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18 KT GOLD BROOCH WITH EARRINGS AND BRILLIANT"

18kts gold brooch with enamel and brilliants.
Brooch made in 18 carat gold with thought form. The stem has been left with the color of gold, but in a matte finish, while the petals of the flower show a worked composition combining several techniques: the base provides the color of the flower thanks to a delicate enamel with a predominance of purple tones, drawing waters for greater naturalism; Each of the four petals has been highlighted thanks to a decoration that recalls small stems in metal combining a white tone and a more golden one, and also by means of a series of circular brilliant circles surrounding them, juxtaposed to each other, in a light-colored setting.
The jewelry in the shape of flowers were very common in the nineteenth century, reaching its peak thanks to the current known as Modernism and Art Nouveau. In this style it was very frequent to make pieces with one or more flowers, alone or with leaves and stems, make the petals of the flower with elaborate enamels, and surround it with a series of elements in different metals with an abundance of curved lines, since it is about a style characterized by inspiration in nature, the abundance of curved lines, etc.
Enamel is a technique used in jewelry and other arts in which glass is usually fused on a metal base, giving rise to a bright "coat" of bright colors. It was already known in the ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations, since then part of the techniques of Phoenicians, Assyrians, Persians, Byzantines, Arabs, Romans, etc. Thanks to the technical innovations brought by the Industrial Revolution, the enamel enjoyed a new boom with a difference in colors and uses with respect to the above, to be able to use new materials in the dyeing of glass, better control the temperature in the foundry, novelties in aesthetic taste, etc.
Weight: 31.69 cm.

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· Size: 7,2 x 4 cm.
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Ref.: JBR0705
BROOCH IN GOLD OF 18 KTS WITH GRANATES AND CHRISTMAS"

18kts gold brooch with garnets and chrysoberyls.
Brooch with an 18-carat gold ribbon with the ends of it drawing two triangular shapes and located flanking up and down the center. To the front, it has a fine decoration in light relief of plant elements combined with a chopped luster that leaves "matte" certain areas, with oval faceted garnets alternating with smaller carved chrysoberils, adding an outstanding color to the piece.
Although the composition starting from a bow was habitual in the nineteenth century Neoclassicist jewelry, the present example shows some striking variants on this model: the ends of the loop are placed in vertical with respect to the knot of the same, and the "fabric" is made drawing waves with smooth and bright edges that add a force to the composition that does not usually appear in more traditional models; In addition, the chromatic combination of the gems is another detail to take into account; it does not present elements pinjantes nor joined in scrapie to move and soften the firmness of the piece; the closing of the brooch leaves the piece in horizontal position (something also habitual in these elements of the XIX century); and, while the brooch gems do show a clearly geometric arrangement, the loop is not rigidly formed on the basis of it, separating again from these nineteenth-century neoclassical works and approaching slightly other styles (the asymmetry was characteristic of Rococo art). French for a while, and this current was also well known for the movement of his works).
The mentioned elements speak of a remarkable care and quality at the time of designing the jewel as well as the choice of materials and the creation of the piece, something usual in this type of works, highly appreciated both for its economic value and for its beauty, its brightness, and the reflection of the taste and social position of its owner. The lines of the brooch suggest a feminine destiny, and not a jewel for masculine use.
Weight: 22.85 grams.
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· Size: 6,8 x 5,3 cms
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Ref.: JBR2233
"COL CHEMISE" NECKLACE IN 18K PINK GOLD AND DIAMONDS"

Necklace "Col Chemise", in 18k rose gold and platinum, with 8/8 simple cut diamond decoration. Designed as a necklace to the box, it is constructed by double chain “Brick link” that develops on its front face a decoration of ribbon decorated on its bezel by diamonds set on platinum as a growing festoon creating a shirt collar whose center Two beehive-shaped tassels hang.
Weight: 135 grm
Diamonds set: 136
Approximate weight: 6.50 Cts.
Time and style: Chevalier.
Typology: "Col Chemise", circa 1945-50

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· Size: int 13x12 cms / long ext 19 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZE104
RELIQUARY PENDANT WITH FLAGELLATION OF CHRIST. SILVER, ENAMEL. 16TH CE...

