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Hector Aguilar Lyre bracelet 940 ca. 1948-1955 BOOK Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 1114672
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Desirable and collectible Lyre bracelet from Taxco silver maestro Hector Aguilar. The bracelet is pictured on p. 30 of Penny C. Morrill’s “Silver Masters of Mexico.” This classic design is composed of eight links with a rhythmic ribbon pattern. The bracelet measures 7” long x a little over ½” wide. It comfortably fits a 7” wrist. Total weight: 45 grams. ••• Marks: HA in thin stylized script (1948–1955, according to Hougart), .940, Taxco, Eagle 3 (940 is a richer grade of silver than sterling.) ...click for details

Rare Pedro Castillo folded/reversible necklace Taxco Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 1113052
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Pedro Castillo — of the famous family behind Los Castillo of Taxco —occasionally produced jewelry designs with his own mark: an interlocking PC. This unusual reversible link necklace features a unique and very desirable folded design that is stunning on either side. ••• It’s marked PC (conjoined), Taxco, hecho en Mexico, sterling, 1015 (likely a design number). No visible Eagle mark, so it likely predates 1950. ••• Each of the seven links is 2¼” long x 1¼” high. The necklace measures (and has a ...click for details

Margot de Taxco Art Deco Female Nude Pendant BOOK Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1970 item# 1113051
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Sensuous and stunning female nude square pendant with a clear Art Deco inspiration from a figural series designed by Margot de Taxco in the 1950s. The raised relief figure, reminiscent of those in her earlier Zodiac series, is knocked out and silhouetted inside the rectangular pendant. This piece appears on p. 56 of Penny C. Morrill’s “Margot van Voorhies: The Art of Mexican Enamel Work.” ••• The pendant is marked Margot de Taxco 5446, Eagle 16, Sterling, made in Mexico. ••• It measures 1¼” squa ...click for details

Hector Aguilar Half-Oval link necklace, 1940s, 940 Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Pre 1950 item# 1113049
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Pictured on p. 65 of Penny C. Morrill’s “Silver Masters of Mexico,” this stunning half-oval linked necklace is one of Taxco maestro Hector Aguilar’s signature pieces of the 1940s. The 940 silver necklace has a gold wash, a highly desirable finish occasionally done by the maestro. It is composed of 37 links joined together by silver three-wire bands. ••• Marks: Winged HA in a circular indentation, Taxco and 940 (a higher grade than sterling silver). The marks dates this piece to 1940 — 1948, ...click for details

1940s Fertility Bracelet, Spratling design, Taxco 980 Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 1113034
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Heavy pre-Columbian engraved fertility bracelet patterned after a William Spratling design of the 1930s. This 980 (higher than sterling) silver bracelet has the original clasp and pin-hinge construction. Signed Taxco 980, it likely dates to the early or mid-1940s. ••• The bracelet measures 7½" and is 7/8” wide. It weighs a hefty 63 grams. ••• CONDITION: Excellent estate condition.

Signed Pre-Columbian sterling bracelet, Aguilar design Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 1113031
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A lighter version of a famous Hector Aguilar fertility bracelet design from the talented silversmith who signed his work RJP. The bracelet is also marked 925, Mexico Sterling, Eagle 3. ••• The bracelet consists of 10 interlocking links (five of each design). It measures 7¼” x ½”, which is smaller in scale than the Aguilar original. Total weight: 46 grams. ••• CONDITION: Very good estate condition, with a rather funky replacement for a missing safety chain catch.

Los Castillo Repousse bracelet & earring set, 1940s Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 1100708
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Famous and early heavy gauge repoussé sterling bracelet and matching earrings from the silver maestros at Los Castillo. The bracelet is composed of nine curved links in a design that includes swirls, dots and fanned ribs. ••• Bracelet is marked Los Castillo Taxco 637 (in a circle) and sterling Mexico (in a circle). There is no Eagle assay. Earrings marked Los Castillo Taxco Mexico (left) and sterling Mexico 637 (right). ••• Bracelet measures 7½” x ¾”. Earrings are 1 1/8” x ¾”. Total weight: 61 g ...click for details

Signed pre-Columbian sterling glyph bracelet, Taxco Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1970 item# 1100701
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Gorgeous, heavy pre-Columbian engraved glyph bracelet in the style of William Spratling from one of Taxco’s talented silversmiths known only by his initials. It probably dates to the 1950s or 1960s. ••• Marked JJ, encircled by Sterling Taxco 925, Made in Mexico, 12 (possibly a production number). The eagle mark is so worn that it’s illegible, but Billie Hougart lists a JJ under Eagle 3 in “The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks.” ••• The bracelet measures 7¼” long and 7/8” wide, w ...click for details

1950s–1960s Los Castillo Metales Casados Harp brooch Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1970 item# 1100699
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Subtly colored metales casados (mixed metals) biomorphic brooch with a harp and harpist from the maestros at Los Castillo. Inlaid copper and brass on silver. ••• Marked Made in Mexico Metales Castillo 148 (a production number). ••• The pin measures 2” x 1½”. Weight: 39 grams. ••• CONDITION: Very good estate condition, with light surface scratching typical for its age (and part of desirable patina). The clasp is secure and closes tightly.

Rafael Dominguez sterling silver engraved burro pin Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 1100698
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Engraved pin of a burro nibbling a cactus from silver maestro Rafael Dominguez. Dominquez was the son of Miguel Dominguez, one of only two silversmiths in Taxco when William Spratling arrived in 1929. Rafael worked with Spratling and Artemio Navarette before opening his own shop, Casa Dominguez, in 1943. ••• Marked RD in an impressed circle, 960 Taxco. (Rafael pieces are usually 980 or 960 silver, higher than sterling.) There is no eagle mark, indicating this piece was made before 1948. ••• The ...click for details

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