Antique Grand Tour Porcelain Vase, Early 19th Century

A charming Grand Tour style porcelain vase, matte black ground with polychrome decorations in ancient Greek style,  English, mid-19th century.

A very decorative Grand Tour vase after a design by Thomas Hope, mounted as table lamp, in porcelain with matte turquoise ground and glazed classical ornaments. English, early 19th c...

A decorative pair of Grand Tour bronze-patinated urns of ancient Greek 'volute krater' form,  Italy, 19th century. Why we like them We love the decorative look of these urns, evoking the Grand Tour travels of the 19th century. Perfect for lamp conversion. Design This shape was introduced in the late 6th century B.C. and was favoured by significant artists who worked in terracotta and in bronze. The earliest example in bronze belongs to the late 5th century B.C. and was found in a tomb in Agrigento. A characteristic of volute-krater handles is the fine articulation of the volute itself and of the lower terminals where they rested on the shoulder of the vase. Here, as in most metal examples, they assume the form of swans' heads. A pair of handles of this design is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Chiurazzi, De Angelis and Sommer where the main Neapolitan foundries that catered for the needs and tastes of the grand-tourists throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. They produced a wide range of fine quality objects, often using the museum casts...

An interesting early 19th century slipper chair of small proportions, retaining original needlework upholstery, English, circa 1835. The chair p...

An exquisite early 19th century gros-point and beadwork tapestry picture, in antique parquetry frame. Size of the panel: 20.75 in / 52.5 cm by 21.25 in / 54 cm.

A fine quality early 19th century Regency, George IV period open armchair, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London. English, circa 1825. Illustrated: British Furniture: 182...

A stunning and rare antique Italian Maiolica pottery triple gourd vase hand-painted with classical stylised figurative and scroll designs in typical ...

Beautiful and hard to find pair of tall Swedish Rörstrand blue white earthenware vases decorated with alternating medallions of bucolic scenes a...

A stunning and rare antique Italian Maiolica pottery triple gourd vase hand-painted with portraits set amidst classical and scroll designs in typical...

An antique Majolica lidded vase moulded with a continuous relief moulded scene of putti in various activity with grotesque horned lion heads applied either side of the rim. The earth...

A beautiful blush porcelain pitcher in the Aesthetic style, made by Royal Worcester in 1890. This small pitcher is decorated with hand-painted flowe...

A Wedgwood jardiniere with lilac and sage details on a white jasperware ground. Jasperware is perhaps the quintessential Wedgwood clay body and is even considered by some to be a ceramic development on par with porcelain. Originally developed in the 1770s as dyed stoneware bodies (the most ubiquitous of which is pale blue) with applied white figurative decoration in imitation of cameos from the Ancient World, jasperware quickly expanded to a plethora of colorways as per Wedgwood innovation standards. This jardiniere, with lilac and sage decoration on white jasperware ground, is part of Wedgwood’s tricolor jasperware...