Stunning Pair of Rare Antique Rams Head Bronze Urns with Marble Bases Grand Tour

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...

We are delighted to offer for auction this stunning antique circa 1860 Grand Tour bronze statue of Place Vendome Column with Napoleon on top in so...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original antique hand carved Rams head and hoof torchiere Jardiniere stands with faux ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original pair of 1930s bronze jug vases with cherubs A good looking and well made pair, the Cherubs have t...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of vintage oriental bronze urn vases depicting birds and serpents. A good looking and decorative pair in lovely order throughou...

We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite pair of Burr Walnut, Gold Gilt Bronze mounted pedestals with Italian marble tops. These are a highly decorative and well made pai...

Each vase with scrolled handles resting on "griotte rouge" marble bases.

19th-century grand tour antique handmade bronze mortar with pestle. This fantastic piece has an original patina. The pestle is 9.05 inc high wit...

19th-century grand tour antique handmade bronze mortar with pestle. This fantastic piece has an original patina. The pestle is 9.05 inc high wit...

Top quality carved antique Moses sculpture after the original marble Moses by Michelangelo. If you are a collector of rare and top-quality made, biblical antiques...

A pair of late 19th century Grand Tour Obelisks. The mouldings in Carara, the plint in Sienna, the plaque in Lapis Lazuli and the obelisks themselves in onyx.

A very fine antique Italian attributed grand tour bronze lidded censer applied with birds dating from around 1860. The censer stands raised on a square ba...