Grand Tour Jewellery

Micromosaic plaques depicting San Peter and the Colosseum, with a gilted wooden frame. Dimension 145 x 205 mm, plaque dimension 120 x 55 mm. Item condition grading: **** good.

One of those antique works of artistry to make you marvel at the craftsmanship that earns the name 'Old World', and a truly rare and special treat. This is a fine Italian marquetry s...

Early 19th Century Grand Tour Souvenirs Palais Royale French Empire Ebonized Fragrance Necessaire with Gold Gilt Bottles & A Sèvres Panel This is truly an important and stunning pie...

Coral jewels experienced a surge in popularity in the early 19th century, when the European middle and upper classes embarked on ‘Grand Tours’ to Italy, and bought jewellery manufact...

Stunning collection of Georgian Antique Grand Tour items, to include a Lady’s banded Etu case with sterling silver mount and dome top hinged lid and two Snuff miniature boxes of trad...

An exceptionally fine example of a heavy gauge French Grand Tour bronze dore mounted Ladies hinged lid Jewellery Casket of rectangular outline, raised on four patinated bronze scroll...

Dramatic victorian grand tour banded agate bracelet. Made as Grand Tour souvenir, still highly sought after today.

An exceptionally fine quality & quite rare bohemian ruby red crystal glass scent bottle casket made during the last half of the nineteenth century. The rectangular form heavy gaug...

An antique Grand Tour 14K Gold and hand carved multi gemstones intaglio brooch.

Micromosaic and 18 kt gold bar brooch. Made in Italy, C 1875. Two vertical ovals and 2 horizontal ovals, each with beetle on white ground. Beetles have highlights (foil?). Also, 2 tr...

A fragment of eternity, this antique red porphyry foot embodies the strength and sophistication of classical sculpture. It retains echoes of the Grand Tour, when cultured travelers w...

These fabulous discoveries, stimulated cultural trips to these countries, popularly called "grand tour". Being the case that the enthusiast visitors bring back small objects, like so...

These fabulous discoveries, stimulated cultural trips to these countries, popularly called "grand tour". Being the case that the enthusiast visitors bring back small objects, like so...

This divine, one of a kind cuff bracelet is designed with a large nineteenth century Grand Tour - Venetian micro-mosaic floral bouquet masterpiece.

These fabulous discoveries, stimulated cultural trips to these countries, popularly called "grand tour". Being the case that the enthusiast visitors bring back small objects, like so...

A glass paste with Dyonisiac scene has been set in this 18 Kt gold ring handmade by a skilled Italian goldsmith. A Silenus is seated on a small wreathed chariot which is propelled b...

These fabulous discoveries, stimulated cultural trips to these countries, popularly called "grand tour". Being the case that the enthusiast visitors bring back small objects, like so...

A good quality brass bound and ebonised trinket/jewellery box, decorative with malachite stones and cameos. The interior is a lovely faded blue silk with decorative pipping, with it...

A very impressive example of an Anglo-Indian stag antler horn gentleman’s document box of outstanding quality and generous proportions. Made in Vizagapatam, India, during the first q...

Russian Cigarette Case 14k Rose Gold-Sapphire, By Michael Perchin, Who worked for Faberge as a Master Goldsmith. The cigarette case is Solid 14K-Rose Gold with a Cabochon Sapphire bu...

Beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli and Carrara marble stone jewelry box. Created from genuine blue Lapis Lazuli, this box is low in profile and rectangular in form. This lovely jewelry or t...

Micro mosaic jewelry blossomed in Rome in response to high demand by the travelers on the Grand Tour for souvenirs.

Micro mosaic jewelry blossomed in Rome in response to high demand by the travelers on the Grand Tour for souvenirs.

Superb well cast bronzed metal table musical casket of compact size, modelled as a replica of the Arc De Triomphe Monument in Paris France. The hinged rectangular cover with smal...

A gorgeous antique Micro Mosaic cross pendant. It is a large sized piece likely created for the tourist market when travel to Italy was very popular in the 19th century amongst thos...

This delightful Roman micromosaic celebrates love and spring. It shows a wonderful romantic subject, turtle doves. These birds stay together their entire lives, a symbol used in mos...

This lovely junky scallop shell has been hand carved out of lava in the first half of the nineteenth century. Scallops were the symbol of pilgrims that walked the camino de Santiago ...

This is a Grand Tour brooch, a late 19th century era souvenir from Italy. Tourists in Rome visited the plaza of St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro) in front of St. Peter’s Basilic...

Antique French Églomisé Casket - Souvenir from France, circa 1900 A charming French antique casket from circa 1900 with gilt brass fittings and clear glass panels. The hinged lid fe...

