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RELIQUARY PENDANT, SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA. METAL, GLASS, ETC. CIRCA ...

Reliquary medallion, Saint Catherine of Siena. Miniature, metal, glass. Towards the end of the 18th century. This is a possible convent work featuring a miniature with delicate lacework and metalwork around the edge, housed in a metal medallion with a front and back of cut glass creating waves along the contour. On one side, the miniature depicts a young woman accompanied by the dove of the Holy Spirit, holding a bouquet of white flowers and the IHS emblem surmounted by a cross in a tondo on her chest; the other side displays a relic identified by a small inscription (S. Cath. M.). Sajta Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) was a Dominican laywoman venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church since her canonization in 1461.

· Size: 8x1x11,5 cms.
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Ref.: Z2754
PAIR OF BRONZE CANDLE HOLDERS. 16TH CENTURY.

Pair of candlesticks. Bronze. 16th century. A pair of bronze candlesticks with a raised, circular base enhanced by projecting, smooth moldings, a central axis decorated with discs, and a bulbous upper section. They belong to the type known as "spool candlesticks" and were common in certain European schools; for example, they can already be found in Spanish Gothic pieces, becoming very common thereafter. Over the following centuries, details such as the proportions of the base, its lines, and the upper finial would be varied, adapting them to the taste of each period.

· Size: 14x14x13,5 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1474
CHOCOLATE CUTTER. WOOD, METAL. 19TH CENTURY.

Chocolate cutter. Wood, metal. 19th century. Chocolate chopper made of carved wood with an iron blade in the shape of a horse, which has a turned wooden handle. Compare with the one from Salamanca preserved in the CIPE Costume Museum in Madrid (inventory CE008848) dating from the 19th century.

· Size: 32x32,5x11 cms.
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Ref.: ZE442
CHOCOLATE CUTTER. WOOD, METAL. 19TH CENTURY.

Chocolate cutter. Wood, metal. 19th century. Chocolate chopper made of carved wood decorated with engraved plant and floral motifs, featuring an iron blade in the shape of a small horse, which has a turned wooden handle. Compare with the one from Salamanca preserved in the CIPE Costume Museum in Madrid (inventory CE008848) dating from the 19th century.

· Size: 44x17x13 cms.
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Ref.: ZE441
BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, VIRGIN WITH SAINTS. 17TH-18TH CENTURIES.

Devotional plaque, Virgin of the Rosary and Saints. Bronze. 17th-18th centuries. An oval devotional plaque featuring a molded listel and a handle at the top decorated with a relief depicting Our Lady of the Rosary, seated with the Child on her lap, presenting the Rosary to Saint Dominic de Guzmán, kneeling at her feet next to Saint Catherine of Siena. A similar plaque is kept in the Lázaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid (inventory number 5192), dated between approximately 1576 and 1600.

· Size: 7,1x1x12 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1416X
ART NOUVEAU FLOWER VASE. GLASS, METAL. PORTUGAL, TOPAZIO CASQUINHA, CI...

Modernist vase. Glass, metal. Portugal, Topazio Casquinha, circa 1900. No marks. A rectangular, clear glass vessel decorated with a silver-plated metal element that displays neoclassical influences (the eagle on the top, scrolls, cornucopia, etc.) and also features a lady in a dancing pose, which displays more characteristic elements of modernism. Despite the lack of markings, it has been compared to pieces by Topazio Casquinha, highlighting the resemblance.

· Size: 11,5x6,5x18 cms
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Ref.: ZF1470
PAINO. WOOD, METAL, ETC. PATENT ERARD LONDON. POSSIBLY CIRCA 1870.

Grand piano. Walnut, metal, etc. Patent Erard London. London, England, possibly around 1870. Requires tuning and minor restorations. Grand or horizontal piano with strings and soundboard in a horizontal position, made of wood, with faceted front legs ending in metal rollers, and lyre-shaped pedals, following, as was common at the time, models inspired by Classicism. The music stand and other panels of the instrument are decorated with openwork architectural and plant elements. Sebastien Erard began working in France (Paris) in the mid-18th century, building his first small piano around 1777. After the French Revolution, he moved to London, where he soon opened a workshop, enjoying great success. He returned to Paris in 1796, but part of his family remained in England, where he continued making pianos throughout the 19th century, considered the finest in the world at the time, until the beginning of the 20th century. After World War I, Erard suffered greatly, continuing a slow decline until, in the mid-20th century, the name was sold among several manufacturers until Schimmel of Germany bought the rights in 1971.

