Skip to main content

Animal Sculptures

60
1
to
7
42
13
61
60
60
2,220
917
731
299
269
238
232
174
91
67
42
30
27
24
23
17
7
2
38
20
1
4
7
5
1
Height
to
Width
to
34
25
18
17
14
46
20
14
13
8
2
1
1
1
1
Animal Sculptures For Sale
Style: Regency
Style: Grand Tour
Vintage Regency Italian Glazed Ceramic Tiger
Located in west palm beach, FL
Channel the wild elegance of vintage Regency with this Italian Glazed Ceramic Tiger, a majestic statement piece exuding timeless American flair. Crafted with Italian artistry and boa...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Regency Solid Brass Ducks - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Elevate your décor with this charming pair of Vintage Regency Solid Brass Ducks, embodying quintessential American craftsmanship and timeless appeal for a touch of classic elegance i...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Vintage Regency Cast Cement Greyhound
Located in west palm beach, FL
Embrace timeless elegance with our Vintage Regency Cast Cement Greyhound. This majestic piece exudes American sophistication, capturing the grace and poise of the iconic greyhound. C...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Concrete

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

Mid Century Art Deco Silver Bronze Sculpture Polar Bear by George Lavroff
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Silvered patinated Bronze Polar Bear Sculpture by George Lavroff mounted on a solid black marble base, modelled in the Art Deco style. Circa 1930s. Condition: Perfect showroo...
Category

Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of mid 20th century carved solid wood lions
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of mid 20th century carved solid wood lions circa 1950. Here we offer a fine pair of decorative carved lions for the ultimate installation piece.  Heavily carved out of solid w...
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Grand Tour Animal Sculptures

Materials

Hardwood

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

Grand Tour Style Stag Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour Style Young Stag Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Circa 20th Century, on a black painted wood base. Overall: 13.75" H x 7.5" W x 4.5" D.
Category

20th Century Grand Tour Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Regency Blanc De Chine Cockatoo
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Regency large Cockatoo. A chic Blanc de Chine bird in a beautiful low pose. Made in Italy and marked on the bottom. Acquired fr...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Anglo-Indian Regency Carved Marble Sculpture of Seated Long Hair Terrier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Anglo-Indian Regency Carved Marble Sculpture of a Seated Long-Hair Terrier  Anglo-Indian for English Market, 19th Century  A whimsical Anglo-Indian Regency Carved Marble Sculpture o...
Category

19th Century Indian Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble

A Italian equestrian specimen marble carved study of a wild stallion and mare
Located in Central England, GB
This remarkable horse sculpture depicts a head and shoulders study of a wild stallion and mare carved meticulously from figured and veined natural marble stone with colours ranging f...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron Bronze Sculpture, Francois Rude
By Francois Rude
Located in New York, NY
Large, exceptional quality bronze sculpture depicting The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron, after the model by Francois Rude. Ear...
Category

Early 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Regency Brass Deer - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A gorgeous set of vintage Regency brass deer. A beautiful set of one buck and one doe. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate
Category

Early 17th Century Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Vintage Regency Glazed Ceramic Foo Dogs - Set of 2
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage Regency Foo dogs. A chic glazed ceramic in a brilliant Emerald green. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category

Late 20th Century American Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Regency Brass Sitting Deers- a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Regency pair of deer. Beautiful engraved couple with a heavy brass body. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate
Category

Mid-20th Century Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

A Grand Tour Desk Top Model of the Capitoline Lion, Italy Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome ceramic Grand Tour desk top model of the Capitoline Lion. The molded recumbent figure of a lion shown outstretched atop an integral rectangular base. The origin of t...
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Regency Terra Cotta Elephant Obelisks - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A handsome pair of vintage Regency obelisks. A cast terracotta with a cerused finish. Happy elephants with their trunks up for good luck. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate
Category

Late 20th Century American Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Cast Sculptures Bronze Lions, after Antonio Canova, 19th Century
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A pair of resting bronze lions on shaped walnut painted plinths modeled on the original marble sculpture by Antonio Canova. Reduction from the originals created by Antonio C...
Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Regency Life Size Brass Tigers - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
An incredible pair of vintage Regency tigers. Chic life size cats in solid brass. Powerful creatures in a great pose. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category

Late 20th Century American Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Monumental Uffizi Boar or Il Porcellino by Austin and Seeley
By Austin & Seeley
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth. This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Composition

