Base shows very minor surface wear and one older, shallow loss to one corner.
Tub shows evidence of expert repairs, with thin and stable fissures extending through lower surface and spidering up one short end. Attractive vintage condition.
c. 1850
carved marble, cast bronze
8¼ w × 4¼ d × 3½ h in (21 × 11 × 9 cm)
Auctioneer:
Wright
Date:
2018-12-11
Collection of Italian Grand Tour Plaster Medallions, Rome, mid-19th century, by Pietro Paoletti, comprising ten stacked trays of cast medallions in gilt-metal surrounds, depicting various Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-04-07
Grand Tour Miniature Portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson, late 19th century, with incised "French Ivory" paneled frame (minor losses), image 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-11-15
Grand Tour Miniature Portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson, 19th century, with Boule frame (damage), image 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-06-01
Six Grand Tour Miniature Sculptures, Continental, 19th century, including Spinario and other classical subjects, ht. 4 1/4 to 6 1/4 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-10-10
Two Grand Tour Miniature Landscape Paintings Mounted to Easels, British School, first half 19th century, depicting the same view of Scotland or the Lake District Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-04-05
Pair of Gilt-brass-framed Grand Tour Miniature Portraits, Europe, 19th century, lg. 5 1/2, wd. 5 1/2 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-01-16
Pair of Grand Tour Miniature Portraits, 18th century, the bone and tortoiseshell frame with mother-of-pearl lunettes, with male and female sitters, signed illegibly lower right, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-10
Grand Tour Miniature Depiction of the Holy Family with St. Anne and John the Baptist, Italy, 19th century, after Raphael, oil paint, probably on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-05
Antique 14kt Gold and Grand Tour Miniature Bracelet, composed of fancy multiple trace links completed by a watercolor on ivory clasp depicting the Taj Mahal, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-15
Grand Tour Miniature Carved Marble Bust on Pedestal and Two Floral Decorated Carved Alabaster Interior Viewers with Landscape Scenes, bust ht. 7 1/8 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-19
