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Late 20th Neoclassical Armchair in Champagne Chenille Velvet Gilt Fish Motifs
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
, each meeting the seat with ornate gilded carvings featuring fish-scale patterning and a stylized fin
Category

Late 20th Century Bergere Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Hardwood, Giltwood, Lacquer

Antique Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons
By Viners 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
and dessert knives, in addition to the fish service, fruit service and carving set all retain the
Category

20th Century English Georgian Tableware

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Vintage Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Eight Persons
By Gee Holmes
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
forks 8 Dessert spoons 8 Teaspoons 8 Fish knives 8 Fish forks Additional Pieces: 4 Serving
Category

Vintage 1950s British Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Paleo Christian 22kt Gold Ring With An Amethyst Intaglio 4th Century AD
Located in Firenze, IT
Christian ring features a 22-carat gold setting and an amethyst carving depicting a fish surmounted by a
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

Amethyst, Gold, 22k Gold

Goldfish in Pond Honey Amber Certified Jadeite Jade Pendant in 18K White Gold
Located in Wan Chai District, HK
timeless elegance. The carving depicts a graceful goldfish gliding through gentle rippling waves, both
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Jade, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold

Christina Muff, contemporary Danish artist. Unique tall stoneware vase. 2023
Located in København, Copenhagen
vessel. The vessel is covered in a cream glaze. The vase has symbolic carvings of eyes, fish etc. Dating
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Large Napoleon III Style Oak Bookcase – Four Seasons Theme
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
side doors display still-life carvings of fish and game in deep relief.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Bookcases

Materials

Oak

Spanish Albaster Large Urn Jar Table Lamp, 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
. The carving fish as handle marks the difference in this piece. This eye-catching alabaster table lamp
Category

20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Hand-Carved Wooden Mirror with Ocean Motifs
Located in Antwerp, BE
mirror featuring ocean-inspired carvings of fish, a sea turtle, and seaweed. The frame is crafted from
Category

20th Century Asian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Grotto Metal Footed Dish, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of metal footed dish grotto style with men riding giant fish figurines. Great
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Grotto Metal Footed Dish, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of metal footed dish grotto style with men riding giant fish hunting figurines
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Tapio Wirkkala Stainless Steel Puukko Knife with Leather Sheath Hackman Finland
By Tapio Wirkkala, Hackman
Located in London, GB
, commonly used for carving and fish scaling. Tapio Wirkkala’s interpretation of this iconic tool exemplifies
Category

Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Brass, Stainless Steel

19th Century French Black Forest Carved Hunt Trophies Sculptures, Set of 4
Located in Dallas, TX
Plaque depicts a detailed carving of a fish, likely a pike, alongside a lobster, intertwined with flowing
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures

Materials

Walnut

Benjamin Goodison Console
By Jonathan Sainsbury, Benjamin Goodison
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
. The free-flowing design of the c-scroll legs with delicate foliate carving and fish scale recess is
Category

Antique 16th Century British Neoclassical Console Tables

Materials

Mahogany

GIA Certified Jadeite Jade Yellow Gold Carved Pendant Necklace
Located in Stamford, CT
GIA certified natural carved double fish pendant. Brown and orange carving, 14k yellow gold 20inch
Category

Mid-20th Century Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Jade, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Pair of Albaster Large Urn Jar Table Lamps, Spain, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
design. The carving fish as handle marks the difference in these pieces. These eye-catching alabaster
Category

20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Mid-Century Italian Baroque Painted Coffee Table with Travertine
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-century Italian Baroque painted coffee table with travertine features a whimsical carving of a
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Travertine

16th Century Southern Germany Carved Wood Bracket Depicting a Mermaid
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
, highlighting the depth of the limewood and the subtlety of the carving for the fish tails. This wood carved
Category

Antique 16th Century German Renaissance Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Regency Overmantel Mirror
By Regency
Located in Greenwich, CT
Greek key applied ornament flanked by ebonized lion masks over Egyptian term figures with fish scale
Category

Antique 19th Century European Regency Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century Provincial Chinese Floor Lamp Candle Torchiere
Located in Forney, TX
cylindrical carved pedestal with a richly detailed sculptural fish form carving opposite hollowed candle
Category

