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Acetre. Bronze. Century XVI. Bronze piece that has a circular foot, and a circular body, with a mouth that extends outwards at the top, and a decoration in relief in this last area of masks that are reminiscent of certain Renaissance pieces with Medusa (the rings for the handle arise from two of these elements). This acetre, a vessel for holy water also known as a situla, is a piece that, in this religious context, appeared in the West in the Middle Ages. The present example is inspired by Renaissance pieces both in its lines and in its decoration and, therefore, is also reminiscent of works from Ancient Rome (situla of the Landesmuseum in Hannover, etc.).
· Size: 19x18x19 cms.
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Ref.: Z5937
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Box with marquetry decorations. Lemongrass, rosewood, palorosa, mahogany wood. XIX century. Rectangular box with a flat lid made of wood and decorated with delicate marquetry with lemongrass, rosewood, rosewood and mahogany that has smooth moldings in the lower area on the small legs it has. The fronts and the cover present geometric compositions reminiscent of Italian “grotesques” (without the figurative elements that were common in these Renaissance compositions that influenced so much in Europe), harmoniously distributed and around a marked axis of symmetry.
· Size: 17x27x18 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z5945
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Book-shaped box. Antler, metal. XIX century. Small antler box worked in the shape of a book and decorated with a simple geometric composition enhanced with polychrome. The lid, located on one side, has a hinge. These types of pieces were common in creative centers far from the most important ones, and they continued to be made until the 20th century.
· Size: 8x5x2 cms.
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Ref.: ZE267
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Sidewalk. Walnut wood. Century XVIII. Rectangular board bench with smooth molding on the edge and turned legs in the shape of balusters, which are secured in the lower area by means of chambranes with a profile cut at the bottom. It presents classicist influences, present alongside traditional elements of older Spanish furniture (format, construction, etc.).
· Size: 52x34,5x50 cms.
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Ref.: ZE331
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Knocker. Wrought iron. Century XVI. Door knocker made of wrought iron and made up of several pieces, among which the main one stands out. This has two bands that begin in parallel and then separate and form two facing volutes joined in this area by a rectangular piece, also showing several engraved lines that highlight these elements. The use of scrolls in forging was common since the Romanesque period, and we can speak of an evolution in this element with the passage of time. This example belongs due to its shape to a type of handle or knocker known as “scissor”.
· Size: 15x8,5x2 cms
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MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z0007A
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Failed. Wrought iron. Century XVIII. Iron element formed by several pieces firmly joined together that has simple decoration based on rings and other details and is used to close a door or window. These types of pieces were very common in the construction of important residences. 2 units available.
· Size: Longitud 205 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z3485B
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Axeman. Wrought iron. Twentieth century. Tall wrought iron ax holder with a tripod base formed by scrolls and a triangular piece from which the axis emerges (with a balustraded profile with discs). This ends in a saucer from which an openwork piece starts that would hold the candle. The volutes, the axis lines, simplified plant details, etc. They show a clear influence of ancient works, especially from the Baroque of the 17th century. This inspiration is frequent within the framework of Historicisms.
· Size: 38x38x133 cms
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Ref.: ZF0310
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Devotional medal of Saint Nicholas on support. Gilded bronze, textile, metal. Century XVIII. Devotional gilt bronze medal placed on a wire support that presents an oval frame enhanced with a cape with plant elements in a symmetrical composition and another finish below also with plant elements and scrolls, and the figure of a saint inside that smooth frame. Standing, holding a staff in one hand and raising the other in a gesture of blessing, is a male figure dressed in liturgical attire, accompanied by small figures praying, placed in a barrel or bucket. Saint Nicholas of Myra or Bari was a bishop who died around the middle of the 4th century AD. C. One of his best-known miracles was that of resurrecting three children (shown in this work) sacrificed by a hotelier or innkeeper to feed his clients. Although he was bishop of the city of Myra, he is shown here in liturgical vestments but without the usual headdress of distinction (mitre). The three spheres that appear on the book would allude to the miracle in which the saint helps the father of three girls to collect a dowry for them (as they are three golden spheres).
· Size: 9x11,5x1 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0460
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Box. Silver. Córdoba, Diego de la Vega y Torres, 1806. With contrast markings. Oval box with a flat lid made of silver in its color and decorated on the outside on the lid and base with an engraved decoration based on bands and vegetal and geometric elements. The contrast marks (located on the inside, one on the lid and three on the base) link the piece with Córdoba, at the time when Diego de la Vega y Torres was faithful contrast, dating it to 1806. The mark that remains, frustrates, perhaps it is from the silversmith Manuel Azcona y Martínez. Weight: 71 grams.
