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Neoclassical Furniture

NEOCLASSICAL STYLE

Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.

Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.

The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.

Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.

Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.

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Item Ships From: Spain
Style: Neoclassical
Chest of Drawers, Lemonwood, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Lemonwood chest of drawers with straight and rectangular top board that has five drawers to the front (two narrower and three long), decorated with sim...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Wood

Silver Tastevin, “Tembladera”. Spain, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Catavinos or scrapie. Silver. Century XVIII. Container known as catavinos or tembladera (as it does not have a foot) made of silver in its color with two flat curved handles decorat...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Mythological Figure Bronze
Located in Madrid, ES
A circular base slightly elevates the bronze figure. The man, already of a certain age (as can be deduced from his bushy beard), is standing, dressed in a cloth around his waist, wea...
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20th Century European Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Spinning Wheel, Walnut Wood, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spinning wheel. Walnut wood carved and turned. XIX century. Vertical carved walnut wood spinning wheel, which has been decorated with fine lines in certain areas, and the use of b...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Other

Empire Commode, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Empire commode. Mahogany, oak, ormolu bronze, Saint Anne marble. France, 19th century. Rectangular chest of drawers with top board in Sainte Anne marble, made of carved mahogany and oak, with three drawers at the front, decorated on the front with two rings that emerge from the jaws of two bronze lion protomes and a coat of arms. Lock with two crossed cornucopias; under the table is another hidden drawer with internal divisions; the front legs are carved in the shape of a claw, and the rear legs are rectangular. Known as Saint Anne marble is a dark gray veined marble from Belgium and widely used for furniture panels, monuments, etc., although there are preserved Louis XV and Victorian style fireplace...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18t
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century. Oil on canvas showing Saint Anthony of Padua (Lisbon, August 15, 1195 - Padua, June 13, 12...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Other

Silver Cup "Tembladera", 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Without hallmarks. With property initials. Container known as catavinos (wine cup) or tembladera with two curved flat handles decorated with simplified plant elements, and a line of...
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18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

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Silver

Two silver pitchers set. Benito Gómez, Antonio. Segovia, Spain, 1831-1835.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of pitcher jugs. Silver. BENITO GOMEZ, Antonio (1775-1835). Segovia, Spain, 1801-1835. With contrast markings. Pair of spouted jugs with a circular base with moldings, a low conical foot and a tubular body finished in a hemisphere at the bottom and with a flat molding at the top; the handle, in double ce, presents a simple scroll or branch that rests towards the mouth of the piece; the beak shows a simple decoration. Typologically, this pair is linked to a type of spouted jug that, with variations, is common in Hispanic domestic silverware from the first half of the 17th century to the beginning of the 18th century, also found after this date. As usual, the civil model was quickly assimilated by religious silverware, especially for its use in liturgical cruets. Antonio Benito Gómez (1775-1835) was a silversmith who worked in Segovia from at least 1801 until he died, and was also a silver marker carved between 1824 and 1828, and between 1831 and 1835. Son of the silversmith Juan de la Cruz Benito , several works by his hand have been preserved: baptismal shell...
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1830s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Neoclassical Regency Rectangular Silver Hand Carved Wooden Mirror
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical Regency style handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with silver foiled finish, Spain, 1970.
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1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Cruet Set, Silver, Glass, René-Pierre Ferrier, Paris, France, 1775
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks. Set made in silver in its color and glass composed of two jugs with handle, elongated neck and peak, and body of circular base, with the faceted exterior, an oval tr...
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1770s French Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Silver small brazier. Spain, 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Gallon chofeta. Silver, Wood. XIX century. Oval chofeta with turned wood handles made in silver in its color that has a chevron or avenerado finish, as well as legs finished in a sphere with a claw. The lines and decorative elements of this piece are common in European art of the 19th century...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver, Other

Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850.
Located in Madrid, ES
Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850. With contrast marks and text. Silver vessel in its colour with a circular, stepped base decorated with ready mouldings, ...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver, Other

