Statue of Two Eagles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian 18th century giltwood and polychrome statue of two eagles. The statue is raised by a most decorative polychrome ground and branch like designed base. Above are two...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Marble Group of Child Playing with a Puppy, After Joseph Gott, 1786-1860
By Joseph Gott
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting early 19th century marble group of a seated child playing with a Greyhound puppy.
After; Joseph Gott (1785–1860) was a 19th century English ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Iron Stags Head
Located in Washington, DC
Iron Stags Head- Single Only
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Late 17th to Early 18th Century Carved Seated Lions
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare, carved Limewood Mythological Reclining Lions, probably Italian. Mounted on base.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Unknown Antique Animal Sculptures
Jockey on His Horse, G. Ferrari, Italy, 19th Century
By Ferrari SRL
Located in Lantau, HK
A bronze equestrian statue of a Jockey on his horse by Italian sculptor, G. Ferrari, 19th century.
Giuseppe Ferrari was an Italian sculptor born in 1843. He portrayed figures and gr...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
PAIR OF ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE DOGS 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE DOGS 19th Century
Earthenware
English in molded, relief and gilded ceramics.
Wear on the gold.
Height: 38 cm.
good conditions for the time
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Emile Galle Faience Painted Pottery Cats Pair
By Emile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Emile Galle signed comical whimsical cats with glass eyes made in Nancy France
Circa 1890. Nancy France
Signed on legs with the Gallé Reinemer mark.
The pair of faience ye...
Category
1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Large 19th Century Bronze of a Hunting Dog with Pheasant
Located in New York, NY
Crafted by the skilled hands of Louis-Albert Carvin, a renowned French artist celebrated for his bronze animalier sculptures, this striking 19th-century masterpiece captures the esse...
Category
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Hound Dog Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Bronze hound dog sculpture. Beautifully modeled and patinated French hunting hound on red oval marble base; great movement with two raised paws. France, late 19th century.
Dimensions...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Dachshund Terracotta Dog
Located in New York, NY
Realistic 19th century terracotta dachshund dog in seated position. Lifesize in deep brown tones beautifully sculpted with distinct facial details and glass eyes.
Category
19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century French Carved Oak Wall Panels with Pheasants in Gilt Frames
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a man's office, a ranch or a hunting lodge with this pair of elegant antique wall plaques. Crafted in France circa 1870 and built of oak ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Giltwood
Antique & Large Black Forest Gun / Rifle Rack w. Hand Carved Deer Head Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Large and impressive Black Forest rack for hunting guns, circa 1870-1890.
If you are looking for the perfect antique to decorate one of the walls in your hunting room, home office o...
Category
19th Century European Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Wooden Horse
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th century wooden horse.
Dry scraped to charming time worn patina.
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Late 1800s Black Forest Pipe with Hand Carved Deer and Stag Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
All handcrafted gentleman's or hunter's pipe from circa 1890.
For the collectors of antique Black Forest carvings in general and of rare pipes in particular, we also have this Swi...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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
19th Century Large Austrian Parrots & Flowers Cache Pot
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Large Austrian Parrots & Flowers Cache Pot.
Height / 12 inches.
Diameter / 12 inches.
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Carved Marble Lion Sculpture Signed P. Ruggeri
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a man's office desk with this stately antique marble lion sculpture. Created in Italy circa 1890, and hand carved of variegated...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Exceptional Carrara Marble Winged Sphinges by F.-E. Piat, France, 1873
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed E. Piat and dated 1873
Exposed under the n°3097 at the Salon of 1874
Each of these sphinges, sculpted in white Carrara marble, stands on a serpentine base made of a large s...
Category
1870s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Bronze Sculture Hares by Pierre-Jules Mène
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined small bronze sculpture with a group of hares. Accurate anatomical proportions. With the original patina. Signed on the base: PJ Mène.
Pierre-Jules Mêne (25 March 1810 – ...
