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Figurines and Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Juan Ruiz De Alarcón
Located in Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero
Modeling the face of Don Juan Ruiz De Alarcón was finished in two pieces, with a rosewood base. Technique: chiseling and embossing. Made for the inauguration of the first Alarconian ...
Category
1980s Mexican Arts and Crafts Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tres Hombres Ilustres
Located in Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero
Three illustrious men from Taxco, Custodia with faces of notable characters from Taxco, created to celebrate the first Alarcón Festival in 1988. Don Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Don Jose De...
Category
1980s Artisan Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ancient Roman Bronze Tiger circa 1st-2nd century AD Guarantee Rare
Located in New York, NY
This is a very fine Ancient Roman Bronze Tiger Head dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The Ancient Roman cast bronze head of the Tiger has extremely fine quality casting and superb ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful 18th C Thomas Hawley European Gilt Bronze & White Marble Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent 18th Century English Gilt Bronze and White Marble Clock. Clock is Beautifully Comprised with a Bird Form Finial over the Circular dial with Arabic Numerals, flanked by ...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Ancient Roman Military Bronze Stag And Eagle 1st-2nd century AD Guarantee Rare
Located in New York, NY
This Ancient Roman Military Bronze eagle and stag, dating from the 1st to 2nd century AD, stands at a modest yet captivating 3 1/8 inches in height. The finely cast bronze sculpture ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mimi Di N 1981 GoldGiltMetal Set Pinecone Sprays ConvertiblePendants BeltBuckles
By Mimi di N
Located in Chicago, IL
This curvilinear textural gold-gilt metal two-piece belt buckle or convertible pendant depicting pine cone and needle sprays was designed by Mimi di N in 1981, as noted in the signed...
Category
1980s American Artisan Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
Artist 1980s NevelsonStyle Sculptural GiltMetal Crushed Jagged Pendant Necklace
By Contemporary
Located in Chicago, IL
Louise Nevelson, an American modern sculptor who enhanced found objects throughout the 20th Century, in the 1980s transformed found, crushed and gilt m...
Category
1980s American Artist Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Gilt Metal
Antique Late 18th Century Cameo of a Follower of Dyonisos or Bacchus Hardstone
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This fine hardstone cameo depicts a woman or men wearing a wreath of ivy. In Greek and Roman mythology the ivy wreath worn around head was the attribute of a followers of Dyonisos a...
Category
1790s Italian Artist Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Silver
Antique 18th Century Button Cameo of a Young Man Shell Carving Silver
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare button features a shell cameo of a young man carved in antique manner. The cameo is mounted in a silver button.
Category
1780s European George III Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
French 1798 Neo Classic Stamp Seal in 18kt Gilded Silver with Carved Bust Flora
Located in Miami, FL
French neo classic desk seal.
Wonderful desk seal, created in France during the late 18th century, back in the 1798-1808. This magnificent piece of art was conceived as a miniature sculpture mounted in a Louis XVI neoclassical style base. This base is crafted in 18 karats gold over silver with chiseled and incised decorations, supporting a magnificent extremely detailed carving of a women. The carved piece, depicts, the naked portrait bust of the classical Greek-Roman goddess of the flowers and nature Flora (Heba), facing forward and exhibiting her breasts, undressed and crowned with flowers, wheat and ivy.
Flora or Heba
She was the deity of the flowering plants, fertility, spring, and blossoming. Although she was a minor figure compared to other goddesses of the Roman empire, she was important as a fertility goddess. Flora was responsible for the abundance of the crops in spring, so her worship strengthened as this season approached. Her name derives from the Latin floris, which means flower, and her Greek counterpart was the nymph, Chloris. The Sabine King Titus Tatius introduced Flora into the Roman pantheon...
Category
1790s French Neoclassical Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Antique Double Sided Rosary Bead with Head of Christ and Skull Carved in Bone
Located in Chicago, IL
ROSARY BEAD WITH WENDEKOPF
Germany, 16th century
Bone
Weight 12 grams; dimensions 29 × 23 × 24 cm
A double-sided bead made of bone with a finely carved head of Christ on one side an...
