The Grand Tour of Europe was a cultural tradition that was popular among wealthy young men in the 19th century. The Grand Tour was a rite of passage for many young men of the British and European aristocracy and upper classes, who would travel to various parts of Europe to broaden their education, refine their cultural tastes, and experience new cultures and customs.

The Grand Tour typically involved visiting a number of European cities, including Paris, Venice, Florence, Rome, and Athens, and it often lasted for several months or even years. During this time, the travelers would visit museums, galleries, and other cultural institutions, and they would also participate in local customs and traditions, such as attending concerts and operas.

The Grand Tour was considered an essential part of a young man's education, as it provided exposure to a wide range of cultural, artistic, and historical influences that were more...

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19th century early Grand Tour oil on board possible Swiss lake…

Swiss Grand Tour: Lakeside Reflections

19th century early Grand Tour oil on board possible Swiss lake scene

19th century Grand Tour watercolour European landscape in…

Gilded Grand Tour Landscape

19th century Grand Tour watercolour European landscape in ornate gilt frame

Three antique Italian Grand Tour ceramic medallions, 19th…

Italian Grand Tour Ceramic Medallions, 19th Century

Three antique Italian Grand Tour ceramic medallions, 19th century, the largest 7.5 cm wide

Two Grand Tour perfume bottles, 19th century with pierced…

19th Century Grand Tour Perfume Bottles with Ormolu Collars

Two Grand Tour perfume bottles, 19th century with pierced ormolu collars and casing over red glass, one of square section form with a decorative hinged lid with a scene under glass of the arch of constantine, and the other of globular pedestal form with a…

A small rouge marble column, in the grand tour style, 19th…

19th Century Rouge Marble Grand Tour Column

A small rouge marble column, in the grand tour style, 19th century, 44.5 cm high

Antique French Grand Tour enamelled thermometer, with bronze…

French Grand Tour Enamelled Thermometer with Bronze Child Finial

Antique French Grand Tour enamelled thermometer, with bronze head of a child in a helmet finial and green alabaster stepped base, 19 cm high

An Italian pietra dura inset photograph frame on stand, 19th…

An Italian pietra dura inset photograph frame on stand, 19th century, the oval and hinged gilt brass photo frame inset with a Grand Tour oval pietra dura panel decorated with floral spray, with easel stand. Height 21.5 cm, width 14 cm

Grand tour Italian bronze of seated Hermes height 20 cm

Grand tour Italian bronze of seated Hermes height 20 cm

Antique bronze Grand Tour kneeling slave figure Egyptian themed…

Antique Egyptian-themed Bronze Candlestick

Antique bronze Grand Tour kneeling slave figure Egyptian themed souvenir figure in form of candlestick or vase, circa 1800, height 15 cm

Victorian Grand Tour pietra dura photo frame, oval floral panel…

Victorian Pietra Dura Floral Photo Frame

Victorian Grand Tour pietra dura photo frame, oval floral panel inset with hardstones in gilt metal hinged frame

Two C1900 Italian Grand Tour micro mosaic photo frames, floral…

Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Photo Frames - Floral Patterns

Two C1900 Italian Grand Tour micro mosaic photo frames, floral patterns of double horse shoe and circular 9 x 6 cm, 5.5 cm

Victorian Grand Tour lava cameo bracelet

Victorian Lava Cameo Bracelet: Grand Tour Style

Victorian Grand Tour lava cameo bracelet

An interesting glass 'Grand Tour' comport, 19th century, an…

Grand Tour Glass Comport with Parisian Monuments

An interesting glass 'Grand Tour' comport, 19th century, an antique souvenir piece comprising a series of glass roundels with transfers of Paris monuments set within brass frames, surrounding a central panel of the church of the Magdalene, raised upon…

