Grand Tour Decorative Objects
GRAND TOUR STYLE
For 18th-century young British noblemen, no education was complete without a year on the Grand Tour. Although it had no official route, the Grand Tour focused on places foundational to European art, literature and architecture, including sites in France, Germany, Switzerland and, most importantly, Italy. It was an opportunity not just to witness the roots of the classics they had studied but also to take some of it home. Grand Tour furniture was among the souvenirs.
Grand Tour furniture ranged from marble architectural models replicating ancient wonders to actual antiquities often taken illicitly, leaving a legacy of looting still being unraveled today. Other items reflected the artistic richness of the Renaissance cities and other destinations. In Italy, this included scagliola tables and pedestals mimicking marble as well as tabletops and wall panels embedded with pietra dura hard stone mosaics.
Furniture was also developed to display Grand Tour purchases in the owner’s home, presenting them as a cultivated and well-traveled person. Mahogany collector’s cabinets held objects like intaglio moldings of coins and seals while others had specialized drawers that framed pietra dura panels.
Many objects were specifically produced for Grand Tour collectors. Often accompanied by retinues on journeys lasting months or years, the elite travelers, the wealthiest of whom extended their trips to Egypt and the Holy Land, required artful personal mementos befitting the experience. For example, Grand Tour micromosaics — small artworks, most not more than two inches wide — arose from the entrepreneurial impulses of artisans who had trained in the Vatican’s workshops.
Grand Tour journeys would help inform a range of decorative styles such as neoclassical, Rococo and Adam style. (Architect and designer Robert Adam toured Italy and France for five years.) The Grand Tour flourished at a time of economic prosperity and political stability, but the French Revolution in 1789 brought it to an end. Yet as the tradition faded in popularity in England, the rising wealth of the United States led to an increase in tourism across the Atlantic and a similar passion for collecting to show one’s worldliness.
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Style: Grand Tour
19th Century (Mid) Italian Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Mercury Hermes
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century (Mid) Italian Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Mercury Hermes
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Mercury Hermes
Beautiful piece purchased in France.
Age appropriate wear, s...
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19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Style, Pietra Dura & Leather Humidor Or Vanity Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional humidor or vanity box is a masterwork of craftsmanship, designed in the exquisite style of the Italian Grand Tour, a period of cultural exploration and refinement th...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Malachite, Onyx, Marble, Slate
19th Century Greek Grand Tour Terracotta Aryballos (Oil Flask)
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Greek Grand Tour Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) decorated with Grecian figures in red and black.
Dimensions:
Measures 8.5" tall x...
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Late 19th Century Greek Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Decorative 19th century book shaped inlaid olive box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century book shaped inlaid olive box circa 1890.
Unusual Italian keep sake box made in olive wood. Inlaid top surface with musical instrument, flowers and a faux peeled back c...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Olive
After la Bottega Del Mosaico Vaticano marble and micromosaic table, Italy.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
After « la Bottega Del Mosaico Vaticano », Marble tabletop decorated in the center with a mosaic of concentric friezes featuring plant and geometric motifs. The central medallion, m...
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1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique 1920’s Grand Tour Italian Venice Majolica Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique, grand tour, Italian hand painted and transfer ware majolica handled vase with panels depicting Ancient Greek Society, handles in the shape of winged griffin's and grotesq...
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1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Bronze Apothecary Mortar & Pestle, Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The cup shaped cast body decorated with incised ring-turned detail, rising from a waisted & stepped circular foot, together with its original pestle.
Combined weight, 3.75 lbs.
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Apollo and Diana Plaster Busts
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of modern grand tour plaster busts depicting Apollo and Diana, circa 1940s.
5 ½ inches wide by 4 ¼ inches deep by 10 ½ inches tall
Good overall with some discoloration and ...
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1940s Unknown Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
$1,200 / set
Neoclassical Solid Marble Onyx Green and Brown Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble onyx green & brown obelisk
Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 8"H.
Very good original vintage condition. Minor surface wear expected wit...
