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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

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 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

VINTAGE MexicanTAXCO SIGNED SILVER Panel BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 934275 (stock# GA315)
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Dynamic design ~ Expert execution! … At once classic Taxco with its pre-Columbian motif and Art Deco in its bold geometry, this incredible bracelet was produced at the height of Mexico’s silver renaissance. Handwrought in sterling silver, it is composed of seven slightly convex, square panels interlinked by pairs of fixed and floating O-rings at the back. Each panel boasts a divine display of cutwork and piercing, as well as deeply incised linear and curvilinear lines, with heavy oxidizi ...click for details

LUSTROUS Vintage Mexican SILVER + ABALONE BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1970 item# 933128 (stock# GA312)
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¡Luminoso y radiante! … Here is an exquisite and elegant bracelet crafted by the Taxco silversmith who signed his/her pieces L.S.—an exceptionally skilled artisan whose silver and abalone clamper bracelets and necklaces are treasured collectibles today. Meticulously handwrought, this bracelet is composed of five gracefully curved and deeply convex links, interconnected by floating O-rings at the back. Each link is inlaid with three rows of abalone shell that are separated by fine bands o ...click for details

RARE Vintage Mexican QUINTO Silver GLYPH BRACELET Catalogue: Archives: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1960 item# 932515 (stock# GA310)
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Divinely Dimensional! … Uniquely inventive and expertly constructed, this overlay bracelet is a dazzling example of Taxco artistry from the late 1950’s. Handwrought in sterling silver, it is composed of seven deeply convex, square panels, interlinked by pairs of soldered, floating O-rings, at the top and bottom. Each panel has been meticulously designed in three distinct layers. First, there is a patinated silver base, to serve as contrast. Then, a silver overlay, whose center has been c ...click for details

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