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Vessel made up of five pieces of agate, and six mounts and an appliqué of enamelled gold. The boat-shaped bowl has an oval mouth and, like the lid, a diminished arch profile. On it, a ring mount supports a small balustroid vase that may have had an ornamental metal finial. The lid is smooth-rimmed while the bowl ends in a broad, flat lip ornamented with delicate enamel motifs, such as dolph
The cup is made up of two pieces of stone and two enamelled gold mounts. The bowl consists of a scallop shell on which two transversal handles are carved in the same block, forming simple circles that rise high above the rim. With a boat-shaped profile, it has two gadroons on the prow or spout, forming a trefoiled mouth. The stern undulates at the edge to create a wave with a vegetable motif at th
Vessel consisting of a piece of green nephrite carved in the form of an oil lamp. It repreents a fantastic mask with a wide open mouth, its eyebrows formed by leaves emerging from a double stalk that forms the handle. The round eyes, short nose and long moustaches frame gaping jaws with a rising protuberance visible inside. It rests on a base of silver gilt with friezes of acanthus leaves and gadr
A vessel composed of four pieces: a high bowl with an oval section and bell-shaped profile, a cover in the form of a flattened cupola with a turned finial, and a low foot with a support ring. All this is joined by three mounts, the largest being that on the rim, which includes two small handles formed by two pairs of arched serpents. Emerging from the lower part of the bowl until nearly half-way u
This vessel, described as a “velón” or oil lamp in the 1746 inventory of La Granja de San Ildefonso, is one of the few pieces in the Dauphin’s Treasure in their original state. It is made up of three pieces of citrine quartz and one, the finial, of smoky quartz, linked by five mounts and two gold handles in black enamel. On the egg-shaped body are four protrusions. Inserted on the smaller t
