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Rococo Sculptures

ROCOCO STYLE

Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.

The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.

When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.

The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.

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Style: Rococo
17th Century Gold Leaf Fragment with Pyrophyllite and Baroque Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian gold leaf fragment with pyrophyllite in matrix and decorated with baroque pearls. This fragment was originally a candlestick from a church in Italy. The pyrophy...
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17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

French 19th Century Carved Marble Sculpture of a Young Boy Prince on a Pillow
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and charming French 19th century carved white marble sculpture of a young prince seated on a pillow with tassels. In the manner of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (French, 1714-178...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Marble

Solid Carved Marble Statue of Sleeping Child on Plinth Stand - Pair Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marble statue in the style of François Duquesnoy. We have a similar statue available of "Sleeping Cupid" available as a gorgeous pair. See other listing. Sits atop a brown and whi...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Marble

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment with Smokey Crystal Quartz and Ammonite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century candlestick base from Tuscany mounted with a coordinating ammonite and dark, smoky quartz crystal point. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and sav...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Quartz

A Gilt-Bronze Group of the Infant Bacchus After Clodion, Late 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Gilt-Bronze Group of the Infant Bacchus After Clodion, Late 19th Century Proven...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Bronze

Sculptural 18th Century Rococo Italian Florence Fragment with Rare Stalagmite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" vase with a rare application of coordinating stalagmite on a polished petrified wood base. It originally was found a saved from the Florence ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment Mounted on Phantom Optical Calcite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with gold mica and baroque pearls on a phantom optical calcite base. The fragment originally came from a historical church in Italy. It is adorned with...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

17th Century Florence Fragment Base with Natural Coral Head
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' base from Tuscany topped with a naturally formed coral head. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the Fl...
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17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Coral, Gold Leaf

Royal Dux, Rococo Couple in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand painted porcelain, 1940s. Stamped. In very good condition. The woman measures: 21 x 13 cm. The man measures: 22 x 9 cm.
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1940s Czech Vintage Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Bronze Sculpture of Putti on Tortoise
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming figural sculpture of a Putti with trident riding on a tortoise. To the ancient Greeks and Romans, the tortoise was a symbol of love and fertility; the tortoise was...
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20th Century French Rococo Sculptures

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Bronze

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment with Calcite Crystals and Sphalerite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" mounted with calcite crystals in a matrix of sphalerite. The calcite crystal cluster with sphalerite is from Elmwood Mine in Tennessee. It i...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian miniature fragment with fossil agate coral. The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It has the original gold leaf and red bole paint that coordinates with the fossil agate coral. Fossil agate coral is also Florida...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Florence Fragment with a Fossil Shell and Crystal Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian candlestick fragment with unpolished crystals and rare marine fossil (Siliquaria Cumingii) collected from the coast of Minabe from the Honshu island in Japan. Th...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

Pair, Edme Samson Porcelain Figure Models of Mars Venus After Meissen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Samson, Edme Et Cie (Founded 1845), 20th century. A two piece grouping of porcelain figures depicting Mars & Venus. Modeled after the Meissen originals. "Samson began his career b...
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20th Century French Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

18th Century Italian Florence Fragment Candlestick Base with Fossil Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base with fossil coral and coordinating shells on a rock coral base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found an...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

17th Century Florence Fragment Mounted with a Fossil Stromatolite Rose Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian fragment base mounted with a large stromatolite and adorned fossil rose coral. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was fo...
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17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Coral

Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Bouquetiere Figures
Located in Basildon, GB
A pair of Meissen bouquetiere figures Circa 1765, both with 'Christie's East' dealer stamps. Modelled by J.J. Kändler holding oval two-handled baskets, the tops pierced for flowers, ...
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1760s German Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

17th Century Florence Fragment with Tourmaline Crystals on Petrified Wood
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase with black tourmaline and crystals on a petrified wood base This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. This piece is available for purchase but will be premiering in The Florence Fragment Collection with Museo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy on October 12th and can be shipped following the end of the exhibition on November 10th. This is a collection of historical fragment...
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17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Tourmaline

Meissen Porcelain Mythological Group Sculpture- Europe And The Bull
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Meissen Porcelain Mythological Group Sculpture. It depicts a semi nude lady ( Europe- the mother of the continent with the same name ) seated over a bull ( representing the...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Pair of 18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Candlesticks with Fossil Agate Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian gold candlesticks with agate coral and baroque pearls. The altar sticks originally came from a church in Tusc...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Gabriele Parente Bronze Bust
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Italian Bronze bust of a lady in a hat. Signed by sculptor Gabriele Parente (see photo) (1875-1899). This is a classic, but whimsical twist on bronze busts that would be pe...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Bronze