· Size: 1,36x2,46x0,97 cms
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Ref.: ZF1428
JACKET AND TROUSERS, SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA. SPAIN, POSSIBL...

Honorary Uniform, Order of Malta. Spain, possibly around the beginning of the 20th century. Blue jacket or coat and trousers, the first of which bears the label of the Félix del Hierro tailor shop, which was located on Barquillo Street in Madrid (Spain) and had another location on Almirante Street in the same city. It is known to have been in operation until at least 1946. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (SMOM), known simply as the Order of Malta or Knights Hospitaller, was recognised by Pope Paschal II in 1113. After having provisional headquarters in Messina, Catania and Ferrara, the Order was finally established in Rome in 1834. During the 20th century, the Order refocused on its mission of hospital care.

· Size: 50x5x90 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1448
PAIR OF BRONZE VASES. JAPAN, MEIJI ERA.

Pair of vases. Bronze. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Pair of bronze vases decorated with figurative elements and a band of gadroons. The necks feature two oriental-style dragons in flight, while the bodies depict birds, branches, and fruit in various poses. Stylistically, they are similar to examples in private collections dating to the late 19th century. Weight: 5.45 kg.

· Size: 19x19x32 cms
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Ref.: ZF1439
PAIR OF LOUIS 18TH CANDELABRA. BRONZE. FRANCE, CIRCA 1800.

Pair of Louis XVIII candlesticks. Bronze (blued and gilt). France, circa 1800. A pair of six-light bronze candelabras, a type often called "tripod" due to their shape. A base with three projections, placed on inverted truncated pyramidal architectural elements and with reliefs and medallions on the exterior faces, serves as the base for three seated sphinxes made of burnished bronze with gilded tails. From their backs, three upward-facing rods emerge, each ending in children's heads with butterfly wings. These sphinxes are decorated with raised candelabras secured by an openwork band (note the spiraling bouquet inside). From the heads, a circular shape with projections emerges, on which the actual shaft of the candelabra rests, topped with a pomegranate on a floral arrangement. The arms of the candelabras, ending in lighters, feature delicate scrolls and rooster heads. Note the varying textures of the material and the great amount of detail present in the architectural, vegetal, and figurative elements. The design of these vase-shaped candlesticks was enormously successful, and numerous variants with slight modifications were subsequently created, including sphinxes and goat heads. On April 16, 1787, François Rémond (c. 1747–1812) supplied Daguerre with eight “girandoles en trepied” (as they were often known in literature), identified by some experts as the eight candlesticks of this model purchased from Daguerre by George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV, for Carlton House. The largest, ten-light model with a vase and rooster heads, was created around 1786. A pair of this model is recorded in the 1836 Inventory of the Legendre de Lucay collection, and another pair is known to have been commissioned for Marie Antoinette's Salon des Nobles at Versailles. Compare this example with the griffin chandelier dated around 1785 in the Musée Nissim Camondo (Paris, France); or with the sphinx and stone vase attributed to François Rémond (dated between 1783 and 1786) in The Wallace Collection; or (with less similar bases) the late 18th-century pair attributed to Pierre Gouthière in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, and, in this same room, another pair by Pierre Gouthière, with recumbent sphinxes and a stone vase in the centre of the two three-light chandeliers.

· Size: 40x40x107 cms
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Ref.: ZF1167
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BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, VIRGIN WITH CHILD. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENT...

Devotional plaque, Virgin and Child. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century. Rectangular devotional plaque, made of bronze, featuring a ring at the top, a molded frame, and a figurative relief on the front. It depicts the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in her arms, reminiscent of one held in the British Museum in London (inventory 1915,1216,216), attributed to the circle of Sansorino (perhaps a typo; they mean Sansovino) and considered a 16th-century Venetian work. Weight: 166 grams.

· Size: 7 x 0,5 x 11,2 cm.
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Ref.: ZF1416D
BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, SAINT BENEDICT OF NURSIA. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17...

Devotional plaque, Saint Benedict of Nursia. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th century. Rectangular bronze devotional plaque with a ring at the top, a molded frame, and a relief figurative representation on the front. It shows a man in a habit, standing, holding a staff and a book in one hand, with a sunburst or burst of glory in the upper left corner, and a book and a miter in the lower area. This is Saint Benedict of Nursia, a Christian monk, considered the founder of monastic life in the West and venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church. Weight: 130 grams.

· Size: 7 x 0,4 x 11 cm.
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Ref.: ZF1416Q
BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH...