Antique 19th Century Asian Candle Lamps

Materials

Elm

Paris by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Art Nouveau Cherubs 159 pcs Dinner
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
carving set, one fish server, 12 1/2", 11 gold washed ice cream spoons, 5 5/8", one soup ladle, 12 1/4
Category

Antique Early 1900s Art Nouveau Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Opal Necklace with Hand Carved Fish Pendant
By Fred for Lyppens
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A double opal bead necklace centrally set with an opal fish carving, surrounded by a golden
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Beaded Necklaces

Materials

Diamond, Opal, Sterling Silver, 14k Gold

Chinese Soapstone Carving of Koi Fish on Stone Base
Located in Cookeville, TN
Offering this Chinese soapstone carving on a stone base. The base has channels that are cutout in
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Soapstone

Agate Sculpture of Fish
Located in SOMIS, CA
Wonderful agate sculpture features three tropical fish swimming amid the seaweeds. Fish in the
Category

2010s Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Agate

Wood carved panel depicting fish
Located in NANTES, FR
Deeply carved wood panel depicting fish, maybe from Vietnam. The craftmanship is amazing, very
Category

Mid-20th Century Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Fish Tale Folk Art Assemblage Sculpture
By Van Dusen Clockworks
Located in Dallas, TX
Fish tale is an imaginative art assemblage that harkens back to an earlier time. Its wonderful
Category

2010s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Japanese Yokogi, a Fish Shaped Fulcrum, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Yokogi, a fish shaped fulcrum for the pot hook assembly over the hearth, a naively carved
Category

Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Vintage Cloisonné Enamel Brass Trim Fish Figurine w/ Wood Base
Located in Naples, FL
Excellent condition! This Chinese cloisonné fish is detailed in turquoise and blues; very detailed
Category

Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Brass, Enamel

White He Tian Jade of Fish and Lin Chi
Located in SOMIS, CA
Beautiful white He Tian jade depicting a catfish pursuing a Lin Zhi, the Chinese panacea herb. The other side features a lotus leaf. This piece is made of the highest quality He T...
Category

20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Jade

Antique English decorative Carved Wood fish , A Pike in Case, circa 1924
Located in Winchcombe, Gloucesteshire
A rare and unusual carved wood pike with a naturalistic background, in an ebonized case with glass front. Sign written below 'Caught by S.Turpin at Marlow Nov 6th 1924' Although carv...
Category

Vintage 1920s English Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Paint

Makani Australian Aboriginal Fish Sculpture
By Nawurapu Wununmurra
Located in London, GB
important private collections. Wununmurra has painted his fish carvings with the design of Garraparra
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Cardume" Stool in Clear Brazilian Freijó Wood
By Andreas Anwander
Located in São Paulo, SP
option. With its intricate fish carving, it adds an element of artistry and conversation to any space
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools

Materials

Wood

"Cardume" Stool in Brazilian Imbuia Wood
By Andreas Anwander
Located in São Paulo, SP
option. With its intricate fish carving, it adds an element of artistry and conversation to any space
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools

Materials

Wood

"Cardume" Stool in Dark Brazilian Freijó Wood
By Andreas Anwander
Located in São Paulo, SP
option. With its intricate fish carving, it adds an element of artistry and conversation to any space
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools

Materials

Wood

"Cardume" Stool in Brazilian Ivory Wood
By Andreas Anwander
Located in São Paulo, SP
option. With its intricate fish carving, it adds an element of artistry and conversation to any space
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools

Materials

Wood

"Cardume" Stool in Brazilian Muirapiranga Wood
By Andreas Anwander
Located in São Paulo, SP
option. With its intricate fish carving, it adds an element of artistry and conversation to any space
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools

Materials

Wood

Set of 3 "Cardume" Stools in Brazilian Hard Wood
By Andreas Anwander
Located in São Paulo, SP
option. With its intricate fish carving, it adds an element of artistry and conversation to any space
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools

Materials

Wood

"Cardume" Stool in Brazilian Stained Ivory Wood - Special Edition
By Andreas Anwander
Located in São Paulo, SP
intricate fish carving, it adds an element of artistry and conversation to any space. But its versatility
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Stools

