The Grand Tour Sale

A micromosaic brooch of a cockerel, 19th centuryCircular, inlaid with polychrome tesserae to depict a cockerel against a blue ground, diameter of ...

A hardstone cameo of Alexander the Great, 18th-19th centuryCircular, depicting the head of Alexander the Great, wearing the Horns of Ammon, facing...

A collection of nine framed oval cameos together with a collection of eleven similarly framed micromosaic miniature oval plaquesItalian, 19th cent...

Filippo Rega (Italian, 1761-1833): An agate cameo broochOval, carved to depict the bust of a male youth in profile, facing left, within a ropetwis...

An early 19th century mounted wood and shell cameo snuff boxunmarked, probably EnglishRectangular form, the figured oak wood with gold mounts and ...

Attributed to Luigi Valadier (Italian, 1726-1785): A marble, porphyry and bronze mounted model of the Rostral columnthe columnar shaft, with appl...

A shell cameo, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict the Three Graces holding a garland crown above the central figure, within a ropetwist surrou...

Neri Brothers: An unmounted shell cameo, circa 1825Oval, carved to depict a gentleman dressed as a Roman Emperor in profile, facing left, signed '...

A shell cameo brooch, mid-19th centuryOval, depicting Nyx, Goddess of Night, within an openwork surround of interlocking branches, dimensions 4.5 ...

A shell cameo pendant, first half of the 19th CenturyOval, carved to depict the profile of an idealised Goddess facing right and wearing a diadem,...

Two shell cameo brooches, first half of the 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict Jupiter in profile, facing right, wearing garlands of laurel l...

A shell cameo and seed pearl brooch, late 19th centuryOval, depicting the profile of Ceres facing right, wearing ears of wheat in her upswept hair...

Two shell cameos, first half of the 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict Jupiter in profile, facing left, wearing a garland of laurel leaves, w...

A shell cameo brooch, first half of the 19th-centuryOval, carved to depict Jupiter in profile, facing right and wearing a garland of laurel leaves...

Two shell cameo brooches and one unmounted shell cameo, 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict an allegorical profile of Rome, facing left, weari...

A shell cameo brooch, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict Ceres in profile, facing left and wearing ears of wheat in her upswept hair, the scro...

Attributed to Tommaso Saulini (Italian 1793-1864): A shell cameo brooch, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict a male bust in profile, facing rig...

Attributed to Tommaso Saulini (Italian 1793-1864): An unmounted shell cameo, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict a male bust in profile, facing...

Tommaso Saulini (Italian 1793-1864): An unmounted shell cameo, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict a male bust in profile, facing left, signed ...

A shell cameo brooch, second half of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict a street scene, within a ropetwist mount, dimensions 3.5 x 3.0cmThis l...

A shell cameo brooch, second half of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict Diana in profile, facing left and wearing a crescent moon at her brow ...

A shell cameo and diamond pendant, second half of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict an idealised Goddess in profile, facing left and wearing ...

Two shell cameo brooches and one shell cameo, mid-19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict Bacchus in profile, facing left and wearing a garland of...

Attributed to Tommaso Saulini (Italian 1793-1864): a Sardonica shell cameoOval, carved to depict a gentleman in profile and facing right, wearing ...

Attributed to Tommaso Saulini (Italian 1793-1864): A shell cameo broochOval, carved to depict a gentleman in profile and facing left, wearing a fu...

A shell cameo, second half of the 19th centuryOval, the mythological scene carved to depict a putto between two seated and kneeling female figures...

Three shell cameo brooches, 19th centuryAll oval, 1st: carved to depict Mercury in profile, facing right, wearing a winged helmet, within a surrou...

Two shell cameos, mid-19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict Goddesses Night and Day in profile, facing right, above an eagle with outstretched w...

A shell cameo brooch, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict a Roman Emperor in profile, facing right, within a pierced scrolling surround, dimens...