Reliquary with "Flagellation of Christ". Silver, enamel. Century XVI.
Oval reliquary pendant decorated on the outside with a ready stripe and elements in relief on the edge (with curved profiles and simple engravings), which has a chain of oval smooth links (all practically the same). In front and on the back it shows two figurative scenes with striking polychrome.
On the one hand, Christ is tied in the center of the composition, to a high column, being whipped by two sayones or soldiers with branches, following a customary composition in the sixteenth century. In the other, the protagonism is in a hollow of the pendant protected by glass (since it contains a relic, enhanced by a Latin cross), highlighted in the composition with rays of light and a beam of light; this element appears supported by an angel and surrounded by winged heads (habitual in the Renaissance) floating among clouds, and has been accompanied by San José with El Niño and La Vara Florida, and San Antonio de Padua (also with El Niño and a bouquet of flowers).
This type of jewelry always had a great value both for the materials in which they were made and for their religious content. Despite this (or perhaps because of this appreciation) not too many examples of quality and good conservation are preserved, being possible to find them only in important private collections and in prominent museums such as the Valencia Foundation of Don Juan in Madrid, the Museum National Decorative Arts of the same city, etc., or old religious centers such as the Convent of the Royal Descalzas de Madrid.
Weight: 160 gr"

· Size: 8x1x10 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0396
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18 KT VICTORIAN GOLD BRACELET WITH AMETHYST. XIX CENTURY"

Victorian 18k gold bracelet with amethyst. XIX century.
Victorian 18 carat gold bracelet composed of a body of calabrotes with pearls in the center, placed in pairs and alternated with small pieces highlighted with a vegetable element in light relief of classicist influence. The closure of the jewel is hidden in the front, covered by the centerpiece of the bracelet. It consists of a piece of gold with vegetal forms, scrolls and flowers in relief, topped by a trilobed form that responds to an influence of the Neo-Gothic of the 19th century. In the center of this part is an oval slightly oval shaped oval-shaped amethyst, finely linked so as not to detract from the composition of the closure. From this central element hang two chains, adding the usual movement that used to occur in nineteenth-century jewelry in many pieces.
The so-called Victorian Era begins, officially, in 1837 with the coronation of a young Queen Victoria in England, and would end in 1901 with the death of the same with 82 years. It was the time of greatest development of the Industrial Revolution, a detail that also influences jewelry with important technological advances (hydraulic power, steam engine, gas, etc. influence the machinery to be used). The advances in machinery allow to slightly lower the costs in jewelery, obtain new sizes in the gems with a greater number of facets (thanks to a greater speed in the lathes), novelties in the alloys (lowering of the gold leagues since 1854 in England, introduction of galvanization ...), etc. As for the designs, they were always marked by the taste of Queen Victoria. Thus, in general, three stages are distinguished: the Early Victorian or Romantic Period (1837-1860), with frequent inspiration in the world of nature; the Victorian Middle or Great Period (1860-1885), marked by the mourning for the death of the Queen's mother and her husband Alberto in the same year and the Civil War in the United States among other events, influenced by the archaeological discoveries of the moment and the technical novelties in the enamelling and granulation of gold, and the frequent presence of gems; the Late Victorian or Aesthetic Period (1885-1901), marked by the discoveries of diamond mines in Africa, which cheapened the stones allowing a more frequent use in jewelry, a more frequent use of ivory and soft color combinations, and a reduction of the size of the works as a rule.
Weight: 25.93 grams.
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· Size: 18 cms
ANTIQUES

Ref.: J2121A
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BROOCH IN GOLD OF 18 KTS WITH GRANATES"

