Early 1900s Animal Sculptures

A delightful and rare Austrian Wiener Keramik pair of pottery sparrows by renowned sculptor and ceramicist Michael Powolny (Austrian, 1871-1954) and dating from around 1907. Michael...

Majolica white & pink swan jardiniere, circa 1900.

Bronze plaque sculpture with a finely detailed relief depicting a lush natural scene, where birds, flowers, and fruits intertwine masterfully. Created in the late 19th and early 20th...

French Majolica beige pitcher rabbit with a medal 1900, made for the International Exhibition in Paris of 1900. The pitcher is stamped by the store where he was sold Compagnie Franco...

Terracotta bulldog from Bavent (Normandy), circa 1900.

French Majolica Bee Wall Pocket signed Sarreguemines circa 1900.

Majolica white swan jardiniere signed Jerome Massier Fils Vallauris, circa 1910.

Majolica white swan jardinière Nimy, circa 1900. Stamped: Nimy Faiences imperiale 1789-1951 Belgium. A real treasure for the ceramics' collector. ...

19th century Austrian cold painted bronze hound fashioned as a paper clip, mounted on a walnut base. These were whimsical pieces that were made int the late Victorian era and early ...

Vienna cold painted bronze of a Cat antique figure. Offered is a Viennese cold-painted bronze figure of a Cat dating to the early 20th century. He shows...

French Majolica Rat Pitcher Poet Laval, circa 1900. The rat wear a jacket and hold an umbrella.

Vienna cold painted bronze of a Cat antique figure. Offered is a Viennese cold-painted bronze figure of a Cat dating to the early 20th century. He shows...

A fantastic Chinese cast bronze censer in the form of two Buddhistic lions play fighting, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, China. The censer formed as a pair of Buddhistic li...

Featuring a Dog with Pups Rare Swiss Black Forest Dog group. The group modelled as a smooth coat St. Bernard female with her three puppies. The...

More information coming soon… After the original Alfred Jacquemart hunting dogs from the 1800s, this pair of French cast iron sculptures dates to circa 1900. Both dogs are depicted...

Small French Majolica Terracotta Rabbit Bavent Circa 1900.

An unusual large art pottery figure of a grotesque smiling cat with glass eyes from an original design by Blanche Vulliamy made by Charles Hubert B...

Terracotta dog from Bavent (Normandy), circa 1900.

A Beautiful Pair of very Meissen Porcelain Figures of Hoopoe Birds Perched on White Tree Branches, with Insects and Flowers. This finely detailed naturalistic pair of exotic Hoopoe...

Small Rare Majolica frog Jerome Massier, circa 1900. Reference / Page 118,119 "Barbotines de la Cote d 'Azur" of M.Bottero.

Early 20thc Hubley Boston Terrier dog door stop / bank.The paint is very good and fine condition.

French Majolica elephant pitcher signed Sarreguemines, circa 1900.

Model #8190. Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an opt...

A decorative sculpture of a horse made in France circa 1900. A simple, crested saddle rests upon this lovely patinated horse. Gleaming scarlet paint resides within the smiling mouth ...

bronze of a Dog antique figure. Offered is a Viennese bronze figure of a Dat dating to the early 20th century. He shows an antique patina .

Add a touch of regal elegance to your collection with this decorative terracotta lion head, crafted in the early 1900s. This striking piece captures the majestic essence of the lion,...

This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Meiji period 1900s. The signature is written on the back side 'Sekisen'. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th...

Large Terracotta bulldog from Bavent (Normandy), circa 1900. H / 9 inches, L / 10.5 inches.

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

A circa 1900 English bronze eagle sculpture on marble base. Measurements: Height: 17" Width: 15" Depth: 9"

Imagine a small but enchanting Italian bronze sculpture that captures an unexpected moment of nature's beauty. It's a delicate portrayal of Two Mating Pigs, created by a skilled 20th...

A delightful decorative owl. This finely hand carved Black Forest carved owl sculpture demonstrates incredible workmanship and attention to de...

