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Period: 19th Century
Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire lions
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire recumbent lions having glass eyes painted in wonderful orange and brown colours
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Decorative Fox Doorstop, English, Door Keeper, Country House, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative fox doorstop. An English, brass door keeper in country house taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Beauti...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
14K Gold, Carved Jasper Bird on an Amethyst Rock Geode
Located in New York, NY
14K gold, carved jasper bird on an amethyst rock geode
Hand-carved jasper bird with diamond eyes and 14k gold feet, sitting on an amethyst geode.
A...
Category
Unknown Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Gold
Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Leopard Figure Samuel Alcock & Co. Circa 1835
Located in Katonah, NY
This antique porcelain figure of a leopard is small but ferocius.
It is modeled grappling with a piece of meat in its jaws while recumbent on a rocky base that is picked out in green...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Majolica Birds Jardiniere Clement Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Antique Majolica birds jardinière with bamboo circa 1890, signed Clement Massier Golfe-Juan.
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century Staffordshire Spaniels on Bases
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of 19th century Staffordshire spaniels in rust and white on blue bases. The spaniels have separated front feet. They are wond...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Late 19th Century American Carved Giltwood Eagle Sculpture
Located in Middleburg, VA
Large Late 19th Century American Carved Giltwood Eagle Sculpture
This majestic sculpture will add the perfect bit of Americana to your decor....
Category
American American Craftsman Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Art Deco Era Pierre Jules "P.J." Mene 1810-1879 Bronze Greyhound Sculptures
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A beautiful pair of bronze greyhound sculptures on marble
created by sculptor Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1879).
Impressed signed "P.J. MEN...
Category
Art Deco Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Bronze Plastic Tiger Couple on Rocks by G. Gardet, 1863-1939
Located in Berlin, DE
"Tiger couple" bronze sculpture with brown patina. Signed "G. GARDET
Literature: Pierre Kjellberg "Bronzes of the 19th century, dictionary of the sculptors", Editions de l'Amateur, m...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tiger, Japanese Bronze, Meiji Era, XIXth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large bronze tiger with brown patina, with very subtle bronze work to bring out the stripes on the body of the tiger
No mark or signature
Japan wo...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cast Iron Bulldog Dog Door Stopper Statue
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Cast Iron Bulldog Dog Door Stopper Statue. Versatile piece that can be used functionally as well as add to a collection of these vintage cast iron figures.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Mid-Nineteenth Century Lion's Paw Door Stop
Located in London, GB
A mid-nineteenth century brass or bronze lion’s paw door porter, circa 1840, with richly patinated and loop handle.
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Black Forest carved hazelnut wood sculpture depicting two birds, Germany 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Black Forest carved hazelnut wood sculpture depicting two birds framed by oak branches, leaves, acorns with a terminal shield. Germany late 19th century.
Category
German Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Isidore-Jules Bonheur, A Rare Gilt and Patinated Bronze Jockey on A Horse
Located in New York, NY
Isidore-Jules Bonheur (French, 1827–1901)
A Rare Gilt and Patinated Bronze Jockey on A Horse, circa 1875.
Introducing a truly exceptional and highly s...
Category
French Sporting Art Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Carved Wood Black Forest Chamois & Eagle
Located in Austin, TX
Antique fine 19th Black Forest carved wood chamois and eagle, circa 1880.
Category
French Black Forest Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Blanc de Chine Deer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming blanc de chine porcelain deer with painted hoofs.
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Model Swiss Black Forest Bear Tobacco Jar
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
Rare and Unique Model
From our Black Forest collection, we are delighted to introduce this rare example Swiss Black Forest Bear Tobacco Jar. The Bear Tobacco Jar carved from Linden ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand Carved Oak Wood Wall Coat Rack with Deer Head Sculptures circa 1890
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind coat-rack with hand carved oakwood deer heads.
With hand carved items being one of our favourite, we are always thrilled to find rare hand carved antiques. Especially ...