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Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Bronze Grand Tour Sculpture of Seated Hermes After the Antique
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A late 19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze of the ‘Seated Hermes’ after the antique, raised on a carved dove grey marble base.
Also known as ‘Resting Hermes’ or ‘Seated Mercury’,...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Italian 19th century Bronze statue of The Discus Thrower
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality Italian 19th century Grand Tour Period patinated Bronze statue of The Discus Thrower, modeled after Myron. The impressively detailed Discobolus, which is ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Style Greek or Roman Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot
Turkey, Early 21st Century
Measures: 11.13"W x 4.88"D x 4.13"H.
Very good condition.
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
$796 Sale Price
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19th C Italian Diminutive Grand Tour Bronze Nude Athlete on Lapis, Lazuli Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Italian Diminutive Grand Tour Bronze Nude Athlete on Lapis -Lazuli Base
Italy, Attributed Naples Foundry, circa 1875
This 19th-century Italian bronze sculpture, attribut...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
$476 Sale Price / set
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Life size Marble Bust sculpture of Apollo, Italy 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressive and larger than life size hand-carved Carrara marble bust of Apollo, signed C. Scheggi (1833-1876).
In excellent antique condition...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Of Bacchus
Located in Essex, MA
Cast at Fonderia Sommer in Naples. These were known to be in bars and used as cigarette lighters. Standing Bacchus holding a snake. Foundry signature on base.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Solid Marble Black, Brown and Gray Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble black, brown & gray obelisk
Measures: 3.5"W x 3.5"D x 16"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique Religious Grand Tour Plaque Last Supper Painting Alabaster Champleve
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Religious Grand Tour heavy gauge wall hanging or free-standing Patinated Bronze Cast Rectangular Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque of generous proportions and Continental origin possible France, depicting a classical scene of the Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Beautifully mounted on to a rectangular light green Alabaster or Onyx plaque with highly ornate Champleve enamel detailing in colours, which is mounted on to a polished brass backing.
Condition: Good condition with nice patination and no losses, no imperfections anywhere, backing support is very sturdy.
Beautiful and quite unusual religious offering, wonderful gift.
Height: (entire as image one) 8" (20cm). Width: (at base) 10.75” (27cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller.
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Venus Pudica (Medici-type) - 18th century, Italy
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Monumental sculpture representing the Venus Pudica (Medici-type)
18th Century
Italian (Rome)
White marble
Based on a model from Antiquity, the Medici Venus, currently in the Uffizi ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Leather Cased Crystal Scent Bottle Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Grand Tour era, a set of two glass scent bottles in a fitted leather case with key, circa early 19th Century.
The Grand Tour was a 17th to early 19th century custom of the ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Tazze in Polychrome Marbles
Located in Kinderhook, NY
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...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Plaster Figure Of The Dancing Faun
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A 19th century Italian plaster figure of the dancing faun, patinated to look like bronze.
Circa 1870
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
European Classical Alabaster Figure of Diana
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century European Classical Alabaster Figure of Diana, a reinterpretation of the ancient Roman statue. This statue known for its graceful portraya...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Grand Tour Pair Of Classical Busts Apollo Belvedere & Diana
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant Pair The Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Classical Greek God And Goddess Apollo And Diana Decorative Alabaster Busts For A Wonderful Library Desk
Depicting Apollo Belvedere ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique French Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Barbedienne Paris Warwick Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Barbedienne Paris Warwick Vase. Circa Mid 19th Century. Measurements: 16" H x 18" W x 12" D. Weight approx. 60 lbs.
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Bronze Group ‘Ariadne and the Panther’
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A good sized 19th Century Classical Grand Tour bronze group of Ariadne and the. Modelled with Ariadne reclining to the left while her head is looking to the same side, with her robe ...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Statuary Marble Sculpture of Dancing Faun
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Italian white statuary marble sculpture of a dancing faun.
Dating to circa 1870, this Neoclassical piece has stood the test of time with various expertly handcarved eleme...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Hippomene Throwing Golden Apples, Thiébaut Frères
Located in Lisbon, PT
Small french bronze sculpture of Hippomenes mid-race, casting golden apples to distract Atalanta — a rare Grand Tour piece by the legendary Thiébaut Frères foundry.