17th Century Florence Fragment Vase with Agate Coral a Double Crystal Point
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian church vase with fossilized coral, a double crystal point on an agate base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic...
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17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Gilt Angel Wing on a Hematoid Slab with Citrine and Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved brown and gilt angel wing adorned with citrine and quartz crystals and mounted on a polished hematoid slab. The crystal skull is removable...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Patinated Bronze Rococo Style Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a bronze patinated cast sculpture of a female figure dressed in Rococo-style attire with a traditional folding fan and a small bird. This sculpture's origins ar...
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20th Century French Rococo Sculptures

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Stone, Bronze

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Arrow on a Polished Calcite Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century distressed Italian mecca arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base. The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic Itali...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Large Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornaments Group of 5
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian large gold leaf tassel ornaments. These were once used to decorate historic Italian churches for feast days like Ch...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Antique German porcelain figurine of young man in fine clothes.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique German porcelain figurine of a young man in fine clothes. Hand-painted in polychrome colors. 19th century. Marked. In good ...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

17th Century Florence Fragment with Wulfenite on a Fishtail Selenite Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian fragment with wulfenite on a fishtail selenite base This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from t...
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17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Gold Candlesticks with a Wallpaper Base and Polished Jasper
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf wood candlestick with a coordinating antique wallpaper base decorated with polished jasper stones. The gold leaf cand...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Multi-gemstone

18th Century Italian Fragment with Baroque Pearls on Optical Calcite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a optical calcite base. The fragment originally came from a historical church in Italy. It is adorned with na...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick Fragment with Pyrite in Matrix on Agate
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century Italian gilded candlestick fragment with pyrite in matrix on a polished agate base. The fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Pyrite, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Fragment Base with Mica in Matrix and Silver Leaf Shells
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian base decorated with mica in matrix, and silver leaf shells on an antique metal base decorated with church vestment braid. The 18th century fragment ba...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Metal, Silver Leaf

18th Century Italian Fragment with Pyrite and a Baroque Pearl on a Lucite Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment base with coordinating pyrite and a baroque pearl on a lucite base. The fragment was originally part of a hand-carved piece in a historical I...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Pyrite

18th Century Italian Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral and a Silver Leaf Shell
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick top fragment with polished agate coral and a coordinating silver-leaf shell. The hand-carved, 18th century silver candlestick top origin...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Agate, Silver Leaf

18th Century Italian Crucifix on a Tourmaline in Crystal on a Obsidian Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix with a hand carved figure of Christ decorated with tourmaline in crystal quartz on a polished obsidian base.
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Wood

Porcelain Group, "The noble rococo game of chess", German Manufacturer
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, decorative porcelain group, "The noble game of chess". German porcelain manufacturer. Undamaged.
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20th Century German Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Pair of 18th Century Italian Fragments with Gold Flower Reliefs Golden Barite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian fragments with a gold flower relief decorated with natural forming baroque pearls to emulate the flower on a matrix of barite and double terminated calci...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilded Angels on Amethyst and Calcite in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angels mounted on amethyst and calcite in matrix. The hand-carved angels were once part of a he...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Candlestick with Freeform Glass Baroque Pearls on Bobeche
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick decorated with free-forming glass and baroque pearls on an Italian glass bobeche base. The 18th century candlestick is from Tuscany. It is hand carved and hand painted with brownish-red metallic paint. It is placed on an Italian bobeche base. Hand-molded freeform glass...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Mother-of-Pearl, Art Glass, Glass, Wood

18th Century Italian Mecca Vase with Mica, Tourmaline, and Baroque Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca vase mounted with mica and tourmaline and adorned natural-forming baroque pearls. The mica and baroque pearls perfe...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Ribbon Fragment with Baroque Pearls on Selenite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian ribbon fragment with natural-forming baroque pearls on a selenite slab. The Italian ribbon fragment original came from a...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

Meissen Rococo Group Love and Reward , by J.C. Schoenheit, Around 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate porcelain group of the 19th century: Young mother in elaborate Rococo clothing, seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, resting her left foot on a low pedestal, ...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Figural Group of Fauns in a Naturalistic Setting, 19th Century French
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming figural group of Fauns sitting above a waterfall, in cast stucco with terracotta painted finish, all on a custom wood base. Mid 19th Century. Base bears an old label from ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Stucco