Category
European Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Metal
Antique Large Solid Silver, Gilt & Glass Elephant Centrepiece Bowl, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
A magnificent solid silver elephant centrepiece supporting a gilt saddle with a large red glass bowl in a pierced Silver Basket. The basket featur...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Tiger with Cub
Located in Kastrup, DK
Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze sculpture of a tiger with cub.
Mounted on a carved hardwood base decorated with foliage.
High...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Majolica Pigeon Wall Pocket
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th century French Majolica Pigeon wall pocket.
The pigeon have a pink ribbon and carry a white card.
Category
French Rustic Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Magnificent Carved Black Forest Monkey Gong, circa 1890
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous and scarce find, this wonderful large Black Forest Monkey was hand carved circa 1890 with superb quality detail and retaining two glass ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Terracotta Lion's Head on Custom Iron Stand
Located in Pembroke, MA
This French terracotta lion's mask was originally an element of a 19th century fountain with water jetting from its mouth. This garden piece is now mounted on a custom iron, making i...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Ancient Pair of Carved Wooden Sculptures of Horses, 19th Century
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient pair of carved hardwood sculptures, depicting a pair of trotting horses, sculpted in the 19th century.
They measure about W 7 x H 30 x T 30 cm.
Category
European Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th CENTURY HORSE MODEL
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful horse model in papier-mâché covered in hand-crafted leather. You can see the attention to detail in the reproduction of the animal, and in its accessories such as the bridl...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Paper
Magnificent Large Copper & Zinc Running Horse Weathervane Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Striking impressive large 19th century Running Horse weathervane made into a freestanding sculpture. The horse has copper body, zinc head and beautifully detailed teeth, ears and ey...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Zinc
French Bronze Sculpture of a Stallion, PJ Mene (1810-1871)
Located in New York, NY
This highly detailed study of a Normandy mare is an excerpted model from Mêne's popular Jument normande et son poulain, exhibited in wax at the 1868 Salon (no. 3749), and in bronze t...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vienna Bronze, Red Robin, Austria Late-1800s
By Geschutzt
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb red robin Vienna bronze with beautiful polychrome colours, Austria 19th century. Stamped Geschützt.
In good condition.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : 7 x 11 x 4...
Category
Austrian Romantic Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Tang Style Carved Wooden Horse Sculpture
Located in Milford, NH
A large nicely detailed carved wooden sculpture of a Tang style horse coming to a halt, on wooden base in its original finish, probably Chinese in origin, dating to the 19th or 20th ...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Sultana Riding an Elephant with a Crown
Located in New York, NY
An Elaborate 19th century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Sultana Riding an Elephant. After the model by P.J. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler, the Sultana sitting on the elephants back and h...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Louis Vidal (1831-1892), Roaring Lion, France
By Louis Vidal
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful roaring lion in gold patinated bronze by the artist and sculptor Louis Vidal (1831-1892) of the Romantic period, France 19th century.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : 17 x 36 x 9
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Louis Vidal, Vidal the blind or Vidal-Navatel is a French sculptor born on December 6, 1831 in Nîmes and who passed on May 9th, 1892 in the 12th district of Paris.
Born to an unknown father and Sophie Vidal-Navatel, he grew up in a family of artists, having for stepfather the painter Alexandre Colin who married his mother in second marriage and for half-brother Paul-Alfred Colin. He studied anatomy but became blind around 1853, which prevented him from pursuing this path.
He studied with the animal sculptors Antoine-Louis Barye and Pierre Louis Rouillard and became an animal sculptor himself by replacing sight with touch. This faculty enabled him to create portraits, he perceived the shape of faces by touching them and sculpted them in clay, and remains known as the author of a sculpture representing a roaring lion, as well as that of a bull in bronze, donated by the State to the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes in 1867.
Louis Vidal worked in particular with Alfred Barye, son of his master Antoine-Louis Barye. He became a professor of modeling in 1888 at the École Braille in Paris.
A portrait of the artist taken by the photographer Étienne Carjat...