A blue and gold Grand Tour style urn vase by Jaget Et Pinon,…

Blue and Gold Urn Vase by Jaget Et Pinon

A blue and gold Grand Tour style urn vase by Jaget Et Pinon, late 19th century, the urn vase with high set leafy handles, a turned short pedestal to a socle, and square base, with a matte brown border with leaf and berry designs in gilt, the body with…

Romulus and Remus she-wolf Roman style Grand Tour bronze jug,…

Roman She-Wolf Bronze Jug, 18th/19th Century

Romulus and Remus she-wolf Roman style Grand Tour bronze jug, 18th/19th century, 10.5 cm high

Grand Tour micro mosaic floral framed miniature the miniature…

Grand Tour Floral Micro Mosaic Miniature on Ivory

Grand Tour micro mosaic floral framed miniature the miniature on ivory depicting a young woman in an interior, 11.5 x 9 cm overall

Victorian Grand Tour branch red coral necklace

Victorian Red Coral Grand Tour Necklace

Victorian Grand Tour branch red coral necklace

Two C1900 Italian Grand Tour micro mosaic photo frames, all…

Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Floral Photo Frames

Two C1900 Italian Grand Tour micro mosaic photo frames, all floral decorated double hinged folding frame and single frame 8 x 13 cm, 6 cm height

Grand Tour antique Italian micro mosaic and hard stone panel…

Grand Tour antique Italian micro mosaic and hard stone panel adorned with classical cameo shell portraits, emblazoned 'Ricordo Venezia', 19th century, 8 x 12 cm

A collection of framed Grand Tour style intaglios, comprising…

Grand Tour Intaglio Collection in Gilded Frame

A collection of framed Grand Tour style intaglios, comprising eleven oval plaster portraits, profiles and depictions of classical figures in a gilded frame, the largest intaglio 5 x 3.5 cm

A pair of painted similuated malachite obelisks, in the grand…

Simulated Malachite Obelisks - Grand Tour Style (9 words)

A pair of painted similuated malachite obelisks, in the grand tour style, 39 cm high

Late 19th century Italian Grand Tour 'Askos' bronze ewer after…

Italian Bronze Ewer from Herculaneum

Late 19th century Italian Grand Tour 'Askos' bronze ewer after the antique, the Roman original excavated at Herculaneum and in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, 26 cm height

Late 19th century Italian Grand Tour cast iron occasional table,…

Italian Grand Tour Cast Iron Table

Late 19th century Italian Grand Tour cast iron occasional table, the dished circular top with allogorical scene to the centre, hanging chains below on leaf cast base and three legs with ball feet (chip to rim)

An Italian Grand Tour pietra-dura bottle, black basalt inlaid…

Italian Pietra-Dura Bottle with Semi-Precious Stones Inlay

An Italian Grand Tour pietra-dura bottle, black basalt inlaid with semi-precious stones, the base with decorative floral motif, 19th century, 10.5 cm high, 8 cm wide

Grand Tour Roman style bronze offering bowl with serpent…

Roman Serpent Offering Bowl

Grand Tour Roman style bronze offering bowl with serpent decoration, Italian, late 18th early 19th century, 9.5 cm high, 16.5 cm wide

A Grand Tour bronze replica of the Warwick vase, later 19th…

Small Warwick Vase Replica with Bacchic Ornament

A Grand Tour bronze replica of the Warwick vase, later 19th century, the small size urn after the Roman original with Bacchic ornament and classical borders, height 13 cm, width 20 cm, diameter 14 cm

A collection of Grand Tour style items including a miniature…

Grand Tour Style Collection from Ian Cooper Estate

A collection of Grand Tour style items including a miniature replica of a Greek amphora, a lidded box with Greek red painting motifs, an earthenware model of a foot wearing a sandal and a bisque porcelain cameo of a man, the vase, 13.5 cm high. Provenance…