18 kts gold brooch with garnets.
18 carat gold brooch formed by a symmetrical composition based on loops and volutes with a fine decoration in light relief of plant elements with a slight memory of works of Neoclassicism. In the upper end there is a circular faceted garnet, accompanied by three ovals (the center with gold pearls around) in the central part (highlighted by the presence of other circular cut gems), and another teardrop shaped the bottom. From this body hangs, thanks to four rings, two gold cords with links in the form of scales, ending in separate tassels, recalling textile examples often used in draperies and other elements both in the nineteenth century and later.
The jewelry with hanging elements attached "in scrapie" so that they move when attached or placed was common in 19th century jewelry, with the aim of adding some movement and avoiding the rigidity of the pieces, adding a touch of originality to the compositions. At this time, the composition based on classicist vegetable elements accompanied by flowers and lacerías was usual. Comparing with the present example, it reminds more of models inspired by works that follow a style known as Neo-Renaissance to follow the artistic style that was born in Italy in the fifteenth century, with those volutes and the powerful composition based on smooth shapes and volutes, also responding to this relationship the fine plant elements in relief already mentioned. However, the chromatic combination achieved by the gems provides the softness required by the aesthetic taste of the time, without the striking contrasts more characteristic of the oldest jewelry that has been preserved.
Weight: 19.4 grams.

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· Size: 8x4 cms.
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Ref.: JBR1713
DIAMONDS AND WHITE GOLD RING. 20TH CENTURY.

Diamond and white gold ring. Twentieth century.
White gold ring with marks and a total of 35 stones (1.22 total cts) arranged around a central stone of greater size and drawing a spiral based on lines formed by three circular stones, with the faceted surfaces of all the diamonds cleanly arranged and showing as little as possible of the metal. Weight: 4.36 gr."

· Size: 2x1x3 cms.
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Ref.: Z5598A
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GOLD BROOCH OF 18 KTS WITH CHRISTMAS AND AMAZONS"

18kts gold brooch with chrysoberyls and amethysts.
The present brooch is formed from two circular bands on the sides, flanking another more in the form of an oval with the major axis in vertical arranged on the two sides. The three elements have been enhanced with fine simplified plant elements and a cresting on the outer front, and serve as background to a fine composition of floral and floral elements of classicist memory in bright background combined with plant areas and elements in matte (with a delicately chopped luster). On this background, and to highlight it even more, have been arranged a series of faceted gems of different sizes and sizes: two square (chrysoberyls) at the ends next to oval faceted amethyst paths; in the central zone, a composition has been arranged alternating the same types of stones (highlighted by gold pearls) with the chrysoberyls in pairs and the larger oval amethysts) and fine leaves with a bit of luster.
The aforementioned plant elements located on the base bands are reminiscent of nineteenth century Neoclassicist works. However, both the composition and that base of three elements already mentioned is not usual in the jewelry of this era, nor is the marked chromatic contrast achieved by the gems that the brooch presents nor the fact that it does not follow a rigid symmetry in the arrangement of some of the different decorative plant elements. In addition, there are certain details in the plant elements of the sides that remind slightly of Rococo decorative motifs from the 18th century, although they show a very attenuated movement and depth (practically as it was done when in the 19th century this style was taken as model).
The mentioned elements speak of a remarkable care and quality at the time of designing the jewel as well as the choice of materials and the creation of the piece, something usual in this type of works, highly appreciated both for its economic value and for its beauty, its brightness, and the reflection of the taste and social position of its owner. The shapes of the brooch suggest a feminine use of it.
Weight: 12.47 grams.

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· Size: 5,2 x 3,9 cms
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Ref.: JBR1712
DEVOTIONAL SILVER PENDANT. 17-18TH CENTURIES.

Reliquary cross. Silver, transparent glass. 17th-18th century
Devotional pendant made in silver and with a Latin cross shape, decorated to the outside with simple scrolls, spikes, pearls and other elements of classicist inspiration, as well as a ring to wear the jewel hanging from the neck. The front has seven oval holes (the one where the larger arms are crossed) protected with transparent glass; the back is smooth, with the material in its color.
Typologically, there are similar examples of Portuguese origin, made in rock crystal and protected by bands in silver, without scrolls and other decorations, dated between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, preserved in private collections. The present jewel shows profiles with much more movement than these two, although the motives and the simplicity of the lines respond to classicist influences.
This type of jewelry had great value for its owners, both for the materials in which they were made and for their content, considered sacred and protective. Despite this high value (or precisely because of it), few examples of good quality and in a good state of conservation have reached us. There are medallions similar to the present only in some important institutions such as the Valencia Foundation of Don Juan in Madrid, the National Museum of Decorative Arts (Madrid), the Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid), the Museum of Popular Beliefs and Religiosity of the Aragonese Pyrenees (Abizanda, Huesca), the Metropolitan Museum (New York), etc. And in outstanding religious institutions such as the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela or the Convent of the Descalzas Reales in Madrid."

