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Bandeja

Real Fábrica de Platería Martínez
1800-1830

En un manuscrito conservado en la Real Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid, que describe el juego de tocador diseñado por Celestino Espinosa a finales de 1815 y que el Ayuntamiento de Madrid regaló a la reina María Isabel de Braganza, consta una bandeja para la costura. De contorno circular, la barandilla reproduce un diseño calado con círculos entrelazados, cuya intercesión se embellece con hojas de perejil elaboradas en plata blanca mate. Este motivo fue muy utilizado por Antonio Martínez, fundador de la Real Fábrica de Platería. En el centro se eleva una base circular, sobre la que se colocaba otra bandeja, más pequeña, con los útiles necesarios para la labor, como agujas, dedales y tijeras. La pieza carece de marca de contraste, circunstancia que concurre en otros objetos del tocador.

General Classification

Platería; Aseo e higiene

Type of Object

Bandeja

By

Real Fábrica de Platería Martínez

Collection or Series Title

Juego de tocador de Isabel de Braganza

Era / Cultural Context

Reinado de Fernando VII

Place of Production

Madrid

Date

1800-1830

Subject

Plata

Technical

Fundido; Troquelado; Dorado; Calado

Dimensions

Fondo completo: (Altura: 4 centímetros; Diámetro: 24 centímetros)

Inventory

10012383

Credits

Texto: Amelia Aranda Huete; Foto: Mario Sedeño

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Authors and Collectors

Real Fábrica de Platería Martínez
The Author

Real Fábrica de Platería Martínez

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Ferdinand VII
Monarch

Ferdinand VII

(El Escorial (Madrid), 1784 - La Granja (Segovia), 1833)

The ninth of fourteen children born to Charles IV (1748-1819) and Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819), the future Ferdinand VII was sworn in as Prince of Asturias before the Cortes on 23rd September 1789, following the successive deaths of his older brothers. The Prince’s early years were spent under the tutelage of his caretaker, the Marquess of Santa Cruz, and his successive tutors, of whom the best known were Canon Escóiquiz and his teacher, Father Cristóbal Bencomo. As part of his education, Prince Ferdinand studied philosophy, grammar and Latin, as well as being introduced to music and drawing, the latter being taught by the painter Antonio Carnicero. 

Married four times, Ferdinand VII's wives were Princess María Antonia of Naples and...

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