What breed turns up most often?

Sighthounds are the one breed group with enough presence to show in the counts. Greyhound appears in ten titles, with whippets, borzois and Italian greyhounds alongside them. Sporting dogs follow: setters, pointers, gun dogs and hounds, usually in the French bronzes. Hunting appears in 14 titles. Beyond that, pugs, Pekingese, Scotties, Alsatians and St Bernards all appear, but in ones and twos.

Why are so many listed only as 19th century?

Because a cast bronze rarely dates itself. Forty listings carry '19th Century' rather than a decade, and six say only 'Victorian', so roughly a quarter sits on a hundred-year span. Where decades are given, the 1930s lead with 22 listings, then the 1880s with 14.

Are Foo dogs actually dogs?

No. They are Chinese guardian lions, and the name Foo dog is a Western trade term that stuck. The Japanese equivalent is the shishi. They were made as facing pairs, and pairs are how they generally come up: thirteen Chinese titles and ten mentioning Foo, in wood, stone, jade and bronze.

How is spelter different from bronze?

Spelter is a zinc alloy, cast as a cheaper stand-in for bronze. It appears mostly in the Art Deco group. In what has sold, spelter and bronzed plaster pieces sit low in the range, while cast bronze occupies over half the category and reaches much higher.

What is the Dog of Alcibiades?

An antique marble molossian hound, also called the Jennings Dog, copied repeatedly by Grand Tour workshops for travellers buying souvenirs after the antique. It recurs across the archive in marble, green serpentine and bronze, dated between 1850 and 1890, and often as a pair.

Do many dealers specialise in dog sculpture?

Hardly any. Around 20 come up a year on Sellingantiques, and 80 different dealers have handled them, close to one dealer per listing. So the category is spread thin across general dealers rather than held by a handful of specialists.

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Free-standing models of dogs, mostly a foot or less high, made for a mantelpiece, desk or hall table, and cast in bronze more often than anything else.

Exceptional Antique Chinese Root Wood Dogs of Fo

19th century

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Exceptional Antique Chinese Root Wood Dogs of Fo

From Branching Out Antiques

£1,650

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19th century

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French Fireside Hunting Dog Statue

From Elmgarden

£345

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Antique Greyhound Figure, French, Bronze, Dog Paperweight, Ornament, Victorian

19th century

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Antique Greyhound Figure, French, Bronze, Dog Paperweight, Ornament, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£895

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19th century

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French Bronze Model of a Resting Hound

From Cella

£600

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Important Japanese Iron Okimono - Unno Shomin 1844-1915

19th century

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Important Japanese Iron Okimono - Unno Shomin 1844-1915

From Steve Sly Japanese Works of Art

£78,500

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French Bronze Dogs, King Charles Spaniels, Antoine Louis Barye

19th century

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French Bronze Dogs, King Charles Spaniels, Antoine Louis Barye

From Vivers Mill Antiques

£2,495

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1900 - 1920

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Large Art Deco Spelter Dog “C Masson “

From Merchant House Antiques

£345

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A Gilt Bronze Study of Two German Shepherd Dogs by Louis Riche, French C1910

1900 - 1920

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A Gilt Bronze Study of Two German Shepherd Dogs by Louis Riche, French C1910

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£1,795

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19th century

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Victorian Parian Sculpture Circa 1875

From Frank Craig Antiques

£1,200

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Art Deco Bronze Figure of a Russian Borzoi Hunting Dog Circa 1930

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Bronze Figure of a Russian Borzoi Hunting Dog Circa 1930

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£795

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The heaviest recorded on Sellingantiques is a pair of Tibetan temple lions at 35kg. Life-size examples have come through in terracotta, carved wood and cast lead.

19th century

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A 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Hound and Bird

From Mark Buckley Antiques

£395

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Japanese Bizen Model of a Shishi, or Lion Dog, Dating Meiji Period.

19th century

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Japanese Bizen Model of a Shishi, or Lion Dog, Dating Meiji Period.

From Oliver Sargent Antiques

£495

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19th century

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Cold Painted Bronze by Jules Moigniez

From Devonshire Antiques

£1,800

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19th century

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A Pair of Late 19th Century Italian Green Serpentine Marble Models of the Dogs of Alcibiades

From Macintosh Antiques

£680

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19th century

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Beautiful Antique Pair of Bronze Sculptures Children One with Cats One with Dogs Signed Dumond

From N Wilson Antiques Clocks

£950

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19th century

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Antique Mid 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Hounds with Pheasants

From Patrick Sandberg Antiques

£2,200

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Antique Dog Sculptures

Exceptional Antique Chinese Root Wood Dogs of Fo

French Fireside Hunting Dog Statue

Antique Greyhound Figure, French, Bronze, Dog Paperweight, Ornament, Victorian

French Bronze Model of a Resting Hound

Important Japanese Iron Okimono - Unno Shomin 1844-1915

French Bronze Dogs, King Charles Spaniels, Antoine Louis Barye

Large Art Deco Spelter Dog “C Masson “

A Gilt Bronze Study of Two German Shepherd Dogs by Louis Riche, French C1910

Victorian Parian Sculpture Circa 1875

Art Deco Bronze Figure of a Russian Borzoi Hunting Dog Circa 1930

A 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Hound and Bird

Japanese Bizen Model of a Shishi, or Lion Dog, Dating Meiji Period.

Cold Painted Bronze by Jules Moigniez

A Pair of Late 19th Century Italian Green Serpentine Marble Models of the Dogs of Alcibiades

Beautiful Antique Pair of Bronze Sculptures Children One with Cats One with Dogs Signed Dumond

Antique Mid 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Hounds with Pheasants

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