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Item Ships From: Continental US
Russian Silver Persian Cat Sculpture, Soviet Period, 88 Zolotnik, Marked "S.W."
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Highly Detailed Russian Silver, Soviet Period Persian Cat Sculpture with Garnet Eyes, 88 Zolotnik, Marked "S.W.," Circa 1950s
A finely modeled and intricately chased hollow silver sculpture of a long-haired domestic cat, likely modeled after the Persian or Himalayan breed. The animal is depicted in a seated posture, with a stylized curling tail and attentive expression, rendered with lifelike depth and emotional presence. The rich fur texture is deeply chased and subtly polished across high points, creating dramatic surface contrast and a tactile, almost lifelike softness.
The sculpture’s meticulous hand-chasing, naturalistic pose, and jewel-like eyes reflect the enduring influence of Karl Fabergé’s animalier tradition, particularly the small-scale silver and hardstone animal studies produced in his Moscow workshops at the turn of the 20th century. Like Fabergé’s celebrated menagerie, this piece captures both the anatomical accuracy and the spirited personality of its subject, elevating it from a decorative object to a work of art imbued with character and luxury.
The figure's eyes are set with smooth red cabochon stones—likely garnets or finely colored glass paste—enhancing its realistic gaze. The underside bears a Russian silver hallmark, including the “88” zolotnik standard (equivalent to .916 silver purity), along with the Latin-letter maker’s mark “S.W.,” attributed to a postwar Soviet-era workshop producing fine export silver.
Although the piece appears solid at first glance, it is finely executed as a sealed hollow-form casting using the lost-wax method, a traditional sculptural technique that allowed for rich surface modeling while minimizing weight. A faint rattle can be heard when the figure is gently moved, caused by a small remnant from the casting core or finishing process—a common occurrence in Russian and Continental silver animal figures...
Category
20th Century Russian Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver
Staffordshire Circa 1860 Pair of Porcelain Flatback African Zebras
By Staffordshire
Located in Savannah, GA
This handsome zebra couple feature much detail with bold lines and subtle shading. The female is slightly smaller measuring six inches tall by five and one half inches wide.
Most Vi...
Category
1860s British Early Victorian Antique Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Murano Salviati Sommerso Sapphire Blue Italian Art Glass Snail Figure Sculpture
By Luciano Gaspari, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso cobalt blue snail, with light blue shell Italian art glass sculpture. The piece is documented to the Salviati company, and at...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Porcelain Parrot Figurine
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920s German porcelain parrot figurine.
Measurements:
Height:11"
Width:6.25"(widest point)
Depth:7.5".
Category
1920s German Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Hollywood Regency Style Brass Crane Figurines, 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage pair of crane or heron figurines is made of polished brass with sculptural, minimal bodies and abstract round bases. The patterned bases curve ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Hollywood Regency Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
20th Century Bilious Green Italian Murano Glass Duck by Paolo Venini
Zuccheri
By Toni Zuccheri, Paolo Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A bilious green, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian duck made of hand blown colored Murano glass, designed, produced by Paolo Venini and Toni Zuccheri in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of Three Pigeon Sculptures
Located in Chicago, IL
This delightful set of three life-size cast aluminum pigeons adds a touch of whimsy to any space. Each bird is carefully crafted to capture the charming, everyday movements of these ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$1,650 / set
Vintage Large Tonala Mexico Pottery Cat, Hand Painted, Signed
By Ken Edwards, Tonala Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Playful stretching Tonala pottery cat figurine is decorated with beautiful hand painted abstract geometric and floral designs in blue, green, and earthy brown palette. Variations in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century French Vintage Wall Mount Terra Bull Head
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage French wall mount sculpture in hand made in terracotta with a weathered aged patina, in good condition. The wall sculpture is meticulously handcrafted and typical for the r...
Category
20th Century French Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Erhard
Sohne Sculptural Ashtray, Brass(Bronze?) Stylized Fish/Whale
By Erhard
Söhne
Located in Warrenton, OR
Erhard
Sohne Sculptural Ashtray, Brass(Bronze?) Stylized Fish/Whale
Stamped with maker's signature stamp on underside, along with "Made in Germany" beneath the stamp, this is a...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Life-Size Vintage Faux Elephant Tusks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1940s carved wood tusks with an original lacquered painted finish.
Measurements:
Height: 67.5?
With: 30?
Depth: 12.5?.
Category
1960s Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
$14,000 / set
Hubley Cast Iron Boxer / Boston Terrier
Puppy Size
Doorstop, Circa 1930
By Hubley Manufacturing Company 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hubley Cast Iron Boxer / Boston Terrier 'Puppy Size' Doorstop, Circa 1930
An original Hubley cast iron Boxer/Boston Terrier 'Puppy Size' doorstop, circa 1930. This charming and rare...