Neoclassical Style Wood and Gold Leaf Calacatta Viola Marble Spanish Console
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical style console hand carved wooden structure with gold leaf finished and top in Calacatta Viola marble. Spain, 1970.
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1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga (dress up). Spanish school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
San Luis Gonzaga, dressing room. Polychrome wood, etc. Spanish school, 18th century. Carving made of polychrome wood that shows, on a rectangular base, a young man without a beard, ...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Other

Ornamental Mirror, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cornucopia, carved and gilded wood, 19th century. Rectangular mirror with the frame highlighted by a cupete that extends along the sides. This one has been formed with scrolls and r...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Other

Walnut Gate Leg Table with "Claw and Ball" Legs, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This rectangular table has four legs ended in eagle talons holding balls, and has a drawer and two folding boards (whose name comes from this typology). The decorative simplicity of the work is due to its creation as a mainly functional furniture, although you can see the characteristic use of decorative elements of different traditions, something common in the art of the 19th century. The legs are very common in English examples of the 18th century ("claw and ball" with paw) and the wood in which it has been constructed is the most common in Spanish antique furniture...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Metal

Table for Spanish Desk, Pine and Beech Tree Wood, Iron, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bargueñera table with spiral leg. Pine and beech wood, iron. Century XVIII. Rectangular board table made of pine wood and turned beech wood legs in the shape of spiral columns, whi...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Iron, Other

Silver Small Brasero or Brazier, Royal Factory of Antonio Martínez, Madrid, 1832
Located in Madrid, ES
Chofeta. Silver in its color, etc. Royal Factory of Antonio Martínez or Platerías Martínez, Madrid, 1832. With contrast marks Bowl-shaped piece used to place embers in it and burn ...
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1830s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver, Other

Silver Tastevin, “Tembladera”. Spain, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Tembladera or catavinos. Silver. Century XVIII. A handle is missing. Container known as catavinos or tembladera (as it does not have a foot) made of silver in its color with a flat...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Frame, Wood, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular frame made of carved and gilded wood that combines a smooth thin band inside, with another carved with fajada band and another, to the outside, which combine smooth areas 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 the frames are on the rise due to the search for them by the museums and important institutions, with the aim of giving the works the frames they would have in origin. Hence, similar examples are found in some Vermeer paintings...
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18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Other

Walnut Dining Table with Wrought Iron Fasteners, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Walnut dining table with wrought iron fasteners. 18th centuey. Dining table with a rectangular and smooth tabletop supported on legs that follow, simplified, the most common example...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Kneeled Girl, Bronze, Marble, After Models from Auguste Moreau ‘1834-1917’
Located in Madrid, ES
Lost wax casting. Base in marble. On a base in bronze to which the earth aspect has been given, the figure of the girl and a plant are placed on her knees. The young woman appears w...
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20th Century European Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Pair of Scenes Julios Caesar's Life
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of scenes from the life of Julius Caesar. Made in gouache on paper with antique frame. We have two pair. Signed by Alberto de Benedetti, circa 1849.
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Paper

Silver Cruet Stand, Córdoba, Spain, Cristóbal Sánchez Soto
Located in Madrid, ES
Convoy of cruets in silver. Córdoba, Cristóbal Sánchez Soto (1755-1802), towards the third quarter of the 18th century. With contrast and chisel marks. The present convoy maintains...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Frame, Polychromed and Giltwood, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Polychrome and gilded wood frame. Late 18th century. Rectangular frame with golden seed beads on a red background and elements related to the Passion of Christ in shields in the corners and center of the longest sides: dice, nails, bag (of the Judas coins...
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18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Wood

Wrought Iron Pulpit Grille, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Wrought iron grating with thirteen bars with double pear and discs in their shafts, arranged in a circle with bars of the same flat material (circular and cross combined at the base ...
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18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Neoclassical Style Gold Foil Hand Carved Wooden Pair of Mirrors, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of neoclassical regency style hand carved cornucopia mirrors, finished in gold foil.
Category