Victorian 18ct Grand Tour Petra dura brooch Ins '10 $1,800

Victorian Grand Tour Brooch with Petra Dura in 18ct Gold

Victorian 18ct Grand Tour Petra dura brooch Ins '10 $1,800

An early 19th century Grand Tour bronze figure of 'Praying Boy',…

Grand Tour Bronze Praying Boy, 19th Century

An early 19th century Grand Tour bronze figure of 'Praying Boy', after the antique Praying boy of Rhodes, dating from 300BC. Stamped to base 'Rohn'. Height 29 cm

Grand Tour group of eight painted chalk ware medallions framed…

Grand Tour Medallions in Framed Collection

Grand Tour group of eight painted chalk ware medallions framed and mounted as one, 19th century, 33 x 29 cm overall

Grand Tour Roman Emperor plaques cast in pewter depicting Nero,…

Roman Emperor Pewter Plaques, 1830

Grand Tour Roman Emperor plaques cast in pewter depicting Nero, Tiberius and Giaus (Caligula), circa 1830, (3 items), 13 cm diameter overall

A Grand Tour Italian 'Sorrento Ware' olive wood and marquetry…

Italian Marquetry Folding Mirror with Olive Wood Frame

A Grand Tour Italian 'Sorrento Ware' olive wood and marquetry folding travelling mirror, 19th century, a decorative and detailed fretwork frame finely pierced throughout with formal scroll and vegetal motifs, with inlaid plaques in coloured timbers…

An Italian Grand Tour hardstone shaped paperweight, 19th…

19th Century Italian Hardstone Paperweight

An Italian Grand Tour hardstone shaped paperweight, 19th century, 6 cm high, 8 cm wide

A set of framed Grand Tour intaglios, 19th century, eight…

19th Century Grand Tour Intaglios in Box Frame Mount

A set of framed Grand Tour intaglios, 19th century, eight plaster medallions in relief each replicating statuary from the antique, box frame mounted, 23 cm x 23 cm

Grand tour carved cameo & yellow gold brooch marked Papal state…

Papal State Carved Cameo Brooch with Victory Driving Biga

Grand tour carved cameo & yellow gold brooch marked Papal state marks (1815-1870s). Carved scene depicting Victory driving a Biga, cameo size 45 x 38 mm, weight 15.8 grams, tests as 15ct

Micromosaic Grand Tour antique Italian panel with peasant girl…

Micromosaic Grand Tour antique Italian panel with peasant girl harvest portrait, 19th century, 13 x 9 cm

An antique French 'Grand Tour' scent bottle with gilt metal…

19th Century French Grand Tour Scent Bottle with Miniature Portraits

An antique French 'Grand Tour' scent bottle with gilt metal mounts and five miniature hand painted portraits on ivory, 19th century, 12 cm high

A pair of Italian 'Grand Tour' pietra dura candlesticks, 19th…

Italian Pietra Dura Candlesticks, 19th Century

A pair of Italian 'Grand Tour' pietra dura candlesticks, 19th century, 12 cm high

A grand tour style gilt metal mounted blue glass scent bottle,…

Blue Glass Scent Bottle with Architectural Scenes

A grand tour style gilt metal mounted blue glass scent bottle, inset with rondelles of lithographic architectural scenes, 21 cm high

Italian school grand tour architectural scene watercolour, 26 x…

Italian Architectural Grand Tour Watercolour

Italian school grand tour architectural scene watercolour, 26 x 47 cm

Victorian 18ct frame Grand Tour mosaic brooch oval micro-mosaic…

Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic Brooch with Roman Ruins

Victorian 18ct frame Grand Tour mosaic brooch oval micro-mosaic panel of Roman ruins (faults)

An Italian Grand Tour hardstone square form ruler, 19th century,…

19th Century Italian Hardstone Ruler

An Italian Grand Tour hardstone square form ruler, 19th century, 32 cm long

A pair of Italian grand Tour bronze urn vases, 19th century,…

Italian Grand Tour Bronze Urn Vases

A pair of Italian grand Tour bronze urn vases, 19th century, the urn vases with continuous Greco-Roman figural decoration in high relief to the body upon a textured and blackened ground, with stiff leaf and dart borders to the rim and pedestal foot, and…

