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GARNISH: completely made of iron. Large bowl formed by two enormous valves or fluted shells whose solution of continuity is formed by various bridges arranged on both sides...
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GARNISH: worked in iron with evident mastery. It has a complete hemispherical bowl with a tip-breaking upper lip. Long hawks finished in a spiral and topped by buttons...
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GARNISH: made of iron, composed of two large symmetrical shells chiseled with flowers and leaves and what appears to be a lion. Protect the empty spaces on its...
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GUARNITION: made of iron, all openwork and chiseled with interlocking scroll work of very beautiful design and exquisite execution. Very flat spheroid knob with high button. Knob also...
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GARNISHING: very elaborate. Its creator perhaps wanted to prioritize the aesthetics of the 19th century baroque. XVII above effectiveness, even though the latter is not at all negligible....
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GARNISH: complete bowl with lobed upper edge. Next to this edge there is a delicate chiseled work on ribbon based on floral motifs whose design corresponds to that...
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GARNISH: crafted in white steel with great skill and luxury. It features a cup bowl with birds, dolphins and sculpted foliage ending with a tip-breaking top lip. Decorative...
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GARNISHING: carefully crafted, it combines bow and openwork shells in perfect symbiosis. To highlight the set of hoop branches, hawks, bridges and temples in brilliant decoration based on...
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Loop sword with lower cups, from the group of those incorrectly called “Pappenheimer”, due to a style, apparently promoted during the 30 Years War, (1618-1648) by the German...
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GARNISH: iron. Smooth, ovoid turned knob with prominent button or knob. Wired cuff in a graceful combination of smooth and braided thread and at the ends, both ferrules...
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GARNISHING: made of steel bow and shell, with eight medallions outlined in bronze. Singular pommel with knob, showing on the obverse the image of Saint George on horseback...
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GARNISHING: made of bow, solid and compact but of great beauty. Note the knob in chiseled spheroid made of plates, almost gallons, with a very marked knob at...
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GARNISHING: elegant bow and great style and design. Some beautiful pine cones stand out, strategically located in the most appropriate points. Arriaz formed by two hawks turned in...
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GUARNITION: with a splendid bow and great quality of execution. What stands out above everything else are the slanted and hollow globules in incredible braiding, intelligently placed in...
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GARNISHING: bow, light and harmonious. Note that the knob is a good size to provide balance in its use, also highlighting its knob at the top. Wooden fist,...
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GARNISH: bow, chiseled steel. Large knob with a very notable shell print in its center. Almost cylindrical cuff with double twist highlighting between two braided Turk's head ferrules....
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GARNISHING: bow, elegantly chiseled with mastery. Truncated conical knob with button knob and resting on a base and this, in turn, on a Turk's head ferrule. Cylindrical fist...
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GARNISHING: bow and blued iron. Arriaz formed by two hawks curved in the opposite direction and in the center, a curious escutcheon with a long point from which...
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