London Animal Sculptures

Two animal sculptures by Archimede Seguso (1909-1999) Italy made circa 1970 of a dog and rabbit in solid opaque glass, foil label to one example 'Archimede Seguso Murano' Archimede ...

An impressive late 20th Century hand blown glass aquarium decorated with multi-hued swimming jelly fish with excellent colour and detail, signed A Seguso and with original Murano sti...

A very sweet early 20th Century cold painted Austrian bronze study of a young chick with excellent naturalistic colour and exceptional hand finished surface detail, signed with the ...

A late 18th-early 19th century full size wooden sculpture of a horse, with tail made from horse hair, resting on a rectangular wooden base mounted on four castors.

'Goat' bronze sculpture created by Studio Rinat Design, molded and cast in bronze in the lost wax process. The sculpture is available to order in other patinas and in gold finish. Li...

A pair of stylised tessellated marble and brass perched birds by Maitland Smith USA circa 1980.

A Magnificent Pair of Bronze Lions Renaissance Manner Lovely Verdis Gris Patina Late C20th

A large and impressive pair of Antique Silver Pheasants. These Model Pheasants have a lovely attention to detail and feature inset glass eyes....

‘Tall Bird Form’ is a limited edition (3 + 2AP) bronze sculpture by the British artist, Vivienne Foley. Vivienne Foley is based in Gloucestershire where sh...

An attractive mid 20th Century pate de verre glass study of butterfly rested on a rose with excellent detail and very fine vibrant colour, signed Daum France ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ...

Classically shaped oval bowl is a master class of technique and elegance, designed by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1948 for Barovier, Toso & Co. It has an edging of white on the...

A carved gilt wood 20th century swan with feathered wings.

A large tessellated marble stylised swan by Maitland Smith. The black marble used to cover the body with hints of grey. The brass bill intact. In good form and proportions.

One of a kind beautiful pair of 'Totem Birds' bronze sculptures, hand crafted and cast in the lost wax process. Inspired by tribal Art, and more specifically, Aztec totem poles, 'Totem Birds' figures reflect the regality of the ancient Aztec...

A charming pair of decorative silver plate geese or mallard ducks, made in Spain in the twentieth century. The geese are very finely modelled with excellent details to the faces, f...

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...

A striking early 20th Century silvered bronze Art Deco car mascot modelled as a stylised horse rearing. The bronze exhibiting excellent hand finished surface detail and fine colour, ...

Abstract bronze cast sculpture of bird about to fly, spreading its wings. The sculpture is Expressive in a brutalist manner. It stands on a cast bronze pedestal.

A tall free-standing life-size brass and copper sculpture of a heron by Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante, 1970’s. Size: H65 cm x W70 cm x D30 cm Artist biography: Bustamante's firs...

