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Animal Sculptures For Sale
Seguso Murano Large Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Duck Bird Figurine
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, extra large, vintage Murano hand blown green and gold flecks Italian art glass duck bird figure / sculpture. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. Similar ones are publ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Pair of Murano Glass Cockatiels or Parrots Attributed To Barovier
Toso
Located in Houston, TX
Large Pair Of Murano Glass Cockatiels Or Parrots Attributed To Barovier & Toso.
This lovely pair of Murano glass cockatiels, parrots or birds were executed in several colors with int...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Royal Copenhagen Four Vintage Danish Porcelain Birds and Squirrel Figures
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Four vintage Danish porcelain birds and squirrel figure made by Royal Copenhagen and dating from the 1960's. The figures are well modeled and ...
Category
1960s Danish Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bulldog Sculpture Figurine in Ceramic by Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg 1960s
By Gustavsberg
Located in Troy, MI
Lisa Larson Gustavsberg Bulldog Sculpture Figurine
Ceramic bulldog sculpture from the Large Zoo series
Designed by Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg Sweden c. 1960s
Labeled to underside
...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Decorative Turquoise Blue Ceramic Foo Dogs Sculptures
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A very nice pair of vintage, turquoise blue, ceramic foo dogs, circa 1980s. Excellent condition and patina; makes a fun decor item in any room! Size given in...
Category
1980s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Downhill Skier Bronze Sculpture on Onyx Base by C. Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool bronze downhill skier sculpture on a solid block of white onyx by C. Jere, circa 1970s. The piece is signed "C. Jere" on the skis and has a wonderful patina. A very hard ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Bronze
Sheep Sculpture, Handcrafted by New Mexico Artist Ray Growler
Located in Norwalk, CT
Natural lamb’s wool sheep figure w/ natural horms. Hand crafted by Ray Growler, Navaho whose gallery is located in Four Corners area of New Mexico. Ray Growler is a popular mixed me...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Horn, Wool
Rare Large Mid-Century Modern Brass Elephant, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Rare Large Mid-Century Modern Brass Elephant, 1960s
The proportions are wonderfully genuine, the horse amazingly high and the eye-catcher par excellence.
One ear is partially missi...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Large Danish Mid-Century Carved Teakwood Bison, 1950s.
Located in Malmö, SE
A stunning Danish mid-century carved teakwood bison.
Reportedly purchased from Den Permanente, Copenhagen, in the early 1950s.
Excellent condition.
Den Permanente was a Co-operativ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Rare Majolica Frog Sitting on a Chair Jerome Massier, circa 1910
Located in Austin, TX
Rare unusual Majolica frog playing guitar sitting on a chair signed Jerome Massier, circa 1910.
Category
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Porcelain Sculpture of a Leopard by Ronzan, Italy
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This porcelain sculpture of a Leopard is made by the Italian artist Ronzan. It can be dated in the 1950s.
Giovanni Ronzan and his brother founded the Ronzan factory circa 1940s short...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 3 Brass Giraffe Figurines, Mid Century Modern set #2
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Set of 3 vintage sculptural brass figurines features 1 large giraffe bending down to 2 smaller giraffes, depicted with their heads held up. The highly detailed, textured figurines ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
1950s Cast Brass Mouse Figurine Sculpture
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Mid 20th Century brass mouse.
The beautiful vintage cast brass mouse, features oversize ears and sweeping lines giving the figurine great style.
Perfect to add dimension to any table...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Bronze Rabbit Sculpture by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
The rabbit is a symbol of wit, prudence and skill, of abundance and good fortune. It is cast in a rich dark bronze patina to make a charming gift for the season, a beautiful object f...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
6ft High Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse
Located in London, GB
Enourmous Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse Statue on Wooden Base
This Bronze is Truly a one off and a Real Statement Piace
Category
20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,905 Sale Price
35% Off
Contemporary Handmade Glass Serpentine Snake Ashtray Puro Liquor Deco Animal
Located in Camisano Vicentino, IT
A meticulously hand-crafted glass ashtray by Simone Crestani, the Serpentine Ashtray is an enchanting piece from the Serpentine Collection, merging historical symbolism with modern a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Livio Seguso Murano Sommerso Uranium Apple Gray Bird Italian Art Glass Sculpture
By Salviati, Livio Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, large vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso glowing Uranium green apple with gray bird Italian art glass sculpture. Documented to designer Livio Seguso, with original label s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Glass Sommerso Murano Swan Bird Figurine
By Flavio Poli
Located in Toronto, ON
Stunning Murano Art glass swan bird figurine. This bird figurine was made using the sommerso technique and features purple and blue tones. “somme...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
$190 Sale Price
50% Off
Bronze Sculpture of a Koi Fish Sculpture Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Bronze Koi Fish. The beautiful fish can be used as a decorative piece, a vase, and if you're really ambitious, could make a lovely fountain.
