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Auction House:
Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:44
Lots with images:44
Prices available:44
Category:
Animals & Birds
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Two bronze dogs, contemporary, life size and naturalistically modelled dogs, the largest hound' 96 cm high, 146 cm long from snout to tail ***
*** William Wallace Anderson (1888-1975), Simpson's Donkey, a heavy gauge cast bronze head, inscribed Anderson to the neck, 28 cm long. Other Notes: Anderson's sculpture, Man with the Donkey, depicting Simpson and his donkey at Gallipoli is located in the… ***
*** A large pair of Austrian cold painted bronze cockatoos by Franz Bergman (1861-1936), the finely detailed naturalistic models standing on gnarled wooden perches, painted in white and yellow colours, stamped underneath to the tail feathers, Geschutzt, 'B'… ***
*** A giltwood pelican figure, 'Pelican in her Piety', 18th century, the classic heraldic and ecclesiastical depiction of the vulning pelican feeding her young with blood from her own breast, 35 cm high, 32 cm wide, 24 cm deep.Provenance: Galerie Arnaud Catel… ***
*** Emily Valentine (New Zealand), Pug Cock 2012, mixed media and peacock feathers, signed and dated to base: Emily Valentine 2012, 44 cm high, 23 cm wide, 33 cm deep ***
*** Tigre a l'affut, An Art Deco gilded bronze and marble tiger by Georgij Dmitrievic Lavrov (1895-1991), raised on an angled black marble base, signed 'G.Lavroff' to the body, 21.5 cm high, 61.5 cm wide, 13.5 cm deep ***
*** A bronze model of a racehorse, 19th century, on an ebonised wood stand, 25.5 cm high, 29 cm wide, 13 cm deep ***
*** A rare hand carved 'Advance New South Wales' coat of arms, 19th century, carved wood with gesso and remnant paint colours featuring emu and kangaroo supporters beside a quartered shield featuring an anchor, sheep, caduceus and possibly a plough,… ***
*** Five blue and white bowls late Ming dynasty, 16th century, one painted with pencilled scrolls; two painted with riders on horseback; and two decorated with a bird on a flowering tree, two wood stands, 12.2 cm to 15 cm diameter, 16. Provenance: The… ***
*** A carved verdite figure of a lion Richard Chiwasa (Zimbabwean born 1947) ***
*** A finely cast bronze figure of a rearing stallion, French circa 1920 signed to the base 'H.P Simon Bernkastel fec 1918' ***
*** A large carved elm sculpture of a horse, late 19th century, 90 cm high ***
*** A painted-plaster maquette for an anamalier bronze of a French bulldog, signed C .G De-Mueller, French, circa 1900 45 cm high, 41 cm long ***
*** An Austrian cold painted bronze budgerigar mounted onyx dish, modelled as two budgerigars on a branch, 10 cm high, 12 cm diameter ***
*** A pair of French bronze bird figures decorated with trees and flowers on finely moulded base. Provenance: From The Burdon Craddock Collection ***
*** An Art Deco bronze figure of a dog, French, circa 1940s, on a black marble base, signed 'Petrilly' to tail, 24 cm high, 48 cm wide, 15 cm deep ***
*** A pair of French gilt bronze mounted marble table lamps of baluster form with classical swan neck loop handle mounts 76 cm high ***
*** An Art Deco marble mounted bronze and ivory elephant by Oscar Waldmann, French, 20th century, engraved signature 'O Waldmann' to front left corner of base, 15 cm high ***
*** A bronze sculpture of a charging buffalo after the original by Frederic Remington, inscribed 'Buffalo by Frederick Remington', 35 cm high, 50 cm wide, 31 cm deep ***
*** A rustic style carving of a wombat, Australian, hewn from a single piece of wood and initialled 'HM' to base, 22 cm high ***
*** A bronze model of a pawing bull, unsigned, 27 cm high, 39 cm wide ***
*** An Austrian cold painted camel group by C. Kauba (1865-1922), depicting cameleer rug merchants displaying their wares, in fine naturalistic detail with muted coloration, signed C. Kauba to a raised cartouche to the base, 20 cm high ***
*** Two Austrian cold painted bronze kangaroos, largest 8 cm ***
*** A large carved polychrome Black Forest style bear, German, early 20th century, 49.5 high, 63 cm long ***
*** Two Austrian cold painted bronze kangaroos, the largest 10 cm high ***
*** Two Austrian cold painted bronze budgerigars, probably Bergman, Vienna, early 20th century, one modelled seated on a bow, the tallest 9 cm high ***
*** Edouard Paul Delabrierre (1829-1912) a bronze figure of a lioness inscribed to base: E Delabrierre 19 cm high ***
*** A Tokyo school bronze and ivory figure of a man, Meiji period, standing with head lowered looking at the small bird held in his left hand tempting it with a bunch of fruit held in his right, wearing a long tunic, jacket and cloth cap, raised cartouche… ***
*** Two Austrian cold painted bulldog figurines by Franz Bergman (1861-1936), naturalistically modelled, the larger model with foundry medallion marked Geschutzt, 'B' in urn for Bergman and numbered 8412, the smaller model also marked but unclear, the largest… ***
*** An Art Deco spelter and marble elephant figure group, 1930s, naturalistically modelled elephants with a verdigris finish upon a black marble plinth, unmarked, 22 cm high, 48.5 cm wide, 16 cm deep ***
*** An Art Deco spelter statue of a leaping wolf, on a black and russet marble base, 39 cm high ***
*** A bronze figure of a stallion by Mary Pinsent, 29 cm high ***
*** A bronze pheasant inkwell by Le Blanc, Paris, 20th century, on a grey stepped circular marble base, Barbedienne factory mark, 15 cm high ***
*** A hand painted decoy of a Branta Canadensis (Canada goose), 1978, signed and dated 'F.A.F 1978' to base, 18 cm high ***
*** An ebonised wood and tusk elephant head form wall mount, 32 cm high ***
*** Two Austrian cold painted bronze cockatoos, naturalistically modelled as a sulphur crested cockatoo and a galah, the largest 9 cm high ***
*** An Art Deco red patinated bronze of two tigers 20 cm high, 56 cm wide, 13 cm deep ***
*** Two Viennese cold painted bronze animal ornaments by Franz Bergman (1861-1936) together with a bronze owl, comprising a naturalistic frog, a novelty cat pastry chef, both with Bergman trademarks, and an owl, with a cross marked cartouche to the back, the… ***
*** Two cold painted bronze tuna, the largest 11 cm long ***
*** An alabaster model of an eagle standing on a rock, 35.5 cm high ***
*** A bronze eagle mounted on a spelter base, 19th/20th century, the spread winged bird of prey standing on a broken log, 29 cm high ***
*** A cast iron door applique of a lion, French, 19th century, 35 cm long ***
*** A pair of patinated cast iron kangaroo doorstops, 8 cm high, 10 cm wide, 9 cm deep. ***
*** A small bronze sculpture of a bird, upon a raw travertine base, 16 cm high ***