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Pair of table legs in carved travertine. Both identical, they are decorated with symmetrically arranged fleshy leaves, reminiscent of tropical plants rather than classically inspired acanthus. The prominence of the natural element in the work is close to aesthetic approaches that emerged in art from the 19th century onward. Travertine, or travertine marble, is a sedimentary rock widely used for interior and exterior decoration since the Roman Empire.
· Size: 40 x 9,5 x 46 cm
DECORATION
Ref.: M0015A
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Enameled porcelain vase with two hand-painted scenes. “The Virgin Mary”. Inspired by models from the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres (France). Both the vase's lines and decorative elements are inspired by Neoclassical works: the pinecone finial, the female grotesques on the handles, garlands, vegetal motifs, scrolls, etc. It features hand-painted scenes on its front: Mary with the Child and Saint John the Baptist; and the Coronation of the Virgin. The work is inspired by models from the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres.
· Size: 40x25x77 cms.
DECORATION
Ref.: S2558A
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Shepherd's box. Carved horn. 1811. With engraved date. A carved horn box with an oval base and a polygonal lid decorated on the exterior with a series of carvings. The lid features animals, scrolls, and simple geometric elements arranged flanking and facing a crowned heraldic shield. The base has a geometric composition with a rectangle in the center (where the date 1811, presumably the piece's creation, is engraved). The edges of the base are finished with fine, smooth moldings. The aforementioned shield, highly simplified, features five elements in the center and a border of towers or castles beneath a closed crown.
· Size: 8,5x5x3 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0658
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Cash box. Iron. 19th century. Rectangular iron safe with a rectangular base, two side handles, and classically influenced moldings on the front and top. It opens from the top with a hinged door, which also features a knob and a lock with a cover. It is reminiscent of Victorian examples, such as some of the models made by Cannon. Weight: 43 kg.
· Size: 48x30x33 cms.
ANTIQUES
FURNITURE
Ref.: ZF1265
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Ceiling lamp or chandelier. Bronze, glass. 20th century. Ceiling chandelier made of gilded bronze and metal that features plant elements of classicist influence, following 19th century models common especially in the French school (influence also present in the shape of the lamp), and transparent glass beads of various shapes and sizes (leaves, tears, flowers, etc.) and colors, a chromatic combination that was not the most common in these old examples.
· Size: 64x64x92 cms.
ANTIQUES
FURNITURE
Ref.: ZF1447
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Trumeau mirror. Synthetic material imitating gilded wood, glass. Mirror decorated with interlacing patterns and plant motifs, divided between an oval and a rectangular area. It shows a clear influence of 19th-century French Neoclassical models.
· Size: 110x6x235 cms.
DECORATION
Ref.: E550
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Wide cup on a green marble pedestal. A vase-like form rises from a low column with a smooth, cylindrical shaft and base, supporting a wide cup with an outward-curving rim. Besides its material, the work is notable for its elegance and clean lines, and for its connection to models inherited from 19th-century Neoclassicism.
· Size: 80x80x106 cms.
DECORATION
Ref.: M0131A
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Desk with marquetry decoration and one drawer. The four pilastered legs feature marquetry and line work that accentuate the forms. The waist of the piece follows the shape of the top panel and has a drawer at the front. This drawer is decorated with marquetry featuring plant motifs with outlined outlines arranged in rectangles framed by metal cords. The top panel displays prominent marquetry scrolls with lines and frieze bands, combining woods of different tones.
· Size: 97x48x80 cms.
DECORATION
Ref.: D159
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Oriental sideboard. Carved and polychrome wood. 19th-20th centuries. A four-legged table with a rectangular top that projects slightly from the body of the piece and a front carved in a subtle relief, clearly distinguishing each of its five drawers. The decorative motifs, color scheme, and overall appearance (with areas that seem lacquered) follow ancient Chinese examples, but it is also possible to observe particular differences from what was typical of 19th-century Chinese furniture in the West (proportions, combination of decorative techniques).
· Size: 91x45x89 cms.
DECORATION
Ref.: XM076
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Oriental sideboard. Carved and polychrome wood. 19th-20th centuries. A rectangular, straight-topped cabinet decorated on the sides with geometric elements and on the front with elaborate carvings of plant motifs highlighting the ovals in its five drawers, which feature floral compositions and figurative scenes against a black background. Both its form and decoration clearly demonstrate the piece's connection to antique Chinese furniture.
