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Two volumes: Geographical Atlas of Spain (…) and General Dictionary of all Peoples. Editors Gaspar y Roig. Spain, Madrid, 1864 and 1862. Two volumes framed in a similar way, with leather spines and gold elements. Here a reference to each work (lower area) and the name Carrasco (upper part) appear clearly. One of the volumes is the Geographical Atlas of Spain. Adjacent Islands and Spanish Overseas Possessions. It is indicated that it belongs to the “Collection of maps engraved in steel constructed by Don Martín Ferreiro”, and that it was published in Madrid by the Printing and Bookshop of Gaspar y Roig (the editors), in 1864. It presents a series of maps, engraved in steel (see the touches of color), constructed by Martín Ferreiro and Peralta (1830-1896) and engraved by R. Alabern (indicated under the images). The other volume is the General Geography of Spain. General dictionary of all peoples., belonging to the so-called Illustrated Library of Gaspar and Roig. Published in Madrid, by the Printing and Bookshop of Gaspar and Roig (editors), in 1862.
· Size: 18x5x27 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF1298
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Vase. Glass. Following models by Émile Gallé (Nancy, 1846-1904). Vase made of glass, with white, brown and gold tones, following both in technique and decoration the well-known Art Nouveau works of Émille Gallé, an artist internationally recognized both for his aesthetics and for his technical advances with glass ("enamel", "cameo", etc.).
· Size: 15x15x28 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;CERAMIC
Ref.: Z5671
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Talavera inkwell, 18th century. Glazed ceramic. Talavera ceramic inkwell, decorated with cobalt blue enamel on a white tin slip With restorations
· Size: 16x16x7 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;CERAMIC
Ref.: Z5695
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Devotional pendant in gold and enamel, Mary Magdalene and Saint John the Baptist, 18th century. Possibly Mallorcan. One of the windows is broken. Oval pendant decorated around its edges with turned gold bows and small metallic pearls. One of its fronts shows Mary Magdalene, as a hermit, with a skull, a cross and a book; the other presents the image of Saint John the Baptist, accompanied by a cross and a lamb, alluding to the Gospel text. These types of pieces were highly valued by their owners as elements of devotion, and could also, at the same time, contain a relic inside.
· Size: 4.5x0,5x4 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z6451
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Candlestick with chain. Silver. Francesc. P. Arquer, Barcelona, Spain, circa 1825. With hallmarks, engraving and ownership marks (AS). Silver candlestick in its colour with an openwork bowl on two levels and raised on two small legs (inside which there is a vase-shaped piece to hold the candle and a braided decoration towards the centre), and a flat handle (curved towards the end, area where the third leg is located), decorated with a series of simple openwork shapes and fine strings of small pearls on the edges of the handle and the bowl. The piece has some engraving marks, others of ownership under the bowl (AS) and others of hallmark. The latter link the piece with Barcelona silverwork, placing it in the workshop of Francesc Arquer, and in the 19th century. Weight: 183 grams.
· Size: 28,9,5x5,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: Z6733
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Candlestick with chain and clips. Silver. F. Roca, Barcelona, around the first half of the 19th century. With hallmarks and engraving marks. Silver candlestick in its colour with an openwork bowl raised on two small legs (inside there is a vase-shaped piece to hold the candle) and a flat handle (curved towards the end, area where the third leg is located), decorated with two bands of pearls on the sides (a motif that also appears on the edge of the bowl) and from the end of which emerges a chain that ends in some tweezers (which are placed on a piece soldered to the bottom of the handle). The piece has two engraving marks and other hallmarks under the bowl. The latter place the work in Barcelona, by F. Roca, a silversmith active in the city during the second half of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Weight: 185 grams.
· Size: 23,5 x 8,5 x 7 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: Z6734
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Box or casket with a royal monogram. Mahogany wood, metal. Spain, 19th century. It has slight damage. Rectangular box with a flat lid and a keyhole on the front decorated with metal appliqués on the corners, edges, handles, etc. A fleur-de-lis is featured beneath the keyhole. The lid features a central motif with fleur-de-lis and a crowned M, and alternating crowned castles and lions in the corners. This emblem (and the fact that it is accompanied by lions and castles, alluding to Castilian heraldry) is reminiscent of the royal monograms that, apparently, all members of the royal family had in the past to mark their belongings. In this case, it is possible that it refers to Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Palermo, 1806-Sainte-Adresse, 1878), wife of Ferdinand VII and regent during the minority of Isabella II. However, we must remember Maria Cristina of Habsburg-Lorraine or of Austria (1858-1929), wife of Alfonso XII. The emblem of Maria de las Mercedes de Orleans y Borbón (Madrid, 1860-1878), wife of Alfonso XII, usually appeared with two capital "Ms".
