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Convoy of silver cruets. Córdoba, Cristóbal Sánchez Soto (1755-1802), towards the third third of the 18th century. With hallmarks and engraving marks. The present convoy maintains a slight Rococo reminiscence in its lines, but also advances something of the Neoclassical decorative purity. The craftsman, Cristóbal Sánchez Soto, is well known for works of great importance such as a float for the Virgin of Solitude and a tabernacle, both for the Brotherhood of the Nazarene of Córdoba, for example. The other two hallmarks that appear are those of the town (Córdoba) and that of the assayer, Juan de Luque y Leyva (1721-1779). Weight 400 gr. .
· Size: 20x11x21 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: Z6547
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Frame. Carved and gilded wood. 18th century. Rectangular frame made of carved and gilded wood that combines a thin smooth band on the inside, with another carved band with a band and another on the outside, in which smooth areas are combined with delicate plant details (these in the same finish as the rest of the molding, highlighted on a striped background). Nowadays, the value and appreciation of frames is on the rise due to the search for them by museums and important institutions, with the aim of giving the works the frames they would have had originally. Hence, similar examples are found in some paintings by Vermeer, for example, or can be found in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, in the Louvre Museum, in the British Museum and in the Victoria & Albert in London, etc.
· Size: 75x6x58 cms. / 50x38 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;FRAMES
Ref.: ZE225
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Pair of reliefs; grotesques or candelieri. Carved, polychrome and gilded wood. 16th century. Pair of reliefs made of hand-carved, gilded and polychrome wood, each showing a winged angel's head (or putti), placed on a vertical element that acts as an axis of symmetry for the composition of the relief. The rest of the motifs that complete the works are leaves with scrolls, floral or vegetal details, latticework, mouldings, all of clear classicist influence. The background does not present any decorative element, neither carved nor painted, thus leaving the spotlight to the aforementioned elements. This type of composition was very common in the Renaissance throughout Europe, when the “fashion” of grotesques spread from Italy. Compare, for example, the frieze reflected in an image of the work by Diego de Sagredo entitled “Medidas del Romano” (1526, Toledo); details of the Chapel of Santa Librada in the Cathedral of Sigüenza by Francisco de Baeza (around 1520); others from the façade of the Escuelas Mayores of the University of Salamanca; Main Altarpiece of the Collegiate Church of Torrijos (Toledo), commissioned in 1558 from Juan Correa de Vivar; etc. It should be noted that these decorative motifs will have a long tradition in Spanish art. It is quite possible that the present relief plaque was created to form part of an altar in a church although it is not decorated with a religious theme (note that the theme of “winged heads”, often called “putti”, also comes from Italy and is found in both civil and religious works).
· Size: 14x5x22 cms.
ANTIQUES
SCULPTURE
Ref.: ZE238
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Reliefs with angel heads. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century. Pair of rectangular panels with a ring for hanging on the back, which feature two deep figurative reliefs on the front. On a gold background, two winged children's heads are shown, one looking to each side. Note the gold details on the feathers, with a somewhat heraldic arrangement and shape, and the pictorial treatment of the hair. This type of relief was very common in the Spanish school from the Renaissance onwards to decorate altars, reredos, etc. Weight: 600 grams.
· Size: 32x6x11 cms
ANTIQUES
SCULPTURE
Ref.: ZE371
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Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824-1850. With contrast marks and text. Silver vessel in its colour with a circular, stepped base decorated with ready mouldings, a turned axis or base with lines, and an elongated upper part, with a lid on one side and a protuberance on the other side of the piece (note the damage here). The hallmarks on the edge of the upper part (under the hinged lid) and on the foot place the production of this naveta in Salamanca, during the years of the faithful hallmark known as Bernabé Hidalgo (apparently documented in 1840, considered by some to be active in the 18th and 19th centuries; there is evidence of a Bernabé Sahagún Hidalgo working as a hallmark in Salamanca between 1824 and 1850). The other hallmark could not be identified. Also note the legend “Billaberde” located on the foot of the piece. Weight: 454 grams.