· Size: 87x45x89 cms
DECORATION
Ref.: XM087
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Chest of drawers. Lemonwood. 19th century. A lemonwood chest of drawers with a straight, rectangular top and five drawers at the front (two narrow and three long), decorated with simple flat moldings and spherical legs. This decorative simplicity, which highlights the quality and grain of the lemonwood finish, is reminiscent of English examples.
· Size: 103x49x106 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z0312
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Walnut wood wing table with claw legs, 19th century. The rectangular table, supported by four eagle-like legs grasping balls, features a drawer and two folding tabletops (from which this type of table derives its name). The piece's decorative simplicity stems from its design as a primarily functional piece of furniture, although it displays the characteristic use of decorative elements from various traditions, a common feature in 19th-century art. The legs are very common in 18th-century English examples ("claw and ball" with cabriole legs), and the wood used is the most typical for Spanish furniture.
· Size: abierta 138,5x 117 x 78 cerrada 57x117x78 cms.
DECORATIVE ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z0485
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Parapet. Wrought iron. Castilian school, 16th century Parapet made of wrought iron decorated with a series of vertical balustraded shapes enhanced with curves topped with simple floral elements, and a spherical finial at one end.
· Size: 180x45x85 cms.
DECORATIVE ANTIQUES
WROUGHT IRON;MISCELLANEUS
Ref.: Z1048
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Still. Copper, iron handles. 19th century. A still with a bell-shaped copper body, a cap on top with the usual fitting for these objects, and a simple support for placing the apparatus over the fire. It has four iron handles for moving it. Used to perform the distillation process.
· Size: 80x80x125 cms.
DECORATIVE ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z3694
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Barber's chair. Iron, porcelain, etc. Triumph, Spain, circa early 20th century. 1 unit available. Iron barber chair with a highly ornate footrest featuring plant motifs and the name of the patent holder, with a cane seat and backrest and a red fabric headrest, matching the area next to the footrest. It is very likely an example of the Gran Lujo Nº1 model, which was manufactured in Spain under a foreign patent in 1910, and is one of the most highly regarded in Spain.
· Size: 79x110x120 cms.
DECORATIVE ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS
Ref.: Z3939
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“Gypsies”. Oil on canvas. Signed “A. Briones”. 20th century. Oil on canvas depicting a barely sketched natural landscape in the background, giving prominence to the figures advancing in the foreground. The man on the right carries a staff over his shoulder and several other items, and is accompanied by a bear cub. In the center, a woman walks with a walking stick over her shoulder, leading a horse laden with more objects and some children. The painting depicts a Gypsy family on their way to a performance involving a bear cub. Between the 15th and 18th centuries, artistic representations of Gypsies were stereotypical and scarce, with only a few engravings, tapestries, and paintings such as David Teniers III's "Landscape with Gypsies" in the Prado Museum (inv. Poo1818). The 19th century saw the flourishing of Gypsy motifs in the visual arts, driven by the interest of foreign artists drawn to the "exotic" nature of these people. These artists depicted what they considered their most folkloric features, with Fortuny and Sorolla being particularly noteworthy. This work aims to highlight the unique characteristics of the Roma people, but without dwelling solely on stereotypes, clearly depicting the hardships of their lives and the loneliness that accompanied them. Technically, its connection to innovative contributions to French painting from the late 19th century onward is evident. Thematically, it is reminiscent of works of social realism (a painting movement that emerged in France around the mid-19th century).
· Size: 97x64 cms. 86x117 cms.
DECORATIVE ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z4081
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Chest. Walnut wood, iron. Burgos, 17th century. A rectangular chest with a flat lid, made of carved walnut wood, with corner pieces and a lock on the front for securing it with a key. The lower part features a carved decoration with simple geometric elements, and simple lines adorn the outer edge of the lid. This type of furniture was very common in Spain, frequently used to store valuable items such as clothing, tableware, and so on.
· Size: 169x52x73 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z4841
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Grille with two gates. Wrought iron. Spain, 17th century. A wrought iron window grille featuring two smooth, circular cross-section rails in the center, inserted between the vertical bars. These rails are decorated with small discs and balustrade-like shapes (adding a subtle sense of movement) between the two rails, with the two pieces facing each other to create harmony. The decorative details mentioned refer to Baroque works of this material from the 17th century: compare, for example, with the balconies of the Casa de Panadería in the Plaza Mayor of Madrid, or with Spanish pieces preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, a confessional grille in the Metropolitan Museum of New York dated 1629 (inv. 57.137.51) and another in the same museum made by the master Francisco González (inv. 56-234.12Ad).
