Grand Tour Furniture

Original and very rare marble tazza. Beautiful color. Italy, circa 1800-1850 Good condition but consistent with its high age a bit weathered. More pictures available on request.

Embark on a journey through time with our exquisite 19th Century Red Italian Jasper Marble Tazza, a captivating centerpiece that serves as a cherished souvenir of the Grand Tour era....

A pair of wonderful, antique column crowns, decorative objects, hand-made in Italy, around 1920, in the Art Deco period, based on an antique model. On a square marble base there is ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Circa 1880 hand made in Italy Grand Tour bronze of the Horses of Saint Marks This i...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original pair of Circa 1880 hand made in Italy Grand Tour bronze Hercules cups with black marb...

Italian bronze Grand Tour Tazza dish with Medusa. This Tazza or Compote from the 19th century is made entirely of bronze and is characterized by elegant handles and a central cartouc...

Grand Tour Cinerarium Limestone, inlaid with ancient fragments of Franco-Italian 18th Century and Roman, 3rd Century AD Provenance: Private Collection UK Private Collection France, ...

A Large Pair of Giallo Antico Marble ‘Grand Tour’ Models of Ruins Celebrating the Corinthian Order, Attributed To The Workshop Of Benedetto Boschetti. The Temple of Castor and Pollu...

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 ...

Pair of mid 20th century carved solid wood lions circa 1950. Here we offer a fine pair of decorative carved lions for the ultimate installation piece.  Heavily carved out of solid w...

Beautiful and exciting tempera painting by the great artist of the Posillipo School Girolamo Gianni. It depicts a striking view of the Gulf of Naples with Vesuvius and Castel Sant'El...

A Near Pair of Lapis Lazuli Obelisks Veneered with the rare and semi-precious deep blue lapis admired for its intense colour, each obelisk with Carrara marble bases and moulding. Pr...

An exquisitely cast and patinated bronze 'Etruscan' candelabrum in the Grand Tour taste. France or Italy, mid- to late 19th century. Why we like it We love the finest quality of cas...

Excellent set of six profile portraits in bas-relief with bronze cameo as a souvenir from the Italian 'Grand Tour' of the late 18th century of Greek and Roman personalities, those re...

Mounted in an Oval Ebonised Frame From our collectables we are delighted to offer this Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Spaniel ‘After the Hunt’ after Antonio Aguatti and Gioacchino ...

An antique Neoclassical statuary marble statue of Rebecca at the well, signed and dated 'ABO CIPRIANI FECE 1880', from a private collection in London. Dating to circa 1880, this expe...

Gorgeous Grand Tour model of an oval temple we date to circa 1890 Such an elegant piece crafted from bone and silver plate Classic Corinthian columns support the silver plate pedimen...

A very decorative 19th century Italian Grand Tour figure of 'Faro' carved in black basalt, mounted on a grey stone base. Height: 30 cm. Italy 19th century.

An impressive pair of Medici Lions fashioned after the style of Staffordshire Pottery of the late 1800's Capable of making a splendid decorative statement Circa 1960's Height 4.75 in...

This is a large pair of antique drinking cups. An Italian, bronze over marble decorative goblet in Grand Tour taste, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1850. Fine example of reli...

A pair of interesting ancient Greek style statuary marble relics or wall plaques, depicting a serpent and dove in relief. Thought to be of Greek or Italian origin, these antique wal...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite pair of 1870 Grand Tour Bronze, Gilt Bronze and Marble Bacchahalia Cassolettes after Cloudio A very finely cast and finished pair of Napoleon III period vasiform urns, they are an exquisite sand-cast creation utilizing bronze and gilt bronze to create an extraordinary contrast between materials. The body of the vase is rich in a dark-brown patina that positively glows around the bas-relief Bacchanalia scene of putto playing a tug-of-war type game, carrying wine glasses and bunches of grapes and one walking with a thrysus raised over his shoulder while roaring animal heads flank either end with polished bronze garlands of water-leaves and berries draped between. The lids and necks are crafted of gilt bronze, which gives a cooler tone to the brilliant shine of the metal. The urns are raised over a shaped marble base and finished over a polished bronze rim affixed on the underside with slotted screws. After the models by Claude Michel Clodion. For those of you that are unaware the “Grand Tour” was something educated young people did in the 18th and 19th century to learn and further educate themselves on other cultures, they would pick up small medium and large trinkets as memories of the journey which would sit in pride of place in their library or study as conversation pieces when friends and relatives would visit, they basically proved you were well educated, well travelled and a person of culture. These pair are large, decorative and very important looking pieces of Italian Grand Tour art...

