Grand Tour Decorative Objects
GRAND TOUR STYLE
For 18th-century young British noblemen, no education was complete without a year on the Grand Tour. Although it had no official route, the Grand Tour focused on places foundational to European art, literature and architecture, including sites in France, Germany, Switzerland and, most importantly, Italy. It was an opportunity not just to witness the roots of the classics they had studied but also to take some of it home. Grand Tour furniture was among the souvenirs.
Grand Tour furniture ranged from marble architectural models replicating ancient wonders to actual antiquities often taken illicitly, leaving a legacy of looting still being unraveled today. Other items reflected the artistic richness of the Renaissance cities and other destinations. In Italy, this included scagliola tables and pedestals mimicking marble as well as tabletops and wall panels embedded with pietra dura hard stone mosaics.
Furniture was also developed to display Grand Tour purchases in the owner’s home, presenting them as a cultivated and well-traveled person. Mahogany collector’s cabinets held objects like intaglio moldings of coins and seals while others had specialized drawers that framed pietra dura panels.
Many objects were specifically produced for Grand Tour collectors. Often accompanied by retinues on journeys lasting months or years, the elite travelers, the wealthiest of whom extended their trips to Egypt and the Holy Land, required artful personal mementos befitting the experience. For example, Grand Tour micromosaics — small artworks, most not more than two inches wide — arose from the entrepreneurial impulses of artisans who had trained in the Vatican’s workshops.
Grand Tour journeys would help inform a range of decorative styles such as neoclassical, Rococo and Adam style. (Architect and designer Robert Adam toured Italy and France for five years.) The Grand Tour flourished at a time of economic prosperity and political stability, but the French Revolution in 1789 brought it to an end. Yet as the tradition faded in popularity in England, the rising wealth of the United States led to an increase in tourism across the Atlantic and a similar passion for collecting to show one’s worldliness.
Find a collection of Grand Tour decorative objects, wall decorations, lighting and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Grand Tour
Pair of Cabinet Size Roman Classical Urns or Vases
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of Roman classical two handled urns. Patinated cast iron. Mid 19th century grand tour.
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
A Pair of Bronze Neoclassical Grand Tour Candelabras, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour
Pair of Bronze Candelabras
Late 19th Century
DIMENSIONS
Height: 10.33 inches
Width: 4.75 inches
Depth: 4.75 inches
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We present to your attention a pair of stunning...
Category
1890s English Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Style Carved Alabaster Bookends Formed as Classical Ruins
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good pair of architectural inspired columnar bookends, both carved in the form of ancient ruins of reeded columns, raised on stepped bases. Dimensions noted are those shown fa...
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Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Grand Tour Neoclassic Mahogany Bronze Roman Ruins
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Grand Tour bronze mounted mahogany and marble model of Roman Ruins, 20th century. This is a rare and exceptionally made model of the Grand Tour period as it is made from carved mah...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
An Italian Grand Tour Porphyry and Sienna Marble Paperweight, late 19th century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The profile of Caesar in profile in high relief.
The yellow marble base with stepped edges.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
Grand Tour Style Greek or Roman Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot
Turkey, Early 21st Century
Measures: 11.13"W x 4.88"D x 4.13"H.
Very good condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Atalanta, Thiébaut Freres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A French bronze figure of Atalanta with a «Fumiere et Cie» mark on the base.
Atalanta the famous virgin huntress.Atalanta raced all her suitors and outran all but Hippomenes, who de...
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Hippomene Throwing Golden Apples, Thiébaut Freres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A French bronze statue of Hippomenes throwing apples while racing, titled «Hippomène Lanceur De Pommes D’or» with a «Fumiere et Cie» mark on the base.
Except for Hippomenes, Atalanta...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Grand Tour Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground inlaid with specimen marbles and porphyry with ridges on 2 sides
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
A Grand Tour Desk Top Model of the Capitoline Lion, Italy Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome ceramic Grand Tour desk top model of the Capitoline Lion. The molded recumbent figure of a lion shown outstretched atop an integral rectangular base.
The origin of t...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
A Grand Tour Specimen Marble Paperweight, Late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
A rectangular shaped paperweight with inset Porphyry, Siena Marble and Mother of Pearl in black marble framework
Category
1890s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Siena Marble, Porphyry
Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Desk Set Inkstand Church Cathedral Siena Marble
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and Rare Example of a French Patinated Bronze Architectural Style Grand Tour Regency Period Double Inkstand of rectangular outline and compact proportions. First quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
This stunning offering is modelled as an ancient Gothic Style Religious building ending on a well veined Sienna Marble platform base. The Ormolu dome top finial covers complete with their internal bronze linings. An early ormolu and Sienna Marble Watch stand is included.