"Taureau Debout" by Rosa Bonheur. An excellent late 19th Century French animalier bronze study of a standing bull with fine hand chased surface that accentuates the muscle definition of the subject, signed Rosa B. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Measures: Width: 32 cm Height: 18 cm Depth: 11cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1870 Materials: Bronze Book reference: Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne Page no. 174 DESCRIPTION Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) The most popular artist of nineteenth-century France, Rosa Bonheur was also one of the first renowned painters of animals and the first woman awarded the Grand Cross by the French Legion of Honor. A professional artist with a successful career, Bonheur lived in two consecutive committed relationships with women. Born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux, Marie Rosalie Bonheur was the oldest of the four children of Raimond Oscar Bonheur (1796-1849) and Sophie Marquis. Bonheur's father was an art teacher who came from a poor family, while her mother, a musician, had descended from a middle-class family and had been her husband's art student. Bonheur's father, who taught drawing and landscape painting, was an ardent member of the utopian Saint Simeon society. The group held idealistic beliefs about the reform of work, property, marriage, and the role of women in society. Most importantly, for the artist's future, the Saint Simeons questioned traditional gender norms and firmly believed in the equality of women. While teaching artistic techniques to his oldest daughter, Raimond Bonheur also encouraged her independence and taught her to consider art as a career. In 1828 Raimond Bonheur joined the Saint Simeons at their retreat outside Paris. Sophie and the children joined him in Paris the following year. Four years later, however, Raimond abandoned his family to live in isolation with his fellow Saint Simeons. Sophie Bonheur died in 1833 at the age of thirty-six. Rosa was only eleven years old when her mother died, but she was aware of the heavy price her mother paid for married life with a man who was more dedicated to his own ideals than to meeting his family's needs. Rosa also saw that her mother's marriage led to poverty and her death from exhaustion. After her mother's death, Bonheur was taken in by the Micas family who resided nearby. Mme Micas and Bonheur's mother had been friends. When Mme Bonheur died, the Micas family paid Raimond Bonheur's debts and cared for Rosa. Their daughther, Nathalie, who would later become an amateur inventor and unschooled veterinarian, and Rosa became enamored with each other. When Rosa Bonheur began her career as a professional artist, she had already been trained by her father who had allowed her to study in all male classes. Rosa also learned by sketching masterworks at the Louvre from the age of fourteen, and later, by studying with Léon Cogniet. From the very beginning, Bonheur's favorite subject was animals. She learned their anatomy completely by dissecting them in local slaughterhouses. She also visited the horse market two times a week. Study of animals by direct observation led to the formation of the realist style in which Bonheur worked. It was for such work that Bonheur obtained written permission from the French government to wear men's slacks. Her working attire also consisted of a loose smock and heavy boots that protected her feet from the dangerous environment in which she painted. The style of dress that the artist adopted for work and home may well have been influenced by her father's attire, which was based on St. Simeonian clothing experiments. Bonheur also cropped her hair, perhaps to facilitate her work. She did, however, always wear dresses for social occasions because she knew that appropriate dress would further her career. Bonheur earned a successful living as a painter of animals. She exhibited at the annual Paris Salon regularly from the age of nineteen in 1841 through 1853, when she was thirty-one. She won the salon's gold medal at the age of twenty-six in 1848 and was commissioned by the French government to paint Plowing on the Nivernais in 1849. In the same year Bonheur and her sister Juliette became directors of l'École gratuite de dessin pour les jeunes filles, a post their father had once held. Bonheur completed her most renowned work, The Horse Fair, in 1855. The successful representation of percherons (a breed native to Normandy) was purchased by Ernest Gambart, a London art dealer whose gallery specialized in work by French artists. He exhibited The Horse Fair in London where Bonheur visited with Nathalie. Queen Victoria requested a private viewing of the painting at Windsor Castle. It would later be purchased in 1887 by Cornelius Vanderbilt and donated to the new Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Bonheur's trip to England allowed her to meet Charles Eastlake, then President of the Royal Academy, John Ruskin, the English writer and critic, and Edwin Landseer, the British animalier. She also toured the English and Scottish countrysides and executed some paintings based on her observations of new breeds of animals found there. Gambart made engravings of Bonheur's work, including The Horse Fair, and sold them in England, Europe, and the United States. Bonheur became one of the most renowned painters of the time. Little girls, such as Anna Klumpke in the United States, even had dolls in her likeness, much as American girls played with Shirley Temple dolls...

Hallmarked in London in 1976 by Garrard & Co., this stunning Elizabeth II, Sterling Silver Model of a Stag, is realistically cast and chased, and stands on a marble base. The stag mo...

Hallmarked in London in 1995 by C. J. Vander, this charming pair of Elizabeth II period, Sterling Silver Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Models, are handsomely cast. The models measure...

'Surf - Still Life with Crab' is from the British artist and Blown Away II series winner, Elliot Walker's ongoing body of unique still life artworks. Freehand sculpted in clear glass...

An attractive limited edition bronze study of a green frog in a stretched position with its head raised exhibiting very fine enamel colours and excellent tactile surface, signed Tim,...

The hand blown Sculpture depicts a pair of parrots poised upon twisted branches. The artist has represented the birds in an opaque dark brown glass decorated internally with gold inc...

A large and impressive late 19th century French animalier bronze group of a Pheasant surprised by a weasel, both animals heightened with original gilding and raised on a naturalistic...

Entrancing mid 20th Century French pate-de-verre vide-poche decorated with variegated colours of greens and browns with a raised figure of a snake exhibiting fine translucent colour ...

Excellent quality and very rare mid-19th century French Animalier bronze study of a seated griffon hound looking intently at two pigeons feeding beside him. The bronze with excellent...

Carrying import marks for 1937 by Israel Segalov, this very rare pair of Sterling Silver Owl Models, were originally made in Germany for the English market, by the great model making...

“Standing Hen” Vienna bronze by Franz Bergman - circa 1900. A very fine early 20th century cold painted Austrian bronze study of a standing hen with excellent hand chased surface detail and fine naturalistic colour, signed with the Bergman ‘B’ in an amphora vase Franz Bergman - Austrian, 1861 - 1936 - is celebrated for his great attention to detail and wonderful vibrant colours, Franz Xavier Bergman is, arguably, the most famous of the Viennese cold-painted bronze artists, delighting in producing Oriental, Arab bronze...

Hand-formed wire sculpture of a shimmering dragonfly, finished in bright green blue and gold enamel paint.

