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Item Ships From: USA
Gorgeous Antique Pair of Fighting Roosters
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Spectacular pair of antique heavy metal sculptures of fighting roosters.
Category
1940s American American Classical Vintage USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Large Single Genuine American Fresh Water Turtle Shell
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Decorative fresh water turtle shell professionally mounted on genuine coral base, the shell cleaned and seal with clear protective satin finish.
Beautifu...
Category
20th Century American USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Coral
Antique French Paris Porcelain Bourdois
Bloch Meissen Style Parrot Figure
By Porcelaine de Paris, Bloch
Bourdois
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning early 20th century French Belle Époque period Bourdois & Bloch Porcelaine de Paris Meissen style porcelain figure of a parrot.
Made in Paris, France, circa 1910, exceptionally executed, exquisitely detailed throughout and displaying brilliant hand painted rich coloring, with a unique pierced beak, realistically modeled with wings slightly open perched atop a naturalistic tree stump base, Signed, underglaze blue crossed arrows mark to lower tree trunk.
What truly stands out and is absolutely remarkable is how the maker/artist manged to make this work appear like a completely different sculpture depending on the angle it's viewed from.
History:
Paris Porcelain (Porcelain de Paris), a term that conjures images of grandeur, elegance, and sophistication; is to France what Dresden Porcelain is to Germany. Porcelain by a variety of makers from a region rather than one maker, it's the collective name given to the various porcelain studios and decorating workshops within and around Paris, France. In this case and many others Porcelain de Paris is also as good if not sometimes better than Dresden, Meissen or Sevres porcelain and is certainly a collectible to look out for.
The Bourdoir and Bloch factory was originally founded around 1820 and specialized in producing fine quality porcelain in the style of the famous 18th century factories. This most distinctive figural bird was made by the Paris porcelain factory of Bourdoir and Bloch around 1910.
This example bears the August 8, 1887 registered trademark of two blue crossed arrows, used around the time that Eugene Marx Clauss had joined forces with Achille Bloch and Leon Bourdois (who were both collaborators of Samson) and were operating under the name Clauss Co from 1887-1890 in the small factory started by Eugene's grandfather Jean-Marx Clauss in 1788 on rue de la Pierre-Levee in Paris.
This Parisian antique porcelain parrot...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Lifesize French Bronze Parrots Cockatoos Birds Sculpture Statue
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th century French bronze cockatoos / parrots or birds. This life size art sculpture features a mated pair perched on a tree branch or log with real...
Category
Mid-20th Century USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,904 Sale Price
45% Off
Da Ros for Cenedese Two-Toned Sommerso Fish Bowl
By Gino Cenedese
Located in Riverdale, NY
Striking Sommerso glass fish bowl in an orangy-red against a surreal vaseline yellow ground. In the style of Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese. Two bubbles are ca...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
19thc Monumental Cast Iron Garden Rooster
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic monumental cast iron rooster is very large and heavy. It was probably used in a store front as a trade sign or a garden element. The patina is amazing and in very good...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Stylized Sitting Cat Sculpture / Paperweight by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized sitting cat sculpture / paperweight by Baccarat, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the...
Category
Late 20th Century French USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
French Country Majolica Pheasant Tureen, circa 1950
By Michel Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica pheasant tureen from Caugant, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Country Vintage USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Murano Opalescent White Blue Bubbles Italian Art Glass Dove Bird Figurines
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful pair of vintage Murano hand blown opalescent blue and white, with controlled bubbles Italian art glass dove bird figurines. The pair is documented to the Fratelli Toso Comp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
$487 Sale Price / set
25% Off
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Majolica Rat Pitcher Poet Laval, circa 1900
By Le Poet-Laval 1
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Rat Pitcher Poet Laval, circa 1900.
The rat wear a jacket and hold an umbrella.
Category
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cast Lion Sculpture on Black Marble Base After Jules Moigniez
Located in Louisville, KY
This intricately done sculpture depicting a stoic lion at rest on a limb is beautifully cast with a dark rich caramel patina. Mounted on a black marble base that beautifully, as well...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Other USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
20th Century Bilious Green Italian Murano Glass Duck by Paolo Venini
Zuccheri
By Paolo Venini, Toni Zuccheri
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Curtis Jere Large Brutalist Brass Owl Sculpture Mid Century Modern 1960s
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Troy, MI
Highly sought after brutalist owl sculpture by Curtis Jere 1967
Oversized abstract modern form with drip texture brass finish and tripod feet
Signed and dated to lower back
13 inche...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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 USA Animal Sculptures
$14,000 / set
Jules Moigniez 25" Bronze Sculpture "The Falcon"
By Jules Moigniez
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a reproduction casting of a Jules Moigniez bronze.
The bronze rest on a green marble base.
Its a good casting. nicely detailed.
The name ...
Category
20th Century French Late Victorian USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Seguso Murano Large Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Duck Bird Figurine
By Archimede Seguso
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Genuine American Fresh Water Turtle Shell
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Decorative fresh water turtle shell, professionally mounted on solid onyx marble base, the shell is cleaned and seal with clear protective satin finish.
Beautiful natural piece of ar...