Category
French Romantic Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Mammoth English Victorian Novelty Inkwell, Owl with Glass Eyes C.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A truly outstanding and rare find, this is an outstanding Victorian figural inkwell made from a winning combination of brass and silver plate and retaining his wonderful two original...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Classic Antique Black Forest Carved Bracket with Stag’s Head
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique black forest hand-carved stag’s mounted on the support with an oak leaf surround. With a shaped top shelf with canted corners. Excellent detailing ...
Category
European Black Forest Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Bronze Jockey on Horse by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Lantau, HK
A self-taught artist, Piere-Jules Mêne (1810-1879) dedicated his entire career to making bronze statues, which were met with great success among both French and international clients...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture “Spaniel Dog”, signed P-J.Mêne – Mid-19th century
By P.J. Mêne
Located in HÉRIC, FR
Bronze with a brown patina signed by the French sculptor Pierre Jules Mêne (1810-1979).
Mêne, a pioneer in animal sculpture, is known for the quality and perfection of his works.
Thi...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Leather Horse
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A French 19th century leather horse with metal stand from an artist's studio.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Majolica Pug Clement Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Pug Clement Massier, circa 1890.
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Bears Inkstand 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This charming antique Black Forest inkstand dates from circa 1880.
Beautifully modelled, hand carved from linden wood, with mother and baby bear on a naturalistically carved rocky outcrop.
The inkwells are in the form of a pair of tree trunks with fluted glass wells with carved lids and a useful pen tray in front.
Condition:
In excellent condition. As an antique item, it shows signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, the inkstand displays beautifully.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 15 cm x Width 23 cm x Depth 14 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 6 inches x Width 9 inches x Depth 5 inches
History of Black Forest Carving
The idea behind the success of Brienz wood carving was quite simple. After a disastrous famine in 1816 in the Brienz area people were forced to find new areas of revenues. Driven by the need to create jobs in the Bernese Oberland, an economically underdeveloped region, the Swiss government encouraged the existing resource of timber industry to liaise with the traditional wooden craftsmanship. It took some time to improve from home requirements to sophisticated designed arts but the process was supported by the rising amount of tourists visiting the region.
Christian Fischer and other founders
Christian Fischer (1790-1848) started self-taught from simple turneries (carved bowls and other articles of daily use) to unsophisticated regional animals and people. Due to his success and the interest of the tourists, other carvers started also following his idea of carving the pristine naturalism. The Swiss government supported these start-ups with additional training of apprentices at special trade school.
Brienz School of Wood Carving
In 1884 the "School of Wood Carving, Brienz" was founded. It became an important educational institution to strengthen and develop the artistic backgrounds and exhibit an area of creativity. During the years of war in the 20th century, the demand for wooden sculptures came to rest and led to the re-orientation in areas such as toys and carvings for constructions. Beyond that the Brienz wood carving articles had to face an enormous competition from abroad. The School of Wood Carving had to get through difficult economic times but in the late 1970s wood carving enjoyed a renaissance. A lot of young people searched for elemental jobs and added a new value to school education. Today Brienz School of Wood Carving is combined with the education of turner, basket makers and coopers. The school still claims high-quality standards and follows old principles with regard to future perspectives.
Wild animals
At all times wild animals fascinate people. The highland around Brienz has large variety of different wild animals. Bears are among the most popular models for carvers. On the one hand bears are easy to cut and on the other hand they have a strong symbolized image. The enthusiasm for bears in art...
Category
Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century English Staffordshire Russet Spaniel Dogs
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine pair of antique 19th-Century English Staffordshire russet Cavalier King Charles Spaniel mantel dogs. These charming dogs are hand painted with lovely gilt details and sweet fa...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Rectangular Delft Tile with Rabbit
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming delft blue and white tile featuring a running rabbit. We see this piece displayed on a table or shelf and would make a wonderful addition to any collector of these desirabl...