19th Century Italian micro mosaic grand tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny. Rome - Circa 1870. Cartouche shaped black slate ground, inset ...

This remarkable horse sculpture depicts a head and shoulders study of a wild stallion and mare carved meticulously from figured and veined natural marble stone with colours ranging f...

A beautiful Grand Tour statuary marble torso of an athlete, after the antique. Probably Rome, 19th century. Raised on a later Nero Marquina ...

Narcissus Bronze Sculpture early 1900s, the figure is a reproduction from the classical-era bronze of the Greek god Dionysus found in the 1862 excavations at Pompeii and preserved a...

In the foreground, a lake surrounded by vegetation. On the left bank, several figures, some in a boat. In the background, a building that resembles a fortified castle, in a hilly lan...

An important painting by one of the greatest Italian artists of the 19th century, Carlo Brancaccio. He was one of the most important exponents of the Posillipo School and shows all h...

An important painting by one of the most representative Italian artists of the 19th century, Enrico Coleman. It depicts a village most probably from Lazio, perhaps a glimpse of Anticoli Corrado, the town famous for the attractiveness of its models, or rather Subiaco, his mother's birthplace. The atmosphere here is typical of the XXVs of the Roman Campagna of which Enrico Coleman was probably the most important exponent. The reason for this can also be seen in this small masterpiece that captures the washerwomen in their occupation immersed in a poetically bucolic atmosphere; a sky of unparalleled blue stands out in the background. Signed below on the right This painting, never before on the market, comes from an important Italian private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Oil painting on paper Enrico Coleman (21 or 25 June 1846 – 14 February 1911) was an Italian painter of British nationality. He was the son of the English painter Charles Coleman and brother of the less well-known Italian painter Francesco Coleman. He painted, in oils and in watercolours, the landscapes of the Campagna Romana and the Agro Pontino; he was a collector, grower and painter of orchids. Because of his supposedly Oriental air, he was known to his friends as "Il Birmano", the Burmese. Enrico Coleman was born in Rome in June 1846. He was the fourth child of the English painter Charles Coleman, who had come to Rome in 1831 and settled there permanently in 1835, and of a famous artist's model from Subiaco, Fortunata Segadori (or Segatori), whom he had married in 1836. Coleman was initially taught by his father, did study at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Following the mocking reception of Una mandria di bufali nelle paludi pontine, a naturalistic painting of a herd of buffaloes in the Pontine marshes, at the International Artist's Club in 1872,he reportedly began to paint genre subjects in the manner of the then-fashionable Mariano Fortuny, although no works showing the influence of the Spanish painter are known. At the instigation of Nino Costa, he soon returned to the depiction of the people, animals and landscapes of the Campagna Romana and the Agro Pontino. Coleman was lover of orchids, which he painted, collected and cultivated. An 1894 watercolour of orchids is in the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome. Coleman had a remarkable collection of indigenous orchids, which he cultivated himself in his house at 6 via Valenziana and the botanist Fabrizio Cortesi named the hybrid Orchis x colemanii Cortesi in his honour. In 1875, Coleman was among the founding members of the Società degli Acquarellisti, the Roman society of watercolourists; he participated in the society's first exhibition in 1876, and continued to exhibit with them until 1907. In 1878 he was elected an honorary member of the Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes, the Belgian royal society of watercolourists, with which he participated in the Salon de Paris in 1879 and to the 4th Esposizione Nazionale di Belle Arti, or national fine art show, of Turin in 1880, and to that of Milan in the following year; he showed works in London in 1882 and in Rome in 1883. In 1885, Coleman was among the founding members of the group In Arte Libertas, of which Nino Costa was the leading force and the other founding members were Vincenzo Cabianca...

A 19th century Italian grand tour bronze figure of Bacchus with a goat over his shoulders Circa 1890

A French bronze figure of Atalanta with a «Fumiere et Cie» mark on the base. Atalanta the famous virgin huntress.Atalanta raced all her suitors and outran all but Hippomenes, who de...

A French bronze statue of Hippomenes throwing apples while racing, titled «Hippomène Lanceur De Pommes D’or» with a «Fumiere et Cie» mark on the base. Except for Hippomenes, Atalanta...

Pair of Large Cast Iron Garden Urns with Rams and Putti Beautifully Weathered Large Urns, each decorated with 2 cherubs and 2 Rams heads The Urns are slightly rusty but otherwise t...

A beautiful Gran Tour vase, of Etruscan inspiration in cast iron, decorated with geometric and vegetal drawings, both on the base and in other parts of the vase, it has two ring-shap...