A Grand Tour style architectural model of the Battistero Pisa,…

Grand Tour Battistero Pisa Marble Model

A Grand Tour style architectural model of the Battistero Pisa, carved, incised and pierced marble, (losses throughout), 19 cm high

Grand tour small scale Renaissance balcony section, approx 40…

Small Renaissance Balcony Section for Grand Tour Display

Grand tour small scale Renaissance balcony section, approx 40 cm long, 25 cm high, 16 cm deep

A pair of Grand Tour bronze and black marble urns, 19th century,…

Neoclassical Bronze and Marble Urns

A pair of Grand Tour bronze and black marble urns, 19th century, in the neoclassical manner, pedestal urns with high looped handles depicting, centaurs and cupids, raised on marble plinths with mascarons to the corners, classical border decorations and…

Two Victorian Grand Tour C1870 gold pietra dura Florentine…

Two Victorian Grand Tour C1870 gold pietra dura Florentine mosaic brooches, multi-coloured floral spray on leaf and wire worked frame with reverse photo panel, second of violet mosaic with similar earring mount, 32 mm lengths

Liberotti Impronte, a collection of Grand Tour cameos, Italian,…

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Cameo Collection

Liberotti Impronte, a collection of Grand Tour cameos, Italian, 19th century, a collection of classical plaster cameos in two trays mounted in faux leather and marbled book binding, with a hand written inventory, selected works, 'Opere scelte', attached…

A collection of Grand Tour circular intaglios, comprising three…

Grand Tour Intaglio Collection

A collection of Grand Tour circular intaglios, comprising three pieces, each in a birdseye maple frame, including a plaster profile of Jean Lannes, the largest 5 cm diameter

A collection of Grand Tour style busts including a marble bust…

Grand Tour Bust Collection

A collection of Grand Tour style busts including a marble bust of a bearded male, (losses); a composite bust of Julius Caesar; and a cast metal bust of a centurion, the tallest 28 cm high. Provenance: Estate of the late Ian David Cooper, Victoria.

Victorian Grand Tour 15ct framed cameo brooch, of a Bacchante,…

Victorian Bacchante Cameo Brooch

Victorian Grand Tour 15ct framed cameo brooch, of a Bacchante, priestess, or follower of Bacchus, cameo 5 cmH

A Grand Tour ceramic amphora, 19th century, decorated with red,…

A Grand Tour ceramic amphora, 19th century, decorated with red, gold and cream colours on a black ground with applied foliage and ram's head lug handles, a charioteer scene after the antique to the body below a pendent border of palmettes, 42 cm high

A trio of Grand Tour oval intaglios, including a profile of…

Grand Tour Intaglios Trio with Craneades Profile

A trio of Grand Tour oval intaglios, including a profile of Craneades, each individually framed, the largest 10 x 8 cm

A set of Grand Tour bronze intaglios, comprising five intricate…

Grand Tour Bronze Intaglios in Maple Frame

A set of Grand Tour bronze intaglios, comprising five intricate relief cast designs, including the myth of Prometheus, in a period maple frame, the largest 8.5 x 6 cm

Italian Grand Tour bronze lidded pot, decorated with rams &…

Bronze Grand Tour Pot with Rams and Eagle Decoration

Italian Grand Tour bronze lidded pot, decorated with rams & eagle, 17 cm high

Group of 24 Grand Tour plaster relief plaques, early 19th…

Set of 24 Grand Tour Plaster Relief Plaques

Group of 24 Grand Tour plaster relief plaques, early 19th century, the largest 4.5 cm diameter

Four box framed Collections of Grand Tour style composite…

Grand Tour Intaglio Collection

Four box framed Collections of Grand Tour style composite Intaglios 36 x 24 cm

A fine pair of grand tour bronze candelabra, French, 19th…

Classical French Bronze Candelabra with Bird Finials

A fine pair of grand tour bronze candelabra, French, 19th century, with classical figures, bird finials and multiple candle branches. 74 cm high

A cased collection of twenty nine modern Grand Tour style…

Modern Grand Tour Medallions in Rosewood Frame

A cased collection of twenty nine modern Grand Tour style plaster relief medallions, housed within an open rosewood box frame, the frame 45.5 x 37.5 cm.