Category
20th Century American Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) A )Pair of Ceramic of Doves circa 1930
By Jacques Adnet
Located in CA, CA
This wonderful pair of Turtledoves is by the key Art Deco designer Jacques Adnet and was first shown at the pivotal 'Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes' of 1925 w...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
CLEARANCE SALE Mid-Century Modern Opalino/Alabastro Murano Glass Fish Sculpture
By Seguso
Located in Warrenton, OR
CLEARANCE SALE Mid-Century Modern Opalino/Alabastro White Murano (suspected) Glass Fish Sculpture.
A classic, graceful work of art glass of the type very rarely seen.
This gentle sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Opaline Glass, Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
$245 Sale Price
30% Off
Bronze, bighorn, sheep . Life-size.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautifully crafted bronze sculpture of a bighorn sheep , with a very nice patina… this sheep, has incredible detail ,showing the curls of hair and the deep ruts and power of the ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Sergio Bustamante Brass Snail Sculpture Mexico Mid Century Modern 1970s
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Troy, MI
Sergio Bustamante rare snail sculpture Mexico 1970s
Hollow form brass welded construction with great detail and character
Unmarked
19 inch width
9 inch depth
10 inch height
Category
1970s Mexican Modern Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Majolica Stork Vase Delphin Massier, circa 1890
By Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant and rare Majolica stork with a bamboo vase signed Delphin Massier, circa 1890.
The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels an...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Vintage Duck Doorstop Sculpture Solid Brass, England Ca 1970
s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large cast iron sculpture of a duck in solid brass. This large door stop is both form and function, can be used as a door stop as well as a sculptural piece on a fireplace mantel as ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Directoire Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Majolica Oxen Cart Clement Massier, circa 1900
By Clement Massier
Located in Austin, TX
Antique Majolica oxen cart jardiniere circa 1900, signed Clement Massier Golfe-Juan.
Reference: Page 111 "Barbotines de la cote d'Azur" of Bottero.
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist Equestrian Bronze Relief Plaque signed Franz Mikorey
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modernist Equestrian Bronze Relief Plaque signed Franz Mikorey originates from Germany, C.1978. This piece features an irregular format in solid bronze with...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Bronze
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Carved Wood Elk Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in the early 21st century with a wink toward both tradition and modernism, this life-size wooden elk head reimagines the classic trophy mount in a thoroughly contemporary way....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$2,450
Owl Lucite and Wood Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A Lucite encased hand carved wood owl, circa late-20th century, Canada. Owl is wood card and encased in Lucite with a prism-like design. Piece is marked 'hand-carved', 'Made in Canad...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite, Wood
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Patinated Bronze Sculpture
American Bald Eagle Upon Landing
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage patinated bronze sculpture 'American Bald Eagle Upon Landing'
USA, Circa 1960s
Of large scale, realistically cast and modeled of a land...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Demetre Chiparus Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Elephant and Baby, circa 1930
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in Atlanta, GA
Demétre Chiparus, Rare Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture of Walking Elephants, France, circa 1920
An exquisite and rare terracotta sculpture by the celebrated Art Deco artist Demétre Chi...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Mid-Century Italian Glazed Ceramic Tiger Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Victorian Era English Staffordshire Pottery Spaniel Dogs - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a Victorian Era very large scale pair of staffordshire Spaniel dogs. They have gilt accents around the chain and lock. The muzzle and snout along with other details are hand ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Large 1980s Crouching Monkey Sculpture, in White
Gold
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Life Size 1980s Crouching Monkey Sculpture, in White/ Cream Gold
Representing Pop -Art of of the 1980s, we are pleased to offer this remarkable life-size monkey sculpture that embo...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Vintage Sterling Silver Figural Boar Figurine
By Cartier, Buccellati, Tiffany
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine silver miniature figurine.
In sterling silver.
In the form of a boar in trot.
Hallmarked to the stomach.
Simply a wonderful miniature boar!
Date:
20th Century
Overall C...
Category
20th Century Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Japanese Owl Hand Carved Rosewood Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-983 Japanese owl hand carved rosewood sculpture.
Category
1930s Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Large Pair of Murano Glass Cockatiels or Parrots Attributed To Barovier
Toso
By Seguso, Ercole Barovier, Salviati, Barovier&Toso, Venini
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Saint Clément Vintage French Barbotine Majolica Gallic Rooster Absinthe Pitcher
By Saint-Clément
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage French Majolica glazed Absinthe water pitcher formed as a rooster, St. Clément, circa 1940-1950. The Gallic rooster, in French: le coq gaulois, i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of Diminutive Red Staffordshire Spaniels, circa 1860
By Staffordshire
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Op-Art Lucite Cat Sculpture by Artist Abraham Palatnik Signed
By Abraham Palatnik
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Rare Buccellati Italy Sterling Silver Model of a Bull
By Buccellati
Located in Queens, NY
A Rare Buccellati Italy Sterling Silver Model of a Bull, Numbered 7
An impressive and finely detailed sterling silver model of a bull by Buccellati, Italy, numbered 7. Exquisitely h...