Category
Dutch Folk Art Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Delft, Paint
A Arson, Terrier Hunting Dogs, Signed Bronze, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Group of hunting dogs in front of a terrier: bronze sculpture with brown patina signed Arson
Alphonse Alexandre Arson (1822-1895) is a French animal sculptor, with birds as his favo...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Monkey Sculpture
Located in Kastrup, DK
Small Japanese bronze sculpture in the form of a monkey with intricate details
Finely crafted in dark-patinated bronze with a rich patina.
Dating from the Meiji period (1868-1912) o...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Painted Faience Rooster with Vase Signed Paul Comolera
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Antique French Ormolu & Marble Double Encrier Inkstand Standish 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique French Empire Revival ormolu mounted and patinated Verde Antico marble inkstand, Circa 1870 in date.
Of rectangular form with a pair of raised inkwells h...
Category
English Empire Revival Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Black Forest Carved Bear Coat Stand
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique Black Forest Carved Bear Coat Stand
This finely crafted Black Forest coat stand dates from the late 19th to early 20th century. The piece is beautifully carved in the form of...
Category
Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Bronze Thoroughbred Horse Sculpture on Wood Base
Located in Middleburg, VA
19th Century English Bronze Thoroughbred Horse Sculpture on Wood Base.
A charming 19th-century English bronze sculpture depicting a thorough...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Pair Black Forest Carved Chicken Vase Epergne Candleholder Sculpture
Located in Shreveport, LA
~ Direct from Europe
This listing is for a stunning pair of carved Black Forest “chicken” candleholders/epergnes. In the summer, the glass inserts were used and fresh cut flowers wer...
Category
French Black Forest Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Bronze sculpture of a goat by P.J Mêne
By P.J. Mêne
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Bronze sculpture of a goat by P.J Mêne
This ancient sculpture was made by the well-known P.J. Mene from France, and dates from approximately 1875, although it may be after his death,...
Category
French Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Black Forest Carving
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century walnut Black Forest carving of a eagle perched on a rock with a deer below, lovely crisp carving and fabulous quality, circa 1880.
Category
Swiss Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Bronze Animal Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of finely chaste bronze and dore bronze of dog and cat. Very life like.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century English Staffordshire Lions with Lambs
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome pair of English Staffordshire pottery decorative animal sculptures, finely modeled and colored as lions with recumbent lambs.
Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to fro...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Earthenware, Pottery
English Porcelain Dog
Located in New York, NY
An English porcelain Staffordshire dog decorative object sculpture, Victorian design period, circa late-20th century, England. What a chic dog w...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Auguste Joseph Peiffer (French, 1832-1886) "L’enfant et le chien" Gilt Bronze
Located in Atlanta, GA
Auguste Joseph Peiffer (1832-1886), French sculptor born in Paris, which produced essentially bronzes with allegorical and mythological subjects.
This work is a beautiful child holding his hunting dog on a leash...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th C. English Staffordshire Porcelain Poodle Spaniels Clock Figurine
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain figurine featuring a faux clock flanked by a pair of seated King Charles Spaniels and topped with a standing...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
After Christophe Fratin (Signed), Grooming 12 Point Stag in Patinated Bronze
Located in Morristown, NJ
After Christophe Fratin (French 1801-1864), a majestic 12 point stag in brown patinated cast bronze, modeled with head turned to towards hind, inscribed "FRATIN", and mounted to a re...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Important 19th Century Black Forest Hall Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Magnificent rare Swiss Black Forest carved deer form hall stand with mirror. Having impeccably detailed deer and eagle carvings above rock form base and ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Figures of Parrots Standing on Branches W/ Cherries
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and large pair of antique meissen porcelain figures of colorful parrots, each standing on a tree branch with cherries and beautiful foliage after a model by J. J. Kandl...
Category
German Rococo Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Okimono Bronze Japanese Crab Sculpture Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19th Century Okimono Bronze Meiji period Japanese Crab.
The crab is of good weight and could be a decorative object or a paperweight. The sculpture is ...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
