Spanish Manufactory Decorative Objects

Salt or spice shaker. Silver. Lizasoain. Spain, Madrid, 1768. With contrast markings. Silver spice rack in its color with a frustoconical body, sinuou...

Jug. Silver. FAXARDO, Antonio. Spain, Cadiz, 1787; highlighted in Italy (Naples). With contrasting and burilada marks. Published in Encyclopedia of Spanish...

A Spanish colonial reliquary with St. Joseph. A very rare early Spanish colonial large pendant in the shape of a reliquary, created in the ...

Beautiful Fighting fighting bull made in patinated bronze that presents in bullfighting terms, notable trapping, good looks, recognized caste and fine print that gives this beautiful bronze piece an aesthetic that refers to the majesty, bravery and nobility of this mythical species of the peninsula Iberian that for millennia has dominated the spiritual nature of many lands in Spain. The author of the design is Andrés Peralta...

Jug or jug. Silver. DE SAN FAURÍ, Juan (1745-1785). Spain, Madrid, towards the last third of the 18th century. With contrast and burilada marks, and property name (Ochoa). The jug has an oval base with slight curves and a body divided into two areas (wider in the lower half, slightly concave in the upper half) with a series of curved “gajos”; the peak shows simple architectural decoration and smooth areas; the handle is of a type known as brace, with classicist architectural elements; the lid follows the lines of the body and is finished off with a vegetable shape creating a knob. On one of the sides, towards the foot, there is the engraved text "Ochoa", referring to a former owner. Contrasting marks place the creation of the piece in Madrid. Another one that appears could be one of those used by the silversmith Juan de San Faurí. With Felipe V, numerous French influences, along with some Italian ones, came to silverware, both from the hand of craftsmen of these origins and from pieces. Little marking continues in the works, except in important centers such as Madrid, and civil typologies acquired great importance. As in the rest of the country, the Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical tendencies coexisted at the Court, although, being the center that set the standard for the rest, the former soon departed, introducing Rococo before 1740 or on that date, and Neoclassicism around 1770 (gradually imposing itself from 1780). The jug follows the most common prototype since the arrival of the Bourbons, characterized by its European influence and the great difference it shows with the type known as the “spout jug”. Compare with the Francisco García...

Saint head. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th century. Head made of carved and polychrome wood of a young man, with curly and tonsured dark hair, who keeps his gaze ...

Silver 915 Spanish nicest sailing ship (= Rarity !) made circa 1934-1935 Hallmarked: -- PENTAGRAM / FIVE-POINTED STAR (used as from the year 1934 for Spanish silver as it was legally binding then = SILVER 915 / silver with a purity of 91.5%) -- MASTER'S MARK existing: it is rubbed, but most probably it is a silversmith deriving from Madrid Size: Total height 26.5 cm / 10.43 inches Total width 27.0 cm / 10.62 inches Total depth 8.0 cm / 3.14 inches Weight: 407 grams / 14.32 oz / 13.08 troy ounces Specifications: Nicest silver sailing ship...