A small group of 'Grand Tour Souvenirs', after the antique, 19th century

Property of the descendants of William & Robert Adam
A small group of 'Grand Tour Souvenirs', after the antique, 19th century

comprising; two carved pendants, one hardstone with intaglio decoration with one ceramic in the form of a scarab (with fittings 23mm. and 27mm.); a carnelian intaglio fob seal in the form of a scarab with wire support (hardstone 20mm); and a polished 'fragment' engraved Pompeii later mounted as a brooch, the reverse engraved 'Dug up by J. C. P. / 1857' (20mm.) together with a gilt-metal pendant in the form of a condor (35mm. long)
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Provenance:
Some of the group possibly Juliet Adam, neé Palmer, (1857-1927) and Charles Fox Frederick Adam (1852-1913);
Thence by descent.