Category
16th Century German Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Art Deco 1800s Ruby Picture Pendant Art Decor
Located in Laguna Hills, CA
Spectacular, Art Deco, pendant, depicting an encased, renaissance cameo of a Cupid baby and mother lying on a cloud in sky background.
This unique a...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Art Deco Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Ruby, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
No Oil Emerald Carving Medusa Gorgon
Located in Bangkok, TH
A figure of Medusa Gorgon seems to be frightening and dangerous, but if you remember her story, then Medusa was an innocently killed heroine who suffered because of her beauty
This No Oil Emerald...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Classical Greek Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Emerald
18 kt yellow gold with orange big heart pendant, diamonds 0.60 ct.
Located in BARI, IT
Spectacular natural coral pendant in the shape of a big heart. It has been hand-engraved on both sides and mounted in yellow gold 18 kt. with diamonds, brilliant cut, 0.60 ct. The go...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Diamond, Yellow Gold
Ornamental Pond on Amethyst Cluster Block
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Ornamental Pond On Amethyst Cluster Block.
Animals and plants in 18 karat gold embellished by enamel finishes set on an amethyst cluster block base.
Total weight gr. 113.40
Gold weig...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Gübelin Kingfisher Azurmalachite Agate Onyx Rock Cristal Sculpture
By Gubelin
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture of a kingfisher in azurmalachite and agate with eyes in onyx, base on rock crystal.
Dimensions : 9.5 x 14.5 x 8 cm (3,740 x 5,512 x 3,150 inches)
Weight: 619g
Swiss work, circa 1980
Perfect condition, no chip
One of a kind !
Shipping will be delicate and need a special packing and a special quote
The history of Gübelin goes back 168 years. In 1854, the Swiss family business founded its first watchmaking business, then expanded into a jewelry business and founded its own brand: Gübelin Jewelry...
Category
1980s Swiss Contemporary Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Malachite, Onyx, Quartz
Antique Spanish Jet Amulet Pendant with Figa
Located in Chicago, IL
AMULET PENDANT WITH FIGA
Spain, c. 1620–1630
Jet, silver, and enamel
Weight 60.7 grams; dimensions 85 × 49 × 18 mm
Large pendant in the shape of a hand carved from jet with a clinched fist in the figa (Spanish higa) gesture. In the palm of the hand is a heart carved in relief and on the back a six-ray star in a circle. The silver mount covers the wrist like a cuff and is decorated with a frilled border, and on the front with collet-set bosses with silver C-scrolls against blue enamel; on the back is a roundel in relief with floral motif. Domed base for the pendant loop in pea-pod form.
The figa (also fica or higa) represents an age-old symbol of protection against the evil eye and other demonic threats. Its origins were pagan and buried deep in antiquity. Roman examples, such as one found recently in an archeological excavation in London, also make it clear that the protective qualities are based in a sexual symbolism–particularly the power of the phallus. The Roman bone figa/phallus in effect represents the phallus twice; that is, the gesture made by the figa hand is generally explained as fingers representing the female genitalia (vulva) penetrated by the phallus of the thumb. But other interpretations are less specific, including explanations that the left hand is the feminine principle, and the right hand is the masculine.
In Spain, jet figa are common; we see one in the portrait of Anne of Austria the infanta (p. 75). That is not to say that the objects are not sumptuous or treasured. Jet was a very valuable material, and in many examples like this one, the figa is embellished with beautiful enameling or is even gem-studded. Comparable objects occur in equally sumptuous materials such as rock crystal.
The enameled setting allows a dating of these objects that otherwise might prove difficult, given that the production of such objects in Spain is so consistent over centuries. Indeed, there is another, even more elaborately carved example in this collection, attached to the “magic belt” (no. 9). That example may belong to an earlier group.
That figa includes deeply excavated carving, including on the upper surface, an M-shaped design that Walter Leo Hildburgh links to the heart shape (as it occurs more explicitly on this example). Hildburgh argues that its presence is especially common on these objects and that it originally represented the Sacred Heart of Mary...
Category
Early 17th Century Spanish Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Gübelin Couple of Sparrows Agate Calcite Sculpture
By Gubelin
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture representing a couple of sparrows in agate on a calcite base.
Sold with copies of purchase invoice from Gübelin Geneve dated 28/11/1983 and insurance valuation document dated 19/12/1990.