Titled “Hippomèn...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,748 Sale Price
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Grand Tour Roamn Style Bronze Bust of a Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Roman Style Bronze Bust of a Man
Italy, 20th century
A striking Grand Tour Roman-style bronze bust of a man, made in Italy during the 20th century. This beautifully cas...
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20th Century European Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$1,196 Sale Price
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A 19th century bronze figure of a Greek archer by Eugene Barillot C1870
Located in Central England, GB
This fine antique bronze study is by the highly acclaimed sculptor and artist Eugène Barillot (1841–1900).
It depicts an ancient Greek archer testing his bow. The bearded man is nak...
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Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Ajax, bust in bronze
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Grand Tour bronze of the god Ajax from Greek mythology.
Very detailed with a beautiful patina.
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1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$2,664
Antique Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Jewelry Box by Cesare Roccheggiani, Rome c. 1875
By Cesare Roccheggiani
Located in London, GB
A highly attractive and rare floral Grand Tour micromosaic jewelry or trinket box made by Cesare Roccheggiani in Rome, Italy, c. 1875.
This is a beautifully detailed micro-mosaic box. The panel in the lid depicts a lush bouquet of spring flowers, including roses, forget-me-nots, daffodils, buttercups and crocus, amongst others. These are described in brightly coloured stone micromosaic inlaid into a black surround, lending the piece wonderful contrast.
The more common subjects for similar micro mosaic boxes are architectural views of Rome; floral examples such as this are much harder to find.
The panel is mounted in a box gilded in 24 carat gold. Another distinctive feature is the granulated finish around the lid and to the underside of the box: it is most unusual and lends the piece a lovely texture.
A hand-painted champlevé enamel frieze wraps around the central body of the gilt metal box, depicting scrolling turquoise vines blooming with red berries along with blue, green and yellow vine leaves.
The interior is lined in the original silk and in very good original condition. The maker’s name ‘C. ROCCHEGGIANI ROMA’ is emblazoned in gold to the interior of the lid beneath the motif of a cross surmounted by a crown. The lining of both the lid and body are bordered with a ropetwist detail. The lid closes with hooked clasp, and the hinge is in good condition.
Cesare Roccheggiani was one of the most successful mosaicists in the late 19th century in Rome. He probably worked in Michelangelo Barberi’s workshop, and was in all likelihood related to Lorenzo Roccheggiani, a late eighteenth-century master mosaicist at the Vatican whose work included the altarpiece, Crucifixion of St. Peter after Guido Reni, and Nicolo Roccheggiani who worked on the Achilles Shield tabletop commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, and later gifted to Charles X of France, now in the collection of the Louvre.
Cesare Roccheggiani opened his premises on Via Condotti in Rome in 1874, and ran a production workshop including mosaicists, goldsmiths and other craftsmen. He was renowned as a source for fine quality Grand Tour mosaics...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Metal
Italian pietra dura leather covered box depicting Florence Cathedral, C 1930
Located in Central England, GB
This superb Italian box dates to circa 1930. It is made from wood, and the exterior is covered in fine leather, which is panelled with gilt tooling.
The top of the box is inset with...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Grand Tour (Or Earlier) Chiseled Bronze Venetian Dolphin Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italy, 19th century or earlier. We did find an example of this piece previously sold at auction that was said to be 16th or 17th century, however, we can not confirm that on our end. We are confident this is an old example and not a Maitland Smith reproduction. There is undesirable markings to under belly.
This exquisite antique chiseled...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
FINE PAIR OF ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN ALABASTER LiONS AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this extremely collectable pair of original Antique Circa 1880 Italian Grand Tour Alabaster Recumbent Lions ...
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1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Pair French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Classical Urns 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a remarkable pair of antique French Grand Tour ormolu and Carrara marble urns, circa 1860 in date.
These stunning urns have been superbly cast in the same form as the ancie...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage Grand Tour Mixed Media Grecian Figure
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This mixed media figure radiates power and mythic drama, depicting a winged male form mid-stride, gripping a lightning bolt in one hand and a coiled whip in the other. His muscular f...