· Size: 120x38x133 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z5602
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Display case. Walnut wood. 19th century. A tall display cabinet made of carved walnut wood with interior shelves and a glass door secured with a key, decorated with carvings of architectural elements clearly influenced by classical architecture. These details show a certain French influence, common in 19th-century European furniture.
· Size: 38x70x166 cms.
DECORATIVE ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z5731
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“Satyr”. Patinated terracotta. Following models by Claude Michel Clodion (France, 1738-1814). Late 19th-early 20th century. A patinated terracotta sculpture consisting of an oval base decorated with simple architectural elements of classical influence and a tondo with a bust adorned with a garland, and two figures. These figures, reclining at the top, are a satyr (with his characteristic goat-like legs) holding a bunch of grapes, and a young nymph embracing him as she tries to reach the fruit. Compare this sculpture (though not so much the base) with the one entitled “Nymph and Satyr” in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal, attributed to the sculptor Claude Michel, noting the similarities and differences. Pieces similar to this work, also known as “Satyr Feeding a Nymph with Grapes,” are held in several private collections. Claude Michel “Clodion” (1730–1814) was a French sculptor who trained with Lambert Sigisbert Adam and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. He received numerous awards (Prix de Rome in 1762, etc.) and maintained a prominent workshop in Paris from 1771. While he also produced large-scale works, he is best known for his small-format sculptures in bronze (or other materials such as calamine or terracotta). These works had a significant influence both during his lifetime and long after his death, inspiring countless other works.
· Size: 38x31x40 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z5882
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Table. Walnut wood. 17th century. Table with a plain rectangular top and two drawers at the front, decorated with simple geometric shapes on their fronts, leaving a strip with tabs between them. The legs, joined at their lower rectangular joint by means of a plain stretcher, show an elaborate turned carving in discs, following the usual in the Baroque.
· Size: 64x97x74 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z6778
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Wine tasting glass or shudder. Silver. 18th century. Without contrast marks. A vessel known as a wine glass or tembladera, with two closed, flat, S-shaped handles and a line of "bites" (scalloped shapes) highlighted by bands of dots that extend into the interior of the piece. The bottom has a star-shaped pattern (leaving some stripes smooth and with a glossy finish, forming a Maltese Cross, and combining the remaining areas with the same finish with others in diamond-shaped, pricked luster with dots). The bernegales and tembladeras de bocados were common pieces in 17th-century Spanish silverwork, generally becoming relegated to less important centers 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 of the Portuguese school; inventory 3916), or the one dated between 1640 and 1665 in the same museum (inventory 3910), or the one by José Jiménez de Illescas (inventory 3915, dated 1715-1725) in the same institution. Weight: 83 g.
· Size: 14,5x11x3 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZE192
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Wine tasting glass or shudder. Silver. 18th century. No contrast marks. With ownership initials. A vessel known as a wine glass or tasting glass, with two flat, curved handles decorated with simplified plant motifs, and a line of scalloped shapes along the rim, enhanced by bands of recessed dots that remain in relief on the interior of the piece, where they extend and frame the background decoration. In this area is a Greek cross with a fleur-de-lis or floriated design in a smooth, glossy finish, engraved with the letters "RA" (owner's initials), standing out against a background of dotted stippling. The bernegales and tembladeras de bocados were common pieces in 17th-century Spanish silverwork, generally becoming relegated to less important centers 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 of the Portuguese school; inventory 3916), or the one dated between 1640 and 1665 in the same museum (inventory 3910), or the one by José Jiménez de Illescas (inventory 3915, dated 1715-1725) in the same institution. Weight: 94 g.
· Size: 13,5x10,5x4,5 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZE193
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Wine tasting glass or shudder. Silver. 17th century. Without contrast marks. A vessel known as a wine glass or tasting glass, with two flat, closed "S"-shaped handles (decorated with simplified plant motifs) and a line of "bites" (scalloped shapes) highlighted with bands of dots. On the inside bottom, there is an eight-petaled flower engraved with a cross inside. The bernegales and tembladeras de bocados were common pieces in 17th-century Spanish silverwork, generally becoming relegated to less important centers 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 of the Portuguese school; inventory 3916), or the one dated between 1640 and 1665 in the same museum (inventory 3910), or the one by José Jiménez de Illescas (inventory 3915, dated 1715-1725) in the same institution. Weight: 96 g.
· Size: 15x10,5x4,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;SILVER
Ref.: ZE195
