1840s Animal Sculptures

Pair of Large Antique Rockingham Pottery Medici Lions c.1840. Each featuring an unusual red undertone to the classic brown Rockingham finish.

A fine French bronze ‘animalier’ study by P.J. Mene (1810-1879), c. 1845. Finely cast as a Retriever with an alert expression, its paw raised. Set upon an oval base, cast with underg...

A high quality example of a brass door stop from England, cast circa 1840. Cast in the shape of a long-necked bird drinking from a handled vase, the s...

19th century German deer’s trophy head We are proud to offer an exceptional mid-19th century German hand carved deer’s trophy head. This example is quite...

Mid-19th century exceptional carved dog statue We are proud to offer an exceptionally well hand carved figure of a dog, with original glass eyes still firmly in place, The figure i...

Alfred Jacquemart (1824-1896) An inportant and rare magnificent early sculpture of a standing lion in exemplary detail by Jacquemart Circa 1845. The male lion is posed looking ahe...

An early 19th century Italian bronze lion, after the marble version carved circa 1594 by Flaminio Vacca for the Medici Villa in Rome, itself a comp...

Probably originally gilded. Typical form.

Antoine Louis Barye (French 1795 1875) Le faisan Bronze with brown patina. Excellent condition. Measures: Height 4.3 inches (11 cm) Width 6.75...

Shelton Staffordshire Pottery group which features a lion and a lamb, recumbent on a plinth base. Dull gilt base line and embellishment. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to fron...

A beautiful 19th century neoclassical Grand Tour patinated and gilt bronze model of the Medici Lion, standing on a Carrara and griotte marble plinth. With magnificent form, the patin...

This is a very rare French bronze animalier sculpture of a stag by Christopher Fratin, circa 1840 in date. The superbly modeled and cast bronze bellowing stag is standing alert and ready to charge. It features a finely detailed naturalistic base, has a good dark brown patination and is signed FRATIN. Add this lovely example of Fratin's work to your collection. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation of condition. Dimensions in cm: Height 36 x width 37 x depth 20 Dimensions in inches: Height 14.2 x width 14.6 x depth 7.9 Christopher Fratin (1 January 1801–16 August 1864), also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831–1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. One of the stamps he used showed the "n" reversed, not by design but due to an error on the part of the maker of the stamp. Bronzes bearing this stamp have the appearance of not seeming to be genuine when in reality they are. Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City's Central Park. Many of his small bronzes—including his miniature bronzes which were more affordable due to their smaller size—were sold commercially to the general public during his lifetime. Today, Fratin's sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...