· Size: 6,5x10 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0190
BROOCH IN GOLD OF 18 KTS IN LOSANGE WITH GRANATE CABUJON"

18kts gold brooch in losange with cabochon garnet.
Rhombus brooch decorated with plant elements and gold pearls in a particular arrangement of holes inspired by scallops, with symmetrical and balanced composition. In the center and surrounded by gold bands (concave, fine cord ...) presents the oval, smooth garnet, with an eight-pointed star in the center highlighted with white elements (a larger pearl in the center surrounded by eight more smaller) contrasting and highlighting the gem. On the back, it presents a particular figurative decoration with a hunting dog carrying a bird in the jaws.

Weight: 14.6 grams.
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· Size: 5,3x4 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: JBR1732
DEVOTIONAL PENDANT. GOLD. POSSIBLY, 19TH CENTURY.

Reliquary pendant. Gold, drawing, glass. Possibly, eighteenth century
Oval devotional pendant with gold box decorated with half concave mirrors on the front, a piece on the top with a flower on each side and a ring to be worn around the neck, and vegetal elements in slight relief on the side. It contains, protected by transparent glass, a black drawing with the face of Christ, with the Crown of Thorns, made on canvas.
The drawing on canvas that it contains shows an Ecce Homo, passionate iconography very frequent since the Baroque. The tradition of the episode that it represents comes from the Gospel of Saint John, after Jesus appeared before Pilate and when he took Christ out to the crowd ("Here is Man", "Ecce Homo"). In this work only the Crown of Thorns is appreciated for showing only the face. The theme remains fashionable in the eighteenth century and later, in a large number of variants.
This type of jewelry always had a great value both for the materials in which they were made and for their religious content. Despite this (or perhaps because of this appreciation) not too many examples of quality and good conservation are preserved, being possible to find them only in important private collections and in prominent museums such as the Valencia Foundation of Don Juan in Madrid, the Museum National Decorative Arts of the same city, etc., or old religious centers such as the Convent of the Royal Descalzas de Madrid."

· Size: 3x4,5 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0193
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14KTS GOLD BROOCH WITH THREE GARNETS

14kts gold brooch with three garnets.
Lady's brooch made of 14k gold, formed by base shapes arranged in a knot shape, leaving waves in the outer profile, with the surface decorated with fine vegetable shapes of leaves and flowers. In the center, simple vegetal scrolls have been arranged, framing two teardrop-shaped garnets flanking another central oval garnet. The fastening element on the back arranges the clasp to go, in principle, vertically.
Weight: 17,11 grams."

· Size: 6 x 4 cms
ANTIQUES

Ref.: JBR1432
GOLD AND PEARLS DEVOTIONAL PENDANT. 18TH CENTURY.

Reliquary pendant. Gold, pearl and miniature. Century XVIII.
Oval devotional pendant with a miniature in delicate colors showing an Immaculate woman dressed in a red tunic and blue mantle, over the crescent moon room, and located on a celestial landscape with clouds, horizon line and two elements on the sides to complete the composition . The jewel has a gold border, with a smooth band and a very elaborate exterior that combines the same material with small pearls of different sizes, forming elements similar to flowers. One of the larger sides of the oval has a ring in gold to be able to wear it from the neck located on the back of the piece, an area where you can also see a red textile that protects the miniature.
The Immaculate dogma defends that the Virgin was conceived without Original Sin, and was defined and accepted by the Vatican in the Bull Ineffabilis Deus, of December 8, 1854. However, Spain and all the kingdoms under its political dominion defended before this belief. Iconographically, the representation takes texts both from the Apocalypse (12: "A great sign appeared in heaven, a woman wrapped in the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars") as well as Litanies Lauretanas prayed after the rosary and containing epithets of Mary taken from the Song of Songs of King David. Uniting both texts and after an evolution that already begins at the end of the Gothic period, we arrive at a very simple and recognizable typology that presents the Virgin on the moon room, with the stars on her head and dressed in light (with a halo in the head only or in the whole body), normally dressed in white and blue in allusion to purity and eternity (although it may also appear red and blue, in relation then with the Passion), hands on his chest almost always and represented young as a rule."