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Late 20th Century American Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Grand Tour patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, dating from the last quarter of the 19th century.
Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology and he was distinguished for his beauty.
This well patinated bronze classical figure...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Petite Antique Italian Grand Tour Style Bronze Figural Sculpture
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 6 1/2in W: 3 1/3in D: 3 1/4in
This vintage Italian Grand Tour style bronze figural sculpture of a man on marble base is exceptional and was made with quality in mind!...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Set of 50 Grand Tour Bronze Medallions of Roman Emperors & Wives
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of 50 Grand Tour style patinated bronze medallions of Roman Emperors and their wives, typically seen on coins of the time.
A collection of this size is unusual and an exceptio...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
An Italian Wooden Book with Marble Specimens, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The hinged Burl walnut book inlaid with tulipwood opens to reveal 18 varieties of marbles. Including imperial porphyry, green porphyry,
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1950s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Pair of Bronze Busts of Rousseau and Voltaire
Located in London, GB
A pair of Antique busts of the French philosophers Rousseau and Voltaire. Unusually although from fairly standard portraits the busts appear to be English rather than French as they ...
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1820s English Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Diminutive Italian Grand Tour Style Models of Two Sandaled Right Feet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Diminutive Italian Grand Tour Style Models of Two Sandaled Right Feet
Italy, Circa 1960s
A delightful and charming pair of diminutive Italian Grand Tour style models of two ...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$316 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Figurative Sculpture 'The Dying Gaul', Italy
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Figurative Sculpture 'The Dying Gaul', Italy
By: unknown
Material: bronze, copper, metal
Technique: cast, molded, polished, metalwork, patinated
D...
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1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Bust Grand Tour Ajax in Patinated Bronze and Marble Column Base
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century patinated bronze depicting the hero Ajax or Menelaus, king of Sparta, mounted on a column-shaped base of grey veined marble, a classic souvenir of the Grand Tour
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Silvered Bronze Athénienne Jardinière by Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A French silvered-bronze athénienne by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, last quarter 19th century with a revolving liner, the frieze applied with bucrania suspending ribbon-tied berried laurel swags above a border of bellflowers on a stippled ground above three seated female sphinxes issuing stylised foliage and scrolls on lion monopodia cast with the mask of Hercules, scrolling foliage and anthemions joined by stretchers, raised on a concave-sided triform marble base on a further thin silvered-bronze base, inscribed to the tripod base 'F. BARBEDIENNE'
Measures: 103.3cm. high, 41.5cm. diameter; 3ft. 4 3/8 in, 1ft. 4 1/4.
This impressive athénienne is a key reminder of the longevity of a particular model and design’s success from Antiquity through to the 19th century and up until this day. Typically known as the ‘Trépied du Temple d’Isis’, this athénienne is designed after the Roman antique originally found at Pompeii and now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (fig.1). From being for example an inspiration for the baptismal font of Napoléon’s son in 1811, this model was the inspiration to many highly skilled makers throughout the 19thcentury such as the Manfredini brothers from Milan and of course the Parisian well-established bronze founder Ferdinand Barbedienne who executed the present example.
The Temple of Isis was a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis and was among one of the first discoveries during the excavation of Pompeii in 1764. Certainly considered as one of the most elegant examples of antique tripods, the existence of this model was then popularized to the rest of Europe via prints, one of the first being by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1779. This type of tripod was also popularised by an engraving in C. Percier and P. Fontaine’s, Receuil de Décorations Intérieures of 1801. Interestingly, there is also a watercolour now in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, showing this type of tripod displayed at the 1801 Exposition des Produits de L’Industrie in the Louvre.
The passion for Greek and Roman Art in the 19th century.
The discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum around the middle of the 18th century gave rise to a new passion for Antiquity and the excavated masterpieces renewed the repertoire of fine and decorative arts and served as models for Neoclassicism. Members of the aristocracy as well as connoisseurs, particularly in England, completed their education by undertaking a ‘Grand Tour’ of Italy and often fell victim to the recently unearthed Greek and Roman artefacts...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze
Spécimen Marble Surtout De Table
Located in Spencertown, NY
The table stand with orange/red marble border enclosing 25 different marble samples on a black slate base and four gilt bronze feet.
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Patinated Bronze Bust Of Ariadne
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique 19th century French patinated bronze bust of Ariadne retailed by Tiffany & Co. Beautiful Grand Tour model mounted on a gilt bronze and rouge marble plinth. Marked Tiffany & Co. with inventory number.
The Antinous bust based on the Lansdown Antinous marble found at Hadrian’s Villa...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Figural Ewer and Stand, after the Roman Antique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$556 Sale Price / set
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Pair of Magnificent Patinated Bronze Sculptures After Clodian
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour bronzes after the original sculptor, Claude Michael Clodion. The male and female Satyr Bacchus themes with putti and the adult figures with an origi...
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1870s Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Bronze Statuette of Venus, 2nd Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small dark patinated figure of Venus on round profiled plinth.
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Grand Tour Solid Marble Pink and Cream Obelisks, a Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of neoclassical Grand Tour style solid marble pink & cream obelisks
Late 20th Century
Measures:
Large: 2.88"W x 2.88"D x 9.75"H.
Small: 2.88"W x 2.88"D x 7.75"H.
...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Marble
1960s Italian Grand Tour Style Leather & Burlwood Column Motif Pen Stand/Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1960s Italian Grand Tour Style Leather & Burlwood Column Motif Pen Stand/Box
Italy, 1960s
This Italian Grand Tour style pen stand/box from the 1960s i...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Burl
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Centrury Italian Bronze Sculpture of a Vestal Virgin
Located in Dresden, DE
This 19th Century Italian Grand Tour sculpture depicts a Vestal Virgin, who were devoted priestesses of Vesta in ancient Rome, holding her water bowl. Vestals watched over the sacred...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Architectural Model Arc de Triomphe 1825
Located in Portland, OR
A fine early 19th century grand tour gilt bronze architectural model of the Arc de Triomphe, French, circa 1825.
This very fine grand tour model of one of France's most celebrated monuments, having pediment with concealed hinged lid opening to a storage reservoir. The bronze having silver relief figural group plaques, the model is mounted on a black marble oval base, the model made by Leblanc Freres...
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1820s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Carved Alabaster Bookend Columns from Volterra in the Style of the Grand Tour
Located in Roma, IT
A pair of vintage bookends made in Italy, in Volterra to be precise, as attested by the adhesive label still present under the base.
Dating back to around the mid-20th century, these...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Italian Statuary Marble Sculpture of Dirce after Lorenzo Bartolini
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Italian white statuary marble sculpture of Dirce after Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850).
This beautiful marble is carved after one of Lorenzo Bartolini's most successful scu...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Antique Grand Tour Alabaster Statue of Diana di Gabii
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour alabaster statue of Diana di Gabbi, after the antique. Dating to circa 1890, this expertly hand-carved sculpture is in excellent ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Grand Tour Style Large Bronze Model of the Farnese Hercules
Located in Montreal, QC
Grand Tour style large bronze model of the Farnese Hercules, after the antique. Early 20th century.
Set on a later ebonized wood base.
Overall height 68 in bronze height 48 in
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1950s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Sculpture, Bust of Julius Caesar
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A finely cast and beautifully patinated bust of Julius Caesar, it likely originates from Rome circa the third quarter of the 19th century and rests over its original violet breché ma...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
German Glazed Terracotta Monkey Tile by Karlshrue
Located in Houston, TX
German glazed terracotta monkey tile by Karlshrue.
German glazed terra cotta or Majolica monkey tile by Karlshrue, circa 1920. This gorgeous wall art depicts two monkeys on a tree br...
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1920s German Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Grand Tour decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Grand Tour decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Grand Tour decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include F. Barbedienne Foundry, Achille Collas, Ferdinand Barbedienne, and Borghese. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $108,390 while the average work can sell for $2,528.
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