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EXCEPTIONALLY RARE Mexican SANBORNS Silver BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1930 item# 952041 (stock# GA351)
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Resplendent repoussé ~ Dramatic design ~ Exquisite execution! … Established in 1903 by two American brothers, Sanborn’s department store remains a successful corporate business today. Known mostly for its superb sterling silver tableware and decorative objects, the Mexico City shop on rare occasion offered high-end jewelry, designed by master silversmiths. This sumptuous and elegant, open cuff bracelet is just such a piece—made all the more extraordinary because it was produced very early, p ...click for details

Large Pre-Eagle Mexican Repousse Silver Gazelle Pin Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 947606 (stock# GA342)
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¡Grande y magnifico! … Dating from the 1930’s or early ’40s, this gorgeous brooch was handwrought entirely en repoussé. Impressive in both dimension and design, it depicts a gazelle at full gallop. The maestro-worthy silver répoussage is exceptional, as are the debossing, cutwork, deep incising, and oxidizing, which imbue the pin with exquisite sculptural detail and character. As an added accent, the gazelle’s eye is made of a high-domed, bezel-set, turquoise cabochon that lends remarkab ...click for details

50s Mexican Silver Inlay Modernist Fish Pin~Book Piece Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 947605 (stock# GA341)
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In the masterful manner of Ledesma … Based on a work by prestigious Taxco designer Enrique Ledesma, called “Fish Against a Tortoise Sea Pin,” this modernist pin also was handwrought by a skilled Taxco artisan. Composed of .925 silver and crushed stone aggregate, the freeform, slightly convex piece depicts two highly stylized silver fish surrounded by eight tiny air bubbles, floating against a sea-green ground. The silver inlays are set perfectly flush with the stone mosaic, and boast sup ...click for details

Vintage Industrial Modernist Brass Silver Cuff Bracelet Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Modernism: Pre 1980 item# 945761 (stock# GA338)
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Studio Showstopper! … Most likely American studio-made, this one-of-a-kind, open cuff bracelet boasts a visually dynamic, industrial modernist design. It has been constructed in heavy-gauge, hammered brass that is studded with knob-like, silver beads. The highly elevated silver elements imbue the piece with a dazzling dimensional and textural quality, and the firing process employed to embed the beads has given the brass an extraordinary luster and iridescence. Most likely dating to the ...click for details

VINTAGE Peru MODERNIST G. LAFFI Silver + Enamel LOBSTER Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Modernism: Pre 1960 item# 944018 (stock# GA337)
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“The Spratling of Peru” … Florentine-born, Graziella Laffi lived and worked in Peru during the 1950’s, producing singular and stunning silver pieces in both modern and pre-Columbian forms. Most aficionados believe that her creations rival the masterworks that came out of Mexico. She is one of today’s hottest collectibles in the field. ...click for details

Magnificent Mexican Art Nouveau Silver Fish Bracelet Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1950 item# 944012 (stock# GA336)
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¡Es espectacular! … This breathtaking, handwrought showpiece most likely hails from the 1930’s or ’40s—the nascent years of Mexico’s silver renaissance. Imposing in both design and definition, it is composed of four large, deeply convex, square panels interconnected by pin hinges. The panels display an Art Nouveau vignette, which consists of a highly dimensional leaping fish that has been executed in extraordinary openwork, so that it appears to be surmounted to the panel frames. Each panel i ...click for details

SPECTACULAR 50s Mexican MODERNIST SILVER CUFF Bracelet Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 938402 (stock# GA327)
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In the manner of the mid-century modernist studio jewelers … The exhilarating inventiveness and craftsmanship of this open cuff bracelet evokes the works of such masters as Esther Lewittes, Paul Lobel, Art Smith, Henry Steig, Ed Wiener, and Frank Miraglia. Handwrought in substantial sterling silver, it boasts a dazzling structure that is at once elegantly Art Deco and boldly primitive. By overlapping planes, alternating silver sheet with partially flattened silver wire, and applying oxid ...click for details

Mexican LOS BALLESTEROS Vermeil Silver BUCKLE BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1970 item# 937346 (stock# GA325)
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Sleek + Chic … This exquisitely constructed, modernist bracelet hails from the 1950’s or ’60s, and was handwrought by one of the highly skilled, independent artisans who produced work for the renowned Los Ballesteros taller in Taxco. Designed as a buckle cuff, it is composed of vermeil, otherwise known as silver gilt {sterling silver which has been plated or rolled with gold}. The buckle element is exceptionally elegant and offers two size adjustments. The cuff itself is hinged and opens quit ...click for details

VINTAGE Peruvian LAFFI ERA Anthropomorphic SILVER PIN Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Pre 1960 item# 936318 (stock# GA321)
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Pre-Columbian motif ~ Modernist Laffi style … The ancient, pre-Inca, Peruvian culture known as Nasca believed in a host of mythical creatures who possessed great spiritual powers. The most frequently portrayed in Nasca art was an anthropomorphic being, which displayed many manifestations. The half-beast, half-man figural on this spectacular pin represents one such creature. Handwrought in .925 silver, the figure—comprised of the fangs and spiked body of a fearsome animal, but with a huma ...click for details

Vintage Mexican SERAFIN MOCTEZUMA Silver Panel BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 936316 (stock# GA320)
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From the hallmark of Moctezuma … This outstanding, sterling silver bracelet was handwrought by a most interesting and, some say, notorious Taxco silversmith, Serafin Moctezuma. He was a contemporary of William Spratling, as well as the maestro’s nemesis. Convinced Moctezuma was pirating his designs and mimicking his hallmark, Spratling filed a federal complaint. Yet despite Moctezuma’a questionable reputation, it cannot be denied that he was a highly skilled silver maker—and this remarkab ...click for details

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