· Size: 4,5x5 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF0191
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RELIQUARY. GILDED COPPER, SILVER, ENAMEL, ETC. 16TH CENTURY.

Round Reliquary Golden copper, silver applications, enamel, etc. Century XVI.
Circular reliquary pendant decorated in its frame with elements in relief of plant form (one of which ends in a ring, allowing the piece to hang) with a silver finish, thus highlighting the gold of the rest of the area, which has lines and plant motifs Engravings
One of the fronts shows, protected by a sheet of transparent glass, an interesting collection of relics, arranged around a central circular medallion and in circles, triangles and following plant motifs, all in symmetrical composition. Each of these valuable sacred objects, is identified by an inscription located in the bands that frame them (Santa Sabina, a virgin saint, etc.) and that create the composition with which that central circular piece is enhanced (surely, San Joseph with the Infant Jesus in his arms). The other front, also with glass sheet and textile background in several colors, shows different elements accompanied by fragments of lowercase text, enhanced by a series of beads and metallic threads, located all around a central shape.
This type of jewelry always had great value both for the materials in which they were made and for their religious content. Despite this (or it may be that for this same appreciation) there are not too many examples of quality and in good state of preservation, being possible to find them only in important private collections and in outstanding museums such as the Valencia Foundation of Don Juan de Madrid, the Museum National of Decorative Arts of the same city, etc., or ancient religious centers such as the Convent of the Barefoot Royals of Madrid."

· Size: 9x1,5x10 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0398
RELIQUARY PENDANT. SILVER, ENAMEL. 17TH CENTURY.

Reliquary pendant. Silver, enamel, textile. XVII century.
Polygonal pendant of important size and silver frame in its color decorated with small pearls of the same material located in the corners of the edge that has a ring at the top to hang it or hang it. One of its fronts presents a textile background under a transparent glass sheet, surely designed to contain relics. The other has a brightly colored enamel in which the three-quarter Virgin Mary is shown, with the baby Jesus naked in his arms and you loved figures cut out against a background of landscape with classical architectural elements (spine column grooved on pedestal, with moldings) and details of a natural landscape (thus being able to link the moment with the Rest in the Flight to Egypt, compare, likewise, with works such as the Virgin with Child by Anton van Dyck of the Cerralbo Museum in Madrid or the oil of The Walters Art Museum, or the engraving of Paulus Pontius following models of Van Dyck -where the elements coincide in disposition with those of the medallion-, for example).
This type of jewelry always had a great value both for the materials in which they were made and for their religious content. Despite this (or perhaps because of this appreciation) not too many examples of quality and good conservation are preserved, being possible to find them only in important private collections and in prominent museums such as the Valencia Foundation of Don Juan in Madrid, the Museum National Decorative Arts of the same city, etc., or old religious centers such as the Convent of the Royal Descalzas de Madrid."

· Size: 6,5x0.5x8 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF0399
VICTORIAN BROOCH IN 18 KT GOLD WITH AMETHYST"

