Grand Tour Bronze Model of Temple Vesta Mounted on a Marble Base

Grand Tour bronze model of a Recumbent horse, realistically cast and modeled, raised on a faux marbleized base.  

The model, made as an inkwell and lacking it's cover.

French or Italian, circa late 19th century. An antique Grand Tour era bronze sculpture of an Egyptian sphinx in the Egyptian revival taste. Mounted to the original sienna marble bas...

Diminutive Grand Tour bronze 'Balancing Faun' on marble pedestal Italy, The sculpture circa 1890, the marble pedestal later addition 20th C A small well executed bronze sculpture...

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...

This exquisite model of the Temple of Vespasian crafted in Giallo Antico Marble and Bronze exemplifies the exceptional craftsmanship and artistic mastery of the Grand Tour era. Creat...