· Size: 16x10x18 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZE438
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Courtiers and Cage. Glazed porcelain. Johann Joachim model. Circa 1800 Glazed porcelain figure with a rock-like base and a pair of lovers dressed in 18th-century fashion, with the boy reaching out with his left hand toward a large birdcage. The piece is very similar to some figures titled "Lovers with Cages" made by Du Paquier (who opened a porcelain factory in Vienna in 1719) in 1737, examples of which are preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Du Paquier, in turn, drew his inspiration from works done in Meissen by Johan Joachim Kaendler around 1736-1740 (varying in details such as replacing the German table with the Viennese table cage in some examples, or colors, for example). If we compare the present work with Du Paquier's works, we can see notable similarities in postures, elements, etc., but also important differences (colors, details, base of the figure, etc.).
· Size: 14x12x13 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;CERAMIC
Ref.: ZF0445
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Historical compendium of the arquebusiers of Madrid… Soler, Isidro (fl. Ca. 1795). Madrid, 1795. Original, leather binding. 86 pages. Perfect condition. “Historical compendium of the arquebusiers of Madrid from their origin to the present day, with two plates in which are engraved the marks and countermarks that they used in their works”, by Isidro Soler, arquebusier of the King Our Lord. Printing house of Pantaleón Aznar, 1795, Madrid. 86 p., 2 hr. of engraving. Full leather binding with gilt spines and decorated interveins; gilt edges, counter-edges and cuts; cover with embossed and gilt borders framing a royal superlibris with the Golden Fleece and closed crown.
· Size: 15,5x1,5x20,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0568
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Frame. Gilded and polychrome wood. 17th century. It presents loss in the lower left area. Frame made of carved wood, gilded and polychromed in certain areas, with decoration based on bands (alternating plain ones with others with vegetal and architectural elements) and a relief at the top with vegetal and architectural motifs, combining polychromy with gilding in this area and below. Note the similarity between the decoration and lines of this piece and certain Spanish Baroque altarpieces of the 17th century.
· Size: 105x16,5x101,5 / int 81x57 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;FRAMES
Ref.: ZF0631
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Writing case with three inkwells. Silver. Martínez Royal Silversmiths Factory, Madrid, 1845. With contrast marks. Silver writing table in its colour, composed of a rectangular tray with raised, openwork sides and openwork decoration on the longer sides (downwards), and three containers (two cup-shaped) topped with figurative elements. Both the decoration of the elements and their lines show a clear influence of Neoclassical models based on Antiquity. The hallmarks present link the piece to the city of Madrid (Spain), also adding the date and the silversmith. The Royal Martínez Silver Factory was founded in 1778, and represented the introduction in Spain of the industrial manufacturing method in the field of silver work and of neoclassical aesthetics in Spanish silverwork. It was also one of the most important silver centres in the history of Spain, and was characterised by the originality of its designs and the perfect finish of its pieces. Compare this piece, for example, with the mancerina with a tray and acanthus leaves from the same factory dated 1834 in the Museum of History of Madrid, and with other works preserved in private collections. Weight: 490 grams.
· Size: 23x11x10 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZF0680
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Table clock with lantern. Bronze, wood, glass. 19th century. Table clock with a base enhanced by a series of gilt bronzes in a distinct Renaissance and Classicist style. It features a rocky top (on which the white dial with Roman numerals is located), on which a young man leans, looking up at a vine with bunches of grapes. The clock is protected by a glass lantern with a wooden base decorated with light-colored marquetry, depicting floral and vegetal themes.
