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Lot Essay
DON AGUSTÍN FERNANDO MŨNOZ Y SÁNCHEZ
The arms are of Agustín Fernando Mũnoz y Sánchez, Duke of Riánsares and Montmorot, Marquis of San Agustín, a Peer of France, born Tarascon 4th May 1808, died le Havre 13th September 1873. He was a Senator of the Kingdom of Spain and an officer in the Royal Corp of Guards and a Lieutenant General of the Royal Army. He married on 28th December 1833 the Queen Regent of Spain Donña Maria Cristina of Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies (born Palermo 27th April 1806, died Le Havre 22nd August 1878), widow of King Don Fernando VII of Spain and daughter of King Don Francesco I of the Two Sicilies by his Queen Dona Maria Isabel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain, daughter of King Charles IV of Spain. The arms are those of Mũnoz, Sánchez, Funes and Ortega over all an escutcheon of pretence with the arms of the French Dukedom of Montmorot.
SCHALLENBERG À PARIS
The firm of Frederic Schallenberg at no. 3 rue de la Perle, Paris is recorded in the Annuaire Général du Commerce from at least 1844, and listed thereafter in a number of Parisian trade directories until the mid-19th century as a 'Fabricant de bronzes, lustres, cristaux garnis et service de table'.
These dates coincide with when the private marriage between Agustín Fernando Mũnoz y Sánchez and Donña Maria Cristina of Bourbon was publically recognised in 1844 by his stepdaughter, Queen Isabella II of Spain, with the addition of the granting of the aforementioned titles, and it is possible that these candelabra urns were acquired to mark this occasion.
The arms are of Agustín Fernando Mũnoz y Sánchez, Duke of Riánsares and Montmorot, Marquis of San Agustín, a Peer of France, born Tarascon 4th May 1808, died le Havre 13th September 1873. He was a Senator of the Kingdom of Spain and an officer in the Royal Corp of Guards and a Lieutenant General of the Royal Army. He married on 28th December 1833 the Queen Regent of Spain Donña Maria Cristina of Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies (born Palermo 27th April 1806, died Le Havre 22nd August 1878), widow of King Don Fernando VII of Spain and daughter of King Don Francesco I of the Two Sicilies by his Queen Dona Maria Isabel of Bourbon, Infante of Spain, daughter of King Charles IV of Spain. The arms are those of Mũnoz, Sánchez, Funes and Ortega over all an escutcheon of pretence with the arms of the French Dukedom of Montmorot.
SCHALLENBERG À PARIS
The firm of Frederic Schallenberg at no. 3 rue de la Perle, Paris is recorded in the Annuaire Général du Commerce from at least 1844, and listed thereafter in a number of Parisian trade directories until the mid-19th century as a 'Fabricant de bronzes, lustres, cristaux garnis et service de table'.
These dates coincide with when the private marriage between Agustín Fernando Mũnoz y Sánchez and Donña Maria Cristina of Bourbon was publically recognised in 1844 by his stepdaughter, Queen Isabella II of Spain, with the addition of the granting of the aforementioned titles, and it is possible that these candelabra urns were acquired to mark this occasion.