A decorative pair of Italian 19th Century gouache paintings of sailors on the Bay of Naples before Vesuvius erupting by day, and another by night, da...

A superb 'Grand Tour' bronze bust, traditionally described as Dionysus (Dionysos), after the original excavated at the Villa of the Papyri in 1754; by the Sabatino and Sons foundry, ...

Sculpted from one of the rarest and most visually stunning coloured and figured of stones. Exceptionally Rare 19th Century Carved Breche Sanguine & Gilt Bronze Mounted Navicella. This magnificent marble masterpiece is a work of art, a variation on the ancient sculpture of a Roman Galley...

A superb antique pair of Grand Tour bronze and Siena marble Borghese Campana urns, circa 1870 in date. This pair of patinated bronze campana urns are after the Borghese models with...

A pair of resting bronze lions on shaped walnut painted plinths modeled on the original marble sculpture by Antonio Canova. Reduction from the originals created by Antonio C...

A 19th century Italian plaster figure of the dancing faun, patinated to look like bronze. Circa 1870

An Italian terracotta figure of Mercury resting on a rock after Giovanni Mollica - Mid 19th century Hand written label to the base see image

A 19th century terracotta depiction of a shepherd boy based on the marble statue by late 18th/early 19th century Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvalsden. This terracotta statue once resid...

Pair of Bronze Urn Vases French 19th Century on Black Marble Bases. Shaped handles raised on a black marble stepped plinth with a casting of a Greek God on both sides with mirroring ...

A very fine Italian marquetry box dating to circa 1860 and made in the Sorrento region of Italy where local craftsmen were renowned for making ...

A Stunning and Unusual Pair of Matching Grand Tour Bronze Spelter Greek Male Figurines on Alabaster Bases. The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a...

This is a fine antique pair of French Grand Tour patinated-bronze sculptures of the Marly Horses, Circa 1850 in date and signed to one base. The original Marly Horses were commissi...

An elegant set of three framed intaglios, enclosing eighteen plaster Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti intaglios dating from the e...

Gladiatore ferito in bronzo, scultura italiana della seconda metà del 1800 in buono stato di conservazione. La figura si ispira alla scultura ellenistica raffigurante il "Gallo morente" il celebre Galata...

This is a large French Grand Tour bronze sculpture of Pan the Roman fertility God of the forest issued by the "Musee de Naple" , circa 1870 in date. The sculpture features Pan danc...

19th Century Devil Gargoyle Bracket This is a very old hard plaster wall bracket The subject is a horned devil surrounded with grapes and vines The Bracket is sound with the expec...

Italian antique marble sampler paperweight

19th century Italian carved walnut tazza circa 1880. Beautiful italian cup/tazza with good patina. Carved cup and base united by 4 columns. Likely to be...

Antique framed Academic Chalk Drawing of a Greek Intellectual on Sepia toned and textured paper Anonymous Italy; 19th century White and Dark Grey Chalk on Sepia Paper; narrow wooden...

An elegant French Grand Tour bronze figure of the Greek Goddess Diana by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié, French 1845 - 1916, dating from Circa 1880. The seated and robed Goddess Diana is holding a bow and arrows with her head downcast and raised on a circular plinth. Diana was originally considered to be a goddess of the wilderness and of the hunt, a central sport in both Roman and Greek culture. Early Roman inscriptions to Diana celebrated her primarily as a huntress and patron of hunters. Add a beautiful classical element to your home with this delightful bronze. Condition: In excellent condition with no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 41 x Width 29 x Depth 19 Dimensions in inches: Height 1 foot, 4 inches x Width 11 inches x Depth 7 inches Mercié entered the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and studied under Alexandre Falguière and François Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome at the age of 23. His first great popular successes were the David and Gloria Victis, which was shown and received the Medal of Honour of the Paris Salon. The bronze was subsequently placed in the Square Montholon. The bronze David...

This superb Grand Tour bronze study portrays a bust of Diana of Versailles or Diana the Huntress, considered in Roman and Hellenistic mythology as goddess and patroness of countryside, nature, hunters, wildlife and childbirth. This fine example is French, circa 1860. It is raised onto a sophisticated base with a thin bronze foot with a turned black slate plinth and above there is a highly decorative cast...

A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth. This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley...

A rare of 6 mid C19th classical Grand Tour gouaches of unusual scenes depicting Naples, Pompéi and Vesuvius, with broad gold slips and ebonised reeded frames. Circa 1860 Largest 4 - ...

A late 18th century Italian architectural wood carving - hand carved painted and gilded wood - depicting a facade of a building - an ornate door with deep recesses either side of th...