Madrid Decorative Bowls

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...

Made in the 19th century, this brightly colored blue and white bowl from Manises, Spain is highly decorative, and it once served the very specific household purpose of holding chestn...

Art Nouveau centerpiece or planter. Tin, metal. Víctor Saglier, towards the end of the 19th century. With marks. Oval centerpiece that responds to a typology sometimes used as pl...

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...

Bowl or centerpiece, Elephants. Glass. Nachtmann, Germany, 20th century. Bowl-shaped centerpiece made of glass that presents a decoration of elephants in a row and curved edges in o...

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...

Table center or planter. Tin, metal. Víctor Saglier, towards the end of the 19th century. With marks on the base. Oval centerpiece with interior tray with handles, decorated on t...

Tray with handle. Metal. Around 1900. With contrast markings. Tray with lobed contours with three spaces inside and a pearl border on that edge that also has a handle that splits i...

Candy box designed by Gala Fernández and made of recycled Murano glass, using glass blowing technique. BIO: Gala Fernández is a multidisciplinary creator from Madrid living in Milan, with work that ranges from art and design to curating, interior and product design, graphic design and publishing. His versatility allows him to move with equal skill in art and industrial design. With several years dedicated to teaching, Gala has also worked at Fabrica, Benetton's creative center in Treviso. He collaborates with large international firms such as Moroso and has found a creative niche in blown glass, achieving notable results with the Real Fábrica de Cristales de la Granja and the Antichi Angeli...