Antique Marbles

A Collection of 25 Samples with in a Verde Antico Border, with Wooden Frame, Italian, late 19th Century. Each Specimen 2 1/2” x 1 3/4”

This intimate and vividly textured oil painting depicts a young child absorbed in play, crouched low to the ground while concentrating on a game of marbles. The composition is tightl...

A wonderful third quarter 19th century Italian 'grand tour' ancient marbles specimen plaque in original silver-gilt frame.

A handsome and high quality pair of Italian 19th century pedestal in various marbles. This wonderful pair of marble pedestals are raised on Rouge Griotte marble plinths below varying...

A curated collection of hand-worked 19th century Italian Grand Tour specimen marble fragments and semi-precious stones, many with original collector’s labels. This diverse set inclu...

This is a wonderful antique Art Deco malachite solitaire board complete with  malachite marbles, Circa 1930 in date. Add this lovely set to your collection.

A fascinating Italian Grand Tour collection of hand-worked 19th century specimen marble fragments and semi-precious stones, many with original collector’s labels. This diverse set i...

Containing a selection of various hard stones and specimen marbles. The lid with the inscription: 'Marmi Antichi D'Palazzo Matte, Ditta Palla Piatzasanta'.

Pair of Classic Hand Carved Marble Cups with Inlaid Marbles

Italian Ormolu-Mounted Obelisk in Various Marbles including porphyr and rosso levanto, with gilded bronze decorations.

Pair of 19th century Italian 'grand tour' tazze or shallow urns of neoclassical form composed of ancient Roman marbles; the tazze having round giallo antico bowls and socles on squar...

A Sampler of antique Grand Tour marbles in the shape of a banner. A selection of 10 colored profiled marbles (Breccia Pernice, Lumachella, Porphyry, Giallo Antico, Bianco e Nero, Ala...

A sampler of antique Grand Tour marbles in the shape of a banner. A selection of 10 colored profiled marbles (African, French Red, Clouded Alabaster, Old Red Macchia, Lapis Lazuli, S...

All campan marbles are characterized by deep and clearly marked green veins.

Pair of pyramids of Grand Tour for Wunderkammer, made of ebonized wood, covered with marbles and pietra dura. The large appliances are in violet breach.

Directoire marble fireplace in grey Sainte-Anne marble highlighted with white marbles, rosettes and scrolls, around 1800 Hearth dimensions: 98 x 97.5 cm

Although often overlooked in recent decades in favour of more uniform and less visually complex stones, these noble marbles possess a remarkable richness and depth of character.

The most famous Greek marbles are the classic Parian marble (from the island of Paros), Parthenon marble, and Aegean grey.

Cypress burl cabinet with chromed metal handles, a geometrically inlaid lemon wood top, and two splendid Marquinia marbles. Four central drawers and two shaped front doors with inter...

The top has a specimen marble inset, laid in a geometric pattern. The colours of the marbles used have all been carefully chosen. The table stands on four sabre legs with gilt brass ...

An early 19th century French Provençale white marble fireplace inlaid with coloured marbles and carved with centre shell and foliage to jambs.

Their fronts have many specimen hard stones including lapis - Sitting on square stepped bases the fronts have decorative mosaic specimen hard stones including lapis_lazuli, malachite...

Its surviving presence in the great monuments of Italy remains a testament to the Roman mastery of luxury stonework and the enduring cultural value attributed to rare marbles. Incre...

He preferred the ancient yellow of Numidia, the ancient red and the dark green Pavonazzetto marble, marbles with a soft and compact texture useful for creating his astonishing works,...

A extremely rare pair of Paul Follot side tables circa 1920, finished in black lacquer with carved legs, black marble tops and gilded gold. Marbles are not an identical match. An ...

This unusual and eye-catching table combines fine cabinet making with the Grand Tour taste for colourful decorative hardstones and marbles. The circular top is beautifully inlaid wit...

This is the meaning of the carved Latin words. The marbles featured are Giallo Reale, Nero Portoro, and Nembro marble.

