Email this lot to a friend

« Email Address (separate multiple emails with a comma)

hide

Lot 174

translate

email

save

19th C Fantastic Old Bronze Armlet with 3 Snakes

Sign In to see what this sold for

19th C Fantastic Old Bronze Armlet with 3 Snakes. This wonderful piece is the type that would have been purchased on a Victorian "Grand Tour". It is an armlet rather than a bracelet due to the diameter of the opening. Three snakes traveling together.
Size: 4.25" x 6" 2" 3.75" diameter opening
Weight: 10oz
Condition: Excellent

The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage. Though primarily associated with the British nobility and wealthy landed gentry, similar trips were made by wealthy young men of Protestant Northern European nations on the Continent, and from the second half of the 18th century some South American, United States and other overseas youth joined in. The tradition was extended to include more of the middle class after rail and steamship travel made the journey less of a burden, and Thomas Cook made the "Cook's Tour" a byword.

Excellent

Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

View LOUIS J. DIANNI, LLC AUCTIONS next auction.

Similar lots up for auction