Category
1860s French Belle Époque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique English Staffordshire Pottery Dogs, Circa 1830.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of Antique English Staffordshire Pottery Dogs, Circa 1830.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
A Small Bronze Group of a Prancing Stag
Located in London, GB
A Small Bronze Group of a Prancing Stag
Bronze, gilt bronze
South Germany; Nuremberg or Augsburg
Late 17th Century / Circa 1620
SIZE: 12cm high - 4¾ ins high
This bronze group, mad...
Category
17th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Black Forest Swiss 1880s Carved Wooden Grazing Cow with Bell on Neck
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Black Forest Swiss hand-carved wooden cow from circa 1880. This exquisitely hand-carved wooden cow is a pristine example of Black Forest artistry from circa 1880, originating from ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze of Romulus and Remus Founders of Rome
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century Italian patinated bronze of Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she wolf. Beautiful cast of this interesting subject, mounted on a ro...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Slate, Bronze
Bavent Ceramic Hare or Rabbit Model, French 1890s
By Bavent
Located in South Salem, NY
Crafted in the 1890s in France, this Bavent Ceramic Hare model is a testament to the artistry of its time. Fashioned from terracotta majolica and adorned with a cool white glaze, the...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century Small Staffordshire Spaniels
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of lovely 19th century English Staffordshire small spaniels. The faces are adorable on this pair, and they are sponge painted decorated, which are unusual and interesting. Th...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wood carving of a saint (Peter)
Located in Bakewell, GB
Wood carving of a saint (Peter)with a lot of original paint and gilding size 70cms high 27 wide and 20deep
Category
17th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Staffordshire Dogs
Located in Hastings, GB
A seated pair of circa 1860 large Staffordshire dogs, textured coats and very well painted, the faces to resemble Kind Charles II moustached face.
These are of great quality and ...
Category
1860s English Early Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sculpture of a Stag in Freedom by Aignon, Sculptor, Napoleon III Period.
By Christophe Gaignon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilded bronze sculpture of a stag in freedom by Aignon, sculptor, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A gilt bronze sculpture of a stag in freedom by Aignon, sculptor, marble base, 1...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Pair of Japanese Bronze Lions Bookends, Meiji Period
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This superb and rare pair of Japanese Meiji period bronze bookends are cast in solid bronze and depict a pair of Lions, with their heads raised. These finely sculpted pieces are beau...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Wood Animal Horse Sculpture, Northern Swedish Folk Art Original Paint
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique wooden horse sculpture from northern Sweden. The horse is from around 1850 and has a body in pine with original paint. The sculpture is made by hand and a one of a kind piece...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Mid-19th Century French Bronze Entitled "Deux Chiens en Arret" by A L Barye
Located in London, GB
"Deux Chiens en Arret" by A L Barye
A dramatic mid 19th Century French bronze animalier group of a pointer and setter as they iflushing pheasants in a naturalistic undergrowth. The bronze with excellent autumnal (green, brown, and orange) patina and intricate hand chased surface detail, signed Barye. A rare bronze subject from the artist’s own atelier (workshop).
Additional information
Measures: Height: 12 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 8 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1860
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref BARYE Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures by
Michel Poletti – Alain Richarme
Page no. 150
Description
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
HEAVY ANTIQUE SiGNED GRAND TOUR BRONZE STATUE OF THE FOUR HORSES OF SAINT MARKS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Circa 1880 hand made in Italy Grand Tour bronze of the Horses of Saint Marks
This i...
Category
1880s Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Royal Copenhagen. Large porcelain figurine of a white snowy owl. Before 1900.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen. Large porcelain figurine of a white snowy owl.
Before 1900. Number 467.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: Width 18.0 cm x Height 22.0...
Category
19th Century Danish Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
SUBLIME LARGE & DECORATIVE FORMER MERRY GO ROUND ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN ROCKING HORSE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite original antique Victorian circa 1860 merry go round horse converted into a rockin...
Category
1860s High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
'Pointer' by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A late Victorian Bronze Pointer by Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1879). Excellent patination, signed 'P.J. Mene' to base.
Dimensions: H 11cm W 22cm D 9.5cm
Origin: French
Date: Circa...
Category
1860s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Elephant Du Senegal' Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Elephant du Senegal' A late 19th century bronze sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) of a charging African Elephant. Excellent green patination and hand chased detail. Signe...