1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Cupboard Oak, Metal, Glass, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Carved oakwood sideboard composed of two bodies: the upper one has a display case with shelves, and a simple decoration with columns and a powerful molding reminiscent of certain neo...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Metal

Lamp. Bronze. 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Lamp. Bronze. XIX century. Lamp with circular glass decorated with a series of classicist decoration moldings at the bottom and an oval shape from which a ring hangs, and another mol...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Other

Silver Cup "Tembladera", 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Without hallmarks. Silver drinking cup with smooth edges, handles in the shape of a crowned animal (rampant lions with curved tail towards the back) and a decoration at the bottom o...
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18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Shepherd Box, Carved Horn or Antler, Spain, 1822
Located in Madrid, ES
Shepherd box. Carved horn. Spain, 1822. Rectangular box made of carved horn that has a date (1822) engraved on the lid and front, a legend (Soi de Manuel Zulueta year 1822) and an...
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1820s Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Other

Flotte d'Otahiti Assembled at Oparee, Colored Engraving, Robert Benard, 1778
Located in Madrid, ES
Flotte d'Otahiti assembled at Oparee. Colored engraving. Robert Benard (active 1750-1785), 1778. Hand-colored engraving from the series “The Voyages of Captain Cook”, which makes n...
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1770s European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Other

Porcelain and Glass Oval Box, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Small oval box with etched glass base and lid hinge closure made, the latter combining enamel and metal. The bottom has a bucolic landscape with a series of h...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Glass

Glass tumbler; La Granja de San Ildefonso; Spain, 18th Century
Located in MADRID, ES
Colorless and translucent glass tumbler that stands out for its pure and simple lines. An aesthetic that became the became the maxim of the Royal Manufactory of La Granja de San Ild...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Glass

Silver Cup with Property Inscription. Possibly Spanish American, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Tembladera or bernegal with property inscription. Possibly Spanish American, 18th century. Silver trembling dish in its color with a wide and circular base and a mouth of greater diameter than this, body with a fine line engraved towards the edge and an inscription of ownership on the front (Lucas Vilacha) made with small dots. It also has two handles decorated with vegetal and grotesque elements with human heads, with shapes similar to lions or dogs visible at the top. In Spanish silverware...
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18th Century South American Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Silver Box, 19th-20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks. Three-lobed flat-top box made of silver in its color decorated on the edge and lid with elements on chopped luster. The upper part presents a scene framed by scallop...
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Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Bronze Chandelier or Ceiling Light, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Ceiling light. Bronze. France, late 19th century French chandelier made of bronze at the end of the 19th century, formed by a central axis with very marked lines and decorated with ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Other

Silver Writing Set, Madrid, Spain, 1819 and 1841, with Hallmarks
Located in Madrid, ES
Writing desk. Silver. Madrid, 1819 and 1841. With contrast marks. Artificer M. García. Property initials. Clerk composed of three containers on a slightly raised base on animal claws...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Set of Three Heraldic Plates, Bronze, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of three heraldic plates. Bronze. Century XVIII. Bronze plaques decorated with a castle with a pelican pecking its chest at the door, a heraldic element enhanced with plant for...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Gas Lamp in Glass, Gilded Bronze and Enameled Porcelain, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Gas lamp in glass, gilded bronze and enameled porcelain, 19th century. A pedestal with rockery and medallions serves as a base for the porcelain vase decorated with roses that makes...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Other