A compliment to any space - living ro...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Extremely Rare, Huge Lifelike Horse Made of Leather, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Extremely rare, very decorative and lifelike horse made of leather. Probably from the house "Liberty's London" in England.
The proportions are wonderf...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
Edouard Marcel Sandoz Swiss Langenthal Porcelain Lying Rabbit Figure, 1948
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine Art Deco Swiss Langenthal porcelain model of a lying rabbit designed by Edouard Marcel Sandoz and made in 1948. The porcelain rabbit is ha...
Category
1940s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Diminutive Red Staffordshire Spaniels, circa 1860
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of diminutive red Staffordshire Spaniels, circa 1860, Each one exceptionally painted with expressive faces.
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Baccarat Signed Crystal Roaring Lion Sculpture, France
By Baccarat
Located in Rijssen, NL
Luxury at its finest, A collector’s item made by Baccarat in France. This crystal lion is made by Baccarat.
A lion, sculpted from clear Baccarat crystal, sits while roaring — a per...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Op-Art Lucite Cat Sculpture by Artist Abraham Palatnik Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
Tall cat animal sculpture by Brazilian Artist Abraham Palatnik, Lucite bold graphic details. In very nice condition. Retains made in Brazil label, plus artist initials inside sculptu...
Category
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Martinex, Finland. Moomin. Two Moomin figures. Ca. 1980s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Two Moomin Figures, Martinex, Finland, c. 1980s.
Set of two standing Moomin figures in soft plastic with a flocked velvet surface. One in light orange and one in light green, both wi...
Category
1980s Finnish Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Velvet, Plastic
Art Deco Ebony Elephant Family of 3
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Smallest elephant: height: 13 cm, width 13 cm and depth; 7 cm
Category
1950s Indian Art Deco Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ebony, Bone
$884 / set
Terrific French Early 20th Century Bar Sign
Located in Round Top, TX
A fabulous early 20th century Bar Sign from the South of France. Wonderfully constructed from riveted iron. Two monkeys sharing a cocktail with a cocktail glass, seltzer bottle and...
Category
Early 20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
1970
s Porcelain Bull - Pablo Zabel, Chile
By Pablo Studio
Located in Bern, CH
1970s Pablo Zabal Chile decorative porcelain bull. With insert for use as a candle holder. Signed on base: Pablo Zabal Chile.
Diameter: ca. 28cm. Height:...
Category
1970s Chilean Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$99 Sale Price
33% Off
Abraham Palatnik Zebra Lucite Acrylic Sculpture Figurine
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Gorgeous large size resin zebra sculpture by Brazilian artist Araham Palatnik. Black outline detail encased in clear resin.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic
$232 Sale Price
33% Off
Tiffany
Co. 1978 Cream Ceramic Craquelé Cat Porporri Holder
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Milan, IT
1978 Tiffany & Co. ceramic crackle cat figurine porporri holder. Beige crackle finish ceramic holder with removable lid.
Stamped Tiffany & Co. 1978 on the underside.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica White Swan Jardinière Jerome Massier, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica white swan jardinière signed Jerome Massier Vallauris, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Italian Midcentury Rimini Blu Ceramic Cat by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Vienna, AT
Charming iconic and Huge Italian modern ceramic cat sculpture from the Rimini Blue series designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Italy.
The Italian Ceramic Artist Aldo Londi from Montel...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Gilt Carved Eagle Lectern – Ornate Gothic Church Stand c.19th Century
Located in Lincoln, GB
Antique Gilt Carved Eagle Lectern – Ornate Gothic Church Stand c.19th Century
Origin: Kasteel Aldenghoor, Haelen, Netherlands
19th Century Gothic Re...
Category
19th Century Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Set of 52 Animal Sculpture in Travertine Fratelli Mannelli, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing set of 52 animal sculptures paperweights in travertine marble attributed to Fratelli Mannelli.
Comprising different types of animals in different sizes , including giraff...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Alessandro Pianon Pulcini Glass Bird
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Orange Pulcini Bird Designed by Alessandro Pianon and manufactured by Vistosi c. 1963o
Smooth surface with copper legs.
