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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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Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 17th century. It shows damage. Oil on canvas featuring a background with a Breaking of Glory in light tones and clouds and a figure in the center, situated on a crescent moon and three angel heads, dressed in a white tunic and blue cloak. The image of the Virgin Mary in this work reflects one of the most common models of the Immaculate Conception in Spanish Baroque art. This devotion presents an iconography whose development began in Gothic art, responding to a desire to highlight the purity of the Mother of Christ. Initially, it featured details from the Vision of Saint John on Patmos and elements from the Marian Litany, but it was simplified over time to reach examples such as the present one.
· Size: 124x5x179 cms.
DECORATIVE ANTIQUES
PAINTINGS
Ref.: ZF1046
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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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Empire style table with marble top. Circular table on four legs placed on claws with balls joined by chamfers that converge in a small vase. The supports are shaped like a stipe, decorated on the front with plant garlands, jars and lacework, which are also presented on the waist, flanking medallions with landscapes. The French Empire style (towards the beginning of the 19th century), named after the period of Napoleon's government in France, was characterized by its inspiration in the classical world.
· Size: 85x70x84 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;CLASSIC
Ref.: D124
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Rectangular table with a marble top and floral marquetry, legs decorated with rams' heads and legs, with a waist decorated with waves and flowers and a top in stone highlighted by bands in different woods. The use of animal heads (called protome) in decoration was very common in classical antiquity, hence its popularity throughout the History of Art.
· Size: 100x52x53 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;CLASSIC
Ref.: D048
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Queen Anne dresser with mirror. The chest of drawers is supported by four legs and is framed by two columns on either side. It has three identical drawers below and three above (the two central ones joined together in a structure which, when opened, reveals a writing board). The style of furniture known as “Queen Anne” developed in England around the reign of the monarch of the same name (1720s to around 1760), and was characterised by a lack of decorative elements and an emphasis on the lines of the pieces. A number of characteristic elements of this style are still in use today.
· Size: 91,5x41,5x93 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;CLASSIC
Ref.: D078
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Louis XV style desk with “quill” marquetry. It rests on four cabriole legs with a notable curvature, decorated with a band of gilded metal along its entire profile and a lower finial in the shape of an animal paw, made with plant and rocaille motifs. The waist has three drawers in its front made of darker wood than the rest, which also has rectangles with a curved lower profile on the shorter sides; it is worth mentioning the curvatures of the lower part of this area. The upper board, highlighted by a metal band with mirrors in the corners, shows a central area with “quill” marquetry within a band with plant elements. Both decorative elements and the curves of lines and profiles are characteristic of the style known in France as Louis XV (Rococo), which inspired the desk.
· Size: 106x55x78 cms
DECORATION
FURNITURE;CLASSIC
Ref.: D174
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Dressing table. Solid wood veneered in lemongrass root, gold metal handles, glass. Chest of drawers with four drawers at the front with gold fittings raised on small legs and with, above the top, another three drawers and a rectangular mirror. The shapes, lines and decorative details are reminiscent of English examples.
· Size: 98x50x160 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;CLASSIC
Ref.: E412
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Two-body corner cabinet with two doors in mahogany wood. The lower part of the cabinet has two doors decorated with a moulding in the centre and four scallops in the corners, and are framed by fluted columns. A protruding moulding separates it from the upper part, with chamfered corners and two other doors, which have been decorated with a wooden tracery of straight lines and rectangles. The corner part is finished off with a moulding with a series of drops (this is the name given to the decorations on classical architraves).
· Size: 60x60x195 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;CLASSIC
Ref.: JA009
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Desk table. Wood, textile, metal. Desk with nine drawers with openwork fittings decorated with geometric shapes and simplified plant details, with three upholstered areas on the top. The legs, sides and front have decorative elements with a certain classicist influence reminiscent of 19th century examples.
· Size: 76x125x75 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;CLASSIC
Ref.: JW029
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Seated offering. Bronze. 20th century, following Art Deco models. Bronze sculpture of a young lady sitting with her feet crossed and raising both arms to hold an oval tray. Her clothing (exotic, detailed, highlighting the figure...) and the posture of the piece, reminiscent of a dancer, link it to European Art Deco works. Weight: 26 kg.
· Size: 40x38x90 cms
DECORATION
BRONZE SCULPTURES
Ref.: V3053
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Oriental cabinet. Carved and polychrome wood, metal. Towards the beginning of the 20th century. Tall cabinet made of carved wood, with metal fittings, with a decoration of a certain oriental influence. At the top it has two doors in the centre and two smaller ones on the sides, these located above two covered spaces that give access to two shelves. Under these central doors there is another covered space. Towards the bottom, there are four drawers and, in the lower area, another central space. All these accesses have doors decorated with carved scenes of Chinese influence.
· Size: 136x60x176 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;ORIENTAL
Ref.: XG049
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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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Dining table with oriental door top. Embossed metal, wood, bronze. 19th century and later. Dining table made with a wooden structure reinforced with metal elements and featuring two 19th century bronze doors as a top, for use with a glass top on this element. The bronze door features a series of decorative elements arranged within four square areas, in which a central motif (with birds and peacocks perched on a “Tree of Life” type plant element) is enhanced by a simplified plant decoration, and which are framed with bands of simple flowers and leaves. With four squares on each side, in the centre there is a band with flower buds. Both the decoration and its distribution, and the shape of these bronze doors are common in Eastern traditions, reminiscent above all of works done in India.
· Size: 104x187x81 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;RUSTIC
Ref.: AA011A
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Pair of table legs in carved travertine. Both are identical, and have been decorated with symmetrically arranged fleshy leaves, which are more reminiscent of tropical examples than of classically inspired acanthus. The prominence of the natural element in the work is close to aesthetic approaches that appeared in art from the 19th century onwards. 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
MARBLE SCULPTURES
Ref.: M0015A
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Glazed porcelain vase with two hand-painted scenes. “The Virgin Mary”. Inspired by models from the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres (France). Both the lines of the vase and its decorative elements are inspired by works of Neoclassicism: the pineapple on top, the female grotesques on the handles, garlands, plant elements, scrolls, etc. It features hand-painted scenes on its fronts: Mary with the Child and Saint John; and The Coronation of the Virgin. The work is inspired by models from the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres.
· Size: 40x25x77 cms.
DECORATION
PORCELAIN
Ref.: S2558A
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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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Trumeau mirror. Synthetic material imitating gilded wood, glass. Mirror decorated with latticework and plant elements divided between an oval and a rectangular area. It clearly shows the influence of 19th century French Neoclassical models.
· Size: 110x6x235 cms.
DECORATION
FURNITURE;CLASSIC
Ref.: E550