Pair English Salt /Glazed Spaniels, c. 1830
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an imposing pair of stoneware saltglaze spaniels that were made at the Briddon Pottery in Brampton Derbyshire circa 1830. They are a unique design and historically significan...
Category

1830s English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

A rare pair of Grand Tour gilt bronze horses of Saint Mark Venice, circa 1900
Located in Central England, GB
This superb pair of Grand Tour Italian gilt bronzes dates to the late 19th century. They are solid cast and very heavy for their size. They are decorative Grand Tour reproductions ta...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour 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

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

Italian 18th C Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, Specimen Marble Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian 18th C Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, Specimen Marble Base Italy, Later 18th Century A Italian 18th Century Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, displayed on ...
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Pair of Bronze Egyptian Revival Sphinx
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century pair of bronze Egyptian Revival sphinx figures in reclining poses seated on solid wooden rectangular plinth bases. A well-detailed...
Category

19th Century European Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Regency Polished Brass Horse After Maitland Smith
Located in west palm beach, FL
A stunning vintage Regency brass horse. A chic composition in a high polished finish. Unmarked. He had a tag, then I sent him out to be polished and they removed it. Acquired from a ...
Category

Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Wine Vessel Askos with Panther Handle
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour panther handled askos, or wine vessel. The design of this piece is probably based on a bronze Roman askos held within Naples Museum. An askos is an a...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Regency Glazed Ceramic Elephants - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage Regency Elephants. A glazed ceramic finish with hand painted detail. Perfect for your orchids or glass of wine. You decide. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category

Late 20th Century North American Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glass, Paint

Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills Swan Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills Pair of Unique Swan Sculptures Featuring Aluminum Beaks Black Lacquer body with tan & black Lacquer Accents ...
Category

1880s North American Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

Antique Grand Tour 'King Charles Spaniel' Micro Mosaic Plaque, Italy, C.1850
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Grand Tour 'King Charles Cavalier Spaniel' micro mosaic plaque - hand made to the finest quality with great detail - may be framed or mount...
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Pair Meissen Porcelain Pug Dog Figures With Pup After J.J.Kaendler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A beautiful pair of heavy Meissen porcelain figures of Pug Dogs with gilt bell collars on blue ribbons.The larger Pug with attached pup. Exquisitely hand-painted with realistic tones and colors. Each Pug is wearing a vibrant blue color ribbon collar...
Category

20th Century Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century English Grand Tour Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Dolphins and Lions
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully cast and very compelling 19th century Grand Tour bronze oil lamp in the ancient Roman style with dolphin handles. The dolphin sh...
Category

Late 19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Brampton Rare Salt Glazed Stoneware Model of Two Saddled Horses
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming unusual and rare antique English Brampton salt glazed model of two saddled horses dating from around 1830/40. The stoneware model shows the horses standing closely alongsi...
Category

1830s English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Pair of Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Grey Hounds Seated Marble Plinths
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Pair of 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Grey Hounds Seated on Marble Plinths. Each dog is beautifully cast and hand-chi...
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair French 19th Century Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs on Green Marble Bases
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Pair of Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs on Green Marble Bases. Each dog is beautifully cast, hand-chassed, and hand-chiseled. They are life-like in ...
Category

19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Model of a Recumbent Horse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour bronze model of a Recumbent horse, realistically cast and modeled, raised on a faux marbleized base.  
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pot Metal Elephant Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Well casted, heavy, pot metal elephant sculpture, circa 1970s. #1363.
Category

20th Century American Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Regency Bronze Hound Dog Sculpture on Tortoiseshell Base
Located in New York, NY
Regency bronze hound dog sculpture on tortoiseshell base. English bronze hunting dog sculpture on original low sculpted plinth base sheathed in t...
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Wood

Large French Grand Tour Period Bronze Sculpture Recumbent Lion
Located in Montreal, QC
Grand Tour period bronze sculpture of lion resting on a rosso levanto marble base. France: circa 1850.
Category

1860s French Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Regency Bronze Figures of Reclining Whippets on Green Marble Bases
Located in Stamford, CT
A very fine pair of English Regency bronze whippets or greyhounds on verdi antico marble book form bases, after Thomas Weeks. Each dog sculpture is beautifully cast with their individual personalities. Clearly after, and possibly by, Thomas Weeks. These whippets are resonant of the early nineteenth-century work of Thomas Weeks (d. 1834) who established a 'Royal Mechanical Museum' or emporium in Tichbourne Street in about 1797. The attractions included various animated animals and insects, ingenious clocks, musical instruments, elaborate temples, toys and other such peculiarities that appealed to the London public in the late 18th and early 19th Century (C. Gilbert, 'Some Weeks cabinets reconsidered', The Connoisseur, May 1971...
Category

Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Serpentine Grand Tour Lions
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pair of serpentine Grand Tour lions.
Category

19th Century Unknown Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Serpentine

Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Cat and Her Kitten, circa 1810
Located in Baltimore, MD
Cats are more rarely seen in porcelain than dogs, this porcelain Chamberlain Worcester cat and her kitten, circa 1810, are seated on a square base., 1.5 inches long and 2 inches high...
Category

1810s British Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

German Glazed Terracotta Monkey Tile by Karlshrue
Located in Houston, TX
German glazed terracotta monkey tile by Karlshrue. German glazed terra cotta or Majolica monkey tile by Karlshrue, circa 1920. This gorgeous wall art depicts two monkeys on a tree br...
Category

1920s German Grand Tour Vintage Animal Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Rare Pair of Victorian Staffordshire Ceramic Recumbent Giraffe Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Each with one leg bent, and nicely colored with dotted fur details slightly different from each other, circa 1860. Green double palm trees with red fruit form the supports at the bac...
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Grand Tour Lion Attacking a Horse Miniature Bronze Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine 19th century Grand Tour miniature model of the Lion Attacking a Horse sculpture. Modeled after the ancient Roman version found on Capitoline Hill. Sized as a paperweight...
Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Slate, Bronze

Pair of Terracotta Lions, after Canova, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of recumbent lions facing towards each other.
Category

19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Large Staffordshire Bull and Cow, Early 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very rare pair of large Staffordshire bull and cow animal figures that date to circa 1810. Both figures are in exceptionally good conditio...
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

French Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Animalier Mounted Thermometer
Located in London, GB
A fine and unusual French antique Grand Tour table thermometer in patinated bronze. Set upon a naturalistic trefoil shaped patinated bronze base with...
Category

1840s French Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

English Regency Bronze Stag on Ormolu & Marble Base
Located in London, GB
A lovely English Regency object, the subject that of an exhausted stag after a model made by Pitoin for Madame du Barry in 1772. The well finished stag sits on a superb ormolu base, ...
Category

1810s English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Grand Tour Marble Sculpture of the Melossian Hound
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and handsome piece dates to the "Grand Tour" period of Europe and is titled the "Melossian Hound" of ancient Greece, Albania, and is carve...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Newcastle Prattware Pottery Model of a Horse, St. Anthony Pottery, Newcastle
Located in Downingtown, PA
Newcastle Prattware Pottery model of a horse, St. Anthony Pottery, Newcastle upon Tyne, circa 1800-1820. The horse with cropped tail stands on ...
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Pearlware, Pottery

Pair of Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs Seated on Sienna Marble Plinths
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of 19th century antique grand tour patinated bronze dogs seated on siena marble plinths. Each dog is beautifully cast and hand-chiseled with meticulous craftsmanship...
Category

1880s Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Siena Marble, Bronze

Pair of Overdoors in the Regency manner
By Thomas Hope
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A pair of carved wood and parcel gilt over-doors, also known as supraporte or sopraporte. The richly carved eagles, with outstretched wings, grasping the turned and reeded columns ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Early 19th Century Regency Brass Recumbent Greyhound Paperweight
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency brass paperweight in the form of a recumbent greyhound raised over cloth covered base.
Category

1810s Irish Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Gilt Bronze Whippet within Glass Cloche Dome Display Case
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency gilt bronze statue in the form of a whippet presented within period glass cloche dome bell jar display case supported on fitted ...
Category

1810s Irish Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Newcastle Prattware Pottery Horse, Attributed to St. Anthony Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
Newcastle Prattware Pottery model of a horse, Attributed to St. Anthony Pottery, Newcastle upon Tyne, circa 1800-1810. The horse with cropped ta...
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Pearlware, Pottery

Pair of 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Oil Lamps on Marble Bases
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic pair of Roman bronze tripod stands, each with three removable hanging oil lamps, each of those a different type, with a lid in the form of an animal, a rat, a hawk and a swan. The detail on these is incredible, not an exact pair, one has stags heads the other goats heads, one a figure of Mercury, the other of young Dionysus...
Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Animal Sculptures

Materials

Griotte Marble, Slate, 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.

Recently Viewed

View All