North American Animal Sculptures

Beautiful pair of silverplated egrets in lovely positions, one with beak upturned, the other looking away. Lg bird 16” H x 4.5” W x 7” D Sm bird 11” H x 4” W x 11” D.

This is an interesting old carved carousel horse. The horse does have old repairs and a time-worn finish. The horse measures 39 1/2" H x 51 1/2"...

Heavy 1910s antique cast iron cow windmill counterbalance weight painted white. Mounted on the original base. Inscribed Fairbury Nebr. in raised ...

Heavy 1910s antique cast iron cow windmill counterbalance weight painted red. This may be the original paint as these were originally painted red...

Belfast Maine painter 1849-1929. In a bird’-eye maple frame. Signed Sanborn lower right.

A pair of young ducks bookends (running and eating). Very rare model. Lost Wax Foundry method. Each signed "E·B· PARSONS " and stamped "Kunst Foundry NY," in the bases. Bronze with brown original patina. Condition: Wear and minor losses to the patina. Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons (1878 Houston, Virginia -1956 New Canaan, Connecticut) was an American sculptor. She studied with Daniel Chester French, and at the Art Students League of New York, where she won a sculpture prize and scholarships. She apprenticed with James Earle Fraser. She sculpted figures for the 1902 St. Louis Exposition's Liberal Arts Building, and in 1908 showed her sculpture Earth Mother at the National Academy of Design. That same year, she married Howard Crosby Parsons, and built a studio on the top floor of their home. Her work changed its subject matter as her own children were born and posed for her sculptures, often holding ducks, turtles, and other creatures. Duck Baby, beginning a series of garden sculptures for which she is best known today, was the popular hit of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. The exposition handbook stated: "In the presence of so much that is weighty and powerful, the popularity of Duck Baby is a significant and touching indication of the world's hunger for what is cheerful and mirth-provoking." The same may be said of Turtle Baby and Frog Baby...

Eye-catching and elegant large pair of black spaniels, embellished with gold collars life-like eyes and hand-painted detailing.

Standing with right front raised in an aggressive pose, rectangular base with naturalistic base. Gorham Foundry mark.

Antique early-20th Century pair of American Solid Silver table ornaments modelled as male and female pheasants, each statue is extremely large and heavy, naturalistic and well-refine...

a circa 1910 carved and painted jumper, one glass eye (one missing), 4 metal horse shoes labeled PARKER KANSAS (see Image 7) Abilene, Kansas from 1892 -1910 moved to Leavenwor...

American brass and cast iron boot scraper with flanking quail motif and interior brushes. Early 20th Century