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’50s MEXICAN ICONIC DIAMOND CUT SILVER PANEL BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 1010930 (stock# RL2)
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Divine design ~ Expert execution … From “Feathered Serpent” Quetzalcoatl and sun god Tonatiuh, to the legendary pyramid and elite Eagle warrior, this fabulous bracelet strikingly highlights some of the fascinating symbols of Mexico’s pre-Columbian mythology and culture. Handwrought in sterling silver, it is composed of four openwork panels, interconnected by pin hinges. The panels are rectilinear and deeply convex in form, and each depicts its iconic motif employing exceptional silver work, i ...click for details

MODERNIST MEXICAN TERAN SCHOOL SILVER JAGUAR PIN Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1980 item# 1006046 (stock# GA494)
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Audaciously iconic … With a bold, modernist design evocative of works by Salvador Teran, this awesome pin hails from 1980’s Taxco. Composed of sterling silver, its depiction of the iconic, pre-Columbian jaguar motif takes on sublimely abstract and highly stylized attributes. The piece boasts exceptional cutwork, punchwork, incising, and oxidizing. And its deeply convex form accentuates the overall dimension and definition. Fabulous art to wear guaranteed to garner attention, it also makes for ...click for details

GLORIOUS MEXICAN FARFAN SILVER EAGLES PANEL BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 1003186 (stock# GA484)
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¡Muy grandioso! … Wonderfully evocative of early works by William Spratling, this extraordinary bracelet was handwrought by one of the master silversmiths who worked at Plateria FarFan in Mexico City. Most likely dating to the late 1950’s, it is composed of seven panels, interconnected by pin hinges. The superbly articulated panels are oblong and convex in form, and each boasts the flat-chased image of a pre-Columbian eagle head. The artisan’s addition of heavy oxidizing accentuates the defin ...click for details

AWESOME MEXICAN MAYA HAMMERED COPPER + BRASS NECKLACE Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Costume: Designer: Pre 1970 item# 996378 (stock# GA467)
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¡Oh Maya! … This sublime necklace was created in the 1960’s by Maya, a Mexico City designer whose shop Casa Maya produced stylized, artistic jewelry, employing mixed metals in bold and innovative ways. Boasting a motif that displays both Art Deco and Arts & Crafts attributes, it is composed of ten copper and brass links {five on each side} that lead to a large, scroll-like, center pendant. The links, which are shaped like apostrophes, graduate in size and are interconnected by fixed ...click for details

UNIQUE VINTAGE MEXICAN SILVER MIXED METALS PIN PENDANT Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 996373 (stock# GA466)
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Iconic Inca, Mexican-style … This big, bold, and beautiful brooch pendant is a truly unusual and singular find. First, although it is Mexican made, its design is one most commonly found in Peruvian works—the legendary visage of Inca sun god Inti. Second, the handwrought craftsmanship is exceptional. Boasting meticulous and intricate cutwork, the slightly domed, solidly constructed piece displays splendid mixed metals in .925 silver, copper and brass; vibrant, crushed stone inlays; and de ...click for details

AWESOME ’80s MEXICAN DOUBLE SNAKE SILVER NECKLACE Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1980 item# 996183 (stock# GA465)
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1-of-a-Kind ~ Art2Wear … Singularly sensational and displaying the exceptional workmanship expected of a Taxco artisan, this fabulous piece dates to the late 1970’s. Handwrought in sterling silver, it boasts the mirror image motif of two rattlesnakes, each forming one side of the necklace. The formidable reptiles are depicted full-length—from heads to rattlers—and their long, sinuous bodies are composed of linked segments, which create an ingeniously articulated design. To further enhance thi ...click for details

MEXICAN LOS CASTILLO DESIGN SILVER COPPER SWIRLING FISH Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 995449 (stock# GA464)
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Stunning interpretation of classic Los Castillo motif … Perhaps one of Los Castillo’s most sought-after and highly collectible works, design #514—”Swirling Fish and Domes”— was produced in an assortment of media, including silver with gemstones, silver with art glass, and all silver. However, one of its rarer incarnations was created with mixed metals copper and silver. And this sublime set, consisting of bracelet and earrings, is based on that very unusual Los Castillo variation. The bracele ...click for details

EARLY VINTAGE MEXICAN SILVER SERPENT HEAD EARRINGS Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 995355 (stock# GA462)
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In the manner of William Spratling + Hector Aguilar … Boasting maestro quality design and workmanship, this outstanding pair of earrings hails from 1940’s Mexico City. Handwrought in sterling silver, the slightly convex earrings depict the head of legendary Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, the “Feathered Serpent,” and each has been superbly rendered employing deep, linear flat chasing and applied silver work, as well as heavy oxidizing to accentuate the exceptional detail and dimensionality of the ove ...click for details

HUGE VINTAGE MEXICAN SILVER OVERLAY PANEL BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 994337 (stock# GA461)
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¡Grande y espectacular! … This imposing and impressive bracelet hails from the 1950’s and was produced by a highly skilled silver maker, who most likely lived in Iguala, Mexico. Handwrought in .925 silver, it is composed of six alternating broad and narrow panels, interconnected by hidden pin hinges. The three large panels are square and deeply convex in form, and consist of intricate silver overlays on patinated grounds. Each of these surmounted motifs is made up of an elaborate scrolling bo ...click for details

EARLY MEXICAN SILVER BIRD PIN IN MANNER OF PARISINA Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 994007 (stock# GA459)
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Exquisite Mexican silver making in the superb style of Marcel Boucher’s Parisina jewelry … This large and dramatic brooch takes its splendid design elements from a work created by celebrated jewelry maker Marcel Boucher for his Parisina line, in the 1940’s. Dating to the same time, the handwrought, sterling silver piece depicts an elegant cockatoo, sitting on a perch. It boasts a marvelous interplay of imaginative, almost fabulist design and highly skilled silver making, including hand-render ...click for details

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