· Size: 40x20x27 cms. reloj 33x13x45 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;CLOCKS
Ref.: ZF0941
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Pair of spouted jugs. Silver. BENITO GOMEZ, Antonio (1775-1835). Segovia, Spain, 1801-1835. With contrast marks. Pair of small jugs with a circular base with mouldings, a low conical foot and a tubular body ending in a hemisphere at the bottom and with a flat moulding at the top; the handle, in double C, has a simple volute or branch that rests towards the mouth of the piece; the spout shows simple decoration. Typologically, the present pair is linked to a type of spouted jug that, with variations, was common in Spanish domestic silverware from the first half of the 17th century until the beginning of the 18th century, and was also found after this date. As usual, the civil model was quickly assimilated by religious silverware, especially for use in liturgical cruets. Antonio Benito Gómez (1775-1835) was a silversmith who worked in Segovia from at least 1801 until his death, and also a silversmith who worked between 1824 and 1828 and between 1831 and 1835. Son of the silversmith Juan de la Cruz Benito, several of his works have been preserved: a baptismal shell and a small rostrillo for the church of Vera Cruz in Zamarramala, a hyssop found in the church of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores in La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia), etc. Stylistically, most of his known work is clearly Rococo in style, although some Neoclassical pieces stand out.
· Size: 8,5x5,5x8 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZF0984
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Art Nouveau ceiling lamp. Metal, glass. Circa 1900. Gold metal ceiling lamp with several points of light hidden by white translucent glass shades decorated with geometric elements. The stems, leaves and shapes it presents frame it within Modernism or Art Nouveau, a style highly appreciated in Europe around 1900.
· Size: 61x61x67 cms.
ANTIQUES
FURNITURE
Ref.: ZF1291
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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.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF1448
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Pair of urban views. “Venice”. Marianne Lucy Le Poer Trench (England, 1888-1940). Signed in the lower right corner. Pair of paintings depicting urban views of the Italian city of Venice. Marianne Lucy Le Poer was a landscape painter and teacher who studied at the Slade and exhibited regularly from 1920 at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal College of Art, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Academy, etc., becoming an Associate Professor of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1926.
· Size: int. 30x35 cms.
ANTIQUES
PAINTINGS
Ref.: Z3730
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Display case. Mahogany wood. 19th century. Tall display cabinet made of carved mahogany with gilded metal elements, featuring a glass door with a locking key and enhanced with legs and a crown carved with plant and architectural elements of classical inspiration. Both the decorative motifs mentioned and the proportions and lines of the furniture show a clear influence of French prototypes.
· Size: 113x48x243 cms.
ANTIQUES
FURNITURE
Ref.: Z5530
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Chrismera. Silver in its colour. 16th century. Non-original cover. Silver chrismera in its colour with a circular base decorated with an engraved composition of plant elements and a flat circular body with two “S” shaped handles with plant motifs and a small neck at the top covered with a lid topped with a ring (which is not the original piece). The body has engraved, on one side, a cross on a pedestal with a shroud hanging from it, all within an engraved frame; on the other side, with a frame similar to the one mentioned above, appear the letters “ihs” (Christogram of ancient origin, already used in Paleochristianity, which gave rise to varied etymologies and was adopted as a seal by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus). Weight: 157 grams.
· Size: 6,5x 10x15 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: Z5977
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Pastoral box. Carved horn. 1811. With engraved date. Carved horn box with an oval base and a polygonal lid decorated on the outside with a series of carvings. The lid has animals, scrolls and simple geometric elements arranged flanking and facing a crowned heraldic shield; the base has a geometric composition leaving a rectangle in the centre (where the date 1811 has been engraved, which would be the date of creation of the piece); the edges of the base have fine smooth mouldings. The aforementioned shield, very simplified, has five elements in the centre and a border of towers or castles under a closed crown.
· Size: 8,5x5x3 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0658
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Safe box. Iron. 19th century. Rectangular safe made of iron, with a rectangular base, two handles on the sides and classical-influenced moulding decorations on the fronts and top. It opens from the top with a door with two hinges, which also has a knob and a lock with a cover to cover it. It is reminiscent of Victorian examples, some of the models made by Cannon, etc. Weight: 43 kg.