· Size: 8,5x4x2 cm.
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Ref.: ZF0695
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Jug and glass. Glass. Royal Glass Factory of La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain, 18th century. Jug or vase with lid and glass with small spout made of carved and engraved transparent glass, decorated with plant elements and architectural motifs of classicist influence. They were made in the Royal Glass Factory of La Granja de San Ildefonso, founded in 1727 by Buenaventura Sit and, initially, as a furnace for flat glass to supply the nearby Royal Palace. Shortly after, they would diversify their production, becoming one of the main centers in Spain.
· Size: Jarra 10x10x33 cms. Vaso 13x13x15 cms
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Ref.: ZF0878
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Bureau desk. Mahogany wood. XIX century. Has defects. Mahogany wood furniture with slightly cabriole-shaped legs ending in claws with spheres and decorated on the upper part with carvings of classicist influence, which presents three drawers in front (with two handles and a lock, decorated) and a lid on the upper part . When the desk is opened, there is a textile base on the table and a front with a central chapel and three spaces on each side, these above a small drawer.
· Size: 77x47x101 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0892
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Bronze sculpture “Harmony”. RANCOULET, Ernest (France, 1870-1915). It has small flaws. On a square base, there is a circular shape with a string of pearls and a rocky finish at the top, which serves as support for a young, idealized, semi-naked male figure (note the animal skin), which appears in an attitude dancing, holding aloft a tambourine. Ernest Rancoulet was a French sculptor highly appreciated for his neoclassical style figures and mythological themes, his works reflecting women from high society, others of athletes, etc. Weight: 2.3kg.
· Size: 11x11x34 cms
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Ref.: ZF1205
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Sculpture. Bronze. Signed and numbered (1/6). VEIGA, Fernando (Madrid, 1943). Female sculpture located on a dark stone base that shows a young woman kneeling up and without her arms (recalling the Venus de Milo, for example, and adding the detail of showing the young lady with a face of the sculpture and larger on the other, in clear contrast), totally naked and with a treatment that brings it closer to innovations contributed by various artistic avant-garde of the 20th century. Fernando Veiga (Madrid, 1943) is a Spanish sculptor closely linked to the North American avant-garde, whom he knows from his stays in New York, along with fine modeling, present in some of his pieces, more linked to the realist tradition that began in Greece and Rome in Antiquity, can be seen in traditional Spanish imagery and is still valid today in some masters. He has exhibited his work in Spain on numerous occasions (Madrid, etc.).
· Size: 16x16x45 cms.
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SCULPTURE
Ref.: Z3300
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Cameo; clasp with safety handle. Victorian era, around 1850. Cameo (brooch with safety handle) with inlaid gold frame with alternating die-cut and engraved elements arranged around four hollow balls ???. The central piece, made of shell (Cassius Cypraea; therefore the type known in the 19th century as “coral”), white on flesh, presents a female bust profile in vertical development. The lady, with her hair decorated with abundant flowers, is the mythological figure Flora, Roman goddess of flowers, gardens and spring. Weight: 9.77 gr.
· Size: 4x4x1 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZE102
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Failed. Wrought iron. Century XVIII. Iron element formed by several pieces firmly joined together that has simple decoration based on rings and other details and is used to close a door or window. These types of pieces were very common in the construction of important residences. Available 1 unit
· Size: 30x13x250 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z3485E
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Pair of andirons. Blued and gilded bronze, iron. XIX century. Fireplace andirons decorated, on the pieces on the sides and in the center of the horizontal part, with vine leaves and bunches of grapes, working the metal so that it also reminds us of the plant. These three elements or areas are visually united with an openwork piece, decorated in a simpler way with motifs inspired by Neoclassicism.
· Size: 36x45x45 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0126
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Candlestick. Bronze. 17th-18th centuries. Candlestick made of bronze with a circular base and axis combining discs, balustraded shapes, smooth areas, concave and convex moldings of different widths, etc., creating a very moving profile common in this type of pieces since the Baroque in several European schools and reminiscent of in some details to the so-called reel candlesticks. Weight: 520 gr.
· Size: 21x21x55 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0491
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Frame. Carved and gilded wood. Century XVIII. Rectangular frame with a semicircular finish in the center of the upper part, crowned by a composition with leaves and elements of the Passion of Christ (Crown of Thorns, Nails...) decorated by a series of bands, alternating smooth ones with two different strings of pearls each other. Although the 18th century is known for Rococo, it is not the only artistic style of the time: the decoration and shapes of the frame show greater proximity to ancient Roman art, a common influence on Neoclassicism.
