SILVER HEART SHAPED SPICES BOX. LÓPEZ PORTERO, MANUEL. SPAIN, GRANADA, 1870.
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Reference: ZF1019
Heart-shaped spice rack. Silver. Spain, Granada, 1870. With hallmarks and engraving marks. Silver spice rack in its heart shape with a spout curved towards one side that has two hinged lids and three spaces inside (partition at the top and not at the bottom); it rests on three legs decorated with classicist elements and has, towards the side, a series of fine smooth mouldings. The hallmarks are those of Granada, of the date, and of the silversmith Manuel López Portero, who also worked as a hallmark in the city. The shape of the piece does not follow the usual prototypes of the period or of the school to which it belongs (there is a known silver box in the shape of a heart in which an eagle with its wings spread out appears on its obverse and reverse, by the hand of Manuel López Portero and dated 1773, which is the portaviaticum of the parish church of the Encarnación in Laujar de Andarax). The decorative elements of the box can easily be included within the Neoclassical period. Weight: 250 grams.
· Size: 10x11.5x4 cms.
1.500 €
