Animal Sculptures

A Large Cold Painted Vienna Style Bronze of A Pheasant with its chicks. The large polychromed bronze sculpture depicting a figure of a pheasant in a green pasture with six white chic...

Early 20Thc Original Painted Hubley cat doorstop. This kitty is in very good condition and has wonderful original paint & patina.

Decorate a patio or garden with these geese garden sculptures. Crafted in France circa 1970 and made of metal, the sculpture depict a pair of geese standing. Both bird decor are in e...

 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...

It is the very worn look that creates the wonderful appeal of this original painted and carved horse from Sweden. The brick red paint has been chipped and distressed while the tattered leather ears, parts missing to bridle and crackles to the old leather saddle missing one stirrup reflect a simpler time. Residual horse hair is seen which created the original tail and mane. Sold in used vintage condition. Solid/stable. Please examine the close up photos to understand condition and details, including worn paint, nicks, scratches, wood cracks and separation, missing parts, etc. Wonderful vintage display...

Horse, running horse, horse sculpture, marble horse, Italian sculpture, made in Italy, white marble horse. Valuable sculpture representing a running horse. Carved on white Carrara ma...

It is the very worn look that creates the wonderful appeal of this original painted and carved pine horse from Sweden. The white paint (and black hooves) has been worn and distressed to the pine below, while the tattered leather ears and horse hair mane/tail show some loss through generations of use all adding to the true vintage character of this delightful horse. Sold in used vintage condition, secured to stand, solid/stable. Please examine the close up photos to understand condition and details, including worn paint, nicks, scratches, wood cracks and separation, etc. Wonderful vintage display item...

It is the very worn look that creates the wonderful appeal of this original painted and carved horse with metal stand. The brown/brick paint has been distressed throughout (and missing under tail). The leather ears, missing mane and broken leather bridle reflect generations of use. Real horse hair was used to create the tail. Sold in used vintage condition. Solid, stable on stand. Please examine the close up photos to understand condition and details, including worn paint, nicks, scratches, wood cracks and separation, etc. Wonderful vintage display item...

Antique Majolica oxen cart jardiniere circa 1900, signed Clement Massier Golfe-Juan. Reference: Page 111 "Barbotines de la cote d'Azur" of Bottero.

Giuseppe Rivadossi (Nave, 8 luglio 1935) Cavallo, 2016, 2/5 Scultura in gesso Dimensioni: Base cm 7 X 37 x 19,5 Cavallo 44,5 x 47 x 13 Su di una base in legno (anch’essa opera ...

Bronze Racing Dog, Greyhound Statue A handsome piece made in bronze and stands freely on is feet, the dog is fully 3 Dimensional and looks great from all sides He is in very good co...

A mid-20th century American cast brass and iron fox doorstop with an iron fox head and paws and a cast brass horsewhip handle.

Decorate a patio or garden with this elegant antique French rooster. Crafted in France circa 1920 and made of metal, the sculpture depicts a proud crowing chanticleer rising on a mol...

Add the charm of the French countryside to your home with this large, colorful and rare ceramic rooster sculpture. Crafted in France circa 1880, the Majolica composition is at once a...

Large Weathered Cast Iron Standing Statue of a Hunting Dog A very handsome Chap, he is standing and he is fully 3 dimensional and looks good from all sides Our faithful hound is loo...

Large rare French Majolica swan vase signed Choisy le Roi, circa 1890. Height / 23.3 inches. 16 inches by 12 inches. At the end of 19th century, Choisy le roi was one of the most im...

This early 20th-century American solid cast iron mallard duck boot scrape is a multifunctional piece that encapsulates both practicality and rustic charm. Initially designed as a boo...

French rustic Majolica Porcelain Hen Circa 1930. H / 11.5 inches.

A decorative wicker donkey from Spain, circa 1950s.An artisan piece with a rustic, Mediterranean feel. Wicker side baskets evoke goods sold at a market o...

Bring the country French style into your home with this large, colorful, antique rooster figure with side vase. Crafted in France circa 1890, the chicken sculpture is a Classic French country home accessory. The tall porcelain bird...

A charming Folk Art cast iron door stop or sculpture in the form of a whale, perfect for your Nantucket, Cape, or Hamptons home! USA, 20th Century Measuers: 6.25"W x 3"D x 16.25"H...

French Majolica pheasant tureen from Caugant, circa 1950.

Hand carved near Venice, Italy, circa 1960, this large antique sculpture sits on an integral square red and gilt wooden pillow base; it features a greyhound figure sitting on back le...

Deer Antler Mount from France probably from the 1960s.

