wide Sanborn's Mexican silver repousse "Aztec Rose" Cuff Bracelet
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Directory: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1970: Item # 1461568
Directory: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Mexican: Pre 1970: Item # 1461568
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Bearing the signature of Sanborn’s, the legendary Mexico City department store’s over whose antiquities and fine arts division Fred Davis was a supervisor in the mid-1930s, this wide, exuberant cuff bracelet is a classic for the genre. Repousse cuffs of this style came to be closely associated with Sanborn’s and Maciel though they were made by other, anonymous and “less celebrated” makers as well. The “Aztec Rose” design that covers the entirety of the bracelet’s surface here must have been the most popular, most desirable motif at the time. Expertly worked in thick gauge silver sheet, the flower is sculptural and full of life, surrounded by textured leaves and sending out tender branches holding tight buds. A statement-making cuff that would look even more impressive over a long black sleeve, it has an inner circumference of 7 1/4" (including the 1” gap; not adjustable unless you ask the help of a jeweler or you might end up damaging the cuff), is 2 7/8” wide and weighs 99.2 grams. It is signed with retailer’s name as shown as well as “MEXICO STERLING” alongside Eagle 22 assay mark. The bracelet dates in the late 1940s-1950s and is in excellent vintage condition with stunning presence, bold, fleshy repoussage that lifts off the cuff’s plane, exhibiting meticulous craftsmanship, having great patina and no damage or repairs noted - a truly exceptional example of Mexico City “Aztec rose” cuffs.
