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Perfumador

Real Fábrica de Platería Martínez
Documentado en 1815

Este perfumador, con apariencia de barco, es una de las piezas más singulares del juego de tocador elaborado por la Real Fábrica de Platería de Madrid entre 1815 y 1816 por encargo del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, que lo ofreció como regalo de boda a María Isabel de Braganza, segunda esposa del rey Fernando VII. Su diseño, elegante y clásico, responde al modelo característico de la fábrica madrileña. En el frente, luce un escudo de España coronado y rodeado por una guirnalda. Lo flanquea una cenefa, que simula hojas de parra entrelazadas con flores. Las asas figuran dos serpientes enroscadas. La tapa, calada, permitía la salida del aroma y está rematada por una pareja de tórtolas, que posan sus patas en grandes hojas. La cenefa emparrada, las serpientes y las tórtolas nos remiten a símbolos relacionados con la fidelidad matrimonial. Esta pieza jugaba un importante papel en la vida cotidiana porque ayudaba a perfumar el ambiente.

General Classification

Platería; Aseo e higiene

Type of Object

Perfumador

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

Documentado en 1815

Subject

Plata; Oro

Technical

Fundido; Estampado; Cincelado; Dorado; Calado

Dimensions

Fondo completo: (Altura: 26,8 centímetros; Anchura: 31,2 centímetros; Profundidad: 17,3 centímetros)

Inventory

10012377

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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