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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.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;OTHER OBJECTS

Ref.: ZF1448
TWO MEN. WATERCOLOUR. JIMENEZ ARANDA, LUIS. ROME, ITALY, 1879.

Two men on a bench. Watercolor. JIMÉNEZ ARANDA, Luis. Rome, Italy, 1879. Signed, dated and located (lower right area). Luis Jiménez Aranda (Seville, 1845-Pontoise, France, 1928) was the brother of the painters José and Manuel Jiménez Aranda. He began his training with José, expanding it at the Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville and, even more, going to Rome in 1867 thanks to a four-year stipend provided by a private patron in exchange for a painting a year (here he would train with Marià Fortuny). When this aid ended in 1874, he continued in the city sharing housing with José Villegas Cordero and Francisco Peralta del Campo (all three studying with Eduardo Rosales). In 1876 he settled in Pontoise, near Paris, becoming a naturalized French citizen from 1877 onwards. He participated in several editions of the Paris Salon, in the Universal Expositions of this city in 1889 and of Chicago in 1893 (achieving recognition in both), and in National Exhibitions of Fine Arts of Spain (First Medal in 1892). Well-known for his genre paintings, he specialized in historical subjects, producing numerous important works. His work is held in several private collections and institutions such as the Meadows Museum (Dallas, Texas, USA), the Prado Museum in Madrid, the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville, etc.

· Size: 55x3x68 cms. int. 25x34,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
PAINTINGS

Ref.: ZF1459
PORCELAIN THREE TIER CAKE STAND. MEISSEN, GERMANY, POSSIBLY SECOND HAL...

Centerpiece. Glazed porcelain. Meissen, Germany, possibly second half of the 19th century. With marks and numbers on bases. Enameled porcelain centerpiece topped with a male figure dressed in 18th-century European fashion. It features three saucers with openwork edges (the smaller one at the top) arranged on a centerpiece decorated with simple geometric elements and spiraling plant motifs. Incised marks and numbers can be seen on the bases of the saucers and the centerpiece. The blue and white decoration with these particular plant elements is a type known as "blue onion," very characteristic of Meissen porcelain, and inspired by works from China that also frequently used these colors as early as the 17th century. Although onions were not depicted, the stylized elements (peaches, melons, bamboo, etc.) reminded Europeans of this vegetable, hence the name. At the base of the centerpiece, you can see the Meissen mark used between 1815 and 1924. The base of the "larger plate" features engraved numbers and another in blue ink; the next plate shows the mark of the two crossed swords and more engraved numbers; at the base of the smaller plate, the number 17 can be seen in blue ink.

· Size: 28x28x57 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEUS;CERAMIC

Ref.: ZF1465
EMPIRE TABLE WITH MARBLE TOP.

Empire style table with marble top. A circular table on four legs resting on brackets with balls joined by moldings that converge at a small vase. The supports are stipe-shaped, decorated on the front with vegetal garlands, vases, and interlacing patterns, which also appear at the waist, flanking medallions with landscapes. The French Empire style (around the beginning of the 19th century), named after the period of Napoleon's rule in France, was characterized by its inspiration from the classical world.

· Size: 85x70x84 cms.
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Ref.: D124
LOW LEGGED TABLE

Rectangular table with a marble top and floral marquetry, legs decorated with ram's head and foot, a waist adorned with waves and flowers, and a stone top highlighted by bands of different woods. The use of animal heads (called protomes) in decoration was very common in classical antiquity, hence its popularity throughout the history of art.

· Size: 100x52x53 cms.
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Ref.: D048
QUEEN ANNE CHEST OF DRAWERS WITH MIRROR.

Queen Anne chest of drawers with mirror. The chest of drawers, supported by four legs and flanked by two columns, has three identical drawers at the bottom and three at the top (the two central drawers joined in a structure that, when opened, reveals a writing surface). The furniture style known as "Queen Anne" developed in England during the reign of the monarch of the same name (from the 1720s to around 1760), characterized by a lack of decorative elements and an emphasis on clean lines. Several elements characteristic of this style are still used today.

· Size: 91,5x41,5x93 cms.
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Ref.: D078
LOUIS XV STYLE WRITING TABLE WITH “FEATHER” MARQUETRY.