With underglaze blue fish as decoration.

Very unique and large bronze elephant sculpture. It is very skillfully done with a lot of nice details. A great accent piece for any room. Heigh...

Majolica white swan jardinière Nimy, circa 1900. A real treasure for the ceramics' collector. Small chip to top rim not visible during use see photo. Please don't hesitate to get i...

19th century Zinc French butchers “Boucherie” trade sign. Referred to as a Boucherie, this handcrafted zinc horses head sign would have hung above a...

Small Rare Majolica frog Jerome Massier, circa 1900. Reference / Page 118,119 "Barbotines de la Cote d 'Azur" of M.Bottero.

Modeled and incised with the conjoined "PW" for Paul Walther. Crossed swords Meissen mark in underglaze blue.

Rare Terracotta Majolica Owl signed Filmont Bavent Normandy.

Terracotta bulldog from Bavent (Normandy), circa 1900.

Large Palissy wall platter a large catshark on the center surrounded by four fishs, two frogs, two crawfishs, two lizards, shells and different greens plants, circa 1900, this platte...

Impressive antique Asian pair of sphinx Bastet goddess of women sculptures. Cat like figurines with gold bodies, black enamel heads with turquoise enamel eyes. Porcelain made bear ...

French Terra Cotta Majolica Dog Normandy Circa 1900. decorated with Cornflowers called Barbeaux in France. in the style and period of Emile Galle.

Rare large Terracotta Majolica Pig Bavent Normandy.

A circa 1900 English silver plated horse sculpture. Measurements: Height: 23" Depth: 10" Width/length: 25"

A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900. The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, mad...

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

A large and impressive Meiji period bronze bison by Sano Takachika for the Kakuha Company, the animal powerfully modelled with his head low and turned s...

An unusual antique/vintage Indian Khond tribe attributed stylized patinated metal, possibly bronze, seated dog figure sculpture believed to date to the late 19th or early 20th centur...

Charming early 20th-century bronze sculpture of a Scottish Terrier by French artist Paul Edouard Dreux, known for his characterful and anatomically sensitive depictions of animals. T...

Carrying import marks for London in 1902 by John George Piddington, this very handsome, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Model of a Stag, is in a classic bellowing pose. The stag m...

Small Rare Majolica frog Jerome Massier, circa 1900. Reference / Page 118,119 "Barbotines de la Cote d 'Azur" of M.Bottero.

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...

Terracotta Majolica Snail Bavent Normandy circa 1900.

Art Nouveau Majolica frog who playing mandolin signed Delphin Massier circa 1900. The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings.

Terracotta bulldog Bavent Filmont, circa 1900.

A charming Austrian cold painted bronze depicting three monkeys riding on the back of three running dogs in the manner of Franz Xaver Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1936) and dating from ar...

Vienna cold painted bronze Partridge antique figure Offered is a Viennese cold-painted bronze figure of a partridge dating to the early 20th century. He shows an antique patina wi...

Carrying import marks for Chester in 1903 by Berthold Muller, this charming, Antique Sterling Silver Model of a Pig, is wonderfully modelled, and features a removable head. The pig m...

A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique silver sugar box modelled in the form of a squirrel; part of our collection of rare silverware. This magnificent, fine and impressive antique cast silver sugar box has been realistically modelled in form of a squirrel perched on a branch. The silver sugar box is embellished with chased details reproducing the squirrel's coat and anatomical features, in additional to the naturalistic features of the branches, leaves and acorns. This exceptional and large antique silver squirrel sugar box is fitted with the original push fit head/cover. Such magnificent specially commissioned, large examples in this form are highly unusual and are not available on the open market. Condition This rare squirrel sterling silver sugar box is a magnificent gauge of silver, magnificent quality and in magnificent condition. Full British hallmarks struck to the body of the box and part hallmarks to the sleeve of the cover are all very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply to the magnificent gauge of silver. Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this large silver animal ornament...