Hallmarked in London in 1979 by Barnards, this Elizabeth II period, Sterling Silver Model of a Sandpiper, is handsomely cast in a natural pose, and is presented on a green stone base...

A Lovely Pair of Medici Bronze Lions Lovely Patina and Definition C20th

A fabulous limited edition rich grey glass study of a seated greyhound with a very fine smooth tactile surface and good deep colour, signed Lalique France & numbered 164/288 From the Egypt of the Pharaohs to the present day, greyhounds have appeared regularly in the history of art, from paintings to tapestries, statues, dishes and many noble coats of arms. (The greyhound is a symbol of loyalty in heraldry.) The Lalique greyhound...

A superb and richly carved giltwood eagle perched on rocks with open wings, the eagle's head looking to its left and fitted with a separate giltwood wreath...

An artisanal hand carved wooden lion sculpture believed to be German from the early 20th Century. Impressive large scale, heavy in weight and featuring excellent craftsmanship with...

Carrying import marks for Chester in 1901 by Berthold Muller, this charming, Antique Sterling Silver Model of a Partridge, has a removable head, and moveable wings. The partridge m...

Lejan Art Deco pair of swimming fish in green crackled glaze. Signed in the hollow

Charming mid 19th Century French gilt bronze study of two rabbits standing in alert positions outside their burrow. The bronze exhibiting excellent han...

A dramatic clear and frosted glass study of an Orietnal dragonwith a ball within its mouth exhibiting very fine satin finish and excellent surface detail heightened with gilding, sig...

This striking pair of life size 20th-century Art Deco revival bronze seated Greyhounds/Whippets would be a stunning and sophisticated addition to any interior whether a Manor House o...

Contemporary sculpture of a large buffalo or bull emphases on the elaborate horns and powerful body. It is hand carved from hardwood circa 1970. The water buffalo, also called the do...

This pair of silvered bronze models show semi-clad classical male attendants restraining their rearing horses. They are modeled after the 1739 sculptures in marble by Guillaume Coust...

A very large tessellated marble sculpture of a shark, at 111cm wide an impressive piece. The movement captured very well, jaws agape and aggressive posture. Greta scale, size and for...

A surprising frosted glass figure of a scorpion with its tail raised, ready to strike its prey. The frosted glass surface with excellent hand finished detail, signed Lalique France Additional information Measures: Height: 7 cm Condition: Excellent Condition circa: 1950 Materials: Hand Finished Frosted Glass SKU: 6008 DESCRIPTION The Scorpion...

A stunning bronze sculptures of one of Britain's greatest ever military heroes,  dating from the late 20th Century. On 21 October 1805, the Franco-Spanish fleet came out of port and...

The expressive model featuring a toy cannon at the child's feet, all set on a circular marble base The cannon signed 'Adriano Cecioni', with cartouche to the base inscribed 'ENFANT AU COQ...

This wonderful patinated bronze work is designed to function as both a water fountain and a superb piece of sculpture. The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting. The piece takes the form of two herons...

A lovely English Regency object, the subject that of an exhausted stag after a model made by Pitoin for Madame du Barry in 1772. The well finished stag sits on a superb ormolu base, ...

Hallmarked in London in 1880 by Jane Brownett, this very rare, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Cat Pepper Pot, is elegantly modelled, and real...

Hallmarked in London in 1935 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this incredible, Sterling Silver Model of a Fox, is presented on a wooden plinth which has a vacant plaque, and is wond...

A very unusual trinket or bathroom dish in the form of a swan with double clam shell wings, in the style of Gabriella Binazzi and made in Italy c. 1970. This is a wonderful example ...

Pair of late 20th century bronze black patina elephant lamps, Vietnam.

Pair of finely detailed model pheasants in 800 standard silver made in Italy circa 1950 and in excellent condition. Each silver pheasant is cast and hand-chased to give a lively and ...

Large 20th century bronze crocodile. Patina to the bronze is superb and of course being bronze this can live outside with no fear of rusting.

Early 20th Century Alabaster Polar Bear A fine early 20th century carved alabaster sculpture of a polar bear. Additional information: Origin: France Period: Circa 1925, 20th Centu...

Carrying import marks for London in 1913 by Berthold Muller, this charming, Antique, Sterling Silver Model of a Hoopoe, is wonderfully cast and realistically hand finished. The mod...

An excellent mid 19th Century French bronze animalier figure of a resting stag with its head lowered showing off its impressive antlers. The bronze with attractive rich brown patina ...

A Extra Large Bronze Sculpture as a Greyhound This Sculpture is Quite Rare due to its size Allways makes me smile as he has such a comical face Dates C20th

A stylised and large tessellated marble faux Tusk supported on a stone brass banded base. Made by Maitland Smith USA circa, 1980.