Stamford / Westport Architectural Models

A rare and likely unique five tier shell folly in the form of a pyramid or temple filled with sea shells and coral. All hand carved and hand painted black with red base paint showing through giving it a wonderful surface and patina. Each tier with four column supports and four finials, the top with an urn form finial. This piece from and old Maine estate was clearly made with love. Quintessential New England folk...

A gilt metal cast of the Luxor Obelsik mounted on a rouge marble base. This was a popular Grand Tour souvenir in the late 19th century, France, 19th century. The Luxor Obelisk is over 3,000 years old and was originally situated outside of Luxor Temple, where its twin remains to this day. It first arrived in Paris on 21 December 1833, having been shipped from Luxor via Alexandria and Cherbourg, and three years later, on 25 October 1836, was moved to the center of Place de la Concorde by King Louis-Phillipe. It was given to France by Muhammad Ali Pasha...

Carved from Siena and white marble, this is a handsome example of a souvenir carving which would have been collected by a European or American sophisticate making a Grand Tour of the ancient sites of Rome and the rest of Italy. This wonderful architectural miniature of a part of the Roman Forum is evocative of another time and place. 'Templo Di Vespasiano' etched into the base. The Temple of Vespasian and Titus is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn. It is dedicated to the deified Emperor...

A Grand Tour bronze model of the Luxor Obelsik, the shaft decorated with hieroglyphics on all four sides. On the pedestal are drawn diagrams explaining the complex machinery that was used for the transportation, and inscribed dedications. Mounted on a polished black and white marble base. Nice size at 16 inches high. The Luxor Obelisk is over 3,000 years old and was originally situated outside of Luxor Temple, where its twin remains to this day. It first arrived in Paris on 21 December 1833, having been shipped from Luxor via Alexandria and Cherbourg, and three years later, on 25 October 1836, was moved to the center of Place de la Concorde by King Louis-Phillipe. It was given to France by Muhammad Ali...

Hand carved marble desk top box of beautiful form and proportions. The sarcophagus form with raised geometric panels has a Palladian feel. Carved from a lovely piece of Breccia marbl...

Very fine early 19th century Tunbridgeware architectural model of a chapel which also serves as a jewelry chest and dressing mirror, the diamond tiled roof in ebony and sycamore, the front with micro-mosaic rose window over Gothic inlaid door with mother of pearl and mixed woods, the door opening to reveal four kingwood drawers with bone knobs, the reverse having identical door revealing a the original beveled mercury glass dressing mirror, the whole expertly worked to an exacting standard. Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different colored woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion. There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery in Tunbridge Wells.[1 While Tunbridge ware boxes...

A bronze cast of the Luxor Obelsik, with one side fitted for a thermometer. This was a popular Grad Tour souvenir in the late 19th century. Now missing the glass tube. 10.5 inches high 4 by 4 base The Luxor Obelisk...

Very fine carved walnut architectural model of a Greco-Roman temple, with hinged lid and column fronted doors, circa 1840, each row of columns either hinged or removable, possibly ma...

A very fine bronze cast of the Luxor Obelsik, with crisp detailing throughout. Mounted on a polished black slate base. The Luxor Obelisk is over 3,000 years old and was originally situated outside of Luxor Temple, where its twin remains to this day. It first arrived in Paris on 21 December 1833, having been shipped from Luxor via Alexandria and Cherbourg, and three years later, on 25 October 1836, was moved to the center of Place de la Concorde by King Louis-Phillipe. It was given to France by Muhammad Ali Pasha...

Italian bronze Grand Tour architectural model of the ancient Roman landmark, The temple of Vesta, known also as The Temple of Hercules Victor. The t...

Fine quality Italian Grand Tour model of the Pantheon in Rome carved from brown and white alabaster. A charming architectural model of the fa...