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Spice rack. Silver and carved glass. 19th century. Oval-based spice rack in silver in its colour, from which emerges an axis curved outwards at the top and decorated towards the centre with smooth mouldings. Two bands extend from this axis, which frame the carved translucent glass part on the sides. Weight: 200 grams.
· Size: 9x5x8 cms
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Ref.: ZF0979
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Door knocker. Wrought iron. Spanish school, 17th century. Wrought iron door knocker consisting of a screw to fix to the door and ending in a ring, from which hangs another tubular piece with entasis towards the end and band decoration. From one side of this part emerges a simplified snake head, which curves to rest and serve as a handle. Also noteworthy is the engraved decoration it features. Weight: 0.4 kg.
· Size: 2,5x4,5x14,5 cms.
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Ref.: Z0758A
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Silver mesh bag, 19th century. Silver mesh bag decorated with triangular elements on the bottom, with a smooth hinged closure and a chain with alternating long and short links. This type of piece was very common in the 19th century, as a luxury item and a practical piece for galas and other special events. Weight: 187 gr
· Size: 15x15 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;SILVER WORKS
Ref.: Z6876I
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Allegory of Air. Enameled porcelain. Hispania porcelain, Spain, 20th century. Enameled porcelain figure with gold touches showing a half-naked child, with an old-style hot air balloon and bellows, sitting on a base clearly reminiscent of the Rococo era on which the text “El Aire” can be read, alluding to the allegory that the piece represents. This type of work is inspired by outstanding works from European factories. The factory known as Porcelana Hispania made a series of quality pieces in this same line (animals, couples with a Rococo influence, etc.).
· Size: 12x8x15 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0992
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Devotional plaque, Virgin of Montserrat and the Mountain. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century. Devotional plaque made of bronze, rectangular in shape, with a washer at the top and a frame of mouldings highlighting a figurative composition in relief. It shows a Virgin and Child sitting on a throne, with a mountainous shape in the background. It is a particular iconography of the Virgin of Montserrat with the mountain (compare with the bronze of the same theme made in the second half of the 18th century that is kept in the Diocesan Museum of Barcelona). Weight: 232 grams.
· Size: 6,2x0,8x10,1 cms.
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Ref.: ZF117115
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Devotional plaque, Saint Bruno. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century. Rectangular devotional plaque made of bronze with a ring at the top and a frame of smooth mouldings around a relief. The piece depicts the image of Saint Bruno standing, holding a skull and with a mitre at his feet, following known iconographies (compare, for example, with the carving of this saint made in stone by Manuel Pereira that is kept at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando). Weight: 169 grams.
· Size: 6,7x0,6x11 cms.
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Ref.: ZF117116
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Devotional plaque, Immaculate Conception. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century. Devotional bronze plaque with a washer at the top and a rectangular shape with a relief on the front. In it, the Virgin Mary can be seen on a crescent moon, surrounded by light and joining her hands in a gesture of prayer, and with the Franciscan cord (eight knots) around it, linking this medal to the Franciscan Order. In the corners, four winged angel heads appear. This is a frequent iconography and representation on devotional plaques and medals since the Baroque period (similar examples are preserved in institutions such as the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, etc.). Weight: 191 grams.
· Size: 6,5x0,6x10,4 cms.
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Ref.: ZF117119
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Devotional plaque, Saint Peter in tears. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century. Devotional plaque made of bronze with a rectangular shape that has a washer at the top and a frame of smooth mouldings around a figurative relief. It shows a Christian theme known as “Saint Peter in tears” or “The repentance of Saint Peter”, being the moment in which the Apostle laments having denied Christ three times (hence the rooster on the column). Apparently, the piece shows a common iconography in a group of Castilian devotional plaques made since the end of the 16th century and throughout the 17th century, based on a chalcographic print (simplified and inverted) by Lèonard Gaultier (ca. 1561 - ca. 1635), and which was published by Jean Leclerc (1560 - ca. 1622). A similar piece to the present one is kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia. Weight: 152 grams.
· Size: 7,1x0,8x11,4 cms.
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Ref.: ZF117123
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Devotional plaque, Holy Children Justo and Pastor. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century. Rectangular bronze devotional plaque with a ring at the top and a frame of smooth mouldings highlighting a figurative composition in relief. Two male figures appear, dressed in the old style, standing, with palms and a knife on the ground. They are the two Child Martyrs Justo and Pastor, patrons of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). The composition is typical of a series of plaques: compare with the bronze plaque dated between 1576 and 1700 with the same theme and very similar iconography from the Lázaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid, two in the Marés Museum in Barcelona (18th century), etc. Weight: 137 grams.
