Sculptures
Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Color: Silver
Viennese Silver, Enamel and Jeweled Nef, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Finely enamelled in large and small panels with mythological scenes relating to water, the silver and enamel figural decoration further embellished with masks, dolphins and strapwork.
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Pair of Sheffield Sculptures, Signed Emile Guillemin, Players, France, 1800
Located in Torino, IT
Pair of Sheffield sculptures
signed Emile Guillemin,
Players
Origin
France
Period
1800
Author
The pieces are signed on the base
Émile Guillemin
...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Sheffield Plate
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
19th Century German Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Framed Tibetan Flint Striker, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such st...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Silver
Cut Glass Tortoise Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Cut glass tortoise inkwell. Vintage turtle pillbox inkwell of cut glass carrying a mounted finial topped circular lidded well originally for ink but cha...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
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
1880s British Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Amazing Large Silver Touch Holder 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
AMAZING LARGE SILVER TOUCH HOLDER 19th Century
Portuguese, composed of Neptune, of great size in the Brazilian style, suspended by dolphins on a triangular base,
Weight approx.: ...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Renaissance Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
19th Century German Extremely Detailed Sterling Silver and Gold Gilt Knight
Located in North Miami, FL
19th Century German extremely detailed sterling silver and gold gilt knight figure. Knight in full suit of armour, carved face beneath a hinged visor made of white bone. The knight i...
Category
19th Century German Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Very impressive 19th Century solid silver antique German model of a Ship
Located in Madrid, ES
Very impressive 19th century solid silver antique German model of a ship, named "Nef" in the renaissance style, impressively large and highly deta...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Matched Pair of Antique Sterling Silver Models of Partridges, 1897 & 1925
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London in 1897 by Berthold Muller, and London in 1925 by Israel Segalov, this charming, matched pair of Sterling Silver Models of Partridges, are handsomely...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large George iv Silver Sideboard Dish, Made by Joseph Angell II, 1828
Located in London, GB
A large George IV silver sideboard dish, made by Joseph Angell II, 1828
English, early 19th century
Diameter 75cm, depth 10cm
This magnifice...
Category
Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Silver Figures Le Sonneur d’Olifant & La Dame au Faucon After Moine
Located in New York, NY
Pair of German silver Renaissance hunting figures, ca 1890. The man wears doublet over baggy chemise and hose with belt hanging loosely around hips. A long hat feather drapes gracefully along his arm. The horn is raised expectantly while the other hand rests on his sword. The woman wears a bodice-revealing fitted hip-length coat over a pleated skirt. Her braids are coiled in the back and her hat sports a jaunty feather. On a raised arm perches a falcon. The figures stand on rocky mounds with scattered vegetation; at the man’s feet...
Category
Late 19th Century German Renaissance Revival Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
J.W.Tufts Owl Miniature Silvered Brass Candle Holder
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1200 Hand crafted silver plated miniature owl candle holder with glass eyes.
Manufactured in Boston by J.W.Tufts 1875 to 1915.
Category
1890s Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Large Elkington Epergne Centerpiece With Camel, Palm Tree and Glass Bowl
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Victorian Silver Plate Centerpiece and Matching Cut Crystal Dish With Camel and Palm Tree Decorations.
Made in the mid 19th Century by Elkington, Mason & Co., this spectacu...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
Meershaum Pipe with the Head of Julius Caesar, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece and silver band. In the bowl of the pipe, the head of the dictator Julius Caesar, is depicted with a laurel wreath on his head. Original ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Silver
Seal Made Out of Coral and Rock Crystal, Italy, 1800
Located in Milan, IT
Italian coral (Sciacca), handle carved with leaves, silver and rock crystal matrix. Sicily, Italy 1800 ca.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Rock Crystal, Silver
Antique Armorial Door Lock Plate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique Armorial door Escutcheon plate. A white metal armorial door escutcheon plate with engraved detail, featuring the City of Londons lion cre...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Steel
Big Meershaum Pipe Depicting a Woman’s Head with a Hat, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece and nielloed silver band. In the large bowl of the pipe, the head of an African American woman with hearing is depicted, with a wide stra...