Condition: Good condition, original good surface patination, small repair to corner of marble base, see image. Baise underneath has been replaced, nicely done. Back and front views are similar, no visible foundry marks.
Height: (inkstand) 5.25" (13.5cm). Width: (at base) 7" (17.5cm). Depth: (at base) 4” (10.25cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
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Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Siena Marble, Brass, Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Carved Marble & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella
Located in London, by appointment only
Sculpted from one of the rarest and most visually stunning coloured and figured of stones.
Exceptionally Rare 19th Century Carved Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella. This magnificent marble masterpiece is a work of art, a variation on the ancient sculpture of a Roman Galley...
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19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Figure Of Bacchus
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A 19th century Italian grand tour bronze figure of Bacchus with a goat over his shoulders
Circa 1890
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Kidnap of The Sabine Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Manner of Giambologna
Located in New York, NY
19 centuryb Italian Patinated bronze sculpture depicting the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women, after the model by Giambologna, aka Jean de Boulogne, and Giovanni da Bologna (1529-1608...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Antique Italian Grand Tour Plaster Sculpture of the Dying Gaul
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large and impressive Antique Italian Grand Tour Plaster Sculpture of the Dying Gaul. Cast out of plaster, this figure shows Gaul, an ancient Celtic warrior slumped forward with a pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Cast Sculptures Bronze Lions, after Antonio Canova, 19th Century
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A pair of resting bronze lions on shaped walnut painted plinths modeled on the original marble sculpture by Antonio Canova.
Reduction from the originals created by Antonio C...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair Grand Tour Borghese Bronze & Siena Marble Campana Urns 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique pair of Grand Tour bronze and Siena marble Borghese Campana urns, circa 1870 in date.
This pair of patinated bronze campana urns are after the Borghese models with...
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1870s Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases, circa 1850.
One of the nicest pairs of antique Grand Tour bronze putti we have had in a while, th...
Category
1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Pair of Rock Crystal Obelisks and Sphere
Located in Hanover, MA
Beautiful grouping of clear rock crystal quarts pair of obelisks and a sphere.
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Grand Tour Plaster Figure Of The Dancing Faun
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A 19th century Italian plaster figure of the dancing faun, patinated to look like bronze.
Circa 1870
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Antique 19th Century Italian Cameo Brooch
Located in New Orleans, LA
Vintage shell cameo sterling silver pendant necklace brooch 600.
Stunning pendant for a necklace the bell flips up or down depending on whether you...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand Tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or The Pancrastinae...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Terracotta Of Mercury
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An Italian terracotta figure of Mercury resting on a rock after Giovanni Mollica - Mid 19th century
Hand written label to the base see image
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Religious Grand Tour Plaque Last Supper Painting Alabaster Champleve
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Religious Grand Tour heavy gauge wall hanging or free-standing Patinated Bronze Cast Rectangular Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque of generous proportions and Continental origin possible France, depicting a classical scene of the Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Beautifully mounted on to a rectangular light green Alabaster or Onyx plaque with highly ornate Champleve enamel detailing in colours, which is mounted on to a polished brass backing.
Condition: Good condition with nice patination and no losses, no imperfections anywhere, backing support is very sturdy.
Beautiful and quite unusual religious offering, wonderful gift.
Height: (entire as image one) 8" (20cm). Width: (at base) 10.75” (27cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Bronze Urn Vases French Pair on Marble Bases 19th Century
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Pair of Bronze Urn Vases French 19th Century on Black Marble Bases. Shaped handles raised on a black marble stepped plinth with a casting of a Greek God on both sides with mirroring ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair, Grand Tour Neoclassical Bronze & Marble Mounted Blue John Specimen Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, 19th century.
An exceptional and rare pair of Grand Tour period Neoclassical columns. Each column has a stepped bronze and white marble plinth and base that is separated b...
Category
19th Century British Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Large Bronze of Pan Dancing Musee de Naple, 1870s
Located in London, GB
This is a large French Grand Tour bronze sculpture of Pan the Roman fertility God of the forest issued by the "Musee de Naple" , circa 1870 in date.
The sculpture features Pan danc...
Category
1870s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair of French Bronze Marly Horses Sculptures by Cousteau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique pair of French Grand Tour patinated-bronze sculptures of the Marly Horses, Circa 1850 in date and signed to one base.
The original Marly Horses were commissi...