· Size: 78x31x24 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF1170
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18th century ponderal weight. Bronze. Incomplete bronze ponderal, with the container vessel and two of the smaller ones, all cold decorated with incised and stamped motifs, simple edges on the small vessels and more complex borders on the container vessel. Nested cup weights are a set of cup-shaped weights that fit precisely inside each other. A complete set is one that retains all its original cups. The largest, called the keeper, consists of an upper lid with a handle and a closure, and weighs exactly the same as the sum of all the others. The second in descending order weighs half as much as the keeper, and the same as the sum of the rest. This proportionality is maintained until the last weight, called the disk or last piece, which is usually solid and closes the set. This principle remained unchanged until the introduction of the decimal metric system.
· Size: 11x12x12 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z3034
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Frame. Carved wood. 17th century. It has faults. Rectangular frame made of carved wood that still retains part of its original polychromy. As was usual in various European schools since the Renaissance (particularly the Italian one, but also the Spanish one, for example), it is decorated with a series of smooth mouldings of different widths, arranged leaving a smooth strip.
· Size: Ext 175x95 cm Int: 1.55x74 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;FRAMES
Ref.: Z6224
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Quaking glass or wine-tasting glass. Silver. 18th century. One handle is missing. A vessel known as a catavinos or tembladera (as it has no foot) made of silver in its colour with a flat handle curved in the shape of an “S” decorated with simplified plant elements, and a line of mortise-shaped pieces (gallon-shaped shapes) on the edge enhanced by a smooth band. Towards the inside it has strings of pearls and dots, and a cross on the bottom. Bernegales and mortise-shaped pieces were frequent in Spanish silverware in the 17th century, usually being relegated to centres of somewhat less importance in the 18th century. Compare with pieces such as the silver bernegal from the last third of the 17th century in the Lázaro Galdiano Museum (perhaps from the Portuguese school; inventory 3916), or the one dated between 1640 and 1665 from the same museum (inventory 3910), or the one by José Jiménez de Illescas (inventory 3915, dated 1715-1725) in the same institution. Weight: 101 grams.
· Size: 12x10x4 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZE367
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Silver spice rack. Stefano Olivero, Italy. Possibly 19th century. Silver spice rack raised on simple legs, located at the chamfered ends of the piece, decorated on the outside with garlands and other architectural elements of classicist influence in light relief. Weight: 198 grams.
· Size: 5,5 x 8,5 x 6,5 cm
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZF0006
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Peace-bearer. Bronze. 16th century. Bronze peace-holder with an asymmetrical “S” handle on the back, which features a slightly raised decoration on the front framed in an architectural composition decorated with elements of classical influence (a scallop shell at the top, plant elements in the upper area, columns with decorated shafts, architrave, base with semicircular arches, etc.), which has a heraldic shield in the centre of the lower area. Under a winged angel's head, the central theme of the peace-holder is presented: Lamentation over the body of the dead Christ, with the cross in the background, Mary with Christ, flanked by two figures. The heraldic shield is very similar to that of the House of Mendoza used by Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega, 1st Marquis of Santillana, and progenitor and head of the Ducal House of Infantado (which also features it).
· Size: 7,5x4x12 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0541A
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Table clock. Bronze. 1990s, modeled after August Moreau. In working order. Table clock with a raised base and gilt-bronze legs following 19th-century models and a white dial with Roman numerals for the hours. It is topped with a bronze child figure modeled after Auguste Moureau (1834-1917), a French sculptor especially known for his delicate and naturalistic works, part of the Art Nouveau movement, a style of which he was a leading exponent. He made busts, figures, and small sculptures, and his designs were later adopted by many other bronze sculptors due to the artist's success and the quality of his pieces. Weight: 22 kg.
· Size: 35X22,5X64 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;CLOCKS
Ref.: ZF1410
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Pair of door knockers. Wrought iron. 16th century. Pair of door knockers made of wrought iron and composed of two nails with a ring to fix to the wood and a shape similar to a horseshoe attached to them. The latter, flat, is decorated with geometric engravings of lines and circles along its surface. Compare with pieces such as the 16th century Gothic knocker from the Lázaro Galdiano Museum (Madrid), Catalan pieces, etc.
· Size: 16x1,5x16 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z0208A
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Pair of frames. Wood, stucco. 19th century. Pair of rectangular frames made of carved and gilded wood decorated with a series of mouldings of different widths, some smooth and flat, others smooth and curved and two decorated with elements of classicist influence in light relief.
· Size: 42x5x34,5 cms . int 22,5x14,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;FRAMES
Ref.: Z2240
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Three-part silver spice rack. 19th century. Spice rack made up of three bodies with lowered edges so that they fit together and join together in a semi-oval with a chamfer at the top, decorated with simple lines, as befits a 19th century work influenced by Neoclassicism. This type of spice rack is reminiscent in concept of the so-called “tower” examples, made in the Renaissance, but much more simplified. Weight: 150 grams.