A Grand Tour, Circa 1927 Four Art Deco style photo albums,…

1927 Art Deco Grand Tour Photo Albums

A Grand Tour, Circa 1927 Four Art Deco style photo albums, original brown cloth boards with decorative device and 'Photographs' in gilt; each volume with contemporary manuscript paper title to spine: Vol.1 'New Zealand / S.S. Taiping / Canberra':…

19th century Italian school, Grand Tour, View of mount Vesuvius,…

Italian Grand Tour: Vesuvius View

19th century Italian school, Grand Tour, View of mount Vesuvius, gouache on paper, framed, 7.5 x 11 cm. Provenance: collection of George and Adisa Pompei, Sydney

A classical style Grand Tour bronze of Narcissus, Giorgio…

Classical Bronze Narcissus by Giorgio Sommer

A classical style Grand Tour bronze of Narcissus, Giorgio Sommer, Napoli, modelled in typical form, signed Sommer to circular base., 21.5 cm high

19th century Grand Tour micro mosaic pendant, of teardrop form…

Micro Mosaic Roman Ruins Pendant in 18ct Gold

19th century Grand Tour micro mosaic pendant, of teardrop form in 18ct yellow gold and malachite, with oval shaped micro mosaic depicting Roman ruins, pendant height 4.4 cm

Pair of 19th century Grand Tour pendants, of teardrop form in…

Grand Tour Malachite Pendants with Micro Mosaic Work

Pair of 19th century Grand Tour pendants, of teardrop form in 18ct yellow gold and malachite, featuring intricate micro mosaic work depicting Roman ruins, one a/f (past repair), pendant height 4.5 cm (2)

Grand Tour pair of antique variegated marble spheres on stepped…

Grand Tour pair of antique variegated marble spheres on stepped marble bases, 19th century, 18 cm high overall

A pair of bronze Grand Tour Warwick vases, circa 1820 well cast…

Bronze Grand Tour Warwick Vases with Classical Masks

A pair of bronze Grand Tour Warwick vases, circa 1820 well cast with classical masks in high relief to the body and twin vine knot handles, a foldover rim with an egg and dart border and raised on a waisted and fluted pedestal, the stepped black slate…

A collection of Eighty-Eight Grand Tour red wax Intaglios,…

A collection of Eighty-Eight Grand Tour red wax Intaglios, early 19th century, cast from antique Roman intaglios, of various sizes and shapes, mostly oval or circular, some retaining original paper binding to the sides, the largest 3.5 cm x 2.5 cm…

Hand compiled photograph and scrap album, including New Zealand…

Kiwi Grand Tour: A Hand-Compiled Photograph Album

Hand compiled photograph and scrap album, including New Zealand & Grand Tour content of lithographs, sketches, watercolours, and mainly photography, New Zealand content including West coast a number of industrial, Reefton, Dunedin, Christchurch, some…

Collection of Grand Tour plaster Intaglios, in parcel-gilt and…

Grand Tour Plaster Intaglios in Gilt Frames

Collection of Grand Tour plaster Intaglios, in parcel-gilt and burr wood frames (2), 29 x 38 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Antique bronze Warwick vase style urn in heavy gauge bronze…

Antique Bronze Warwick Vase Urn - Grand Tour Era

Antique bronze Warwick vase style urn in heavy gauge bronze from the Grand Tour measures 24 cm high, 34 cm wide