Louis XV style desk with "pencil" marquetry. It rests on four cabriole legs with a pronounced curve, adorned with a band of gilt metal around their entire profile and a lower finial in the shape of an animal's foot, crafted from vegetal and rocaille motifs. The waist section features three drawers on its front, made of a darker wood than the rest, which is also presented in rectangles with a curved lower profile on the shorter sides; the curves of the lower part of this area deserve special mention. The top, highlighted by a metal band with mirrors at the corners, displays a central area with quill-and-pen marquetry within a band of vegetal elements. Both the decorative elements and the curves of the lines and profiles are characteristic of the style known in France as Louis XV (Rococo), which inspired the desk.

· Size: 106x55x78 cms
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Ref.: D174
COMMODE WITH DRESSING TABLE. WOOD, METAL, GLASS.

Dressing table. Solid wood veneered with lemongrass root, gold-plated metal handles, glass top. A chest of drawers with four drawers at the front, featuring gilt fittings and raised on small legs. The top surface includes three additional drawers and a rectangular mirror. The shapes, lines, and decorative details are reminiscent of English examples.

· Size: 98x50x160 cms.
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Ref.: E412
MAHOGANY CORNER CUPBOARD WITH TWO SECTIONS AND TWO DOORS.

Corner unit with two sections and two doors in mahogany wood. The lower section of the cabinet features two doors decorated with a central molding and four scallop shells at the corners, framed by fluted columns. A projecting molding separates it from the upper section, which has chamfered corners and two more doors, decorated with wooden tracery of straight lines and rectangles. The corner unit is finished with a molding featuring a series of guttae (a type of decoration found on classical architraves).

· Size: 60x60x195 cms.
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Ref.: JA009
DESK. WOOD, TEXTILE, METAL.

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.
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Ref.: JW029
SEATED OFFERING LADY. BRONZE. 20TH CENTURY, AFTER ART DÈCO MODELS.

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
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Ref.: V3053
ORIENTAL CABINET. WOOD AND METAL. CA EARLY 20TH CENTURY.

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.
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Ref.: XG049
VENETIAN URBAN SCENERIES. MARIANNE LUCY LE POER TRENCH (ENGLAND, 1888-...

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
MAHOGANY SHOWCASE. 19TH CENTURY.

Display case. Mahogany wood. 19th century. A tall display cabinet made of carved mahogany with gilt metal details, featuring a lockable glass door and enhanced with legs and a carved crown adorned with classically inspired vegetal and architectural motifs. Both the decorative motifs and the proportions and lines of the piece clearly demonstrate the influence of French designs.

· Size: 113x48x243 cms.
ANTIQUES
FURNITURE

Ref.: Z5530
SILVER CHRISM VESSEL OR CHRISMARIUM (NO ORIGINAL LID). 16RH CENTURY.RY

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
TABLE WITH ORIENTAL DOORS. METAL, BRONZE, WOOD. 19TH CENTURY AND LATER...

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.
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Ref.: AA011A
PAIR OF TRAVERTINE COFFEE TABLE BASES.

Pair of carved travertine table legs. Both identical, they have been decorated with symmetrically arranged fleshy leaves, reminiscent of tropical examples rather than the classically inspired acanthus. The emphasis on 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
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Ref.: M0015A
PORCELAIN VASE WITH TWO HANDPAINTED SCENES. “VIRGIN MARY”.

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.
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Ref.: S2558A
SHEPHERD’S BOX. ANTLER OR HORN. 1811.

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
IRON STRONG BOX. 19TH CENTURY.

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
CHANDELIER. BRONZE, GLASS. 20TH CENTURY.

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
TRUMEAU MIRROR. RESIN, GLASS.

Trumeau mirror. Synthetic material imitating gilded wood, glass. Mirror decorated with interlacing patterns and vegetal elements, divided between an oval and a rectangular area. It shows a clear influence of 19th-century French Neoclassical models.

· Size: 110x6x235 cms.
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Ref.: E550
WIDE UP ON PEDESTAL IN GREEN MARBLE.

Wide cup on a green marble pedestal. A low column with a smooth cylindrical shaft and base is supported by a vase-shaped shape, which serves as a base for the wide cup with an edge that curves outwards. In addition to its material, the work stands out for its elegance and clean lines, as well as for being able to be related to models inherited from 19th century Neoclassicism.

· Size: 80x80x106 cms.
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Ref.: M0131A
MARQUETRY WRITING TABLE WITH ONE DRAWER.

Desk with marquetry decoration and one drawer. The four legs, shaped like pilasters and casters, feature marquetry and line work that accentuate the forms. The waist of the piece follows the contours of the top 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 displays prominent marquetry scrolls with frieze lines and bands, combining woods of different tones.

· Size: 97x48x80 cms.
N/D

Ref.: D159