Pair of Continental Carved Wood Monkeys with Tambourine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mirror image pair of naturalistically carved figures of a seated monkey's wearing a carved giltwood cloak and turban, perched on a rocky plinth, with his hand out holding a tambourin...
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Late 19th Century Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Wood

18th Century Italian Candlestick Top with Fossil Agate Coral and Baroque Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf candlestick top with polished fossil agate coral and natural forming Baroque pearls. The 18th century fragment comes from Tuscany and has the original candlestick wax...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Pair of Italian Rococo Gold Painted Cupids
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Rococo (18th Cent) gold painted life size hanging cupid figures.
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18th Century Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Giltwood

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Hand Carved Mecca Tassel on Chalcopyrite
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian mecca hand carved tassel on a coordinating chalcopyrite mineral base. This tassel was originally hung from an 18th century Italian chandelier. Many tassels were used to decorate churches on religious feast days. Others were commonly used to decorate 18th-19th century French and...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Wood Tassel on a Polished Calcite Cube with Baroque Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian tassel on a polished calcite cube with coordinating natural-forming baroque pearls. This tassel originally came from a church in Italy. Many tassels were used to decorate churches on religious feast days. Others were commonly used to decorate 18-19th century French and Italian...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Mecca Vase with Pyrite and Peridot Points
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian mecca vase decorated with pyrite and peridot points and sits on a polished coordinating glass base. The 18th century mecca vase is ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Crystal, Pyrite, Metal

18th Century Italian Leaf Fragment with Baroque Pearl Barite Crystals on Agate
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian leaf fragment with a natural forming baroque pearl and barite crystals on barite in matrix and polished agate base. The crystals have encrusted themselves around...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Agate

18th Century Italian Candlestick on Barite Crystals, Copper and Fused Glass
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick with coordinating natural-forming copper and intertwined with fused glass and baroque pearls. It is on a matrix with tapering barite crystals from El...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Rock Crystal, Copper

18th Century Meissen Figure Street Trader Selling Grapes
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Figure 'Street Trader Figure Selling Grapes' Modelled by Peter Reinicke as part of the 'Cris of Paris' group of fi...
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1750s German Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Fine Pair of Gilded Brass Chenets/Fire Dogs
Located in Folkestone, GB
A very fine pair of late 19th century, opulent gilded brass fire chenets in the rococo taste. Depicting seated baby fawns holding candles within fancy scrolls. Highly decorative exa...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Brass

Fine Pair of Gilded Brass Chenets/Fire Dogs
Fine Pair of Gilded Brass Chenets/Fire Dogs
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Nymphenburg Frankenthal Figurine Lady With Bird Cage by Johann Friedrich Lück
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare figurine from the former manufacturer Frankenthal Germany. The lady, dressed in Rococo style: white dress with flowered bodice and apron, white bonnet, is holding an open ...
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1920s German Vintage Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Pair of Italian Rococo Gilt Cupids
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Rococo style (20th Cent) white painted composition cupid figures with gilt wings and mounted on black column bases
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20th Century Italian Rococo Sculptures

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Paint

Pair of Bow Porcelain Element Figures, "Water" and "Land" , circa 1765
Located in Basildon, GB
Pair of Bow Porcelain Element Figures, "Water" and "Land" , circa 1765, both brightly coloured, 'Water' depicted by Neptune and a large fish, and "Land" depicted by Ceres and a lion.
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1760s English Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Royal Dux. Rococo Couple in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand-painted porcelain. 1940s. Marked. Perfect condition. The woman measures: 21.0 x 13.0 cm. The man measures: 22.0 x 9.0 cm.
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1940s Czech Vintage Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Vintage Porcelain Figurines in Rococo Style - Set of (2)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rococo style porcelain figurines. Made in Japan between 1940-1950. Hand-painted. Each figurine is 10.5" tall and and about 6" in diameter, has no cracks, chips or any other damages.
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Mid-20th Century Rococo Sculptures

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Porcelain

Albert Carrier-Belleuse Pair of French Five-Fire Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Albert Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) Pair of French five-fire candelabra from the 19th century. in gilded bronze. Decorated with female figures, on a marble base. Signed. Measure:...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Bronze

Ornamental Top, Polychromed and Giltwood, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Top in carved, polychrome and gilded wood, 18th century. Painted finish imitating marble decorated with scrolls and vegetal motifs carved and gilded on its front surface. He would be...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Sculptures

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Other

Rococo sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Rococo sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Interi, Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Michel Victor Acier. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $240 and tops out at $195,000 while the average work can sell for $2,497.