· Size: 44x8x81 cms
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Ref.: ZF0527
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Sprat. Metal, leather. Royal Factory of Toledo, towards the end of the 19th-20th century Sword with garrison with the Infantry emblem and the simplified shield of Spain on the other side, hat with monogram of King Alfonso curved Compare with the infantry officer's sword model 1901.
· Size: 12x2x97 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0575
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Oval box. Silver. XIX century. With contrast markings. Oval box with a flat lid made of silver, partially gilded, decorated on the outside with figurative scenes and framed landscapes and geometric motifs arranged in a band and architectural and vegetal motifs. The influence of Rococo can be seen, for example, in the frames chosen for the landscapes on the body of the piece and in the figurative scene on the cover. Weight: 96 grams. Contrast markings are located on the inside.
· Size: 6x4,3x2,2 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0690
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Pair of stirrups. Carved wood, iron. Chile, 18th century. Pair of stirrups composed of a carved wooden block, in the shape of a half-moon at the front, and decorated on the outside with geometric and vegetal elements, and a surrounding piece of iron. By reserving metal for other uses during the 18th century, wood began to be used more frequently to make stirrups in Chile. The shape of the present pair, which follows a common typology of the time, seems to have been derived from Asturian pieces, preferred over metal stirrups for protection from water, branches, etc., being the artisanal development exercised above all by the Jesuits in the area which led to this type of carvings and ornaments, which survive to this day.
· Size: 16x20x17 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0933
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Heraldic shield. Oil on canvas. TORRES, A. Spanish school, 1856. Signed and dated. This work shows a heraldic shield on a blue background with different tones, on an oval and framed support. The central (and only) element of the composition consists of a bell with a helmet with gold bars and four feathers, and a quartered shield. Towards the lower right area, a signature (A. Torres) and a date (1856) appear. First quarter, cut, with a bird (possibly a saber eagle) with wings displayed and expanded on gold, and, below, in chinople, a gold band crossed between the mouths of two azure serpents (recalling the well-known “band of Castile"), on gules. In the second quarter, twelve eight-pointed gold stars in three columns, on a field divided into sable and silver. In the third, on gules, gold chains around three crossed bands of gold. In the fourth, six waning gold on azure. Around both elements, and uniting them, a symmetrical composition of architectural, plant and scroll elements has been placed, with a clear classicist influence and with a certain memory of works from the Spanish Renaissance.
· Size: 46x4,5x58 cms. int: 36x47 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1118
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Bird. Bronze, metal. BARÓN MOLINA, Francisco (Madrid, 1931 – 2006). Signed (side and figure) and numbered (6/75). On a base of outstanding size (compared to that of the figure) a bronze piece is placed into which another is fitted. This pedestal has two sides engraved with figurative elements (a bird on a woman's head on the front; a male figure on the side, where the signature and justification or numbering have also been engraved). On the back, in the area of the base of the fixed figure, are the name of the author and, again, the numbering (6/75). Francisco Barón Molina was a sculptor and painter trained first at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he had Laviada and Ortells as teachers, and later in London and New York thanks to several scholarships. In 1960 and 1961 he was recognized at the New England Art Festival (First Prize), and in 1965, two years after returning permanently to Spain, he participated in the New York International Fair and obtained a scholarship from the March Foundation. Throughout his career Barón showed his work throughout Spain, as well as in Europe, Latin America, the United States and Africa, and was awarded the Valladolid Sculpture Prize (1983), the Art and Culture Prize of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid (1965), the gold medal at the Exhibition of Minipaintings at the Círculo 2 gallery in Madrid and the Mojácar Prize. His work is preserved in private collections and in institutions such as the Alcalá de Henares Open Air Sculpture Museum. Weight: 400 grams.
· Size: 10x10x19 cms
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Ref.: ZF1203
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Friar armchair. Leather, walnut wood. Spain, 16th century. It has faults. Armchair with arms and high back of the type known as “frailero”, which has leather with studs in the upper part of the back (missing in the seat), low cut-out profile chambranes joining the front legs with the rear ones and middle chambranes or stringers (the front one is carved and cut out, creating geometric motifs) joining the two front legs and the two rear ones, and simple armrests, with highlighted volute finishes. The friar armchair, initially of Italian origin, became one of the most common pieces of Spanish furniture since its introduction in the 16th century, being characteristic of this and the 17th century and being recovered again in the historicist current of the 19th century. Being a tradition so deeply rooted in Spain, these types of models have never stopped being created.
· Size: 68x53x102 cms.
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Ref.: Z0750
