Small Brazier Or Handheld Brazier. Iron, Bronze. Spanish School, 17th Century.

Small brazier or handheld brazier. Iron, bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Has some flaws.
Table brazier resting on circular legs and consisting of a container with a preserved handle and a support formed of two polygonal metal plates connected by vertical balustrade-style elements adorned with discs, each tapering to a conical tip ending in a bead. Stylistically, it follows the tradition of typical models from the Spanish school of the second half of the 16th century. It can be compared to an example held by the Fundació Mascort (Torroella de Montgrí, Girona, Spain), to another at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York dating from the late 15th or early 16th century (inventory no. 65.221.2a, b) to observe the influence of earlier traditions, or with yet another example at the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Madrid (reference CE19561) dating from the second half of the 16th century, etc. They were commonly called “hand warmers,” in reference to their use for warming scribes’ hands in cold weather, but they were also used to heat wax for seals, for example.
Weight: 2.566 kg. · Dimensions: 27 x 27 x 16 cm