Category
20th Century American USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Onyx
Huge Bird Paradise Sculpture Master Designer Eva Fritz-Lindner
Located in South Burlington, VT
A one-of-a-kind monumental Monumental Flamboyant Bird of Paradise -Knuppelhuhn- big sculpture created, handmade, and hand-painted by master designer Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) in about 1992.
Handcrafted and hand-painted in beautiful colors by this artist.
Designer/maker: Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017)
Signed with her stamp i3D.
Glaze: The matte colors in lavender and pink and creams are still vivid and the hand painting is superb
This is the only example we have seen in private hands.
Substantial dimensions: 21.25 inches tall and 31.5 inches length
Handmade / handarbeit and hand glazed
About the artist:
The bold Folk Art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn.
From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic folk art animal sculptures...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$7,600 Sale Price
80% Off
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Brass Owl Sculpture / Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A really cool MCM brass owl sculpture / paperweight, circa 1960s. The owl is in very good vintage condition with and measures 2"W x 2"D x 2.5. #4469
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Porcelain Ducks Candy Dish
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful candy dish made of porcelain of ducks back to back each other in a circle, vive details on a Snow White color yellow and green some fading in the Center due to age.
Sign i...
Category
1960s American Vintage USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Neoclassical Antique French Bronze, Education of Achilles, Francois Rude
By Francois Rude
Located in New York, NY
Large, exceptional quality bronze sculpture depicting The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron, after the model by Francois Rude.
Ear...
Category
Early 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique USA 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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Bronze
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
A Large Buccellati Silver Model of a Realistic Lobster
By Mario Buccellati
Located in Queens, NY
A Large Buccellati Italian Silver Model of a Realistic Lobster
Expertly crafted to capture the essence of the real lobster, this model features exquisite detailing and lifelike realism.
Every segment of the lobster is intricately designed, showcasing Buccellati’s renowned artistry. The model boasts realistically textured surfaces that reflect the natural beauty of the Caribbean spiny lobster. The antennae are articulated and detachable, adding an extra layer of sophistication and realism to the piece.
Featured in Architectural Digest By Hannah Martin, May 6, 2024:
"The Buccellati Lobster Is the Surreal Icon We Need Right Now
Can any object elevate a tablescape quite like a sterling silver crustacean?"
Marked M. Buccellati and 800 on back of tail.
9” high x 16” wide x 6" wide
Very good condition, ready to place. A fun and unique piece, - very attractive.
*See our other listings for another, larger Buccellati silver...
Category
20th Century Italian USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
$27,300 Sale Price
35% Off
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 Art Deco USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Erik Nielsen for Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Sleeping Tabby Cat
By Royal Copenhagen, Erik Nielsen
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming vintage sculpture of a sleeping grey and white tabby cat was designed by Erik Nielsen for Royal Copenhagen. Highly detailed porcelain figurine was hand-decorated with extra ...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Sterling Silver Clad Embracing Chimpanzees by William Comyns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of very fine sterling silver clad embracing chimpanzees. They are separate pieces that interlock. They are silver over an inner core material. The body has intricate fur detaili...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Murano Glass Cockatiels or Parrots Attributed To Barovier
Toso
By Seguso, Venini, Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier, Salviati
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Penguin Chrome Metal Paperweight Shelf Decor Art Deco Style
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Art deco revival style chrome metal heavy penguin paperweight.
In very good preowned condition, the penguin is bright and well made and shows minimal signs of wear.
Dimensions: 5.25”...
Category
1990s Art Deco USA 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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,650
Set Bitossi Londi Pottery Goodfriend Imports Rooster Raymor Italian Soup Bowls
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Wilton, CT
Set vintage Aldo Londi Bitossi pottery for Goodfriend Imports colorful rooster server and chic bowls. 5 pieces total. Incredibly cute and quirky set. Circa 1960's. Painted Bitossi co...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Trio Lapis Lazuli Parrots on Quartz Base
Located in Houston, TX
Trio of hand-carved Lapis Lazuli parrots with rock quartz specimen on marble base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Quartz
Rare Majolica Frog Sitting on a Chair Jerome Massier, circa 1910
By Jerome Massier
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seguso Vetri d
Arte Murano Sommerso Blue Red Italian Art Glass Seals Sculpture
By Flavio Poli, Cenedese, Seguso Vetri d
Arte
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red and blue / purple “Alexandrite” Italian art glass mom seal and pup sculpture. Documented to the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company, r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Livio Seguso Murano Sommerso Uranium Apple Gray Bird Italian Art Glass Sculpture
By Livio Seguso, Salviati
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
$1,200 Sale Price
20% 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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Franco Albini Midcentury Rocking Horse
By Franco Albini
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Rattan
Lisa Larson Signed Mid-Century Gustavsberg Large Lion Swedish Pottery Sculpture
By Gustavsberg
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed, beautifully made Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian lion sculpture/figurine by Swedish master potter/ceramicist Lisa Larson (1931-2024) for Gustavsberg, Sweden (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Modernist Brass Cat
Located in Bradenton, FL
A modernist brass cat in a curious pose, with an unimpressed expression. Cast with fluid lines curved through the tail and arched back. Finished with simple ...
Category
Late 20th Century USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Art Glass Turtle Sculpture by Murano Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful vintage art glass turtle sculpture by Murano Glass, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 4.75"W x 2.75"D x 2"H. Original "Murano - Made ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
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 USA Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
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