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Silver
Rare Collectible Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Cat Pepper Pot, London, 1880
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1880 by Jane Brownett, this very rare, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Cat Pepper Pot, is elegantly modelled, and real...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Novelty Dog & Cat Pair of Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Pepper Pots, 1899
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by Stuart Clifford, this very rare pair of Antique, Sterling Silver Pepper Pots, are modelled as a seated Cat ...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Deer Sculpture in Silver
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deer sculpture in silver
South American silver
in perfect condition circa 1850
weight 250 grams of silver.
Category
1850s South American American Colonial Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Antique Late 19th Century German 930, Silver Rococo Lady's Shoe with Elf Toe
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique German 930. silver Rococo Lady's shoe with elf toe
Shoe is with chased scrolls, floral garlands and open bands.
Made in Germany.
Maker: Gebruder Neumann
Imported to...
Category
1890s German Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Silver Gilt Bronze French Tazzas with Tortoiseshell, 19th Century
Located in Southall, GB
This fine pair of French, silver, allegorical tazzas are tortoiseshelled. They include detailed wreaths on the walls of the base. A finely dressed woman holds each dish proudly above...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
19th Century Pair of Silver Wager Cups
Located in Southall, GB
Exceptional pair of Victorian silver wager cups. Each of typical design in form of a female in an upright position holding a cup swinging above her head.
Category
19th Century German Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Neo-Classic Silver Plated Greek Woman
Located in New York, NY
French Neo-Classic (19th Cent) silver plated bronze figure of classic Greek woman on steps (signed ALBINET & COULON/ AIZELIN, sculp.)
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Siber Relief King Ludwig I. von Bayern by Ludwig Leigh
Located in Munich, DE
This miniature relief portrait of King Ludwig I. of Bavaria is made out of chased silver. I has been executed by Ludwig Leigh and is signed L.Leigh. The po...
Category
1840s German Biedermeier Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
19th Century Grand Tour Saladin Silver Figure Pill Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Grand Tour Saladin silver figure pill box.
Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, better known simply as Salah ad-Din or Saladin, was a Sunni Kurd and the first sulta...
Category
19th Century European Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Mid-19th Century French Silver Torah Finials 'Rimmonim'
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah finials, chased, pierced, engraved, and cast, France, circa 1860.
The finials are constructed with large open-work decorated ball ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Pair of English Victorian Silver Plate Deer Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Victorian silver plate candlesticks with a deer and floral design resting on a rectangular base (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Antique German Silver Table Pheasants
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large pair of antique German silver table pheasants, part of our continental ornamental silverware collection.
These exceptional antique cast German silver table ornaments have been realistically modelled in the form of a pair of pheasants.
Each of the silver pheasant ornaments has been embellished with fine details reproducing the plumage, in addition to the bird's anatomical features.
These exceptional birds are embellished with the original tail feathers; the tails are larger than typical examples of this style.
Both the large cock and hen is further ornamented with impressive cast silver hinged wings; the hinged components indicates the high quality of these pieces.
These exceptional antique silver pheasant...
Category
1870s German Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Silver-Plated Putti On A Star-Shaped Lucite Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 19th Century silver plated putti on a modern star shaped Lucite base.
Category
Early 19th Century French Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Antique 1880s Continental Sterling Silver Cow Creamers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique European silver cow creamers; an addition to our continental silverware collection
These magnificent antique cast 13 löthige silver creamers have been realistically modelled in the form of a bull and a horned cow, each in the style of 18th century creamers.
Each creamer is embellished with Fine details reproducing the details of the bull/cow's hide and facial features.
The back of the each piece is fitted with a hinged shaped cover encompassed with floral decoration and surmounted with a finial modelled in the form of a fly/insect.
The bull and cow's tails function as the creamer's handle.
Creamers of this combination, incorporating both the cow and bull, are unusual and rare to the market.
13 löthige/loth is the equivalent of .812.5 (812.5/1000).
Condition
These antique silver cow creamers...
Category
19th Century European Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Tibetan Double Gourd Flask on Stand, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Due to their many seeds, gourds are appreciated in China and Tibet as auspicious symbols of fertility. When dried, gourds became durable natural vessels used as ladles, flasks, or ev...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Other
George III Sterling Silver Jolly Wagon
Located in New York, NY
Modelled as a wine barrel on wheels with a detachable putti finial. Marked: London, 1807, Maker: William Burwash.
