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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
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
