Madrid Decorative Bowls

With Rose Medallion (Rose Family) decoration. The central cartridge of the basin represents a court scene. The inner and outer walls of the bowl have multi...

Bernegal or trembling with handles. Silver. Spain, 18th century. Avocado shaker in its color with a circular base, without base or foot, and a hemispherical body that is wider at the top, which has two handles on the sides. These present two facing C's of different sizes (the largest on top) or in the shape of that, and a decoration based on silver pearls and a bird perched on the upper part (both of the piece located facing the center). In Spanish silverware...

Choffet. silver etc. Cordoba, Martos, 1836. With contrast markings. Chofeta of silver in its color, oval in shape with smooth peaks on the sides, three slightly cabriolet-shaped ...

Brazier. Copper. Possibly Castile, 16th century. Brazier made of copper with a circular foot decorated with vertical bands, a low tubular shaft enhanced with a fine roped molding and a semicircular body, with a wide mouth that flares outwards, and two halfrectangle-shaped metal handles with a torso part on the sides. Of the piece. These types of pieces were used both in civil and ecclesiastical interiors with the aim of heating the occupants of the room as much as possible, and their conservation is rare because they are utilitarian elements that were discarded over time or due to be damaged They used to be objects destined for the upper class, and followed the same typologies whether they were destined for a sacristy or a private residence. This case, possibly intended for use in the sacristy, shows a typical typology in the Spanish school of the time. Compare, for example, with the brazier present in The Birth of the Virgin Mary of the Altarpiece assembled around 1520 by Pedro de Guadalupe from Valladolid and found in the church of San Esteban...

Container with handles. Copper, 18th century. A container with a circular body and a wide mouth that has two "ce" handles on the sides, made of bronze that could have had a large n...

Lobulated, supported by a small flange, decorated on the body by the technique of cloisonne, in glazed blue enamel lapis lazuli, representing dragons, decoration associated with wate...

Ceramic bowl decorated with high-temperature enamels on a white opaque tin slip. The polychrome is based on colors typical of Talavera: cobalt blue, copper green, manganese black, an...

Diamond-shaped Italian Murano glass centerpiece/bowl attributed to Flavio Poli. Faceted sides that cast light and reflections to multiple directions. Beautiful color combination of b...