18kt gold victorian brooch with amethyst. XIX century.
18-carat gold brooch with a thin hanging chain, finished in a gold plated earring to hold decorative elements of light weight or fixed to the fabric, bringing some movement to the jewel. The center of attention is a faceted oval-shaped amethyst, with a fine crimp so as not to divert attention from the frame of the gem. This one is formed by an elaborate and delicate composition: in the centers of the sides they are placed four pieces of rectangular form with the smaller curved ends, decorated with fine vegetal elements and rolls of classicist memory; These elements are interspersed with two concave scrolls flanking a leaf (which also has a fine vegtal decoration in slight relief); This frame is attached to the gem, visually, a series of elements reminiscent of fine ties with a decoration similar to that of those rectangular pieces mentioned.
Historically, the Victorian Era begins in 1837 with the coronation of a young queen Victoria in England, and would end in 1901 with the death of the same one. It was the time of greater development of the Industrial Revolution, something that also influences in the jewelry thanks to important technological advances in practically all the fields (the hydraulic power, the steam engine, the gas, etc., influence in the machinery to employ) , And the extensive political domination of England allowed to take into account "exotic" materials coming from the colonies. Advances in machinery make it possible to slightly lower costs in jewelry, to obtain new sizes in the gems with more facets (thanks to a greater speed in the lathes), novelties in the alloys (reduction of the gold leagues from 1854 in England, Introduction of galvanization ...), etc. As for the designs, these were always marked by the taste of Queen Victoria. Thus, in general, three stages are distinguished: the Early Victorian or Romantic Period (1837-1860), with frequent inspiration in the world of nature; The Victorian Medium or Grand Period (1860-1885), marked by mourning for the death of the Queen's mother and her husband Alberto in the same year and the Civil War in the United States among other events, influenced by The archaeological discoveries of the moment and the technical innovations in the enamelling and granulation of gold, and the frequent presence of gems; The Late Victorian or Aesthetic Period (1885-1901), marked by the discoveries of diamond mines in Africa, which cheapened the stones allowing more frequent use in jewelry, more frequent use of ivory and soft color combinations, and a reduction Of the size of the works as a rule.
Measures: 4.7 x 4.4 cm.
Weight: 21.07 grams.
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· Size: 4,7 x 4,4 cm.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: JBR0196
GOLD (14kts) BROOCH WITH GARNET AND DIAMOND

14kts gold brooch with garnet and diamond.
Oval brooch in 14 carat gold with an outer edge topped by a cord with gold pearls, decorated on the front with a composition based on curves 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 with laces and pearls in gold and with two small pearls on the major axis (in the triangular spaces that leave the curves already mentioned), a maroon is placed in cabochon, smooth, with a star eight points in the center of the gem (in turn, a diamond appears in the star), achieving a striking chromatic combination. The marked symmetry of the piece is reminiscent of works of jewelry made in the nineteenth century following the Neoclassical style.

Weight: 19.81 grams."

· Size: 4,6 x 3,6 cm.
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Ref.: JBR2568
18 KTS GOLD BROOCH WITH ENAMEL, OPAL AND RUBIES. 1850

18kt gold brooch with enamel, opal and rubies. 1850.
18 carat gold brooch made of an elaborate rock carving, recalling works made in the 18th century in Rococó style, enhanced with enamels in white and blue. In the center, appears an opal in white, oval tone, surrounded by four faceted rubies.
Weight: 7.06 g."

· Size: 4,7 x 3,8 cm
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Ref.: JBR1141
CAMEO WITH GOLD (9 KTS) FRAME; BROOCH. VICTORIAN ERA, CIRCA 1860.

Cameo with gold frame (9 kts); brooch. Victorian era, circa 1860.
Cameo with frame stamped openwork gold (9 kts) decorated with a symmetrical composition based on opposing "ces", simplified volutes and aveneradas forms in the equator of the piece (on both sides). The cameo itself, made in Cassius Cypraea (and therefore of the type known in the nineteenth century as "coral"), presents a scene from classical mythology: to the left appears the Aurora, accompanied by a winged child with a torch (Phosphor , the morning star) and preceding the chariot of the Sun with four horses, which appears surrounded by the Hours and is driven by Apollo. Note the compositional and iconographic resemblance between the scene and the fresco painted by Guido Reni between 1613 and 1614 at the Casino dell'Aurora Pallavicini (Rome, Italy), entitled "L'Aurora", which, moreover, was often used as inspiration for works in different supports throughout the 19th century. Weight: 20.29 gr."

· Size: 6,5x5,5x1 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZE101
DEVOTIONAL PENDANT. SILVER, TORTOISESHELL, PAINTING ON COPPER, TEXTILE...

