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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Late 19th Century French Bronze Sculpture "Le Grand Jockey" Signed I. Bonheur
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or study with this large antique bronze sculpture. Created in France circa 1880, and signed by French sculptor Isidore Bonheur, the sculpture is set on a green mar...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 18th Century French Limestone Lions
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent pair of 18th century French Hand Carved Limestone Lions. The base measurement is 11.5 inches.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Late 19th century Pair of Glazed Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Savannah, GA
Extraordinary pair of fine glazed porcelain Foo dogs came to us out of an estate here in Savannah, Georgia, belonging to an old general that long ago brought them from Thailand. Used...
Category
1890s Chinese Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Marble Lion, Périgord, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Marble lion
white marble
France, probably Périgord, 17th century
Small marble lion wearing a coat of arms pendant with the engraved date, ...
Category
17th Century French Renaissance Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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
Chinese Green Glazed Foo Lions, Near Pair, Late 19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A charming near pair of Chinese green glazed foo lion joss stick holders, late 19th century, China.
The delightful foo lions, also referred to as foo dogs, crafted as joss (incens...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Dutch Delft Horse and Rider, 19th century
By Delft
Located in Maidstone, GB
Nineteenth century tin-glazed continental polychrome faience horse, circa1880. Dubious markings (Roos, APK, etc) to the base. 23 cm long, 26 cm high, 10 cm wide.
Category
1880s Dutch Rococo Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Delft
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of Bull
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Bull by the French sculptor, Isidore Jules Bonheur. Set on a naturalistic base and raised on a black marble plinth. Signed 'I. Bonheur' and fe...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
Martin Brothers Bird
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
5509
Robert Wallace Martin for the Martin Brothers. A Bird sculpture with a playful epression, his head cocked and quizical eyes.
Crack to the rear of head. This appears to be as a r...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Bronze By Antoine-Louis BARYE (1795-1875) Panthère De Tunis N°1
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Very beautiful bronze proof with brown patina nuanced with black representing an observing panther, crouching on a rock. Old proof signed BARYE on the side of the terrace, at the fro...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Majestic & Lifelike Antique Alabaster Bald Eagle Sculpture w. Glass Eyes
Located in Lisse, NL
Magnificent hand-carved eagle on a rock sculpture.
Most people are not capable of drawing a picture of an eagle, but this artist has sculpted a majestic and lifelike eagle out of a ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Ancient altarpiece of fish carved in polychrome wood
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Ancient altarpiece carved in wood with excellent polychrome, representing two fish where the larger one eats the smaller one. Undoubtedly, a beautiful piece loaded with great symboli...
Category
18th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Large Jewelry Casket After Clodion
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Napoleon III Jewelry Casket
In chiseled and silvered bronze, decorated with putti scenes in the style of Claude Michel dit Clodion (...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brass Sculpture of Monkey Holding Business Card Holder, Late 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 19th Century Brass Sculpture of Monkey Holding Business Card Holder
Category
Late 19th Century European Folk Art Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Bulldog dog sculpture signed J.B. Made in America late 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Golden antimony metal sculpture, depicting an English Bulldog dog, mounted on a veined black marble base. Signed J. B. America circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
19th Century French Black Forest Carved Wood Eagle Vase
Located in Austin, TX
French Black Forest carved wood eagle vase , circa 1880.
Height / 10.3 inches.
Category
1880s French Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Horse bronze sculpture, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze sculpture depicting a moving horse, fixed on a rectangular bronze base. France circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A painted terracotta tobacco holder depicting a poodle dog, Austria 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Painted terracotta sculpture, depicting a black poodle dog with a red collar, acting as a tobacco holder. Austria circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Sculpture in silver and malachite, depicting a dancing bear, Russia 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Silver sculpture depicting a piper, a dancer and a small dancing bear in the centre. Malachite base in the shape of a crescent moon Russia, around 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Malachite, Silver
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
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, made in southern Germany, bears great similarities with the gilded silver table...
