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Pair of andirons in gilded bronze and iron. France, 19th century. The area closest to the fire has been left undecorated. The front presents two cupids with butterfly wings, a common detail in the 19th century, as are the eggs, shields and plant elements that complete the figures. Forms inspired by classicism are common in Neoclassicism and all the decorative styles of the 19th century.
· Size: 25x20x10 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z3052
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Wrought iron. Dog Shape. Spain Century XVI
· Size: 15x5x21 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z3687
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Frame. Carved and gilded wood. Century XVIII. 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). Currently, the value and appreciation of frames are 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 originally. Hence, similar examples are found in some paintings by Vermeer, for example, or can be found in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Louvre Museum, the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert in London, etc.
· Size: 75x6x58 cms. / 50x38 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: ZE225
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Historical compendium of the harquebusiers of Madrid… Soler, Isidro (fl. Ca. 1795). Madrid, 1795. Original, leather binding. 86 pages. Perfect state of conservation. “Historical compendium of the harquebusiers of Madrid from their origin to the present time, with two plates in which the marks and countermarks they used in their works are engraved,” by Isidro Soler, harquebusier of the King Our Lord. Pantaleón Aznar printing press, 1795, Madrid. 86 p., 2 hrs. of engraving. Full leather binding with gilded spines and decorated ribs; songs, countersongs and golden cuts; Cover with embossed and gilded borders framing a royal super booklet with Golden Fleece and closed crown.
· Size: 15,5x1,5x20,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: ZF0568
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Pastoral box. Carved antler. 1811. With engraved date. Carved antler box with oval base and polygonal lid decorated on the outside with a series of carvings. The lid features animals, scrolls and simple geometric elements arranged flanking and facing a crowned heraldic shield; The base presents a geometric composition leaving a rectangle in the center (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 moldings. That shield mentioned, very simplified, presents five elements in the center and a border of towers or castles under a closed crown.
· Size: 8,5x5x3 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: ZF0658
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Pair of candlesticks. Bronze. XVII century. Stem replaced. Pair of bronze candlesticks raised on three legs, with triangular-shaped bases and enhanced with ready moldings, turned stems with architectural profiles with a classicist feel and circular finials following this same decoration.
· Size: 19x16,5x45 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0869
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Gate with two passers-by. Wrought iron. Spain, 17th century. Window grille made of wrought iron that has two smooth circular section passages in the middle, inserted between the vertical bars. These present a decoration of small discs and balustraded shapes (which add a slight movement) between both passers, facing the compositions 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 in Madrid, or with Spanish pieces preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, a confessional grille from the Metropolitan Museum in New York dated 1629 (inv. 57.137.51) and another from the same museum made by master Francisco González (inv. 56-234.12Ad).
· Size: 120x38x133 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z5602
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Box in enameled porcelain and etched glass. XIX century. Oval box with engraved glass base and lid with hinged closure, the latter combining enamel and metal. The lower part presents a bucolic landscape, with a series of human figures and buildings in it, combining trees with lakes and dry land. The scene at the top responds to the same typology: a couple in an idealized rural landscape.
· Size: 7,5x6x4,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z6447
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Toiletry case. XIX century. Tortoiseshell, metal, glass. Rectangular case with a folding lid made of tortoiseshell decorated with fine inlays of vegetal and floral elements on its faces, which contains a set of toiletries made up of various feminine hygiene and personal use items (a small bottle of perfume, a pair of scissors, a thimble...) , with a space designed for each of these utensils.
· Size: 6x3x8 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z6854
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Collection of forty-nine antique medals. 16th-19th centuries. Collection composed of forty-nine medals with a religious theme made of metal and decorated with reliefs on the fronts. Of various shapes (circular, oval, polygonal...), each one has an image of the Virgin Mary, or Christ, or a Saint, or a religious scene (or one on each side): Our Lady of Almudena ( Madrid); medal of the second centenary (1884) of the Immaculate Little Patroness of Benisa; one with Blessed Rita of Casia (Rome) on one side and the Virgin of Pilar on the other (exergus Rome); another from the San Blas Children's Association in San Jerónimo el Real; etc
ANTIQUES
Ref.: ZF0495
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Pair of safe keys from the 17th century. Wrought iron. Measurements: 13.5 x 4.5 cm. Pair of wrought iron safe keys, dating from the 17th century, with a complex design on the head, a hollow body and a flattened arch-shaped finish. Since the late Middle Ages, it was common for safes and treasure chests to have two or more locks, the keys of which remained in the possession of different people. In this way, it was ensured that the box was only opened in the presence of the owners of all the keys.
· Size: 5x1.5x13 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z4998
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Alms dish. Nuremberg, 16th century. Dish for collecting alms made of golden brass decorated with a series of moldings and details both on the edge and towards the center. In this area there is a figurative motif in light relief (Adam and Eve flanking the tree in which the Serpent of Original Sin is coiled).
· Size: 38x38x5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z5163
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Pair of wrought iron fork fasteners. XVII century. Pair of fasteners made of wrought iron of the type called “fork” due to its shape. These types of pieces were used in furniture to secure tables, both dining rooms and bargueños or desks, being, for this reason, a very common piece of wrought iron. The spirals and balustraded parts date both to the Baroque.