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Large Antique Nef Model in Repoussé Silvered Metal
Located in London, GB
This nef, made of silvered metal, takes the form of a galleon. A nef is a table ornament, usually made of precious metal such as silver, that takes the shape of a ship. This nef has ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver
Russian Silver Troika Sculpture, I. Sazikov after E. Lanceray, Moscow, ca. 1875
By Ignaty Sazikov
Located in New York, NY
The sculpture depicts an elderly peasant, standing to his full height with reins in his hands; behind him in a sleigh are his son and grandson, who drives the horses with a whip. Dressed in typical peasant clothes, all three have very expressive faces.
The entire composition of this outstanding silver sculpture, including the original marble base are executed with such high skill that one could imagine the steam pouring out of the horses’ nostrils in the frosty air; and hear the sound of crisp snow under their hooves. The troika gallops at full speed, leaving behind clear traces of horseshoes on the virgin snow.
Notes:
There are intact little bell on the yoke of a central horse, and an original detachable hallmarked whip. The original, intricately executed marble base is an integral part of the whole composition. The sculpture was never cleaned or polished, and has an original patina.
Markings:
Fully hallmarked with maker's marks IS (for Ignaty Sazikov...
Category
1870s Russian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Silver
Antique German Silver Cockerel / Rooster Model Figure on Base 1899 ‘Import Mark’
Located in London, GB
A magnificent antique German sterling Silver Rooster / Cock Figure. This Cockerel stands proudly on a solid silver base with a little lizard and an insect at its feet. The Rooster ha...
Category
19th Century German Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Solid Silver Pair of Figural Comports, C & G Fox, circa 1852
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century very rare pair of Victorian novelty cast solid silver and cut-glass comports, formed as a pair of male gardeners dressed in 18th century costume, standing on an elaborate Rococo designed base and both holding a woven flower basket...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Sterling Silver Ladies Satin Shoe
Located in New York, NY
Victorian sterling silver lady’s shoe. Made in Birmingham, England, 1890. Dainty slipper with applied bow and satin-textured finish. Plain heal and sole. F...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
German Silver and Coconut Turkey, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
The wings as hinged flaps with detachable head.
Category
1890s German Antique Sculptures
Continental Silver Novelty Figure of a Sojourner, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
With an open container as his backpack and with detachable hat.
Category
1880s Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Figures of Eight Immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji Marks, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
Important and rare silver figures of eight immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji marks, Late Qing dynasty. Each hollow figure portraying one of the immortals in an animated pose, with highly detailed facial features, four pierced with apertures for the insertion of facial hair, clad in finely chased robes, all but two with their characteristic attributes, their bases bearing either two seal marks reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu and Zhe'ning Hu Qiusheng zao, or three marks in regular script reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu, Shang and Sheng zuo, original hand-carved wood stands. Measures: 11 1/4in (28.5cm) high (tallest one).
The earliest records of the silver atelier known as Yangqinghe date to 1775 in Shanghai...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Elkington Antique Silver Plated Charger by Morel-Ladeuil
By Léonard Morel-Ladeuil
Located in London, GB
The silver charger mounted on a velvet board, of circular form in the Neo-Grec manner, depicting a classical figural scene of a semi-clad maiden surrounded by three female attendants with an exotic colonnaded interior, within a florally decorated border with a Grotesque bust to the top and two dragons to the bottom, signed and dated to the lower left 'morel-ladeuil inv e fecit 1876' and to the lower right 'Elkington & Co.'
The importance of this Victorian period silver plated charger...
Category
Late 19th Century English Classical Greek Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Scottish Brass and Nickel Silver Horse Hobble, Bide A Blink, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
Scottish brass and nickel silver horse hobble with an eagle heads horse shoe handle and resting on the faithful servant creature Bide a Blink. Signature...
Category
1830s Scottish Folk Art Antique Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Iron, Nickel
Large German Silver Cannister in the Form of a Poodle
Located in New York, NY
Maker: Neresheimer Hanau, with London Import marks for 1898.
Category
1890s English Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
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