Devotional Medal Silver, hawksbill, copper paint, textile, glass. XVII century.
Flat octagonal medal that has a small ring on the upper edge that would allow it to be hung around the neck and is decorated to the outside with a piece of silver in its color (small pearls at the ends of those sides of the polygon, a cord turned to the outer edge, and a composition of waves decorated with lines to resemble leaves inside both sides of the piece). On one of its fronts, protected by a piece of transparent and prominent glass on a green textile background, you can see a small copper painting of a Virgin with Child with a dark background and two curves that resemble draperies. The other front has a hawksbill piece, engraved with a rhombus in which the letters “RMA” (Redemptoris Mater, referring to the Virgin Mary) are interspersed and crowned between two starry forms and on two palms joined by the sizes ; Outside the geometric form there are simple symmetrical plant elements.
Similar works can be seen in collections of prominent institutions such as the Museum of the Costume of Madrid, the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, the Valencia Foundation of Don Juan (Madrid), the British Museum in London, etc.
Weight: 55 gr"

· Size: 8,5x9x0.5 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF0459
CAMEO WITH VICTORIAN GOLD FRAME (CIRCA 1850).

Cameo. Victorian saddle, circa 1850.
Cameo with rose gold bezel made in shell (Cassius Cypraea, for that reason of the type known in the 19th century as "coral"), with a figure sitting in the clouds holding a jug and a bowl from which eats an eagle. The theme, inspired by the classical mythology of antiquity, is the personification of the youth, called Junventas or Juventus (his figure ended up being assimilated with that of the Greek goddess Hebe, who also personified youth and helped the gods by filling their glasses with nectar, hooked the horses of Hera, etc.), accompanied by the eagle of Jupiter (Greek Zeus). It is a very common theme in the jewelry of the nineteenth century, especially in cameos, as an emblem by antonomasia of the daughter diligent, caring and responsible. Weight: 7.83 grm"

· Size: 4x5x1 cms
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZE103
14 KTS GOLD BRACELET WITH PENDANT AND 10 GRANATES"

Brooch of gold (14kts) with pendant and 10 garnets.
Lady's brooch made in 14 carat gold made up of a first oval piece, which is attached to the fabric, with an oval shape. The profile has been highlighted by a gold-colored cord, leaving a composition at the top: two vegetable shapes at the sides, leaving the center for a lobulated line (reminiscent of a flower), which frames a composition with a garnet Central round faceted, flanked by four smaller ones, which alternate with gold pearls, located on another turned smooth cord. From the lower part of this area, "tremblant" hangs another circular element formed by a disc decorated in fine relief and highlighted by a cord, which also has a central garnet surrounded by four smaller ones, alternated also by pearls of gold. From this piece hangs a pineapple shape, completing the composition of the jewel, reminiscent of Neoclassical works of the nineteenth century.
Weight: 10.92 g.
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· Size: 5,9 x 4,3 cms
ANTIQUES

Ref.: JBR1113
DEVOTIONAL PENDANT. GOLD AND ENAMELS. POSSIBLY, 18TH CENTURY

Reliquary pendant. Gold and enamel. Century XVIII.
Oval devotional enamel pendant showing Saint Catherine (with a palm in one hand and a Cross of Jerusalem on a white flag in the other) and a monstrance located on an altar flanked by two angels."

· Size: 3x5x3 cms
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF0195
DEVOTIONAL OR RELIQUARY PENDANT. GILT SILVER, ENAMEL. 17TH CENTURY.

Reliquary pendant with Santa Barbara. Gold-plated silver, enamel. XVII century.
Oval pendant with a silver-gold frame decorated with lines in light relief and a piece on one of the larger sides with "ces" and openwork tornapuntas that would allow it to be hung around the neck. On the one hand, Santa Bárbara de Nicomedia appears, with a palm in his left hand and a two-story tower in the landscape as iconographic attributes; on the other side, the IHS letters intertwined, placed on three nails joined by one of their sides and with a Latin cross ending the second letter of the inscription (it is a monogram of the name of Jesus, frequent in art and also it was adopted as a seal by San Ignacio de Loyola and, therefore, often associated with the Society of Jesus). Weight: 18 gr."

· Size: 4x5x1 cms.
ANTIQUES

Ref.: ZF0238A