Quality Silversmiths since 1939. SPAIN www.molina-spain.com - ARTIMETAL - PROCESSIONALIA 2014-2015 Quality Silversmiths since 1939. SPAIN ARTISTIC SILVER INDEXINDEX Presentation ......................................................................................... Pag. 1-12 ARTISTIC SILVER - ARTIMETAL ARTISTICPresentation SILVER & ARTIMETAL Pag. 1-12 ChalicesChalices && CiboriaCiboria ........................................................................... Pag. 13-6713-52 MonstrancesCruet Sets & Ostensoria ...................................................... Pag. 68-7853 TabernaclesJug & Basin,........................................................................................... Buckets Pag. 79-9654 AltarMonstrances accessories & Ostensoria Pag. 55-63 &Professional Bishop’s appointments Crosses ......................................................... Pag. 97-12264 Tabernacles Pag. 65-80 PROCESIONALIAAltar accessories ............................................................................. Pag. 123-128 & Bishop’s appointments Pag. 81-99 General Information ...................................................................... Pag. 129-132 ARTIMETAL Chalices & Ciboria Pag. 101-115 Monstrances Pag. 116-117 Tabernacles Pag. 118-119 Altar accessories Pag. 120-124 PROCESIONALIA Pag. 125-130 General Information Pag. 131-134 Quality Silversmiths since 1939. SPAIN www.molina-spain.com Luis Molina Acedo, S.A. Justo Dorado, 12 28040 Madrid, Spain Product design: Luis Molina Acedo, S.A. Quality silversmiths since 1939. SPAIN Quality Silversmiths since 1939. SPAIN LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN We are pleased to present our new updated catalogue 2014 – 2015 showing, as always, our three collections: Artistic Silver, Artimetal and Procesionalia. Within these three Collections you will fi nd the most comprehensive and varied choice or religious metalware, where design and quality are our primary goal and the basis for our worlwide prestige gained all through our 75 years of history. Our thriving innovative character in this unique market is shown along the 132 pages of this catalogue. You will fi nd new pieces and suggestions focused in offering you the widest and most specialised range of liturgical art objects. Our sheer capacity to manufacture custom orders following your specifi cations is also widely known among our prestigious customers. Our design department and expert artisans, highly specialised after generations in all techniques of the art of silversmithing, will make your project a reality and they will turn it into an everlasting work of art. Also, please trust our expertise with the restoration of your works of art. During this restoration process we guarantee the preservation of the authenticity of the piece and we will use the same artisanal techniques used by the silversmith who originally created the piece. As always, please let us guide you and help you in all aspects towards the purchase of the piece in our collections that will entirely satisfy your needs. Our long tradition as expert artisans is your best guarantee. Our international network of specialised distributors will provide you with the kind of professional and personalized attention you deserve. Raúl Molina Salazar President Presentation MOLINA ...Quality silversmiths since 1939 working as an apprentice silversmith in the Plata y Bronce workshops of Madrid, run by his father, Luis Molina Pérez. He was only 15 years old. There, he carefully learnt from the old workshop masters the ancient and beautiful techniques used by the European silver and goldsmiths of yesteryear, such as embossing, chiselling, hand engraving, fi re enameling and, very importantly, drawing and the roots of the classic, baroque, romanic, plateresque and gothic styles. Very soon he was already designing and hand crafting fi ne ecclesiastical silverware that was actively sold throughout the provinces of Spain. The years that followed the war were very hard, and this moved him to migrate, aged twenty-four with his wife and 2 year old son to Ecuador in 1949 and to establish himself with a small silversmith workshop in Quito, Ecuador. His reputation rapidly grew inside the active Christian Community of South America due to his everlasting perseverance, the “Mudejar” style style chalice chalice hand hand crafted crafted by Luis by Molina Luis Acedo Molina during Acedo his duringtime as hisan aprenticetime as an silversmith aprentice silversmithin the Plata y in Bronce the Plata workshops y Bronce of quality of his totally hand crafted sacred vessels and his personal workshopsMadrid, circa of 1939. Madrid, circa 1939. and professional service. Before he returned to Spain during the mid 1950´s, his one-man workshop in Quito had grown steadily and he was able to establish a new workshop in Lima, Peru with around fi fteen skilled workers. Great examples of his work can still be found in that continent, all showing the purest Spanish and colonial styles. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED • HAND MADE IN SPAIN SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE PRICES AND SPECIFICATIONS 2014-2015 MOLINA Colonial-style monstrance monstrance custom custom built builtto match to match with the with exterior the ofexterior the church of theof Latacunga, church of a villageLatacunga, of the aAndes, village Ecuador, of the Luis Molina Acedo, 1949. Andes,1951. Ecuador, 1951. 2 Presentation MOLINA Finally, in 1960, he was able to fulfi ll his dream, and founded the actual workshops in his much missed Madrid, Spain, which are synonymous for the highest possible quality that only the Christian Cult deserves and for an unsurpassed service. By the year 1966, the staff had grown to more than 50 skilled workers, as the different religious communities continued demanding more and more quality metal ware and the old religious silversmithing workshops across Europe started fading away. Although very hard times like the Vatican II and the Spanish Transition came after the 1960´s bonanza, when many companies had to shut down their doors, the company struggled and once again survived by offering absolutely the best hand crafted sacred vessels with absolutely the best service. Custom baroque frame, chiselled andand embossed for the portrait of the MadonnaMadonna of the Cathedral of of Quito,Quito, EcuadorEcuador in in 1952. 1952. It is shown here carriedcarried on processionprocession outside the Cathedral that that same same year. year. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED • HAND MADE IN SPAIN SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE PRICES AND SPECIFICATIONS 2014-2015 Custom throne throne built built in in1961 1961 for for carrying carrying on Procession on Procession the Christ the Christ of the ofvillage the village of Montoro, of Montoro, Córdoba Córdoba in southern in southernSpain. It meas Spain.ured It measaboutured 3m. MOLINA aboutin length 3m. and in had length to be and carried had byto morebe carried than twenty-fourby more than people. twenty-four people. 3 Presentation MOLINA The spectacular increase in the exports led to the creation in the U.S.A. of a wholly owned subsidiary logistic distribution center in Warwick, Rhode Island in the year 1981. It was established with the name Artistic Silver, Ltd. and canalized all the products and services to our selected network of specialized distributors inside the North American continent. The company was awarded in 1983, 1985 and 1986 with the gold medal for its annual exports by the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Madrid. In 1983,1983, MiguelMiguel Boyer, Boyer, Spain’s Spain’s former former Minister Minister of Economy of Economy hands hands over Luis over Molina Luis MolinaAcedo the Acedo award the given award by thegiven Chamber by the of Chamber Commerce of ofCommerce Madrid for of the Madrid excellent for volume the excellent of annual volume exports of achieved annual exportsthe previous achieved year. the previous year. Today, Luis Molina Acedo, S.A. is a modern, 100% family owned and operated company already in its fourth generation with a qualifi ed staff formed by more than 90 dynamic and enthusiastic people. We only use absolutely the best materials combined with the know-how we have developed throughout the years and the most modern techniques to guarantee the highest quality standards, meeting any possible need that today’s Christian Church may have for the celebration of the Liturgy. With this heritage, we can only assure we look at the future knowing we will do our best to continue offering all our customers around the world what our founder established as the principles of this company. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED • HAND MADE IN SPAIN SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE PRICES AND SPECIFICATIONS 2014-2015 His Holiness,Holiness, John John Paul Paul II celebrates II celebrates the thecommemorative commemorative Mass Massof his of50 hisyears 50 since years ordination since ordination with our withgothic our chalice gothic # 2392, chalice presented # 2392, to presented him for this to veryhim specialfor this occasion. very special occasion. MOLINA 4 Presentation MOLINA Of all the many custom articles we have hand crafted throughout our history, perhaps the one we are most proud of is the “Botafumeiro”, the world’s biggest censor, housed inside the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The original Botafumeiro, hand wrought in sterling silver on the XV Century was stolen from Spain during the French Invasion at the beginning of the 19th century and molten into silver coins. A new Botafumeiro was built in 1851 by the Spanish silversmith José Losada, in brass, fi nished in silver plate to match with the