Category
1870s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, 'Rhesus Monkey and child'
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Rhesus Monkey and child, model 1464, circa 1750 .
Modelled by J.J. Kändler. Monkey, with outstretched hand holding fruit, and child chained ...
Category
1740s German Rococo Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Champion
Located in Greenwich, CT
An equestrian stable mascot of a champion horse, finely sculpted in English oak, capturing his alert, expressive face, with great attention to detail. Glass eyes. Mounted on a shield...
Category
1870s English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Large Pair of 19th Century Bronze Marly Horses, after Coustou
By Coustou
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive pair of 19th century bronze Marly horse, having a good patina, after Guillaume Coustou the elder 1677-1746.
Category
19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Miniature Foo Dogs 3.25" x 2" x 4.5"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th Century Miniature Foo Dogs
3.25" x 2" x 4.5"
Category
19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century Italian Pair Of Marble Lions With Heraldic Shield c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century exquisite pair of Italian marble lions, each bearing a heraldic shield. Carved meticulously from Carrara marble, renowned for its purity and elegance, these maje...
Category
1880s Italian Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century English Gilt Bronze Dead Finch Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century English life-size gilt bronze sculpture delicately captures the poignant beauty of a dead finch, meticulously crafted with intricate detail. In Victorian England, d...
Category
19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Miniature Cows Delftware Dutch Pieces Polychrome, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Unusual pair of two small Delft earthenware cows with enamel. They had rough life but still very nice.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Europe...
Category
18th Century European Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
English Pair of Staffordshire Dogs
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This lovely pair of Staffordshire Dogs are named so for the area in England they originate. Two seated King Charles Spaniel dogs with delica...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
English bronze recumbent Spaniel, c. 1840.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A bronze figure of a Spaniel, England, c. 1840. The recumbent Spaniel with a charming expression on its face, finely cast, and hand finished, with its hair intricately rendered.
Leng...
Category
1830s English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French large Bronze of a Lion after Claude Michel Clodion, 19th century
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Very fine and large bronze of a reclining lion. Many details, such as the treatment of the lion’s mane demonstrate the sculptor’s mastery skill, as well as an understanding of the an...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture: Dog and Turtle Play by Clovis Edmond Masson
Located in New York, NY
Captivating late 19th-century bronze sculpture crafted by the skilled hands of Clovis Edmond Masson (1838-1917), depicting a charming scene of a dog engaged in playful interaction wi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Dutch Delft Blue Cows 18th Century
By Delft
Located in Maidstone, GB
A rare pair of 18th Century Dutch Delft cows, blue and white, made in the De Twee Scheepjes (The Two Little Ships) factory, circa 1780.
24 cm (9 inches) lo...
Category
1770s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Staffordshire Cows and Calves
Located in Maidstone, GB
A rare pair of 19th Century Staffordshire cows with their feeding calves, nicely coloured ceramic enamels, made circa 1880.
24 cm (9 inches) long, 20 cm (7.5 inches) high, 12 cm (4....
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Portuguese Palissy Charger #3
Located in Bradenton, FL
Portuguese palissy plate or charger with green grasses, coiled snake, grubs, lizard and butterfly. Signed: Jose A. Cunha, Caldas, Rainha, Portugal.
Category
19th Century Portuguese Rustic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Fifteen Antique Miniature Carved Black Forest Bears
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fifteen 19th century antique miniature carved black forest bears. Some standing, some sitting down, some with original glass eyes. In lovely original condition.
A charming collec...
Category
19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Antique bronze table bell cat in a top hat, France 1880
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze table bell cat in a top hat.
France 1880-1900
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Palatial Pair of French Baroque Style 19th Century Carved Marble Sitting Lions
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Palatial Pair of French Baroque Revival Style 19th Century Carved Marble Sitting Lions, the very realistic carved pair of posing lions with fine attention to detail, ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
American Gilt Carved Wood and Gesso Spread Winged Eagle, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American gilt carved wood and gesso eagle with extended wings grasping gilt rounded bar. Eagle was used for center decoration on drapery rod. Early 19th c...
Category
1820s American American Empire Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
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.