Neoclassical 19th Century 6-inch Glazed Profile Portrait Tile

A superb antique 6-inch dust-pressed terracotta tile by Minton Hollins & Co. (stamped) depicting a profile portrait in the aesthetic movement style. Such is this tiles beauty, that the back is equally as interesting as the front, showcasing how the portrait profile is pressed into the terracotta to bring life and shape to the relief figure at the front. Dating from the mid-late 19th century, the figure is carved with ornate Celtic style dress before a plentiful scrolling background impressed with the name ‘GAEL’ to the top. Ex British collection, this original Minton Hollins tile...

A decorative 6-inch dust-pressed terracotta tile by Maw & Co. (stamped) decorated with a neoclassical profile portrait in relief before an olive green backdrop and yellow border. Ex...

A weathered late 18th century Italian white statuary marble plaque of a Roman emperor, possibly Julius Caesar, circa 1780. At over 240 years old, this plaque resembles an old, ancie...

An antique 8-inch clay tile by Minton Hollins & Co. (stamped to reverse) illustrated with a scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the po...

Circular Italian style marble dust relief plaque depicting a Roman emperor, possibly Nero, mounted in later carved laurel wreath gilt plaster frame meas...

Cameo or intaglio, male profile. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century. Glass cameo with a male profile in the classical manner accompanied by a pseudo-signature in the Greek alphabet...

Old panel in high relief, representing a head of a Roman emperor, has been restored, patina to be redone.

Beautiful patinated plaster sculpture after Apollo di Belvedere made during the late 19th Century. Provenance from Lennartsnäs Castle, near Stockholm, Sweden, Baron af Ugglas. The ...