Stoneware Animal Sculptures

A sculpture of a Capercaillie Bird in ceramics with a stunning green glaze in ceramic designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand. It is 35 x 27 cm and 29.5 cm tall. It is in excellent co...

Many of Kyhn’s finest works were created at Royal Copenhagen between 1923 and 1935 and indeed, contributed significantly to the manufactory’s success at the 1925 Paris Exposition. In...

Stoneware figure crafted by Knud Kyhn for Royal Copenhagen, depicting a peregrine falcon. The bird is modelled with strong naturalistic detail and finished in Kyhn’s characteristic s...

Wonderful stoneware penguin sculpture signed by artist John Seymour, 1986.

Mandrill sculpture designed by Vicke Lindstrand for Uppsala Ekeby Sweden, 1940s Stoneware. Signed. H: 31 cm / 1'' L: 43 cm / 1'' 1' 3 / 4

Knud Kyhn for Royal Copenhagen. Large stoneware bear with classic brown and grey sung glaze. First quality. Signed with monogram and model number 21750 (or possibly 21756, as the ma...

Stout, chubby and charming lumpfish / lumpsucker (Cyclopterus) in glazed stoneware. Earthy brown, grey and naturally perceived color. Executed by Axella in Denmark circa 1970. Measur...

Great stoneware sculpture designed by Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg, Sweden, during the 1980s. This pike belongs of the designers series 'Stim'.

Danish Knud Kyhn bear sculpture for Royal Copenhagen The lively bear sculpture of a playing baby bear was created by Knud Kyhn (1880-1969) Knud Kyhn worke...

A sculpture of a deer in ceramic designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand. It is 27,5 x 16.5 cm (11" x 6.6") and 21.5 cm (8.6") high. It is in excellent condition and comes with the or...

1938 - Mr. Vallien originally from Sweden had brief employment with a small Los Angeles ceramic factory in the 1960's. While there his talents were recognized and valued, and soon a...

A beautiful, decorative midcentury Rimini blue glazed fish sculpture. Designed by Aldo Londi, manufactured by Bitossi Ceramiche / Italy in the 19...

Discover this unique piece of stoneware ceramic, an exquisitely crafted lion by the famous ceramist Antonio Salvador Orodea and the renowned ASO factory. Part of a trilogy from the 1...

A lovely animal sculpture of a monkey designed by Gunnar Nylund at Rörstrand, it is 16 cm high and in very good condition with a lovely glaze. It comes with the original wooden base....

A unique, partially glazed stoneware sculpture by Tyra Lundgren (Swe 1897-1979). One of the most versetile artist of the 20th Century, she is most known for her ceramics for Gustavsb...

A fantastic vintage ceramic/stoneware figurine/ sculpture depicting an owl made by Thomas Hellström for Nittsjö Sweden. This is one of Hellströms' famous animals for Nittsjö Keramik,...

A rare stoneware bird by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen made in the in the 1950s. A perfect detail. * A stoneware desk bird with brown glaze * Designer: Svend Aage Holm Sørensen * Year:...

A very fine stoneware small horse head sculpture raku glazed in bright blue and white glazes with a black craquelure finish by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon...

An extremely charming stoneware tankard in the form of an owl. With a two toned gray and blue glaze and handsome pewter mounts. The thumb lift depict...

Stylized Ceramic Toucan Bird by Esther Wallin for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1970s A charming and beautifully stylized ceramic toucan bird known as "Goja" designed and signed by Esther W...

This series of elephants / mammoths, bears, deers etc was designed by the Danish ceramist Knud Kyhn (KK) all the way back in 1929-36. Hugely inspired by the sung glazes applied in Ax...

Cream white glazed ceramic cat made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone Italy on the bottom.

This series of elephants/mammoths, bears, monkeys etc was designed by the Danish ceramist Knud Kyhn (KK) all the way back in 1929-36. Hugely inspired by the sung glazes applied in Ax...

Porcelain stonewar stylized pigeon Italian production Studiolinea COM 1970 white.

Unique fish sculpture by the renowned Danish artist Carl Hugo Liisberg (1896-1958). Its executed in glazed stoneware and has a rather naturalistic look to it. The old crown from Saxb...

Lovely glazed pottery figure of a horse by the German artist Harro Frey, (1941-2011). Very high artistic quality. Dimensions: H 8.66 in. x W 7.08 in. x D ...

Brutalist inspired stoneware hedgehog designed by female Danish Ceramist, Artist and Sculptor Tut Fog in the mid-1970s. This particular example (7010) dates from the 1970s and is the...

Introducing the Lladró porcelain figurine "Small Partridge" (#2088), a unique piece designed by renowned sculptor Salvador Debón. Produced between 1978 and 1981, this sculpture stand...

Bird Animal Stone Sculpture - Carved Limestone Bookends - France 1970s Gorgeous stone sculpture depicting a bird (most probably a pigeon) made...

Vintage MCM stoneware pig sculpture by Alfaraz of Spain, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and a wonderful patina; it measures 8"W x 4.25"D ...

