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Salvador Teran bas relief Sterling/Niello earrings
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Pre 1970 item# 1172591
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Bold, striking, and collectible screwback earrings from Salvador Vaca Teran. The raised sterling on niello shadowbox motif is similar to the pre-Columbian hands and dots pattern seen on his brass and inlaid tile pitchers. They are marked Salvador Sterling Mexico 164 These highly graphic earrings can easily be converted to a post mounting for pierced ears without changing the wearable appearance. They measure 1" wide at the widest point and 1Ό long from top to bottom. Total w ...click for details
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Margot de Taxco pectoral necklace/bracelet suite 5195
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Pre 1950 item# 1129541
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Early and rare sterling pectoral niello necklace and coordinating bracelet from legendary designer Margot de Taxco. Stylistically akin to her first design, the Figure Eight set (5100), this unusual heart-motif parure probably dates to the late 1940s, given the low inventory number (5195 on the necklace, 5195a on the bracelet) and lack of an eagle assay mark on either piece. The bracelet also has an intact barrel clasp, another sign of early Taxco work.
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BETO sterling silver link & amethyst bracelet Taxco
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Pre 1970 item# 1121474
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Lovely and intricate sterling silver link bracelet with amethysts from the desirable Taxco artisan BETO. Signed BETO 925 Taxco GRO 925. While there is no eagle mark, the organic, intra-link design is more suggestive of the 1960s than the pre-Eagle era before 1948. The seven plain bezel-set amethysts measure about 5mm each. The bracelet has a wearable length of 7. It weighs 20 grams. CONDITION: Very good to excellent estate condition.
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Rafael Melendez Taxco 980 amethyst swirl pin
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Pre 1950 item# 1121448
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Fluid, swirling sterling silver pin with an amethyst center from Taxco maestro Rafael Salvador Melendez Adan. Rafael began his career with William Spratling at the Taller de Las Delicias in 1932. He started his own workshop in 1939. Judging from the marks, this piece likely dates between 1939 to 1942.
The engraved and cut-work pin is marked RM (small m inside large R) in an embossed circle, 980 Taxco. The bezel-set amethyst is about 10mm. The stone is encircled with fine rope braiding.
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Margot de Taxco Sterling Taurus Zodiac pendant
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Pre 1960 item# 1113045
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One of 12 highly collectible circular bas relief pendants representing the signs of the Zodiac designed by Margot de Taxco in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The Taurus bull and star pendant is signed Margot de Taxco 5230, Eagle 16, Sterling Made in Mexico. The pendant measures 1 5/8 in diameter with a total height of 1 7/8. It weighs about 22 grams. Condition: Very good to excellent estate condition, with one small scratch on the back that could easily be buffed out. Great patina.
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Sterling Iguala Abalone teardrop necklace, circa 1940
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Pre 1950 item# 1113030
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Stunning piece from Iguala, the Mexico jewelry center where maestros such as Damaso Gallegos learned the art of silver jewelry making before Taxco.
The necklace is composed 14 teardrop-shaped abalone and silver pendants mounted in an old-style linked chain (with a modern addition for extra length). It is signed (multiple times) VKE Sterling Iguala 925 Mex
The necklace is offered with earrings of a similar (but not identical) design. The are marked SFC, Taxco, Mexico 925, Eagle 3.
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Art Deco onyx & sterling bracelet 1930s1940s
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Pre 1940 item# 1107097
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Spectacular and highly wearable five-link silver and onyx bracelet in the Art Deco style likely dates from the 1930s or 1940s. Its signed Sterling Mexico.
The beaded and engraved bracelet features 10 diamond-shaped onyx stones set in plain bezels, two per link. Each stone measures about 1 1/8 long x ½ high at the widest point. The total weight is 78 grams≥
CONDITION: Very good estate condition. I had a lapidary smooth some minor chipping in a couple of spots.
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Artemio Navarrete 980 malachite/jade snake pin Taxco
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Pre 1950 item# 1107085
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Two-headed snake and carved malachite or jadeite pin by Artemio Navarrete, the master silversmith from Iguala who moved to Taxco to help William Spratling launch Taller de Las Delicias in 1931. Navarrete opened his own shop with Spratlings blessing in 1936.
This piece likely dates to the 1930s or 40s. It has the old C clasp. The engraved pin is marked AN (the dash of the A inside the N) in a raised circle (per Hougart), 980, Taxco. There is no eagle mark.
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William Spratling Amethyst Tulip Cuff ca. 1940s
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Pre 1950 item# 1107075
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One of Spratlings most prized designs, this fully hallmarked original bracelet was made between 1940 and 1946 based on the marks. An outstanding book piece, it appeared in Mexican Silver by Penny Morrill and Carole Berk (p. 40). The marks include a conjoined WS in a circle surrounded by "SPRATLING MADE IN MEXICO" in raised letters, plus SPRATLING SILVER impressed in an oval. Both marks appear on an applied disk, as they should for this piece and period.
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Ledesma sterling mosaic panel bracelet Owl or Cat
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Pre 1970 item# 1100703
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A mosaic panel bracelet from Taxco maestro Enrique Ledesma. Ledesma is known for his creative designs in silver and stone that merge on the same plane, as Penny Morrill and Carole Berk so eloquently put it in Mexican Silver. Ledesma worked for William Spratling at Las Delicias in the early 1940s, then later for Los Castillo before opening his own workshop, Plateria Ledesma. The bracelet consists of six panels, each with the figure of a cat or owl outlined in silver surrounded by green mo ...click for details
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