What materials are antique carvings made from?

Wood dominates, with oak the most common named timber, then hardwood, walnut and the soft pale limewood used for Alpine figure carving. Stone is the other half of the category: marble and alabaster lead, with soapstone, serpentine, jade and limestone behind them. Small Japanese work here is boxwood, bone, antler or wood rather than ivory.

How old are most of these carvings?

Dealer-entered dates run from 1700 to 1950 on the listings that carry a clean year, and the largest single bucket is the 19th century. The decade buckets show a real late-Victorian to inter-war body of work, with the 1920s, 1930s, 1890s, 1910s and 1880s all well represented. Earlier pieces are a minority, though 18th-, 17th- and 16th-century carvings appear, and a handful of listings reach back further still.

Are antique carvings mostly English?

No. Nationality words in titles are led by Chinese and then Italian, so the two largest identifiable origins in this archive are Chinese work and Florentine alabaster. English carving is named only occasionally. Much of the European religious and architectural material is Continental and catalogued without a nationality at all.

Which subjects come up again and again?

Figures and busts first, then animals. Lions appear in 31 titles, bears in 27 and dogs in 21. Bears are almost a category in themselves, running from Japanese kibori kuma from Hokkaido to Black Forest examples made as double stick stands, and one lot is a set of fifteen miniature bears.

How large do antique carvings get?

Scale swings widely. The same archive carries netsuke a few centimetres across and life-size figures, some standing on their own columns. At the top end there are pieces measured at 93cm and 169cm, a marble bust on its pedestal, a 99cm pair of Kashmiri lacquered elephants and a Tibetan temple lion weighing 25kg.

Do carvings usually carry a maker's name?

Rarely. Only 44 titles say signed, and the anonymous oak and limewood religious figures are catalogued without a workshop or school attached. Just one name clears three dealers across the whole archive: Pugi, on Florentine alabaster and marble figures of women. About 109 carvings are listed on Sellingantiques in a year, and 195 different dealers have handled one, so no single specialist defines the field.

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Hand-carved sculpture in wood and stone, sold as free-standing figures, busts, animal studies, panels and architectural fragments, made for churches, houses, souvenir trades and scholars' desks.

16th century

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16th Century Carved Wood Bust

From Pearse Lukies Antiques Ltd

£3,600

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Marble Sculpture by Denise Delavigne "Cupid Bound" Signed on Base

19th century

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Marble Sculpture by Denise Delavigne "Cupid Bound" Signed on Base

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£7,500

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1930'S Art Deco Prowling Panther Figure.

1920 - 1940

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1930'S Art Deco Prowling Panther Figure.

From Art Deco World

£675

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1900 - 1920

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Chinese Jade Fish Miniature Sculpture

From BN Art

£3,000

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A Superb and Well Carved Chunky Wood Carving of Oliver Cromwell

19th century

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A Superb and Well Carved Chunky Wood Carving of Oliver Cromwell

From Gerard Robinson Fine Art and Antiques

£485

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19th century

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19th-century Pair Burmese Nats Antique Hand Carved Statues Sculpture Figurines

From Artsonline

£475

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16th century

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Early 16th Century Flemish Carved Group

From Pearse Lukies Antiques Ltd

£2,400

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A Japanese Meiji Period Carved Boxwood Okimono of Fukurokuju, the God of Wealth and Happiness.

1900 - 1920

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A Japanese Meiji Period Carved Boxwood Okimono of Fukurokuju, the God of Wealth and Happiness.

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£1,650

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A Pair of 17th Century Carved Oak Angels Kneeling on Clouds, Circa 1700

18th century

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A Pair of 17th Century Carved Oak Angels Kneeling on Clouds, Circa 1700

From Isherwood Fine Art

£4,500

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19th century

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19th Century Marble Young Girl Holding a Flower. Signed; P. Della Vedova

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£16,000

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Odd one-offs turn up: a cork model of an Indian temple, a leather life-size horse, a milliner's head, and an Inuit kayak group in sealskin, wood and bone.

18th century

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An 18th Century Gilded Carving

From Oliveri Antiques Ltd

£950

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14th/15th C. Oak Carved Pieta South Germany/low Countries

Pre 16th century

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14th/15th C. Oak Carved Pieta South Germany/low Countries

From Original Retro

£18,500

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A Charming and Well Carved Japanese Boxwood Paper Weight of a Toad

19th century

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A Charming and Well Carved Japanese Boxwood Paper Weight of a Toad

From Gerard Robinson Fine Art and Antiques

£295

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15th Century Pine Continental Carving ‘Christ a Man of Sorrow’

16th century

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15th Century Pine Continental Carving ‘Christ a Man of Sorrow’

From Timberhill Gallery

£6,500

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Pair of Well Carved Yoruba Wood Figurines of a Male and Female Seated on Stools

19th century

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Pair of Well Carved Yoruba Wood Figurines of a Male and Female Seated on Stools

From Gerard Robinson Fine Art and Antiques

£450

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19th century

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19th Century Walnut Black Forest Carving

From Martlesham Antiques

£2,250

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Antique Carvings

16th Century Carved Wood Bust

Marble Sculpture by Denise Delavigne "Cupid Bound" Signed on Base

1930'S Art Deco Prowling Panther Figure.

Chinese Jade Fish Miniature Sculpture

A Superb and Well Carved Chunky Wood Carving of Oliver Cromwell

19th-century Pair Burmese Nats Antique Hand Carved Statues Sculpture Figurines

Early 16th Century Flemish Carved Group

A Japanese Meiji Period Carved Boxwood Okimono of Fukurokuju, the God of Wealth and Happiness.

A Pair of 17th Century Carved Oak Angels Kneeling on Clouds, Circa 1700

19th Century Marble Young Girl Holding a Flower. Signed; P. Della Vedova

An 18th Century Gilded Carving

14th/15th C. Oak Carved Pieta South Germany/low Countries

A Charming and Well Carved Japanese Boxwood Paper Weight of a Toad

15th Century Pine Continental Carving ‘Christ a Man of Sorrow’

Pair of Well Carved Yoruba Wood Figurines of a Male and Female Seated on Stools

19th Century Walnut Black Forest Carving

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