· Size: 6,9x0,5x10,9 cms.
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Ref.: ZF117124
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Devotional plaque, San Telmo or Sanct'Elmo. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century. Saint Peter Gonzalez became bishop of Palencia, later entering the Order of Preachers. He is known as Saint Telmo and is considered the patron saint of sailors, having been confused with Saint Erasmus of Formia (Sanct'Elmo). In the present case, Saint Peter Gonzalez is usually shown in the Dominican habit, while Saint Erasmus is usually shown dressed as a bishop but with an allusion to his martyrdom on one hand. Weight: 163 grams.
· Size: 6,5x0,8x10,8 cms.
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Ref.: ZF117125
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Devotional plaque, Holy Bishop. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century. Rectangular devotional plaque with a ring at the top and smooth mouldings highlighting a figurative relief. It shows a male figure with a halo, carrying a bishop's staff, and is accompanied by a book and a tiara (located on the ground), and a sun emerging from a corner. Iconographically, it presents details in common with devotional plaques of Saint Anthony and Saint Dominic of Guzmán. Weight: 170 grams.
· Size: 6,7x0,9x10,7 cms.
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Ref.: ZF117127
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Mortar and pestle. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century. Bronze mortar with a flared mouth, a raised base towards the outside and a cylindrical body decorated on the outside with reliefs alternating shapes (probably figurative in origin, perhaps angel or Medusa heads) and balustrade shapes derived from the usual ribs, typical of this type of piece within the Spanish school since the Gothic period. The pestle, cylindrical in shape, has a decoration of smooth discs of different diameters and widths, arranged towards the centre and towards the end, and a flat widening at the beginning. Weight: 1.7 kg.
· Size: 11,5x11,5x7 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1225
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Cameo or intaglio. Glass. Possibly Venice, 19th century. Cameo or intaglio made of glass following the model of the Florentine cameos of around 1810 showing the profile of Michelangelo Buonarroti looking to the right, made by Gionanni Antonio Santarelli (whose surname appears engraved on this piece). This portrait of the sculptor was a well-known image since the Renaissance thanks to engravings such as Giulio Bonasona (attributed to Enea Vico, Italy, 16th century) which is preserved in the Cleveland Museum of Art, etc. There are known examples of shell cameos with the same image, preserved in private collections, dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, because it was a highly prized image to buy as a souvenir by those who made the Grand Tour of Italy.
· Size: 2,9x0,2x2,8 cms
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Ref.: ZF128404
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Devotional plaque; Saint Vincent Martyr, either from Huesca or Zaragoza or Valencia. Bronze. 19th century. Oval bronze plaque with a circular element at the top and a frame to enhance the relief inside, which shows a young man, dressed as a priest, with the Palm of Matirio, a cross on his back and a stone or millstone. These elements identify him as Saint Vincent of Huesca, also called Saint Vincent Martyr, Saint Vincent of Zaragoza and Saint Vincent of Valencia, martyred at the beginning of the 4th century, placed on a cross in the shape of a cross, skinned, put on a grill, thrown into a dungeon where he died, and his body thrown into the Turia River in a skin tied with a millstone. Weight: 185 grams.
· Size: 7,5x0.5x11,5 cms.
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Ref.: ZE273
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Gallon-shaped chofeta. Silver, Wood. 19th Century. Oval chofeta with turned wooden handles made of silver in its colour and with a scalloped or grooved finish, as well as legs finished in a ball with claw. The lines and decorative elements of this piece are common in 19th century European art, and similar examples can be found in numerous schools influenced by French art. Weight: grams.
· Size: 23x6.5x6 cms.
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Ref.: ZF0978
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Dressing table set. Silver, low silver, glass. Spain and others, 20th century. With contrast marks. Set of four coloured silver headdress flasks of different grades and glass. Of the two tall flasks, with lids decorated with Rococo-style elements, one has marks in the area of the inner stoppers. The lower one, with a circular base, has ownership initials and hallmarks and a sterling mark (800 silver, possibly another from Hermann Behrnd, from Dresden, Germany – silversmith founded in 1881). The remaining flask has Rococo-style decorations on the lid and ownership initials engraved on it.
· Size: Perfumero: 5x5x13,5 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1155
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19th-20th century Price per unit.
· Size: ud. 7,5x11,5 cms.
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MISCELLANEOUS;OTHER OBJECTS
Ref.: Z6494A