Category
1850s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
A mid 19th century Italian grand tour Sorrento marquetry box circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
A very fine Italian marquetry box dating to circa 1860 and made in the Sorrento region of Italy where local craftsmen were renowned for making ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Gladiatore Ferito Figura Grand Tour in Bronzo Ispirata al Galata Morente Romano
Located in Milan, IT
Gladiatore ferito in bronzo, scultura italiana della seconda metà del 1800 in buono stato di conservazione. La figura si ispira alla scultura ellenistica raffigurante il "Gallo morente" il celebre Galata...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Equestrian Bronze. Italy, Circa:1820
Located in Alexandria, VA
This bronze is a hand cast miniature copy of a life-size marble statue of Marcus Nonius Balbus the Younger which today stands in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. The sta...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Bronze French Grand Tour Urns (Pair)
Located in Louisville, KY
This pair of early 19th century Grand Tour Period bronze gilt volute krater urns on stone bases are absolutely breathtaking. The base is a heavy black slate with etched Neo-classic f...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Slate, Bronze
Antique Female French Classical Bronze Diana Robing Praxiteles Audin a Marseille
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine Example of Classical Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Diana Robing after Praxiteles, an Elegant Classical Patinated French Bronze Female Standing Figure...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Italian antique marble sampler paperweight
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique marble sampler paperweight
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Pair, 19th Century Grand Tour Gilt Bronze & White Marble Candelabras
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian or French, early 19th century.
A fantastic pair of 19th century Grand Tour gilt bronze candelabras in the neoclassical taste. The beautiful cast grape vines...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
After the Antique Polychromed Bronze Bust of the Prima Porta Augustus Caesar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
After the antique polychromed bronze bust of the Prima Porta Augustus Caesar.
Italy,mid-20th century
A extraordinary, large scale, very heavy mid 20th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Pair Verdigris Finished Cast Metal Figural Planters after Clodion
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous pair of signed "Clodion" Grand Tour style figural planters. This is a pair "after Clodion" and design in the style of his works, and are done in the grand tour sty...
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1950s Unknown Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Bronze Sculpture "The Snake Charmer" by Charles Arthur Bourgeois
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic bronze sculpure of a snake charmer dates to the late 19th century, and it is the smaller version of the original which was created in 1863.
Dimensions: 12.50" height x 5.13" width x 3.63" depth.
FYI
Charles Arthur Bourgeois...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Goddess Diana by Mercié 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An elegant French Grand Tour bronze figure of the Greek Goddess Diana by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié, French 1845 - 1916, dating from Circa 1880.
The seated and robed Goddess Diana is holding a bow and arrows with her head downcast and raised on a circular plinth.
Diana was originally considered to be a goddess of the wilderness and of the hunt, a central sport in both Roman and Greek culture. Early Roman inscriptions to Diana celebrated her primarily as a huntress and patron of hunters.
Add a beautiful classical element to your home with this delightful bronze.
Condition:
In excellent condition with no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 41 x Width 29 x Depth 19
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 foot, 4 inches x Width 11 inches x Depth 7 inches
Mercié entered the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and studied under Alexandre Falguière and François Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome at the age of 23. His first great popular successes were the David and Gloria Victis, which was shown and received the Medal of Honour of the Paris Salon. The bronze was subsequently placed in the Square Montholon.
The bronze David...
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Early 1800s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th century Italian carved walnut tazza
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Italian carved walnut tazza circa 1880.
Beautiful italian cup/tazza with good patina. Carved cup and base united by 4 columns.
Likely to be...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
After The Roman Antique - Rock Crystal, Glass & Gold Flecking Grand Tour Pitcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
Likely European, 19th century or earlier.
This pitcher is incredibly unique and unusual. The interior has a cracked rock crystal surface, purple striations and gold flecking which a...
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19th Century British Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
19th Century Greek Grand Tour Pottery Jug
Located in Bradenton, FL
Small 19th century Greek Grand Tour terracotta pottery jug or vase. Neoclassical Style. Hand painted with picture of two Greek warriors.
Dimens...
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Late 19th Century Greek Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Italian Grand Tour Alabaster Model the Roman Forum Temple of Vespasian
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Grand Tour model of the ancient Temple of Vespasian located in the Roman Forum, Rome. Carved from alabaster, this is a handsome example of a souvenir carving which would have been collected by a European or American sophisticate making a Grand Tour of the ancient sites of Italy. This wonderful architectural miniature is evocative of another time and place.
Roma Templo Di Vespasiano' etched into the black marble base.
It has been drilled to be wired, not the first time I have owned one of these that had been mounted as a lamp.
