A rare and beautiful little Grand Tour Alabaster architectual cabinet model of the Temple of Hercules Victor in Rome. Mounted on a white alabaster base with the name ''Vesta'' inscribed on the front. This temple located in the Piazza Bocca della Verita on the banks of the Tiber was mistaken for a Temple of Vesta due to its round construction throughout the 19th Century. Good condition. Rome, Italy, circa 1860.Based in London, we are dealers in fine decorative antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. We specialise in this era of enlightenment, neoclassicism and the Grand Tour, with its far reaching influence on style and taste in Britain, Continental Europe and beyond: elegance in the age of Napoleon. Our extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antiques influenced by the period. We constantly source new, beautiful items and upload to our site regularly. We are first and foremost antique collectors with over thirty years of experience; we only buy what we l...