Grand Tour bronze figure of the dancing faun of Pompeii, after…

Bronze Dancing Faun of Pompeii

Grand Tour bronze figure of the dancing faun of Pompeii, after the antique, the standing figure with his arms outstretched, on a stepped square base, height 32 cm. Provenance: The collection of John Schaeffer at Rona, Christie's Australia, Sydney, 16 May…

Victorian Grand Tour C1870 gold pietra dura Florentine mosaic…

Victorian Grand Tour C1870 gold pietra dura Florentine mosaic brooch and earrings, oval white rose pattern on finely wire worked frame with matching earrings, one with extra hanger, 45 mm brooch length (not including suspender)

A 19th century Grand Tour gold mounted micro-mosaic brooch, the…

Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic Brooch of St. Peter's Square

A 19th century Grand Tour gold mounted micro-mosaic brooch, the finely laid miniature tesserae showing a scene of St. Peter's square, the Vatican, Rome, within a sunstone oval and gold mount, clip, safety chain and loop to the reverse, 4 cm high, 5 cm…

A pair of Grand Tour bronzes of Hercules, one with the infant…

Grand Tour Bronzes: Hercules & Telephos, Discus Thrower

A pair of Grand Tour bronzes of Hercules, one with the infant Telephos, the other The Discus Thrower, on marble plinths. 19th century, 21 cm high

A pair of bronze Grand Tour figures of sleeping nymphs, rouge…

Bronze Sleeping Nymphs on Rouge Marble Bases, 19th Century

A pair of bronze Grand Tour figures of sleeping nymphs, rouge marble bases. 19th century, 13 cm high

A Grand Tour ivory miniature, after Titian 'Amor Sacro E Amor…

Ivory Miniature: Sacred & Profane Love (after Titian)

A Grand Tour ivory miniature, after Titian 'Amor Sacro E Amor Profano'. Sacred and Profane love, unsigned, mounted with gilt bronze frame and velvet mount, 10 cm x 24.5 cm

A large finely cast and chased bronze Grand Tour Borghese urn,…

Borghese Bronze Urn with High Relief Decoration

A large finely cast and chased bronze Grand Tour Borghese urn, patinated bronze decorated in high relief with scrolls acanthus, beaded rim, reeded handles with satyr mask terminals and on a pedestal base with square plinth, height 74 cm, width 63 cm

A pair Grand Tour bronze figures on circular rouge marble…

Grand Tour Bronze Figures on Rouge Marble Plinths

A pair Grand Tour bronze figures on circular rouge marble plinths,19th century, 23 cm high

Two cased collections of Grand Tour style plaster intaglios…

Grand Tour Plaster Intaglios Collection

Two cased collections of Grand Tour style plaster intaglios comprising ninety nine intaglios, housed in 'Book' form boxes, together with numbered lists of the motifs represented, each box 32 cm wide. Provenance: Estate of the late Ian David Cooper,…

Italian Grand Tour pietra dura ornament, 19th century black…

19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Ornament

Italian Grand Tour pietra dura ornament, 19th century black marble with white and blue flowers to centre in oval brass frame with ribbon decoration

A Grand Tour bronze of the Borghese gladiator, after the…

Borghese Gladiator Bronze on Marble Base

A Grand Tour bronze of the Borghese gladiator, after the antique, 19th century, on associated white marble base, height excluding base 29 cm

A Grand Tour bronze of the dancing faun, 19th century, after…

A Grand Tour bronze of the dancing faun, 19th century, after the Hellenistic original housed in the Uffizi gallery in Florence, the naked faun holding cymbals on a circular leaf cast base. Height 27 cm. Provenance: The Estate of the Hon. Dr John Kennedy…

A Grand Tour bronze of the dancing faun of Pompeii, late 19th…

Dancing Faun Bronze from Pompeii, Late 19th Century

A Grand Tour bronze of the dancing faun of Pompeii, late 19th century, height 33 cm

