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An ivory Christ with copper arms that were probably added at a later date. The cross consists of various pieces of rock crystal joined by metal rods covered with painted parchment. The clasps are of enameled and nielled silver. This is a German work, probably from the area of Renania, although the figure of Christ derives from French models and the cross bears similarities to some Venetian works.
A vessel made up of six pieces of rock crystal and six gold mounts enamelled in opaque white and translucent red. The ovate body is decorated with helicoidal gadroons and darts on the base, and the same motif, smaller and turning in the opposite direction, alongside the neck. From the belly there emerges a structure with a spout surrounded by a mount. The short broad neck is enbellished by a mount
A vessel made up of three pieces of rock crystal and three enamelled gold mounts. The body is formed by a boat-shaped piece with a figurehead on the prow consisting of a mask with pointed ears and ram’s horns. It is entirely decorated with painted enamel in warm tones with touches of blue. The rock crystal is decorated with some vegetable clusters on the foot and afterdeck, and garlands with fruit
A vessel formed by four pieces of rock crystal and a gold mount. Seen from the front, the sides rise parallel to each other, while emerging on one side is a fold that forms the spout. The upper plane of the mouth is cut on a slight inclination, with the lip of the spout at the highest point. On the opposite side, a thick S-shaped handle with carved foliage, mouldings and ova rises above the mouth,
Vessel made up of various assembled pieces of rock crystal and six gold mounts with black enamel. The high body with four large gadroons narrows at the top to form a narrow cruciform neck with a wider moulding and mouth. It has two S-shaped arms ending in volutes and scallop shells. The decoration, similar to that on the vase, O93, and the galley, O114, of the Dauphin’s Treasure, has gadroons risi
A vessel formed by a large and voluminous body in the shape of a ship’s hull, a small unadorned foot and a stem with a knop, a spout at the prow, balusters, and a kind of forecastle, somewhat damaged. The handles on the side have the form of winged serpents with dragons’ heads, female breasts and bodies ending in console legs, and there is a larger one at the stern, simulating the rudder. Thirteen
A jug comprising various pieces of crystal and six adornments in gilded silver. The glass case of a reliquary, possibly Rhenish, has been used for the body, to which a base has been added, decorated with swirling flutes, all joined together with a late mannerist adornment, in a style that some specialists associate with the circle of the silversmith François I Roberday.Owing to its great va
An oval salver or tray made up of seven pieces of rock crystal, identical in structure to O104. There are variations in the decorative composition, the work of the same Milanese workshop, recognisable by the flowers on the ends of the central spiral patterns. On this piece, however, the clearly Baroque decoration has, to borrow Arbeteta’s phrase, burst its banks. Moreover, the gentle curve of the
A tall-footed cup whose bowl has the form of a ship’s hull with a pointed prow and a slightly raised stern, while below are a balustroid stem and a tortoise for a foot, all formed by three pieces of rock crystal joined by two enamelled gold mounts. The decoration of the bowl is extremely fine, and may have had a political significance. The mount on the foot was stolen in 1918. Where its authorship
A vessel made up of four pieces of rock crystal and three enamelled gold mounts. The bowl is a piece with a diminished arch profile, oval mouth, a decoration of concave double gadroons on the lower part, and eight large gadroons on the upper half that give the surface an undulating appearance. It has engraved vegetable and fruit motifs distributed in festoons with ribbons, which alternate with pat
This fabulous animal is made of three pieces of rock crystal. The top piece is a horned head with monstrous features resting on a long arched neck similar to that of a swan. It is set into a pear-shaped body with a cuirass-like front worked with scrolls and rows imitating precious stones. It also has short wings emerging from spirals and similar to those of bats. Its flexed and webbed feet are cut
Vessel with a hexalobate mouth, S-shaped handles in the form of branches, a round foot and a very low baluster stem. The handles are joined to the bowl by six mounts with a central band enamelled in black stripes. The knop has a gold mount with embedded black enamel stripes and drops of translucent green imitating emeralds. The mount on the foot has been missing since at least 1746. The decoration
Oval salver made up of seven pieces of rock crystal joined by a silver mount. The body consists of a moulded silver gilt oval piece with an oblong slot for the foot. The engraved decoration is at the ends, leaving the central areas almost unadorned. It consists of a series of spirals ending in seeds that mark the rhythms of the composition, and four flowers or rosettes at the ends of the pattern.
La jarra está compuesta por diferentes piezas labradas en cuarzo hialino y sigue el modelo prototípico acuñado por los talleres de Milán para vasos de uso y representación. Su forma y las asas son similares a varios vasos existentes en las colecciones europeas, adscritas a los talleres de los Miseroni, especialmente el grupo del Kunsthistorisches Museum de Viena. En el inventario de bienes del Del
A vessel composed of five pieces of rock crystal and seven mounts. It has a deep egg-shaped bowl with a narrow base broadening at the shoulders, where a short neck emerges from a ring mount to open into a cruciform mouth. There are concave gadroons with mouldings on the upper and lower parts, while in the centre are two lines of intersecting vegetable spirals with seeds. Perched on the edges of th
A tall cup made up of four pieces of rock crystal and four silver gilt and enamelled gold mounts. The bowl, carved in six facets decorated with sprays framed within bands, rests upon a base with concave gadroons. The knop has six facets with engraved ovals, as does the stem, with rings whose size decreases towards the hexagonal gadrooned foot. Three ring mounts hold the bowl, knop and stem to the
A vessel made up of eight pieces of rock crystal and nine enamelled gold mounts. It represents a bird, possibly an eagle to judge by the beak. A ring mount with a motif of black stripes and ova joins it to a boat-shaped body with a gadroon at the rear. This body, together with the cover, completes the ovate profile of the bird, whose entire surface is covered with incised decoration imitating feat
Vessel made up of four pieces of rock crystal and five green and black enamelled gold mounts. At the base, the bowl has the form of a diminished arch. Four large gadroons form a cruciform and slightly oval mouth. By means of four mounts with a central band decorated with a motif of stripes and ovals, enamelled in black, two handles are supported at the height of the lip. They are in the form of fa