Height : 14 cm (5,513 inches)
Weight: 621g
Swiss work, circa 1980
Perfect condition, no chip
One of a kind !
Shipping will be delicate and need a special packing and a special quote.
The history of Gübelin goes back 168 years. In 1854, the Swiss family business founded its first watchmaking business, then expanded into a jewelry business and founded its own brand: Gübelin Jewelry...
Category
1980s Swiss Contemporary Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Agate
Natural Carved No Oil Emerald Greek Goddess Psyche
Located in Bangkok, TH
The most beautiful on Earth - her name is Psyche.
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Psyche was a mortal woman whose extraordinary beauty made Aphrodite jealous and she sent her son Eros to punish Psyche. But he fell in love with her instead. After many challenges and hardships, Eros took her to Olympus and made her the Goddess of Soul.
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In ancient mosaic...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Classical Greek Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Emerald
Russian Icon, 18th Century Russian Wooden Table with Egg Tempera
Located in Bari, IT
Very rare wooden icon depicting "San Nicola di Mozajsk"
Condition: the painting is in excellent condition, perfect in all its parts
Category
18th Century Russian Byzantine Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Fifteenth Century Reliquary Pendant with Christ on the Cross
Located in Chicago, IL
Reliquary Pendant with Christ on the Cross
Germany, c. 1480–1500
Gilded silver
Weight 35 grams; dimensions 69 × 46 × 8 mm
A mixture of forms gives t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier German Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Gilt Metal
Mario Buccellati Silver Squirrel
Located in New York, NY
Mario Buccellati Silver Squirrel, silver texted fur with glass eyes, enamel nose and gilt acorns.
Signed on one leaf Mario Buccellati, 925, and 15-MI
M...
Category
1980s Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Ancient Egyptian Faience Funerary Figurine Pendant
Located in New York, NY
An Ancient Egyptian funerary figurine made of faience in a modern gold pendant mounting.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Yellow Gold
Spinone Dog handicraft in Silver
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Spinone dog handicraft in silver
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Gazelle handicraft
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Silver Gazelle handicraft
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1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Hound Bracco handicraft
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Silver hound bracco handicraft
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Elephant handicraft in Silver
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Elephant handicraft in silver
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Wild Bison Sculpture
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Silver Wild bison Sculpture
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Elephant Puppy Sculpture in Silver
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Elephant Puppy sculpture in silver
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Pineapple Handicraft in Silver
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pineapple handicraft in silver
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Male Doberman Dog Sculpture in Silver
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Male Doberman dog sculpture in Silver
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Elephant handicraft in Silver
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Elephant handicraft in silver
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Silver Partridge handicraft
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Silver Partridge handicraft
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
La Guerra Y La Paz
Located in Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero
" La noche de los mayas" Box with silver, brass, malachite and precious and semiprecious stones. Base in rosewood wood. Technique: stamping and fusion of married metals, technique in...
Category
1980s Mexican Artisan Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Fish Grayling handicraft
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Silver fish grayling handicraft
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Dog Sculpture Poodle in Silver
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Dog sculpture poodle in silver
Category
1980s Italian Early Victorian Vintage Figurines and Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Vintage and Antique Figurines and Sculptures
Figurines and sculptures date back tens of thousands of years to the earliest human cultures. Some of the oldest examples portrayed or symbolized people and animals, such as the famed “Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel” from the Upper Paleolithic era. Rituals may have been performed using these early sculptures and figurines in the belief that they embodied what they represented. Beginning in the 19th century, animal sculpture started becoming not only fashionable but artistically validated — a trend that continues today.
Sculptures and figurines in our modern era are made from a variety of unique materials including gold and silver, and some are adorned with precious and semiprecious stones and more, from jade and opal to diamonds and sapphires. The meaning and use of these artworks have evolved over time, but they remain important cultural objects across the world.
While in the past figurines and sculptures regularly had cultural or historical significance, others were abstract or purely decorative. Many people now display them in cabinets or on shelves in their homes to express their personality and interests, just as they do other decorative objects and collectibles.
On 1stDibs, shop a collection of exquisite figurines and sculptures by leading artists and creators such as Salvador Dalí, MOISEIKIN and others.
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