A Fine Pair of French 19th/20th Century Gilt-Bronze Sculptures of "The Marly Horses" (Now turned into lamps) After the original by Guillaume Coustou (French, 1677-1746). The large pair of equestrian bronze sculptures, finished in a gold patina, each depicting rearing horses with their groom, both raised on oval a black slate and Bardiglio marble bases and fitted with modern electrical twin-light brass fittings and cream colored shades. The base on an ebonized wooden platform. Circa: Paris, 1900-1920. Sculpture & Base Height: 31 1/4 inches (79.8 cm) Base Width: 21 3/4 inches (55.3 cm) Base Depth: 12 3/4 inches (32.4 cm) Height to top of (Adjustable) shade fitting: 48 1/4 inches (122.6 cm) Shade Height: 15 inches (38.1 cm) Shade Width: 26 inches (66.1 cm) Shade Depth: 20 inches (50.8 cm) The original Marly Horses are two 1743–1745 Carrara marble sculpted groups by Guillaume Coustou. They were commissioned by Louis XV of France for the trough at the entrance to the grounds of his château de Marly. Coustou's last works, they were intended to replace two other sculpted groups, Mercury on Pegasus and Pegasus, Renown of Horses, both by Antoine Coysevox, which had been removed to the Tuileries Gardens in 1719. Louis XV chose the modellos in 1743 and the full-size sculptures were completed in only two years, being installed at Marly in 1745. They proved highly successful in reproduction, particularly on a smaller scale, and prefigured Théodore Géricault and other Romantic artists' obsession with equestrian subjects. The Marly horses were later also used as the central motif of the monochrome 819-line RTF/ORTF test card which was used on TF1 from 1953 until 1983. The originals were moved to the place de la Concorde in Paris in 1794 and Louis-Denis Caillouette (1790–1868) restored them in 1840. In 1984 it was concluded that the annual military parades on 14 July were damaging the sculptures and they were replaced by marble copies produced by Michel Bourbon in the studio of a subsidiary of Bouygues. The latter also gained the right to an extra copy, which was placed in Bouygues's social building. The original sculptures were moved to a former courtyard in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre Museum, which was renamed the 'cour Marly' in their honour, whilst Bourbon's two main copies were moved to the originals' first site near the trough at Marly, with work overseen by the architect Serge Macel. Guillaume Coustou the Elder (29 November 1677, Lyon – 22 February 1746, Paris) was a French sculptor of the Baroque and Louis XIV style. He was a royal sculptor for Louis XIV and Louis XV and became Director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1735. He is best known for his monumental statues of horses made for the Chateau of Marly, whose replicas now stand in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Coustou was a member of a family of famous sculptors; his uncle, Antoine Coysevox, was a royal sculptor; his elder brother, Nicolas Coustou was a sculptor, and his son Guillaume Coustou the Younger also become a noted royal sculptor. Like his older brother, he won the (Prix de Rome) of the Royal Academy which entitled him to study for four years at the French Academy in Rome. However, he refused to accept the discipline of the academy, gave up his studies, set out to make his own career as an artist. He worked for a time in the atelier of the painter Pierre Legros, and eventually returned to Paris. Upon his return to Paris, he assisted his uncle Coysevox in making two monumental equestrian sculptures, Fame and Mercury, for the Château de Marly, the new residence of Louis XIV near the Palace of Versailles, where he went to escape the crowds and ceremony of the Palace. He later (1740–1745), made his own horses, The Horses of Marly, his most famous works, to replace them. The horses reinvent the theme of the colossal Roman marbles of the Horse Tamers in the Piazza Quirinale, Rome. They were commissioned by Louis XV in 1739 and installed in 1745 at the Abreuvoir ("Horse Trough") at Marly. The horses were considered masterpieces of the grace and expressiveness of the French Late Baroque or Rococo style. After the Revolution they were moved from Marly to the beginning of the Champs-Élysées on the Place de la Concorde. The originals were brought indoors for protection at the Louvre Museum in 1984. In 1704 Coustou was received into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The work he made to mark his entrance was Hercules on the Pyre, now in the Louvre. It displays the special hallmark of the Baroque, a twisting and rising transverse pose, as well as highly skillful carving. He rose to become Director of the academy in 1733. Another of his major works from his later career, the statue of Maria Leszczynska, (1731)is on display at the Louvre. Coustou also created two colossal monuments, The Ocean and the Mediterranean among other sculptures for the park at Marly; the bronze Rhone, which formed part of the statue of Louis XIV at Lyons, and the sculptures at the entrance of the Hôtel des Invalides. Of these latter, the bas-relief representing Louis XIV mounted and accompanied by Justice and Prudence was destroyed during the Revolution, but was restored in 1815 by Pierre Cartellier from Coustou's model; the bronze figures of Mars and Minerva (1733–34), on either side of the doorway, were not interfered with. In 1714 for Marly he collaborated in two marble sculptures representing Apollo Chasing Daphne (both at the Louvre), in which Nicolas Coustou sculpted the Apollo and Guillaume the Daphne. About the same time he was commissioned to produce another running figure in marble, a Hippomenes designed to complement an Atalanta copied from the Antique by Pierre Lepautre...