An Italian micro mosaic plaque and brooch, 19th century, the…

19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Plaque and Brooch

An Italian micro mosaic plaque and brooch, 19th century, the plaque of oval form, featuring a floral decoration to centre on a black ground, the silk backing verso reading C. Roccheggiani/ Roma. (repaired), the brooch comprising three small oval plaques,…

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour tortoiseshell & micro mosaic…

A 19th century Italian Grand Tour tortoiseshell & micro mosaic snuff box, rectangular shape, the hinged lid depicting the Colosseum (faults)

A pair of Regency Grand Tour bronze and marble busts, early…

Regency Grand Tour Bronze Busts of Roman Emperors

A pair of Regency Grand Tour bronze and marble busts, early 19th century, busts of Roman emperors Tiberio and Domiziano with inscribed names, waisted integral socles and raised on rosso antico marble bases. Height 32 cm

An Italian 19th century micro-mosaic oval panel, depicting a…

19th Century Italian Micro-Mosaic Oval Panel

An Italian 19th century micro-mosaic oval panel, depicting a classical Grand Tour building within green agate line border on a slate ground, 16.5 cm wide

A bronze arc de Triomphe Grand Tour trinket box, 19th century,…

Bronze Arc de Triomphe Trinket Box with Velvet Lining

A bronze arc de Triomphe Grand Tour trinket box, 19th century, realistically modelled with bronzed sculptures and chains, a velvet lined hinged compartment, standing on an oval onyx base, 15 cm high

A bronze Grand Tour model of a three-legged torchere, Italian,…

19th Century Italian Bronze Three-Legged Torchere Model

A bronze Grand Tour model of a three-legged torchere, Italian, 19th century

A Grand Tour bronze of the seated Augustus, the naked emperor…

A Grand Tour bronze of the seated Augustus, the naked emperor wearing a laurel wreath and drapery seated on a stool, after the Roman marble original discovered in the Augusteum in Herculaneum. Height 21 cm

Victorian 15ct Grand Tour large cameo brooch, detailed high…

Victorian Grand Tour Cameo Brooch with Cobalt Enamel Frame

Victorian 15ct Grand Tour large cameo brooch, detailed high relief carved shell cameo circa 1870 depicting the scene 'Rest on the flight into Egypt', rub-over gold mounted with cobalt blue enamel framed (slight enamel faults)

A Grand Tour bronze figure of Narcissus, 19th century, the…

19th Century Narcissus Bronze Figure

A Grand Tour bronze figure of Narcissus, 19th century, the standing nude wearing a wreath, in a contrapposto pose, 34 cm high

A pair of Grand Tour Bronzes, Italian, early 19th century, of…

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronzes: Demeter and Bacchus

A pair of Grand Tour Bronzes, Italian, early 19th century, of Demeter and Bacchus, each holding their attributes on gilt metal leaf cast socles, height 21.5 cm. Provenance: Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, the Estate of K.R Bernard Smith, 21 September 2004

A Grand Tour bronze depicting the Borghese gladiator, after…

Borghese Gladiator Bronze Sculpture

A Grand Tour bronze depicting the Borghese gladiator, after Francesco Righetti, 19th century, modelled as a young gladiator in motion, with his left arm raised, bearing an arm guard, mounted on a rectangular grey marble base. Unsigned, the bronze 35.5 cm…

A set of forty six Grand Tour plaster intaglios of Domini…

Grand Tour Plaster Intaglios in Simulated Book Case

A set of forty six Grand Tour plaster intaglios of Domini Illustri, Italian, 19th century within a hinged wooden simulated book case, 10 cm high, 38 cm wide, 27 cm deep

Hand compiled photograph and scrap album, including New Zealand…

Photograph and Scrap Album with New Zealand & Grand Tour Content

Hand compiled photograph and scrap album, including New Zealand & Grand Tour content of lithographs, some scraps & postcards, and mainly photography, New Zealand content including Nelson, early Christchurch architectural, West coast, Dunedin, Illes images…