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When the Society opened its doors to
the public in 1908, it already held
the finest collection of Hispano-Moresque
lusterware in the United States, and
one of the best in the world.
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Today, the collection consists of more
than 150 objects dating from the
fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. |
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The museum also has decorative
and utilitarian examples in
earthenware and soft-paste
porcelain from other centers:
Talavera de la Reina, Alcora,
and Buen Retiro in Spain,
Capodimonte in Italy and
Puebla in Mexico. |
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Jar with Serpentine Handles
Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico),
ca. 1660. |
Custodia from the
Church of San Juan
(Alarcón, Cuenca), 1585
Cristóbal Becerril
(ca. 1539-85)
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The Society exhibits magnificent
examples of the art of gold and
silversmiths, including the famous
Custodia by Cristóbal Becerril
(1539-1585), and Spanish, Latin
American, and Philippine ars
sacra and jewelry. |
The collection of Decorative Arts also
includes a range of pieces in other
media: secular and ecclesiastical
furniture from the Renaissance to
the present, including a wide variety
of trestle tables and vargueños, or
writing cabinets; a highly important
collection of ironwork; and glassware
from the Roman period to the present,
with outstanding examples from
Barcelona and La Granja.
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Vargueño
Aragón?, ca. 1575-1600
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Pair of Trullae
Roman, A.D. 100-25
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Such ladles were common in
the Roman world. Although the
use of the trullae illustrated
here cannot be established, both
their structure and decoration
are consistent with those designed
for religious rites.
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