Pair of 20th century white porcelain horses on clouds, above rocaille bases richly decorated with scrollwork and openwork foliage. Both figures are marked underneath with two crossed...

Decorate a kitchen counter with this important antique rooster. Crafted in France circa 1920 and made of solid iron, the sculpture stands on a rocky base and features wonderful detai...

French Aqua Majolica Donkey Vallauris with Basket Clement Massier , circa 1900.

A wooden sculpture of a horse from 19th century France. Captured mid-gallop, this bounding horse vibrates with charismatic energy. The grain of the wood runs like striae of hair alon...

French Majolica donkey with basket, circa 1930. Signed Beretta Barnoin Vallauris.

A 19th century French bronze gilt boar head. The boar with inlaid Glass eyes. D'ore (Gilt) bronze chenets, cast with the figure of a boar head. Boar Bronze...

Rustic French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen circa 1950 signed Caugant.

Antique Majolica birds jardinière with bamboo circa 1890, signed Clement Massier Golfe-Juan.  

Rustic French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen circa 1950 signed Caugant.

French country majolica rooster tureen, circa 1950 signed Caugant.

Decorate a study or office with this elegant antique sculpture. Crafted in France circa 1930, the piece depicts a horse head figure resting on integral square base. The tall decorati...

Rustic French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen circa 1950 signed Caugant.

Rare Majolica grasshopper Jardinière signed Jerome Massier Vallauris.

Crafted in France, circa 1880, this large, hand carved sculpture sits on an attached oval base; it features a horse figure rearing up on its back legs, fully tacked with English styl...

Pair 19th C bronze Horse bookends Measure 2 deep x 4.5 high x 5wide.

Iron Cow doorstop in pasture. This cow doorstop has amazing wear to the iron and paint. Great Patina. Time has treated this doorstop with the right kind of lo...

Meet the newest member of our Old Plank family, our “Mini Sheep”, “Baby Lamb”, Baby Sheep, or simply a very cute table topper? Whatever your preference, s...

Iron bull desk ornament with bronze finish patina. This handsome Chap is cast in iron with a simulated bronze finish This is a fine quality heavy piece...

Guillaume Coustou (1677 - 1746) "Le cheval de Marly", sculpture in bronze Measures: H: 57 cm W: 47 cm D: 22 cm.

A special and whimsical pair of early 20th century American hands-carved wood Eider Duck decoys with black and white painted bodies and eyes.

Very nice classical vintage Rosenthal lamb porcelain figurine modeled by Willy Zügel. This irresistible animalier figure features a green underglaze Rosent...

Amazing 19th century French cast iron bull dining table produced by Salin Foundry, Dammarie-Sur-Saulx. The solid bull features a bronzed patina and meas...

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...

French country majolica hen tureen, circa 1950 signed Caugant.

Pair of bronze Marly horses on Boulle style marquetry stands French, late 19th century Measures: Total height 73cm Horses: Height 60cm, width 53...

A pair of mounted porcelain Karp shaped vases. Gilt - Bronze Mounted Blue Enameled Stoneware, Chinese 18th Century, the Mounts are Louis XV, Circa 1750...

A beautiful 20th century American life-size sleeping Canada Goose decoy with its original paint, a removable head and neck, and glass eyes, on a cu...

English Country style papier mache life size model of horse on rectangular platform base. (19/20th Cent.)

Large French wicker rooster, Circa 1950. Measures: Height / 19 inches. Lenght / 23 inches.

The 19th century charming and rustic rocking horse now mounted on two straight boards is made of handcrafted wood pieces cleverly assembled, and has a leather saddle, reins and stirrups. A great addition for those who collect Early American country antiques...

Add the charm of the French countryside to your home with this large, colorful and rare ceramic rooster sculpture. Crafted in France circa 1880 in the style of Paul Comolera or Louis...

Decorate a kitchen or breakfast room with this antique iron rooster. Crafted in France, circa 1920, the tall sculpture features a majestic chanti...

This elegant antique weather vane was created in Normandy, France, circa 1860. The traditional copper sculpture features a classic swivel French c...