It's not jewellery, but it is marvellous, and it dates from the Victorian period, circa 1850. Various marbles, agates, and hardstones Plaque: 10.6 x 6.3 inches 

The tabletop is richly decorated with an elaborate floral mosaic design composed of numerous semi-precious stones and fine marbles, including green malachite, dark blue lapis lazuli,...

Two very fine quality marbles working together to create a stunning piece, 19th century.

Georges Gardet produced marbles as well as plasters often cast into bronze.

Possibly created as a study or display piece, this model features a painted timber structure with gold highlights adorned with Carrara and specimen marbles including Connemara, Siena...

Unlike more heavily figured marbles, statuary marble permits an extraordinarily crisp carve, allowing delicate mouldings and ornament to be defined by light and shadow without distra...

There is a beautiful patterning in its matrix, which is a different type of stone that serves as the host to the turquoise; in this piece, it is a dark brown that marbles throughout ...

Universally recognized as one of the world's finest marbles, Statuario has been the material of choice for history's greatest sculptors, including Michelangelo, Donatello, Gian Loren...

The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San L...

Deep and very detailed, the roundel sits within a wooden frame, cleverly painted to simulate Portoro and Connemara marbles with distinctive scalloped edges. Backed with board and fi...

Deep and very detailed, the roundel sits within a wooden frame, cleverly painted to simulate Portoro and Connemara marbles with distinctive scalloped edges. Backed with board and fi...

Deep and very detailed, the roundel sits within a wooden frame, cleverly painted to simulate Portoro and Connemara marbles with distinctive scalloped edges. Backed with board and fi...

An exceptional 19th-century fireplace mantel distinguished by its refined Neoclassical design and the use of richly contrasting marbles. Combining architectural clarity with luxuriou...

Deep and very detailed, the roundel sits within a wooden frame, cleverly painted to simulate Portoro and Connemara marbles with distinctive scalloped edges. Backed with board and fi...

The Marble Arch in London and the Duomo di Siena are also made from this stone, as are the interiors of Manila Cathedral, the cold-white marbles of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque and the ca...

A series of vibrant, blue glass marbles sit along the right perimeter of the large skeletonized waterwheel.

Decorated with inset various marbles to the front with pietra dura flowers to the base.

The contrasting colors of the two marbles create a beautiful effect. These two columns from the second half of the 19th century can be placed against a wall.

Italian Specimen Marble / Pietra Dura Occasional Table, 20th Century A striking Italian specimen marble or pietra dura occasional table featuring an intricately inlaid circular top c...

Italian Neo-classic square marble table with radiating center and alternating various colored marbles resting on a painted iron pedestal base (Related Item: PPA095)

The stunning Specimen marble top is surrounded by an elegant wrap around Ormolu band with stunning and richly chased rosettes while showcasing an array of inlaid marbles featuring Si...

Pietra dura—literally meaning “hard stone”—is a meticulous process in which semi-precious stones and colored marbles are shaped and assembled to form detailed images.

This process was also applied to large marbles in America at that time. This is a beautiful and fine piece of art glass; the technique used was made famous and perfected by the Nort...

Working in Rome at the height of the Grand Tour, he supplied the wealthy travellers — many of them British — who formed his principal clientele with dramatic, technically brilliant e...

The Met describes Powers as one of the most influential and best-known American sculptors of his century, internationally recognized for his neoclassical marbles. This bust, with it...

From 1857, he made regular sendings to the Salon and became famous thanks to the success of large marbles, such as the "Bacchante" exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and acquired by Nap...

The two chests are the same size and were originally made to be a pair, in fact, the veneer pattern on the front is almost identical and the marbles are both the original ones, which...

The rectangular top is framed in solid oak with a finely carved border, and inset with a striking specimen stone surface composed of blue onyx and a variety of richly colored marbles...

An early 20th century circa 1920's English Regency style fireplace surround in Italian Statuary white and Grey Bardiglio marbles with Ormolu mounts. The Jambs stood on square foot b...

A stunning combination of verde, Carrara, and veined red marbles. Perfect as a lavish house for a small dog or cat!