Two shell cameos, 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict a Roman priest in profile, facing left, within a ropetwist brooch mount, 2nd: Oval, carv...

An unmounted shell cameo, second half of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict Arethusa in profile, facing left, with beaded collar, dimensions 2...

Two micromosaic brooches, third quarter 19th century (2)Oval, inlaid with polychrome tesserae to depict a columnated ruin within a black paste gro...

Two shell cameo brooches, 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict a Classical female bust in profile, facing right, her hair upswept and secured w...

Giovanni Dies (1776-1849): A shell cameo brooch, circa 1830Oval, carved to depict a gentleman dressed as a Roman Emperor, in profile and facing le...

Two shell cameos, 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict Minerva in profile, facing right, wearing a plumed helmet emblazoned with a griffin, mou...

An agate cameo brooch, third quarter of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict a Classical female bust in profile, facing left, the surrounding mo...

Two shell cameos, 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict a Classical female bust, in profile and facing right, her hair upswept and secured with ...

A shell cameo, first half of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict Ceres in profile, facing right, wearing a diadem and ears of wheat, dimensions...

A shell cameo brooch, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict Medusa in profile, facing right with winged headdress and serpent collar, dimensions ...

A shell cameo brooch, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict a Classical female bust in profile, facing right, wearing a garland of rose buds, wit...

A shell cameo brooch, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict a gentleman, probably J. B. King of Boston, in profile, facing left, wearing coat, ch...

Two shell cameos, 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict Hebe and the Eagle, within a ropetwist and wirework surround with bead detail, 2nd: Oval...

A shell cameo, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict the Doves of Pliny, within a double ropetwist surround, with chased detail, dimensions 3.0 x...

Three shell cameo brooches, 19th-centuryAll oval, 1st: carved to depict Minerva in profile and facing right, wearing armour and a plumed helmet em...

Two shell cameos, 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict Apollo in profile, facing right, within a scalloped brooch mount, with bead detail, 2nd:...

A shell cameo, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict Amphitrite in a shell chariot drawn across the sea by two hippocampi, within a ropetwist sur...

Three shell cameo brooches, 19th centuryAll oval, 1st: carved to depict Apollo, in profile, facing right, 2nd: carved to depict a Bacchante in pro...

An unmounted lava stone cameo, second half of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict a Bacchante in profile, facing left, wearing a garland of gra...

Three lava stone cameo brooches and one unmounted lava stone cameo, second half of the 19th centuryAll oval, 1st: carved to depict a Classical fem...

Two shell cameos, second half of the 19th centuryOval, both carved to depict Diana in profile, facing right, 1st: the mount with engraved foliate ...

A shell cameo brooch, mid-19th centuryOval, carved to depict Hercules with his club, in profile, facing right, within a ropetwist surround, dimens...

A mid 18th century Italian tortoiseshell and gold inlaid piqué snuff boxNeapolitan, circa 1750of rounded rectangular form, with hinged top, the wh...

Two shell cameo brooches, second half of the 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict a Classical female figure in mourning, holding a funerary urn...

An unmounted lava stone cameo, second half of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict the poet and philosopher, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) in prof...

Two shell cameo brooches, 19th century1st: Oval, carved to depict a Classical female bust in profile, facing right, within a pierced wirework surr...

A shell cameo brooch, second half of the 19th centuryOval, carved to depict a Bacchante in profile, facing right, wearing a garland of grape vines...

A coral frontlet, early 19th centurySet throughout with faceted coral coralium rubrum beads, with wirework decoration and engraved geometric detai...

A micromosaic bracelet, circa 1860The six oval micromosaic plaques inlaid with polychrome tesserae to depict a series of landmarks and archaeologi...

Attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli (Italian, 1753-1836): A rare micromosaic circular plaque depicting a goldfinch, set within a gold and silver gilt ...

A late 19th / early 20th century Italian black black vitreous paste presse-papier inset with five oval panels depicting views of Roman ruins and m...