· Size: 48x30x33 cms.
ANTIQUES
FURNITURE
Ref.: ZF1265
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Wounded Bull. Bronze. BONILLA VILLALBA, Francisco (1920-1978). Signed on base. Bronze sculpture depicting a fighting bull about to die, already with the sword stuck in it and fallen to the ground, where a hat can also be seen. In this lower area, worked into the metal to resemble earth, a signature appears ("Bonilla Villalba"). Francisco Bonilla Villalba was an artist born in Fernán Núñez (Córdoba, Spain) in 1920. He died in Madrid in 1978. In 1937, he entered the School of Arts and Crafts in Córdoba. From there, he moved to Seville to study at the "Santa Isabel de Hungría" School. Later, he went to Madrid to continue his training at the "San Fernando" School of Fine Arts, where he specialized in Sculpture.
· Size: 22x52x34 cms.
ANTIQUES
SCULPTURE
Ref.: ZF1440
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14kt gold brooch with garnet and diamond. An oval 14-karat gold brooch with an outer rim topped by a cord with gold pearls, decorated on the front with a curved composition that leaves smooth spaces for simplified plant motifs and two semicircles on the vertical axis of the smaller side that shelter other plant elements. In the center, framed by a band of cords and pearls in gold and with two small pearls on the larger axis (in the triangular spaces left by the aforementioned curves), is a smooth cabochon garnet with an eight-pointed star in the center of the gem (a diamond also appears in the star), achieving a striking color combination. The marked symmetry of the piece is reminiscent of 19th-century jewelry work in the Neoclassical style. Weight: 19.81 grams.
· Size: 4,6 x 3,6 cm.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;JEWELRY
Ref.: JBR2568
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Chest of drawers. Lemongrass wood. 19th century. A chest of drawers made of lemongrass wood with a straight, rectangular top and five drawers at the front (two narrow and three long), decorated with simple flat mouldings and spherical legs. This decorative simplicity, which highlights the quality and grain of the lemongrass wood finish, is reminiscent of English examples.
· Size: 103x49x106 cms.
ANTIQUES
FURNITURE
Ref.: Z0312
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Saint Christopher. Jet. Spanish School, 16th century. A carving showing a male figure standing on a base and carrying a child on his shoulders. Saint Christopher of Lycia, best known thanks to the spread of the Golden Legend of James of the Voragine from the 13th century onwards, was best known for having crossed a river with Christ disguised as a child on his shoulders. Compare this work with the 16th-century jet-carved Saint James with Pilgrims in the Cathedral Museum of Ávila (Spain), the examples in the Valencia Museum of Don Juan (Madrid), etc.
· Size: 5x3x16 cms.
ANTIQUES
SCULPTURE
Ref.: Z3608
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Chest. Walnut wood, iron. Burgos, 17th century. Rectangular chest with a flat lid made of carved walnut wood, with corners and a latch at the front to lock it with a key, and a carved decoration on the bottom with simple geometric elements, and simple lines on the outer edge of the lid. This type of furniture was very common in Spain, frequently used to store objects of a certain value such as clothes, dishes, etc.
· Size: 169x52x73 cms.
ANTIQUES
FURNITURE
Ref.: Z4841
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Notary office. Silver. Madrid, 1819 and 1841. With hallmarks. Artist M. García. Owner's initials. Writing set composed of three containers on a slightly raised base on animal claws made of silver in its colour, which has contrasting marks in several points. The entire set presents a decoration and elegant and simple lines with a marked neoclassical influence. The contrasting marks present on the bases of two containers and on the “tray” or base of the set place the execution of the work in Madrid, providing two different dates probably due to the partial loss and subsequent restoration. Artist: Manuel García.1838-1858 Weight: 800 grams.
· Size: 11x22x14 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: Z5287