Materials

Wood

Folk Art Carving of a Fish
Located in Toronto, ON
A well carved folk art depiction of a fish with wonderful weathered patina mounted on a later steel
Category

Antique 19th Century Unknown Folk Art Sculptures

Pair of 1940 s Carved Wood Koi Fish Table Lamps
Located in Hudson, NY
A pair of beautiful antique 1940's carved wood lamps in the form of Koi Fish. Amazing carving and
Category

Vintage 1940s North American Table Lamps

Materials

Hardwood

Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Sheffield, MA
Late Gustavian chest of drawers, Sweden, circa 1830, with fish scale carving at the corners. Shaped
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Spanish Colonial Side Table
Located in Nogales, AZ
Peruvian green painted and gold leaf side table with traditional Cuzco fish scale carving.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Peruvian Side Tables

Materials

Gold Leaf

Marble top console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Carved, French, marble top console table. Fish scale carving as well as man and woman figures
Category

20th Century French Console Tables

Materials

Marble

Ink-stone, Chinese Green Jadeite
Located in Summerland, CA
Very large Jadeite carved for Inkstone. Beautiful green stone with white mottling, carvings of Fish
Category

Antique 1850s Chinese Inkwells

Materials

Jade

Art Deco Figured Walnut Bow Fronted Canteen of Cutlery with 3 Fitted Drawers
Located in London, west Sussex
carving set,11 fish knives,12 fish forks,10 teaspoons,12 dessert forks, a pair of lemon squeezers,12
Category

Early 20th Century British Tableware

Materials

Silver Plate

Architectural Wood Carved Animals Window Wall Panels-Provenance
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
with dark wood frame with carvings of fish, big cats, birds, turtles surrounding a rusticated metal
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Anglo-Indian Architectural Elements

Materials

Metal

Chair Designed by Architect H. H. Richardson
By Henry Hobson Richardson 1, A.H. Davenport
Located in Providence, RI
all the deviations present in your example: the pointed rather than scalloped fish scale carving atop
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Armchairs

Materials

Oak

Japanese Jizai Kagi Fish Carving, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
adding decorative appeal, the fish carving functioned as a lever, used to raise or lower a pot out from
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Japanese Antique Wood Carving Fish 1860s-1900s / Mingei Figurine Object Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a fish. It is a wood carving from the Meiji period
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Cedar

Old Japanese Hearth Tool/Fish-Shaped Wood Carving Figurine/Meiji Period/Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
rods and hangs from a beam on the ceiling. Some of these hooks are made of wood in the shape of a fish
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Cedar

Early 19th Century Pair of Biedermeier Chairs
Located in Dublin 8, IE
9711, pair of Biedermeier chairs with downward swept arms with coy fish carving and graduated legs.
Category

Antique 1830s Irish Biedermeier Living Room Sets

Folky Fish Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
Adirondack style plaque of a lake fish. Carved from wood with glass eyes, mounted on cement with
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Shell, Wood

Folky Fish Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
Adirondack style plaque of a lake fish. Carved from wood with glass eyes, mounted on cement with
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Shell, Wood

Cerasuolo Coral Carving, Japan, Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cerasuolo coral carving (corallium elatius) Coral carving depicting a fish placed on a wooden
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Coral

Carved Wooden Fish Weathervane
Located in Nantucket, MA
Wooden fish weathervane, hollow carved made of Pine and carved incised fins with a grey weathered
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

Chinese Polychrome Lucky Fish
Located in Chicago, IL
wealth. For Buddhists, such a fish represents a freedom from all restraints. The scales and fins on the
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Pine

Primitive Style Fish Trade Sign
By Steve Hazlett
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved from 100 year old pine with square nails still embedded into piece salvaged from a barn located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. An antique hay hook was used fo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Fish Carving For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal fish carving for your home. Each fish carving for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and bronze. There are 95 variations of the antique or vintage fish carving you’re looking for, while we also have 4 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer fish carving, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A fish carving made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one fish carving that is appealing in its simplicity, but Agustin Cruz Prudencio, Agustin Cruz Tinoco and Dunhill produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Fish Carving?

Prices for a fish carving start at $199 and top out at $16,900 with the average selling for $950.