Minor carbon black spot, whi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Very Large Herend Csikós on Horseback Fine Quality Hungarian Porcelain Figurine
By Herend
Located in Tustin, CA
Finest quality, very large, handmade porcelain sculpture figurine of a "Csikós on Horseback" has been created for Herend by the famous sculptor, Bela Markup and expertly hand-painted...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Other Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Cenedese Murano Sommerso Uranium Blue Yellow Green Italian Art Glass Bird Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso glowing Uranium yellow over blue Italian art glass dove bird sculptural bowl. The bird is attributed to the Cenedese company, and attrib...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
$800 Sale Price
33% Off
Stylized Crystal Bald Eagle Sculpture by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized crystal bald eagle sculpture by Baccarat, circa 1980s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the unders...
Category
20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Original Gustav Dentzel Carousel Horse
By Dentzel Carousel Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original Gustav Dentzel middle row "jumper" carousel horse w/cast iron stand
Original to a Germantown PA park, and purchased by George and Leo Whitney, for Whitney's the Beach, San Francisco CA. Jumper appears to retain remnants of the original paint, with a very old overcoat, mounted to a vintage presentation stand, overall 58" H x 52" W. Stand measures 21" H x 37" W.
Provenance: Purchased directly from the Whitney's at the Beach Collection, San Francisco, CA
From Wikipedia: “The area that was Playland began as a 19th-century squatter’s settlement, “Mooneysville-by-the-Sea.” By 1884, a steam railroad was in place to bring people to the first amusement ride at the City’s ocean side — a “Gravity Railroad” roller coaster, and to the Ocean Beach Pavilion for concerts and dancing. By 1890, trolley lines reached Ocean Beach — the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad, and the Sutro Railroad — that encouraged commercial amusement development as a trolley park. The Cliff House, which opened in 1863, and Sutro Baths, which opened in 1896, drew thousands of visitors.
The rides and attractions that began to spring up along the beach were separately owned by various concessionaires. For example, John Friedle owned a shooting gallery and baseball-throwing concession. All of the rides at Chutes at the Beach were purchased new or built there, including the Shoot-the-Chutes, which inspired the first official name for the amusement area — Chutes at the Beach.
Around 1913, Arthur Looff leased a piece of land for a carousel and its house — the Looff Hippodrome, located next to John Friedle’s concessions. Friedle and Looff become partners in Looff’s Hippodrome and began to buy other concessions to realize their vision of creating “the grandest amusement park on the Pacific coast.
In 1926, George Whitney became general manager of the growing complex of seaside attractions and changed the name to Playland-at-the-Beach, also sometimes known as Whitney’s at the Beach.
Although the attractions continued to be operated as independent concessionaires, during the late 1920s and 1930s, especially during the Depression when concessions began to fail, George and Leo (Whitney) began to purchase the attractions outright. The Whitneys bought the roller coaster in 1936 and the merry-go-round in 1942. Playland took up three city blocks and, in 1934, the Midway had 14 rides, 25 concessions, and 4 restaurants.
Despite this expansion, the post-war years saw the tearing down of the Shoot the Chutes in 1950 and the Big Dipper in 1955, and after George Whitney died in 1958, Playland was never quite the same. For a while after George Whitney’s death, Playland was operated by his son, George K...
Category
Early 20th Century German Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Giovanni de Simone Ceramic Tile Italian Design Multi-Color Swordfish Marlin 1970
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Giovanni de Simone ceramic tile Italian design multi-color swordfish marlin.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$996 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Abstract Modern Bent Wood Stylized Bird Sculpture by Eric Tardif
Located in Troy, MI
Early 21st Century large scale bird sculpture by Quebec artist Eric Tardif
Steam bent Cherry wood slats formed into an elegant abstracted bird with a brass eye
Mounted to signed bla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of Hippolytus After Philippe Poitevin 1831
By Philippe Poitevin
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exquisite 19th-century bronze sculpture by Philippe Poitevin (1831–1907) masterfully depicts Hippolytus, the tragic Greek mythological son of Theseus. The composition captures t...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Hertwig Katzhutte Germany Pair Parakeet Porcelain Figurine Ornament
By Hertwig
Co.
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Ceramic Pair Budgerigars by Hertwig Katzhütte
Colorful ceramic pair of budgerigars or parakeets, made by german manufacturer Hertwig Katzhüt...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Sheep Sculpture (Female) in Black Lacquer and Copper by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sheep (Female)
Black Lacquer
Antique Copper
Hand Repoussé
Limited Edition
Contemporary
Sculpture has a lacquered body and exposed copper face and feet which can patina over time.
R...