Category
20th Century Italian Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-century vintage bronze sculpture of a hunting dog
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid-century vintage sculpture of a hunting dog. This bronze sculpture has an age-appropriate green patina. This is an American made peace circa 1970.
Category
1970s American Other Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique Chinese Stoneware Shar Pei Puppy Figures with Sancai Glaze Ca. 1860
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of small Chinese stoneware puppy figures, made circa 1860, combines the natural warmth and charm of the Shar Pei with the soft, flowing beauty of sa...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Bill Heise Metal Bull Sculpture
By Bill Heise
Located in Redding, CT
Artist: Bill Heise ( American 1943-2011)
Iron and mixed metal cow sculpture, signed "HEISE" on base.
A whimsical steampunk sculpture of a longhorn cow .Made up of metal parts that i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Steampunk Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Alessandro Pianon
Pulcini
Murano Bird Sculpture
By Alessandro Pianon, Vistosi
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Alessandro Pianon ' Pulcini ' Murano Bird Sculpture
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of White Majolica Ceramic Doves, Italy 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The vintage porcelain or ceramic dove figurines feature finely detailed bodies, artfully hand painted with light green accents on bright white majolica glaze, creating a reserved, natural color palette of white and tone-on-tone green.
The birds are realistically sculpted with wide, flowing tails, standing calmly with their heads slightly turned. They are not mirror images of each other; each presents subtle differences in posture, adding visual interest and another layer of complexity to the set. Highly detailed figurines convey a touch of historical elegance and whimsical charm of traditional Italian country style. Each sculpture is marked with ITALY and model numbers on the inner surfaces. While many Italian artists and studios created their version of dove figurine, most of them are stylistically different from this pair; Bitossi and Zaccagnini birds have more streamlined, Modernist silhouettes, and the doves created for Raymor were less detailed and intentionally less realistic, as well as most often marked with distributor name in writing. We're attributing the pair to Mottahedeh, who sourced Italian majolica in similar style; the pieces will be simply marked ITALY and Mottahedeh will add their paper stickers. As the sculptures are quite old, the stickers often get lost or destroyed.
The convenient size and small footprint allows the set to be used in a multiple ways, such as dining room centerpiece, console table accent, shelf or fireplace mantel decoration...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
20Thc Original Painted Rooster Doorstop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing original painted double rooster doorstop is in fine as found condition.Minor paint loss consistent with age and use.
Category
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Gerson Silver-Plate and Amethyst Duck Sculptures and Objects Pair Of 90
s
By R. Gerson
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of vintage signed Gerson Silver-Plate duck sculptures and or objects have amethyst bodies in layers. Gerson is a Brazilian artist and these are both signed Gerson BA-P 90....
Category
1990s Brazilian Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Silver Plate
Murano Gambaro Poggi Orange Blue Italian Art Glass Snail Figurine Paperweight
By Gambaro
Poggi
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright orange, yellow and sapphire blue Italian art glass snail figurine / sculpture. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company. This...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Leopard Figure Samuel Alcock
Co. Circa 1835
By Samuel Alcock
Co.
Located in Katonah, NY
This antique porcelain figure of a leopard is small but ferocius.
It is modeled grappling with a piece of meat in its jaws while recumbent on a rocky base that is picked out in green...
Category
1830s English Antique Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Alessandro Pianon Pulcini Glass Bird
By Alessandro Pianon
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
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 Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pottery Parrot Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A well-articulated pottery sculpture of a parrot perched upon a tree branch, the body of the parrot is cast in glazed porcelain, while the bottom remains bisque. raised on a ceramic plinth...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,650
Sitting Cat Door Stop Painted Cast Iron, American Folk Art
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage or antique cast iron door stop features a tabby cat form with polychrome painted decor. The realistically sculpted cat is depicted sitting with its head turned to a side and ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Japanese Lucky Gods Set Five Sculptures, Sotaro Saegusa, Hard To Find Mint
Located in South Burlington, VT
Here's a beautiful and unique way to accent your indoor display space with this special set of treasures from Japan.
This is an attractive solid and finely cast effigy five piece s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Sarreid Brass Reclining Frog Sculpture, Spain circa 1960s
By Sarried Ltd.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Sarreid Brass Reclining Frog Sculpture, Spain, circa 1960
Sarreid Ltd., Spain, circa 1960.
A whimsical cast brass reclining frog sculpture by Sarreid Ltd., produced in ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Ivo De Santis Glazed Pottery Fish Sculpture on Travertine Base for Gli Estruschi
By Ivo De Santis
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century studio quality Italian pottery ceramic fish sculpture on a travertine base by ceramics artist Ivo De Santis for his Gli Estruschi pottery studio in Florence.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental US Animal Sculptures
Materials
Travertine
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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