Silver “Tembladera” 'Cup', Juan Montero, Salamanca, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The hallmarks of this piece are reproduced in "Enciclopedia de plata Española y Virreinal Americana" pag 200 number 1056, serving as a hallmark reference for the publication. Silver ...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Table for Spanish Desk, Rosewood, Wood, Wrought Iron, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Table for an Spanish writting desk (bargueño) with "Saint Anthony" legs. Although the curves of the guarantors and the discs may recall examples of the Baroque, the simple geometri...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Silver Scribe or Desk Writing Set, Platerías Martínez, Madrid, Spain, 1819
Located in Madrid, ES
Scribe with four inkwells and bell. Silver. Madrid, Silversmiths Martínez, 1819. With contrast marks. Notary of silver in its color composed of a rectangular tray (raised on four...
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1810s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Glass and Vase, Glass, Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja, Spain, 18th C
By Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja
Located in Madrid, ES
Jug and glass. Glass. Royal Glass Factory of La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain, 18th century. Pitcher or vase with lid and glass with a smal...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Glass

Neoclassical Rectangular Gold Hand Carved Wooden Mirror, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical rectangular handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with gold foil finished, Spain, 1970.
Category

1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Ceramic Drug Jar or Syrup Jar, Possibly Italy, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The decoration of ceramics in blue tones on a white background was common in Europe as far back as the 17th century (Dutch and English pieces, works in Talavera de la Reina in Spain,...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Clock Set, Bronze, Rouge Griotte, Etc, France, 19th C. After Clodion
Located in Madrid, ES
Clock garnish and two candlesticks. Bronze, rouge griotte marble. France, 19th century, following Clodion's models. Set or garnish consisting of a table clock and two candlesticks ...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze, Other

White opaline lamp from the Royal Factory of La Granja. Segovia, Spain, 17th.
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted white opaline lamp from the Royal Factory of La Granja with hand-painted floral details.
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17th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Opal

Silver Wine Vase 'Bernegal', Vidal Hallmarks, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bernegal, 18th century. Silver, with hallmarks. Weight: 55 g. Spanish 18th century wine vase, with Vidal hallmark and wide and low bowl, slightly rounded to the base, following the typology of this glass in the Hispanic Baroque. The two vertical handles...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Silver "Bernegal" 'Drinking Cup' Portugal, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks. Bernegal with wavy edge with rockery decoration and vegetal elements on the outside and two handles in the shape of an "S". In the flower that decorates the base on ...
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19th Century Portuguese Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Silver Candlestcik or Candle Holder, Francesc P. Arquer, Barcelona, circa 1825
Located in Madrid, ES
Candlestick with chain. Silver. Francesc P. Arquer, Barcelona, Spain, circa 1825. With contrast, derisive and proprietary (AS) marks. Silver candlestick in its color with an openwo...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Silver Glass and Tray Set or Rinser Set, Barcelona, 18th Century, with Hallmarks
Located in Madrid, ES
Rinser in silver in its color. Barcelona, 18th century. With contrast marks and property initials. A container with a small circular foot presents simple and flat lines, in additio...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Window or Door Fittings, Wrought Iron, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Element of iron formed by several pieces strongly united to each other that has simple decoration based on rings and other details and serves to close a door or window. This type of ...
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18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Silver Candlestich or Candle Holder with Tongs or Tweezers, Barcelona, 19th c
By F. Roca
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver candlestich or candle holder with tongs or tweezers. Silver. F. Roca, Barcelona, towards the first half of the 19th century. With contrast and derisive marks. Silver candles...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Silver

Pair of Andirons, Bronze and Iron, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of andirons. Blued and gilt bronze, iron. XIX century. Andirons for fireplace decorated, in the pieces on the sides and in the center of...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Pair of Frames, Wood, Stucco, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Couple of frames. Wood, stucco, 19th century. Pair of rectangular frames made of carved and overcast wood decorated with a series of moldings of different widths, some smooth and fl...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Other

Water Pitcher Set, Moritz Zdekauer, Altrohlau, Czech Republic, Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Porcelain. With marks. Water pitcher set decorated with stripes with floral elements in floral in vivid blue, red and gold tones. The center of the e...
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Late 19th Century Czech Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Bronze Writing Set, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
On a tray of curved profiles decorated with moldings and scallops on its edges are the four containers that make up the desk. The sandbox or salvador, the duster and the inkwell pres...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture

Materials

Bronze

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