The Arch of Constantine is a miniature version of the famous arch in honour of Constantine' triumph in Rome and a fine example of a quality grand tour souvenir. The alabaster carving...

Fabulous large Grand Tour wall hanging silver tone crucifix, set with micro mosaics depicting iconic scenes of Rome. The detailed body of Christ is done in gold tone metal, and the r...

This beautiful set of antique plaster intaglio castings was made in the early 1800's and is marked with the coat of arms of Edmund Firld. Beautiful scenes and profiles of Neoclassica...

This beautiful set of antique plaster intaglio castings comes with the original index of it's contents, written in beautiful calligraphy. It was made in the early 1800's and is signe...

Stunning Example of a Ladies Well Figure Tortoise Shell Horn mounted Jewlery Casket of compact proportions, made during the last half of the Nineteenth Century. Slightly dome shaped ...

The young, beautiful gilt bronze Caesar Augustus in classical pose with a laurel wreath, mounted on a Sienna marble pedestal. Excellent state of preservation.

A very fine example of a French 19th century shell and gilt bronze perfume bottle holder of egg shape and with mechanical opening. Please note two of the scent bottle are missing,...

Beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli and Carrara marble stone jewelry box. Created from genuine blue Lapis Lazuli, this box is low in profile and rectangular in form. This lovely jewelry or t...

Twisted gold "V" suspend small pendant micromosaic flowers. Micromosaic jewelry became popular when 19th century tourists flocked to Italy on Grand Tours, and jewelry emulated the in...

The Grand Tour traveler, upon seeing the splendors of ancient Roman civilization throughout Italy, hungered to take back something as a memento, and thus the 'tourist' trades began t...

It would have been a souvenir from the Italian leg of the Grand Tour. It is a beautiful carving rendered in high detail depicting the bust of a classical man.

An Italian Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Box Mounted With Five Square Pietra Dura Plaques, The Hinged Top Similarly Mounted The Bottom Lined In Velvet. Marked Florence On The Bottom.

Bernini's masterpiece, the colonade and square that gives specific grandeur to St. Peter's cathedral in the distance, and aptly shown here with the fountains in full flow. A superbly...

Micromosaic ring, Temple of Vesta, Rome. Glass tesserae on copper, in a gold mount. 7/8” diameter ring, early 19th century, Rome. This exquisitely rendered micromosaic view of ...

A Roman Carnelian Intaglio of a chariot and charioteer, wielding a whip, being pulled at speed by two galloping horses. Chariot racing was the most popular spectator sport in ancie...

1870s Antique Grand Tour Italian Micromosaic Scarab Gold Locket Pendant 18K yellow gold, glass tesserae, weight approx. 18.1 grams Length 3.9 cm (approx. 1 9/16“) Width 2.5 cm (app...

A slightly different variation of a cameo pin. Instead of the traditional oval, this carving is formatted on a rectangular piece of shell. The carving depicts cupid courting Psyche w...

14 k yellow gold shell cameo 19. century Germany 13 gram size 50 x 42 mm

Large 1950s Victorian revival shell cameo featuring a beautiful topless woman playing the harp with cupids assistance. The cameo is set in an 18k yellow gold from that is marked 750.

19th century French Empire cloisonne bronze jewelry casket with blue velvet interior By: unknown Material: bronze, velvet, enamel, metal, copper Technique: gilt, cloisonné, champlev...

Antique Venus & Cupid Brooch 14ct Gold Stamped Circa 1860s Introducing an exquisite early Victorian 14ct gold stamped cherub portrait brooch, featuring a beautifully hand-painted...

Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket English, 19th Century Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beau...

Continental Baroque style gilt bronze mounted enamel box, Late 19th century The square hinged top decorated overall with mythical figures. Measures: Height 3.5 in., 11.4cm (4 1/2"...

Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...

This captivating Palais Royal sewing nécessaire is crafted of engraved mother of pearl mounted in rich doré bronze. The hinged box contains a removable tray lined with velvet that ho...

This beautiful Limoges enamel plaque depicts a knight in full armour. He is portrayed turning towards the viewer, as though he is about to unsheathe his sword. The knight stands befo...

Italian, likely Circa 1880. This beautiful box has an exceptional Grand Tour Micro-mosaic plaque depicting the Capitoline Doves or Doves of Pliny after the Roman antiquity. Also by ...

Rene Lalique clear and frosted glass L'elegance perfume bottle. This pattern features two dancing female figures amongst flowers. Sepia stained relief details. Moulded, 'R. LALIQUE' ...