· Size: 22x6x78 cms
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z5019
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· Size: Long. 97 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z5912
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Case with field cutlery and knife. XIX century. Cylindrical case with hinged closure that contains various field cutlery, such as a spoon, a knife, a removable fork, etc. secured in a rigid lining and stored in a metal container. This type of travel object was widely used during the 19th century.
· Size: 8x8x16 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z3806
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Renaissance bronze bell, 1555. Dated. Stem decorated with plant elements, the shoulders are decorated with elegant lines, the middle presents profiles within plant garlands and two legends above and below in Latin. Bells were already used by Catholics to call the faithful since the 5th century, but their civil use and in other religions are already known in Greek and Roman times. Its decoration, made in relief, places it in the Renaissance due to its inspiration in Roman coins for the profiles and plant elements it presents. Likewise, the date on the body places the creation of the piece with certainty, in addition to adding value to it. The inscriptions prove its religious use.
· Size: 7x7x11,5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z6213
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Pair of wrought iron fork fasteners. XVII century. Pair of fasteners made of wrought iron of the type called “fork” due to its shape. These types of pieces were used in furniture to secure tables, both dining rooms and bargueños or desks, being, for this reason, a very common piece of wrought iron. The spirals and balustraded parts date both to the Baroque.
· Size: 93x30 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z5447
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Devotional pendant in gold and enamel, Mary Magdalene and Saint John the Baptist, 18th century. Possibly Mallorcan. One of the windows is fractured. Oval pendant decorated in its outline by turned gold bows and small metallic pearls. On one of its fronts it shows Mary Magdalene, as a hermit, with a skull, a cross and a book; The other presents the image of Saint John the Baptist, accompanied by a cross and a lamb alluding to the evangelical text. These types of pieces were highly valued by their owners as elements of devotion, and could also, at the same time, contain a relic inside.
· Size: 4.5x0,5x4 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z6451
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Box or casket with royal monogram. Mahogany wood, metal. Spain, 19th century. It has slight damage. Rectangular box with a flat lid and key hole on the front decorated with metal applications on the corners, edges, handles, etc. Under the key hole it has a fleur-de-lis. The lid has a central motif with fleurs-de-lys and a crowned M, and alternating castles and crowned lions in the corners. This emblem (and the fact that it is accompanied by lions and castles alluding to Castilian heraldry) is reminiscent of the royal monograms that, apparently, all members of the royal family had in the past to mark their belongings. In this case, it is possible that it refers to María Cristina de Borbón-Dos Sicilias (Palermo, 1806-SAinte-Adresse, 1878), wife of Ferdinand VII and regent during the minority of Isabel II. However, we must remember María Cristina of Habsburg-Lorraine or Austria (1858-1929), wife of Alfonso XII. The emblem of María de las Mercedes de Orleans y Borbón (Madrid, 1860-1878), wife of Alfonso XII, used to appear with two capital “emes”.
· Size: 78x31x24 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: ZF1170
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Weight of the 18th century. Bronze. Bronze weight, incomplete, with the container vessel and two of the smaller ones, all cold decorated with incised and printed motifs, simple edges on the small vessels and more complex borders on the container vessel. Nested cup weights are a set of cup or glass-shaped weights, which all fit precisely inside each other. A complete set is considered one that fully conserves all its original vessels. The largest, called a keeper, consists of a top lid with a handle and closure, and weighs exactly the same as the sum of all the others. The second in descending order weighs half as much as the keeper, and the same as the sum of the rest. This proportionality is maintained until the last weight, called the disc or last piece, which is usually solid and closes the game. This principle will remain unchanged until the introduction of the decimal metric system.
· Size: 11x12x12 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z3034
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Peace holder. Bronze. Century XVI. Peace holder made of bronze with an asymmetrical “ese” handle on the back, which presents on the front a decoration in light relief framed in an architectural composition decorated with elements of classical influence (venera de finial, plant elements in the upper area, columns with shafts decorated, architrave, basement with semicircular arches...), which has a heraldic shield in the center of the lower area. Under a winged angel's head, the central theme of the peace holder is presented: Weeping over the body of the dead Christ, with the cross in the background, Mary with Christ, flanked by two figures. The heraldic shield is very similar to that of the House of Mendoza used by Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega, I Marquis of Santillana, and progenitor and head of the Ducal House of Infantado (which also presents it).
· Size: 7,5x4x12 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: ZF0541A
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Safe key from the 17th century. Wrought iron. Wrought iron safe key, dating from the 17th century, with a complex design on the head, a hollow body and a flattened arch-shaped finish.
· Size: 15x6x1.5 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z5053
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Pair of Dutch style candlesticks. 18th century Bronze. Electrified like lamps. Pair of Dutch style candlesticks converted into lamp bases. They have a turned structure, typical of the refined baroque.
· Size: 55x55x79 cms.
ANTIQUES
MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z6491
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Pair of knockers. Wrought iron. Century XVI. Pair of door knockers made of wrought iron and composed of two nails with a ring to fix them to the wood and a shape similar to a horseshoe attached to them. The latter, flat, is decorated with geometric engravings of lines and circles along its surface. Compare it with pieces such as the 16th century Gothic knocker from the Lázaro Galdiano Museum (Madrid), Catalan pieces, etc.
· Size: 16x1,5x16 cms.
ANTIQUES
Ref.: Z0208A