Category
17th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
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
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
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
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
French Antique Stately Bronze Napoleon on Prancing Horse Sculpture, Marble Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcrafted. Practical size sculpture of imperator Napoleon Bonaparte.
If you are a collector of good quality antiques having to do with (French) historical figures then this rare a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Expressive Bronze Greyhound; Possibly by Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in San Francisco, CA
An expressive and well-executed bronze greyhound; possibly by Emmanuel Fremiet (Paris 1824-1910); this wonderfully expressive seated greyhound with head turned and paw raised.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
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
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
Alfred Jacquemart : "Harnessed oxen", F.Barbedienne cast bronze sculpture, XIX c
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Alfred JACQUEMART (1824-1896,, France) : "Harnessed oxen" (large model)
Bronze sculpture with nuanced brown "chocolate" patina representing two harnessed oxen.
Old cast.
Signed "A ...
Category
1880s French Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Bronze Cocker Spaniel
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A late 19th century cocker spaniel holding a toy in it's mouth. Bronze.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Stump With Goat Sculpture
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A carved piece with a goat
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Animalier Bronze entitled "Biche Buvant" by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
A very rare mid 19th Century Animalier bronze study of a doe drinking by the side of a lake, the bronze with fabulous rich brown patina and very fine hand chased surface detail, rais...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau 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 of Late 19th Century Staffordshire Spaniels
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A handsome pair of Staffordshire spaniels. Made in the Late 19th Century.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Animalier Bronze Study entitled "Jaguar Debout" by Antoine L Barye
Located in London, GB
An impressive late 19th Century Animalier bronze study of a standing panther with excellent rich green patina and very fine hand chased surface detail. Raised on an integral base, si...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Figure of a Phoenix, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Figure of a Phoenix, circa 1875
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Patinated Bronze Pheasant Sculpture Signed F. Pautrot
Located in Dallas, TX
Accessorize a man's office or desk with this elegant antique bronze bird composition. Crafted in France circa 1895, the avian sculpture features a pheasant standing on rocky ground c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Stag Form Rhyton Cup
Located in New York, NY
Our antique Grand Tour period rhyton cup in the form of a deer head has a fine verdigris patina and stands 10 inches tall. Apparently unsigned.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Bronze Standing Pointer
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A late 19th century bronze study of an alert Pointer. Unsigned.
Category
1890s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Animalier Bronze Sculpture "Route du Casserole" by Auguste Cain
By Auguste Cain
Located in London, GB
A humourous late 19th Century Animalier bronze study of a rabbit noticing with concern that sign post may be leading him to being included in a casserole. The surface of the bronze w...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Clovis-Edmond MASSON (1858-1913) Panthère en bronze ciselé et patiné sur marbre
Located in TOULON, FR
Clovis-Edmond MASSON (1858-1913)
Panthère
Sculpture en bronze ciselé et patiné à nuance verte.
Signé sur la base en marbre blanc
H. 24, L. 43 cm
Clovis-Edmond Masson, né à Paris le ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Other Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Bronze "Field Dogs" Sculpture by Prosper Lecourtier (1855-1924)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Grand Size Antique French Bronze Exceptional Subject, "Field Dogs" Sculpture by Prosper Lecourtier (1855-1924).
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Animalier Bronze Sculpture "Resting Rabbit" By Paul Bartlett
Located in London, GB
A fabulous late 19th Century bronze study of a resting rabbit with excellent hand chased surface detail and very fine rich brown patina rubbed in areas to a golden hue, signed
ADD...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Dragon Andirons or Firedogs / Fireplace Tools
Located in Lisse, NL
Imagine these in your fireplace with the flames burning on all sides.
These beautifully and all handcrafted, large and fire-gilt bronze andirons are made to stand in your fireplace ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron, Bronze
Pair of Carved Marble Recumbent Lions
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine quality antique carved marble recumbent lions after models by Antonio Canova. Architectural elements most likely part of a larger element or grouping.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
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.