Pair of Roman Grand Tour Bronze & Ormolu Serpent Motif Vases/ Ewers/Urns

Grand Tour bronze figural ewer and stand, after the Roman Antique The ewer alone measures 8" x 5" x 5" The base measures 4" D x 1" H.

Pair of Grand Tour 'Néo-Grec' gilt bronze vases, Attributed, F. Barbedienne Each one with typical all over decoration, with applied handles with lion masks. Unmarked. Each vase sta...

Grand Tour bronze model of the "Warwick Vase" on pedestal, complete with a 7" diameter x 6" deep removable liner. Beautiful rich original patin...

Large Roman Grand Tour style carved, polychromed wood & bronze mounted tazza, with a circular carved polychromed ribbed 16.5-Inch diameter bowl, with flanking bronze handles. Resting...

Pair of 19th century grand tour Roman feet bronze candlesticks, each one realistically cast of one pair of human feet, that hold one standard candle.

Pair of 19th century Italian Grand Tour inlaid black marble Tazza, each one of typical form with a 6-Inch diameter roundel, raised on an inlaid ros...

A marble and bronze urn, with masks and a tripod base. Measures: 12" height.

Stunning Grand Tour neoclassical urn or cachepot having fancy decoration on the outside and gilded metal interior. 5.5 diameter 9" w handle to handle Opening is 3.75" (Connie)

A very impressive pair of 19th century French, Grand Tour gilded ormolu and patinated bronze Campana Urns. Each with wonderful classical scenes of frolicking Bacchus Putti in bronze,...

Each vase with scrolled handles resting on "griotte rouge" marble bases.

This is a pair of antique Grand Tour urns. An Italian, bronzed decorative vase with Ancient Roman taste, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1850. ...

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...