Devotional plaque, Saint Anthony of Padua. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th century. Oval-shaped devotional plaque made of bronze with a ring at the top, a molded frame with an interior band of simple geometric motifs, and a relief figurative representation on the front. It shows a man in a habit, standing, holding a book in one hand (on which the Child Jesus can be seen) and a cross in the other, resting on his shoulder. Two pedestals appear, one with a skull and the other with books. Compare with the one in the Metropolitan Museum (inventory 2012.545.12), dated to the early 17th century and rectangular in shape. Weight: grams.

· Size: 7,5x0.5x11.5 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1416Z
BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, SAINT DOMINIC. BRONZE. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH-...

Devotional plaque, Saint Dominic de Guzmán. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th-18th centuries. Rectangular bronze devotional plaque with a ring at the top, a molded frame, and a relief figurative representation on the front. It depicts a man in a habit, standing, holding a cross with a Christ figure in one hand and what appears to be a book in the other, with a break in the glory in the upper left corner and objects in the lower area. It depicts Saint Dominic de Guzmán, a Castilian priest and Catholic saint, founder of the Order of Preachers. Weight: 143 grams.

· Size: 6,9 x 0,5 x 10,7 cm
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Ref.: ZF1416A
BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, SAINT BENEDICT OF NURSIA. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17...

Devotional plaque, Saint Benedict of Nursia. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th century. Rectangular bronze devotional plaque with a ring at the top, a molded frame, and a relief figurative representation on the front. It shows a man in a habit, standing, holding a staff in one hand, with a sunburst or burst of glory in the upper left corner, and a book and miter below. This is Saint Benedict of Nursia, a Christian monk considered the founder of monastic life in the West and venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church. Weight: 135 grams.

· Size: 6,9 x 0,5 x 11 cm.
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Ref.: ZF1416K
BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, SAINT DOMINIC. BRONZE. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH ...

Devotional plaque, Saint Dominic de Guzmán. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th century. Rectangular bronze devotional plaque with a ring at the top, a molded frame, and a relief figurative representation on the front. It depicts a man in a habit, standing, holding a cross with a Christ figure in one hand and what appears to be a book in the other, with a break in the glory in the upper left corner and objects in the lower area. It depicts Saint Dominic de Guzmán, a Castilian priest and Catholic saint, founder of the Order of Preachers. Weight: 182 grams.

· Size: 7,4 x 0,5 x 11,1 cm.
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Ref.: ZF1416R
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BRONZE DEVOTIONAL PLAQUE, SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH-1...

Devotional plaque, Saint Thomas Aquinas. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th-18th centuries. A rectangular bronze devotional plaque with a ring at the top, a molded frame, and a figurative relief on the front. It depicts a man in a habit, standing, holding flowers in one hand and a book in the other, with a burst of glory or sunburst appearing in the upper left corner. This is Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest, friar, theologian, philosopher, and Catholic jurist of the Dominican Order, considered the foremost representative of scholasticism and canonized in the 14th century. Compare this piece with two plaques held in the Lázaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid, Spain. Weight: 149 grams.

· Size: 7 x 0,5 x 11 cm.
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Ref.: ZF1416U
WROUGHT IRON LOCK. SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY.

Lock. Wrought iron. Spanish School, 17th century. A working wrought iron deadbolt with a key features a push-button mechanism on the lower right side to lift the cover concealing the keyhole. The key is opened in two steps by inserting the key. The key features a decoration of moldings and pearls, along with a tribolulated ring. The deadbolt features a series of elements on the outer edge, influenced by architecture and arranged symmetrically and balanced, following classicist motifs. The bar consists of a tubular section and a flat section (at one point, another decoration similar to that of the deadbolt appears). Also noteworthy is the heraldic shield-shaped section with a closed crown in the lock's escutcheon area. Compare this work with, for example, the lock shields of ancient Spanish chests such as those preserved in the Museo Casa de Cervantes in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), with locks from churches, convents and other important ancient institutions (the bolt of El Escorial in the Museum of Royal Collections of National Heritage in Madrid, the doors of the Hospital of the Third Order in Madrid, etc.), or pieces such as the 17th-century Sevillian bolt from the collection of the Museo Español de Antigüedades, now preserved in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional (inventory 52014). Weight: 4 kg.

· Size: 40,5x6x15,5 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1402
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BRONZE BRAZIER. POSSIBLY SPANISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY.