Category
2010s Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Italian Whippet Greyhound Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An outstanding Italian Greyhound statue in glazed and hand painted terracotta. Perfectly placed on a pedestal stylized as a cushion, lifelike ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Ceramic Purple Fish Handmade in Italy, Choose Your Style! New Creation 2023
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Mosche Bianche is glad to add those wonderful fishes to its collection. The fishes are all handmade and bespoke: choose the colors and shape you like! Our artisans can make also cust...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$403 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Cast Bronze Snail Sculpture
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This exquisite brass snail sculpture captures the beauty of nature with remarkable craftsmanship and elegant form. The spiraled shell is adorned with delicate, swirling etchings that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,900 / item
19th Century Anglo Indian Carving of an Elephant, a Tiger, a Serpent and a Rat
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Anglo Indian relief carving of a rat, and elephant riding on a snake or serpent and a tiger. With traces of gilding and remnants of a glass inlaid background. This is a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Italian Alabaster Figure of The Medici Lion, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Italian Alabaster Figure of the Medici Lion
Late 19th century Italian carved alabaster 'Grand Tour' souvenir sculpture, after the antique, "The Medici Lion". Carved alabaster mode...
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Midcentury Rimini Blu Ceramic Lion by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Vienna, AT
This charming iconic lion ceramic sculpture from the Rimini Blue series is designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Italy in the 1960s.
The Italian Ceramic Artist Aldo Londi from Montelupo...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid Century Brutalist Lion Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Redding, CT
Mid Century Brutalist Lion Sculpture. Classic design made out of thick metal wire in colors of black and gold. Supported by a black metal base,
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Charming Antique Bronze Seated Dachshund Figure
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming quality antique bronze figure of a seated Dachshund, possibly Austrian and dating from the second half of the 19th century. The sculpture is beautifully modelled and detai...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Late Victorian Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Walter Bosse Cat Figurine with Thermometer, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse cat figurine with thermometer, 1950s
Austrian desk thermometer, cat figurine and a lantern-shaped thermometer.
Designed by Walter Bosse...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Large Vintage Brass Seashell Planter
Located in New York, NY
Hollywood Regency vintage brass seashell nautilus planter. Very detailed. Good overall condition with minor wear to from age and use. Great original p...
Category
20th Century Korean Hollywood Regency Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Walter Bosse Candleholder
cat
Marked
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse candleholder (cat) (Marked)
(The selling is without the candle it is only decoration for the photo shooting)
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
French Carrousel Painted Horse
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful French Painted Carousel Horse..
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Carved Marble Boar Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Carved Marble Boar Sculpture.
We offer a well carved copy of the original Italian marble boar sculpture located in Florence Italy. This version...
Category
1920s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Franco Albini Midcentury Rocking Horse
Located in New York, NY
Franco Albini midcentury rocking horse. Midcentury rattan and wicker rocking horse sculpture, Italy, circa 1960.
Dimensions: H 24 in. x W 30 in. x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Rattan
Brass Lying Deer with Shamanic Inlays
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This lying deer sculpture is made of brass with shamanic inlays. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Walter Bosse Midcentury Deer Fawn Brass Figurine, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely fawn / baby deer sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller, Austria. In good condition with nice p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage, Mid-Century, Contemporary and Antique Animal Sculptures
Invite the untamed wonders of the animal kingdom into your home — and do so safely — with the antique, new and vintage animal sculptures available on 1stDibs.
Artists working in every medium from furniture design to jewelry to painting have found inspiration in wild animals over the years. For sculptors, three-dimensional animal renderings — both realistic and symbolic — crisscross history and continents. In as early as 210 B.C., intricately detailed terracotta horses guarded early Chinese tombs, while North America’s native Inuit tribes living in the ice-covered Arctic during the 1800’s wore small animal figurines carved from walrus ivory. Indeed, animal sculpture has a long history, and beginning in the 19th century, the art form started becoming not only fashionable but artistically validated — a trend that continues today. At home, animal sculptures — polished bronze rhinos crafted in the Art Deco style or ceramic dogs of the mid-century modern era — can introduce both playfulness and drama to your decor.
In the case of the frosted glass sculptures crafted by artisans at legendary French glassmaker Lalique, founded by jeweler and glass artist René Lalique, some animal sculptures are purely decorative. With their meticulously groomed horse manes and detailed contours of their parakeet feathers, these creatures want to be proudly displayed. Adding animal sculptures to your bookcases can draw attention to your covetable collection of vintage monographs, while side tables and wall shelving also make great habitats for these ornamental animal figurines.
Some sculptures, however, can find suitable nests in just about any corner of your space. Whimsical brass flamingos or the violent, realist bronze lions created by Parisian sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye are provocative and versatile pieces that can rest on windowsills or your desk. Otherwise, the brass cat shoehorns and bronze porcupine ashtrays designed by Viennese artist Walter Bosse are no longer roaming aimlessly throughout your living room, as they’ve found a purpose to serve.
Embark on your safari today and find a fascinating collection of vintage, modern and antique animal sculptures on 1stDibs.
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