GLYPTICS ANCIENT JEWELRY

A lot of 2 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various Subjects. In transparent glass: a warrior; Aeneas's escape from Troy. Late 18th-early 19th century. Min. 11 x 15 x 5 mm; Max. 13 x 16 x 5 mm

A lot of 2 Grand Tour glass cast impressions. Various Subjects. Two layers glass paste imitating the nicolo stone. Female but with a cornucopia; A horse with a tree surmounted by an eagle. Late 18th-early 19th century. Min. 9 x 11 x 2 mm; Max. 14 x 16 x 3 mm

A Grand Tour glass cast impression. Allegorical scene. Aurora on a chariot drawn by two horses, surrounded by an ouroboros. 19th century Diam. 25 x 4,5 mm

A Grand Tour glass cast impression. Hercules head. A dark yellow glass cast after a Neoclassical intaglio depicting the Farnese Hercules head. Late 18th-early 19th century. 25 x 30 x 7 mm

A Grand tour glass cast impression set in a gilted siver brooch. Two figures Intimate scene probably inspired from a mythological episode. Wear marks.  19th century 19 x 23; gr 9,55

A Grand Tour brownish glass impression. Venus Victrix. The scene depicts Venus Victrix with the weapons of Mars, seen from behind slightly in three quarters, and an Erote who hands him the helmet. The subject was also engraved by Giovanni Pichler during the neoclassical era. Brownish orange glass. Slight sign 19th century. 21x30x5 mm

A glass paste impression. Sacrifice scene. Sacrifice scene composed by four characters: two females and two males, an Erote and a Bull. In the center, a burning altar. Groundline. On the lower edge, light chips. Black and blue glass paste imitating the nicolo. 19th century. 14 x 18 x 2 mm.

A large orange glass impression. Battle scene. Numerous roman soldiers fight fiercely. A group of soldiers on the left seems to want to break through a passage with a wooden walkway, perhaps to access a city to be conquered. Only a brave soldier seems to want to defend this access to the death. Probab 19th century. 30 x 38 x 7 mm.

A transparent glass impression. Theseus and the Centaur after Canova, by Pichler. This cast is taken from a sardonic intaglio engraved by Luigi Pichler, depicting Theseus fighting with the Centaur, inspired by Canova’s marble sculpture group (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum). Grand Tour Era. 19th century. 28 x 34 x 5 mm.

A brownish glass impression. Bull. The mighty animal faces right, in the act of attacking. Groundline. Below, a signature. Grand Tour Era. 19th century. 19 x 22 x 5 mm.