The Temple of Vespasian and Titus is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Grand Tour Tortoiseshell Quartz/Mable Sculpture of Michelangelo's David
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Tortoiseshell Quartz/Mable Sculpture of Michelangelo's David
Italy, Early 20th Century
Add to your collection with this magnificent Grand Tour Tortoiseshell Quartz/Marbl...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Marble
Italian Grand Tour 800 Silver, Enameled Malachite & Painted Roman Scene Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian Grand Tour 800 Silver, Enameled Malachite & Painted Roman Scene Box.
This fantastic antique box is rectangular in form heavily decorated with hand chased foliate scroll work...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large 19th Century French Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Narcissus
By Fonderia Sommer Napoli
Located in San Francisco, CA
the youth in contrapposto pose with his right arm raised with a goat-skin slung over his left shoulder, his legs slightly apart and wearing sandals. leaning on one hip and looking do...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th century bronze bust of the Greek Goddess Diana the Huntress, circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
This superb Grand Tour bronze study portrays a bust of Diana of Versailles or Diana the Huntress, considered in Roman and Hellenistic mythology as goddess and patroness of countryside, nature, hunters, wildlife and childbirth. This fine example is French, circa 1860. It is raised onto a sophisticated base with a thin bronze foot with a turned black slate plinth and above there is a highly decorative cast...
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1860s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Era, Mixed Specimen Marble & Gemstone Obelisk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Continental, 19th century.
A grand tour era (possibly Italian) obelisk constructed with a stepped black marble square base, a highly decorated mixed material stem which consists of ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble, Belgian Black Marble
Mid-19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of the Arc De Triomph
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful statue of the Arc De Triomph made of bronze and marble. It has so many details. It is in good vintage condition and reminds in its original patina. The marble has no chips ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Monumental Uffizi Boar or Il Porcellino by Austin and Seeley
By Austin & Seeley
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth.
This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Composition
Theodoric the Great Grand Tour Bronze, After Peter Vischer the Elder (1460-1529)
Located in Atlanta, GA
After Peter Vischer The Elder (1460-1529), Theodoric The Great, King of the Ostrogoths.
Continental Bronze Figure of Gothic King Theodoric as a knight in armor after the artist Pete...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Wedgwood Black Basalt Grecian Sphinx After a Model by John Cheere (1709-1787)
By Wedgewood
Located in Dallas, TX
a Wedgwood black basalt Grecian Sphinx after a model by sculptor John Cheere (English, 1709-1787), in the Greco-Egyptian style, depicted as a female figure...
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19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Pair of Diminutive Italian Grand Tour Style Models of Two Sandaled Right Feet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Diminutive Italian Grand Tour Style Models of Two Sandaled Right Feet
Italy, Circa 1960s
A delightful and charming pair of diminutive Italian Grand Tour style models of two ...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
A rare pair of Grand Tour gilt bronze horses of Saint Mark Venice, circa 1900
Located in Central England, GB
This superb pair of Grand Tour Italian gilt bronzes dates to the late 19th century. They are solid cast and very heavy for their size. They are decorative Grand Tour reproductions ta...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Greek Bronze Vases on Marble Bases
Located in Richmond, London
A decorative pair of Grand Tour bronze-patinated urns of ancient Greek 'volute krater' form,
Italy, 19th century.
Why we like them
We love the decorative look of these urns, evoking the Grand Tour travels of the 19th century. Perfect for lamp conversion.
Design
This shape was introduced in the late 6th century B.C. and was favoured by significant artists who worked in terracotta and in bronze. The earliest example in bronze belongs to the late 5th century B.C. and was found in a tomb in Agrigento. A characteristic of volute-krater handles is the fine articulation of the volute itself and of the lower terminals where they rested on the shoulder of the vase. Here, as in most metal examples, they assume the form of swans' heads. A pair of handles of this design is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Chiurazzi, De Angelis and Sommer where the main Neapolitan foundries that catered for the needs and tastes of the grand-tourists throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. They produced a wide range of fine quality objects, often using the museum casts...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Grand Tour Style Greek Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot
Greece, Late 20th Century
Measures: 7.88"W x 3.13"D x 4.5"H.
Very good original vintage ...
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Late 20th Century Greek Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
A Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Tazzas on Sienna Marble Plinths
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Grand Tour bronze tazzas raised on stepped sienna marble plinths and mounted on sienna marble bases with bronze molding. Circa 1820, Italy.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Grand Tour decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Grand Tour decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include F. Barbedienne Foundry, Achille Collas, Ferdinand Barbedienne, and Borghese. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $108,390 while the average work can sell for $2,528.
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