Z Sierra Art Decoration

Monstrance, San Martín de Cartes (Cantabria, España). Gilt bronze. Spanish school, 1680. With registration and date on base. Bibliography: Heredia Moreno, María del Carmen. “Origin...

Pitcher. Silver. Hallmark possibly Francisco de Arenas. Cádiz, Spain, 1761. With contrast and engraving marks. Crafted in silver, the jug features an oval base that rises flat to a...

Chest. Wood, iron, marquetry. Italian school, 16th century. It has faults. A rectangular chest with a flat lid, carved from wood and decorated on the exterior with wrought iron ele...

Cupid and the lion. Bronze. FERVILLE-SUAN, Charles Georges (France, 1847-1925). Signature on base. A bronze sculpture depicts a lion walking with its mouth open, flanked by a semi-...

"Thousand-faced" fan in a fan case. Paper, lacquered wood, wood and glass… Canton, China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912) and later. It has faults and damages. A fan case containing ...

Children's dance with the god Pan. Bronze. Following models by Lucas Faydherbe (1617-1697). Possibly 19th century. A bronze plaque with a figurative relief depicts a natural landsca...

Pyx. Silver. Palencia, Spain. Pedro de Palacios, hallmark Juan de Peso, circa 1530. With contrast and engraving marks. A circular box with a pointed lid, made of silver in its natural color and gilded, decorated on the exterior with a series of slanted segments or waves on the body and lid, and moldings with concatenations of pearls. The piece is topped by a sphere divided in two by a band of small lines. The interior is gilded. Typologically, it follows a very common model for pyxes in 16th-century Spanish silversmithing. Compare, for example, with the one dated to the third third of the 16th century (inventory 2165) in the Lázaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid (Spain), which also has spirals on the lid and a cruciform finial that the present example does not have; or several examples in the Diocesan Museum of Pamplona Cathedral; or an example with vertical drawers in the lid in the Museum of Sacred Art of Bilbao (Eleiz Museoa; inventory 0578) by Izangabea, dated between 1525 and 1530. At the base are the engraving mark and the hallmarks of the town and silversmith. One is the town mark, referring to Palencia (Spain). Another, with letters beneath a scale, is that of the assayer Juan de Peso, who worked from 1526 to 1532 (experts suggest that the triple hallmarking began in 1528). The third is that of the silversmith Pedro de Palacios (elected city assayer in 1532). Similar marks appear on the reliquary arm...

Salvilla. Silver. Santander, Spain, late 18th century. With contrast markings. A silver serving platter in its natural color, with legs formed by architectural elements combined w...

Miniature table. Wood, silver. Pinto & Carvalho, Portugal, first half of the 20th century. It has defects. Mark on the inside of the lid. Miniature Portuguese style table made of...

Miniature table. Wood, silver. Portugal, first half of the 20th century. It has faults. Miniature Portuguese-style table made of carved and turned wood that has legs with discs sec...

Binoculars with an antique finish. Gold-plated metal, other. These metal binoculars, crafted with an antique gold finish, feature a hanging loop and a vintage look reminiscent of c...

Ceiling lamp or chandelier. Bronze, glass. 20th century. Ceiling chandelier made of gilded bronze and metal that features plant elements of classicist influence, following 19th cen...