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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1990s
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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 ...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Giltwood
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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19th Century German Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Meissen
Japanese Articulated Iron Jizai Okimono of a Lobster by Myochin Muneharu
Located in Milano, IT
This articulated okimono represents a naturalistically rendered lobster, with fully articulated limbs, antennae, body, and tail and comes with an inscribed wood storage box.
Signed:...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
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...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Large Antique Silver Pheasants Model Bird Figurines Germany c. 1890
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive pair of Antique Silver Pheasants. These Model Pheasants have a lovely attention to detail and feature inset glass eyes. The Birds have removable heads as their...
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19th Century European Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Museum Worthy Antique Bronze Coiled Rattlesnake Sculpture Signed & Marked 1885
Located in Lisse, NL
World class, aesthetically marvelous and extremely rare rattle snake culpture.
Over the decades we have sold some really good antique bronzes, but we feel that this diamondback ratt...
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19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Cast Bronze Bull Sculpture circa 1890's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Cast bronze bull sculpture, circa 1890s.
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19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quality pair of antique Victorian brass door stops
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of antique Victorian brass door stops depicting a fantastic solid brass model of a horse standing on a shaped brass moulded base.
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Rene Lalique Boxed Large Frosted Art Glass Jaguar Cat
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and exceptional Lalique art glass figure of a Jaguar cat in clear and frosted glass dating from 1999. The prowling Jaguar has moulded markings to its body with a etched signa...
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1990s French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, 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
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Caucasian Goat Russian Bronze Patinated
By Lanceray
Located in Marseille, FR
Caucasian goat bronze Russian nineteenth time. Evgueni Lanceray (1848-1886) on the terrace in cyrillic golden patina.
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Tricycle Horse Sculpture in a Stand
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Wonderfully French velocipede carved horse with steel face plate on a stand.
This detailed horse was mounted in a stand. The would has acquired through out the years an incredible ...
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19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of Late 19th Century Lions on Marble Bases
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A cute pair of metal lions mounted on marble bases. Here them roar.
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Late 19th Century British Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Antique French late 19th century bronze study of a prowling lion circa 1900
Located in Central England, GB
This superbly detailed fine bronze study depicts a male prowling lion. His body ripples with his muscular physique as he moves forward on large clawed paws. His head is framed with a...
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1890s French Louis Philippe Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Napoleon I Pair of Statuettes Brass and Marble circa 1810
Located in Labrit, Landes
French pair of statuettes representing Napoléon the First.
The stading statuette represents Napoleon on a green marble pedestal and the other with Napoleon's bust is the upper part o...
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Early 1800s French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
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...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Large Antique Chinese Carved Nephrite White Jade Belt Buckle
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century hand-carved nephrite white jade waist buckle. Features a mythical bird with possible chilong creature on front. Unique Asian jade piece. Very fine and detailed carving.
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Monumental Meiji Japanese Eagle Statue in Teak with Burlwood Pedestal
Located in New York, NY
Very large Japanese Meiji period and finely sculpted figure of an eagle carved from teak with burlwood stand. In excellent condition. Apparently unsig...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
White Jade Carving of Recumbent Water Buffalo
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century white jade carving of recumbent water buffalo. Buffalo is lying with legs tucked beneath its body, head is raised in an attentive gaze, and its tail is curved over the h...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Pair of English Regency Cast Lead Whippet / Greyhound Dogs Garden Figures C 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English Regency life size cast lead Whippet / Greyhound dogs garden figures, Early 19th Century
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lead
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
19th Century French Gilt Bronze Billiard Table Ball Return
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century French gilt bronze billiard table ball return is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, expertly cast in the form of a majestic lion. Its intricate details capture the lio...
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19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of a Harnessed Workhorse By Théodore Gechter (1796-1844)
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Old bronze proof made according to the sand casting method, brown patina, representing a harnassed workhorse. Signed T.Gechter on base and dated 1842. Bronze sculpture with an equest...
Category
1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
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...
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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
19th Century French Wooden Decoration On Metal Stand
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century French Wooden Decoration on Metal Stand is a captivating work of art that embodies the spirit of playful whimsy. Carved from wood, this sculpture portrays a creatur...
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19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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
A Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Stag and Hunting Dogs, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A patinated bronze sculpture of a stag and hunting dogs, 19th century.
Sculpture by A.Laplanche in patinated bronze representing a stag and hunting dogs, 19th century.
H: 49cm, W: 6...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III 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
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 (...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Épreuve Unique En Bronze De De Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810-1879), « Mazagran »
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Rarissime bronze de Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810-1879) représentant un sujet allégorique sur la défense de Mazagran, un exemple actuellement identifié. Sculpture en bas relief, transposit...
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1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture - Horse - France - 19th Century
Located in CANNES, FR
Bronze sculpture representing a moving horse Signed on the Delabrièrre terrace * Delgorge founder's stamp and lost wax France late 19th century * Édouard Delabrièrre born in Paris on...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique English 19th Century Porcelain Staffordshire Ware Figure of A Hound
Located in London, GB
Antique 19th Century Porcelain Staffordshire Ware Hound
By William Kent C.1850
A superb hand painted elegant hound figure presented in very good condition commensurate of age. Minor...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Finest Quality Antique Hand Carved & Painted Black Forest Boar / Hog Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Amazing workmanship and mint Black Forest boar wall sculpture.
This perfect condition antique wooden sculpture of a wild hog on a wall plaque originates from the German Black Forest...
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19th Century German Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Italian 19th century Alabaster statue of a horse and bull in battle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and intricately detailed Italian 19th century Alabaster statue of a horse and bull in battle. This fierce scene of a horse being gored by a bull displays a powerful and...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
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
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
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
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
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
A gilt bronze sculpture of birds, signed Pautrot, France 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A bronze gilt sculpture of birds are standing over a tree trunk decorated with leaves and flowers. Round plane base. Signed Pautrot, France circa 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
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
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 ...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
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 ...
Category
1860s English Early Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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 – ...
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1860s French Belle Époque Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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...
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19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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
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...
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1880s Italian Grand Tour Antique 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.