A charming unusual and rare antique English Brampton salt glazed model of two saddled horses dating from around 1830/40. The stoneware model shows the horses standing closely alongsi...

MARCEL DERNY French, 1914-2003 "Serpent" (1946) Polychromed stoneware signed verso "DERNY 1946" 19 1/8" H including base (base is 1 5/8" H) x 5 1/4" D x 12" W Executed in 1946, ...

A beautiful glazed stoneware rhinoceros sculpture by Valérie Courtet, made around 2010. The details are truly exquisite, and the quality of the work is exceptional. Each piece by Val...

Late 19th Century Glazed Stoneware Lion Money Box, Excellent condition. Engaging, fun pose and expression. France, Circa 1890.

Vintage animal sculpture/figurine of a weasel in nature by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden. Made ca 1960s. The sculpture is made of st...

English Salt Glazed Stoneware Flat Back Recumbent Armorial Lion, 19th century, unmarked. 12" H x 22" W x 3.5" D. Provenance: The Upper East Side Estate of Anne Kaufman Schneider, th...

A stunning and unique stoneware rooster sculpture with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed in her own studio in Sweden, 1955. Great condition, but with a couple of chips to the base (pictured). Signed by the artist in two places, and dated 1955-06-20. Provenance: bought from the estate of the artist in 1979. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

Miniature stoneware turtle sculpture by Meissen Boettger, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks and measures 2.25"W x 3""D x 1.5"H. Great detail a...

Porcelain stonewar stylized pigeon Italian production Studiolinea COM 1970 white.

This expressive *Bears* statue, crafted in the 1950s by renowned Danish artist Knud Kyhn for Royal Copenhagen, is a striking example of mid-century Scandinavian stoneware. Made from ...

Porcelain stonewar stylized birds Italian production Studiolinea COM 1970 white and black.

Porcelain playing baby bear was designed by Knud Kyhn for Royal Copenhagen as a part of the series created in 1940s-1950s. The small bear modeled lying on its back huddled up with i...

One day in the middle of the 1950s, Lisa modeled a cat with the tail straight up in the air. The cat was made of dark brown stoneware with carved stripes. This modernist figurine was...

Scandinavian Modern unique vase by Carl-Harry Stålhane. A hand decorated glazed vase with Elephants in light brown, yellow and grey on a white ground. Executed by Rörstrand, Sweden. ...

Stig Lindberg (1916-1982) for Gustavsberg. Horse figurine in glazed stoneware in a light green shade. In excellent condition. Signed: Gustavsberg Sweden. Dimensions: B 14.0 cm. x 11...

Cream white glazed ceramic horses made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone on the bottom. Wonderful set in excellent condition. Only two available, the one in the middle on...

A pair of stoneware fish figures by Willi Fischer for his own company Fischer Stengods, Sweden 1970s.

Adorable “Dragon Puppy” figurine by Wilhelm Kåge, made from stoneware with white cararra glaze. Fun and mischievous design, inspired by Chinese Ming era dragon sculptures and execute...

Stoneware ceramic reptilian pitcher created by Jack Mason of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Pitcher measures 14.5" high by 8" wide. Signed J. Mason Stone Mountain...

Sculpture "The Owl" in stone and metal signed J. Maugeais and dated 1965. The bust of the owl is represented by a slate stone, the other parts of the body, the head, the wings and t...

A black basalt bulb pot molded as a hedgehog, made by Wedgwood in the middle of the 19th century. Finely molded as a lively little hedgehog, this unique object would have been use...

Hjorth, Bornholm. Three bear musicians in stoneware. Brown glaze. Handmade. Mid 1900s. Marked. In perfect condition. Dimensions: H 6.0 cm. x W 5.0 cm.

Stig Lindberg (1916-1982) for Gustavsberg. Horse figurine in glazed stoneware with light green glaze In excellent condition. Signed: Gustavsberg Sweden. Sticker. Dimensions: W 10.0 ...

Raw glazed ceramic horse made by Bruno Gambone from 1975, signed Gambone on the bottom. Very rare in the raw version.

Impressive stoneware sculpture in matte sepia with pops of blue and green. Interesting form, with bird motifs incorporating cut outs and open exposures as compositional constructs. ...

Sculpture Kong Seat with all structure in stoneware in black matte satin finish with textures variation.

Set of five Danish Knud Kyhn bear sculptures for Royal Copenhagen The five lively bear sculptures were created by Knud Kyhn (1880-1969) Knud Kyhn wor...

Guangdong Province, China Iron Oxide Body with Celadon Accents A rare and beautifully stylized Shiwan (also known as Shekwan) pottery elephant, dating to the mid to late 19th centu...

Hjorth, Bornholm. Five bear musicians in white glazed stoneware. Handmade. Mid 1900s. Marked. In perfect condition. Dimensions approx: H 6.0 cm x W 5.0 cm each

A beautiful set of two glazed stoneware elephant sculptures by Valérie Courtet, made around 2010. The details are truly exquisite, and the quality of the work is exceptional. Each pi...