SILVER WRITTING SET. WITH HALLMARKS. CORDOBA (SPAIN), ANTONIO JOSÉ SANTA CRUZ Y JUAN DE LUQUE Y LEIVA, 1773.

Writing desk. Córdoba, Antonio José de Santa Cruz (Córdoba, 1733 - ¿) and Juan de Luque y Leiva, 1773. With contrast and chipping marks. There is something missing in some container and a bell is added. Silver writing desk composed of a tray, four containers and a bell. The first element, oval in shape, has edges with soft curves and countercurves, decorated at the top with flat moldings, combined with volutes and veined shapes; It stands on legs composed of two volutes flanking a teardrop, a set topped by a symmetrical composition. The four containers, with lids, have profiles with soft curves (among which you can see engraved initials), which go towards the upper part following spirals parallel to each other, these lines that continue on the finished lids. Two of them, smaller, have holes in the covers. The bell to summon service, which has a space for itself on the tray, has much simpler lines. The contrast marks arranged at various points in the game provide data regarding its date, origin and place of creation. They would be held in Córdoba. Antonio José de Santa Cruz was a silversmith known for his work in Córdoba, active mainly in the second half of the 18th century; His works are preserved in some churches and in prominent institutions such as the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Madrid. Juan de Luque y Leiva was a renowned marker from Córdoba, active around the same time, with work preserved in the area (Parish of San Miguel de Córdoba, a cruet holder with cruets in Loja from 1778, works in the Costume Museum in Madrid, etc. .). Stylistically, the lines of the entire set (except those of the bell), show that it belongs to the Rococo, with the usual influence of certain details of Neoclassicism, which affect the relative simplification of the decoration of the pieces, while still maintaining something of the movement of the other artistic style mentioned, which is also characteristic of the 18th century. Weight: 1490 grams.

· Size: 26x30x15 cms.