Frame for a hand brazier. Bronze. Possibly Spanish School, 16th century. A polygonal bronze frame for a brazier or table, raised on legs and featuring a decoration of human figures at the top, as a finial, and a series of openwork scenes on the front between Doric or Tuscan columns (human figures surrounded by plant and grotesque elements; two panels with handles), clearly influenced by Classicism. Weight: 1.1 kg.

· Size: 19x19x12 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1422
LOUIS XV STYLE INKWELL. BRONZE, STONE. POSSIBLY FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CE...

Louis XV style writing desk. Gilt bronze, stone. Possibly French school, 19th century. Gilt bronze writing desk with a metal plate at the bottom and, at the top, a decoration based on plant and architectural elements, with a certain classicist influence, but with a composition and combination of movement somewhat reminiscent of Rococo. Raised on scroll-shaped legs, it features two inkwells with hinged lids and a central area revealing a veined stone slab (possibly marble) in the shape of a heart, surrounded by plant and architectural elements. There is evidence of the existence of another very similar example in a French private collection, something common in this type of work due to the high specialization of the bronze workshops in France, who created a series of identical or very similar works that, in turn, they sold to dealers or other workshops for use in clocks, fittings, etc. adding elements of porcelain, marble, wood... Weight: 4.3 kg.

· Size: 30x18x13 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1419
WROUGHT IRON DOOR KNOCHER. SPANISH SCHOOL, 15TH CENTURY.Y

Dog-shaped knocker. Wrought iron. Spanish School, 15th century. Wrought iron knocker with a star-shaped striking piece featuring engraved decoration and a zoomorphic end (the typology, common in the Spanish Gothic school, is known as "dog-shaped"). This type of knocker was common in important residences, and similar examples are preserved in institutions such as the Provincial Ethnographic Museum of León or on the doors of houses such as those in Valdespino de Somoza.

· Size: 15x5x21 cms.
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Ref.: Z3687
BRONZE OINOCHOE. POSSIBLY ITALY, 19TH CENTURY.

Oinochoe. Bronze. Possibly Italy, 19th century. An oenochoe, oinochoe, oinochoe or oenochoe is a vessel used to draw wine from a krater (where it was stored) before serving in ancient Greece. Its heyday was during the Geometric period and various types are distinguished according to the shape of the mouth and the belly. Most Greek oenochoes were made of terracotta, but there are also some made of precious metals, presumably for the social classes that could afford them, although very few have survived. The present example seems to be inspired by ancient works (compare one in the Metropolitan Museum from around 460 BC with inventory number 1970.11.1 and another in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest with inventory number 66.142.A).

· Size: 12x12x20 cms
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Ref.: ZF1390
PAIR OF CANDLE HOLDERS. METAL, ENAMEL. LIMOGES, FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY.

Pair of candlesticks. Metal, enamel. Limoges, France, 19th century. They present faults. Pair of metal candlesticks decorated with polychrome enamel on the outside, each with an octagonal base that begins with a step and rises gently to the axis, which has discs and mouldings between jar-shaped shapes, ending in tubular candlesticks with a mouth that extends outwards in a smooth moulding. Throughout the piece, there are plant decorations in relief with a clear classicist influence, interspersed with medallions of male profiles in grisaille on the upper part and roundels on the base. Likewise, scrolls and plant, geometric and architectural motifs without relief can be seen, in a gold tone. These tondos of the base show a heraldic shield crowned and supported by two quadruped animals, and three-quarter figurative elements, identified with the name of the character represented in Latin. Thus, we see “Cephale”, “Lavrore” and “Adonis”. In Greek mythology, Cephalus was the lover of Eos, goddess of dawn, condemned by Aphrodite to only love mortals. Adonis was the lover of Aphrodite, eternally young and symbolizing death and the annual renewal of vegetation, and whose nature was tied to the calendar. This pair of candlesticks is closely inspired by a candlestick that the Louvre Museum in Paris (where it is preserved, inventory RFML.OA.2022.2.7) considers to have been made in the mid-16th century in Paris or Sèvres (France) and attributed with doubt to the master enameller Julien Robillard (active ca. 1850-1880). The inspiration in models and motifs of the Italian Renaissance is clear.

· Size: 12,5x12,5x15,5 cms
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Ref.: ZF1328
BOX. WOOD, NACRE. 19TH CENTURY.

Box. Wood, mother-of-pearl. 19th century. Rectangular box with lid made of dark wood and decorated with lines and plant elements, small furniture items, animals, etc. in marquetry mother-of-pearl applications, with engraved or inked details. This type of piece was highly appreciated in Europe, coming from workshops in China or Vietnam.

· Size: 22,5x15x11 cms.
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Ref.: ZE358