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LOS CASTILLO MOSAIC INLAY CUFF
Catalogue:
Estate Jewelry:
Silver:
Mexican:
Pre 1960 item# 376428 (stock# 2.3.5a)
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DELPASADO ANTIQUES
212-348-5694
SOLD
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A beautifully crafted cuff by Los Castillo, ca 1950's. Ranked among the finest of the Mexican silversmiths, the Castillo brothers,Jorge, Miguel,Justo and Antonio, apprenticed at Las Delicias with William Spratling, until they formed their own company in 1939. Their designs are outstanding for their originality and the quality of skilled craftsmanship that characterizes them. The design of this piece is enhanced by the blue-green mosaic inlay which covers half the front and the top and bottom rims. It is appropriately hallmarked and in excellent condition. 1 1/2" at its widest, tapering to 5/8". Inside measurement: 6".
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EXCEPTIONAL HUBERT HARMON NUDE CUFFLINKS
Catalogue:
Estate Jewelry:
Silver:
Mexican:
Pre 1950 item# 332677 (stock# 92204)
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DELPASADO ANTIQUES
212-348-5694
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The cufflinks offered here would have to be ranked among the very rare of Harmon's designs. Any of this American designer's work is scarce and desirable to collectors of the Mexican school of silversmithing, which enjoyed a renaissance from the early thirties to the present. Harmon came to Mexico in 1940 where he opened a small shop.
He his known for his clever, whmisical, totally original designs. These cufflinks are 1 3/4"L x 1/2"W. The head is a cabochon
amethyst. Excellent condition. Hallmarked with Harmon's winged feet and stamp.
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SALVADOR TERAN MOSAIC INLAY EARRINGS
Catalogue:
Estate Jewelry:
Silver:
Mexican:
Pre 1960 item# 271632
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DELPASADO ANTIQUES
212-348-5694
$225
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Salvador Teran, one of the Mexican silver master smiths, was working in the Spratling shop as early as 1934. He went on to open a shop in 1952 called "La India Bonita" which employed twenty-five silversmiths. This pair of earrings, stylized leaves with turquoise mosaic inlay, are of a thick gauge sterling
(1/8"), 1 3/4"L x 3/4"W. They retain the original screwbacks, and are duly hallmarked. Excellent condition.
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RARE WILLIAM SPRATLING CONCH EARRINGS
Catalogue:
Estate Jewelry:
Silver:
Mexican:
Pre 1960 item# 262627
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DELPASADO ANTIQUES
212-348-5694
$875
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From the third design period, 1951-56, this rare pair of sterling conch earrings are accented with amethyst drops which cut accross the elegant, tapered swirl. Pictured on page 96 (fig.2-301)of Spratling Silver: A Field Guide, by Phyllis Goddard, and may also be viewed at www.spratlingsilver.com. They are appropriately hallmarked and include an Eagle 30 stamp. 1 3/4"L x 1/2"W. Excellent condition
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