· Size: 5x5x5,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: Z3035
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Pair of Dutch style candlesticks. 18th century Bronze. Electrified as lamps. Pair of Dutch style candlesticks converted into lamp bases. They have a turned structure, typical of refined baroque.
· Size: 55x55x79 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z6491
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Peace-bearer. Bronze. 16th century. A peace-bearer made of bronze with a flat handle curved on the back, with a relief decoration on the front organised in an architectural composition with a classical influence, common in the Renaissance. Below the columns on the sides there are two heraldic shields (without a bonnet, cords with tassels on three levels) with a Latin cross in the middle area; the centre shows a Birth of Christ under a domed cupola with winged angel heads in the corners; at the top and under a semicircular arch, there is the bust of Saint Dominic of the Causeway, facing forward, with an inscription in capital letters (“STO /DOMI”, “BENEDITUS SER”) flanked by two perched birds.
· Size: 10,5x4x16 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0543B
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Lectern. Wrought iron. Baluster 17th century; rest 20th century. A wrought iron lectern with three twisted S-shaped legs with a disc in the centre, a balustraded base with different sections and a top with straight stripes. This central axis consists of different sections (solomonic and balustraded, joined by a piece of discs and other mouldings), and its lines are characteristic of ironwork of the period (compare, for example, with the Choir Grille of the Cathedral of Valladolid, currently in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and note its differences). Weight: 22 kg.
· Size: 42x48x155 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0581
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Spice rack. Silver. Spain, Cordoba, second half of the 18th century. With contrast marks. Silver spice rack in its colour with a truncated cone-shaped body, a sinuous lower edge resting on legs with scrolls and plant motifs, a semi-spherical bowl without divisions, a lid with a dome-shaped hinge and decorated with plant elements in high relief. The lid features a rose surrounded by a line of dots that create waves. The hallmarks place the piece's production in Córdoba, verified by Damián de Castro and by the hand of Juan Sánchez Soto (probably Cristóbal's son and brother), in the second half of the 18th century. Typologically, this is a spice rack belonging to a somewhat peculiar tradition or model, common in Córdoba and Madrid but also present in Gerona, Antequera, etc. Weight: 87 grams.
· Size: 7,5x6x5 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZF0982
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Spice rack. Silver. Cordoba, 18th century. With contrast marks. Silver spice rack in its colour with a truncated cone-shaped body, a sinuous lower edge resting on volute legs with osier and floral motifs, a hemispherical bowl, a lid with a dome-shaped hinge, and decorated with plant elements in high relief. The hallmarks it presents identify it as an 18th century Cordoban work, by the hand of Juan de Luque y Leyva or Leiva (1721-1779/80), who was an official marker of the city between 1772 and 1779/80. Typologically, it is a spice rack belonging to a somewhat peculiar tradition or model, frequent in Cordoba and Madrid but also present in Gerona, Antequera, etc. Weight: 68 grams.
· Size: 7x7x4,5 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZF0983
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Sugar box. Silver in colour. Northern Europe (possibly Berlin), first half of the 19th century. With contrast marks. Rectangular box with chamfered corners resting on four claws with nails and featuring a lid with a projection towards the centre and a plaque with engraved initials of ownership. On the outside, it has a frieze of plant motifs above the keyhole. There is evidence of a sugar box in a private European collection with a hallmark similar to that of this piece (the initial A in a circle), being a neoclassical work from Berlin, the work of Gottlob Ludwig Howalt, and dated around 1820. This type of sugar bowls with closure were common in certain areas of northern Europe, taking on an appearance similar to that of this piece following the invasion of Napoleon Bonaparte, with which the French aesthetic models spread. Weight: 487 grams.
· Size: 16x12x10 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZF1319
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Rococo frame. Gilt wood. 18th century. Rectangular frame made of carved and gilded wood, decorated at the corners and centers of the sides with carvings depicting architectural elements, plants, and rocailles. The contrast between the plain moldings of the uncarved sections and the carvings, the absence of a crest, and the asymmetry present in the piece are striking. The latter was common in the early Rococo period, an artistic style born in France and developing primarily between 1730 and around 1760.
· Size: 100x3x121,5 cms. Int 76x99,5 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;FRAMES
Ref.: ZF1336
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Plan, Fondazione Querini Stampalia. Framed drawing. SCARPA, Carlo (1906-1978), 1978. Signed and dated (bottom left), name in the center. Plan of Carlo Scarpa's intervention at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, a cultural institution in Venice, Italy, founded in 1869 by Count Guiovanni Querini, the last descendant of the Querini Stampalia family. Carlo Scarpa designed the interior, exterior, and elements of the garden and ground-floor spaces of the historic building (Palazzo Querini Stampalia).
· Size: 47x4x65,5 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;GRAPHIC WORK
Ref.: ZF135448
