All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #751770 (stock #T 1611)
Vintage Circa 1945 early pre assay Mexican Pre Columbian design puffy cheek bird man mask Maya or Aztec ethnographic motif repousse pin with a bird or serpent on its headdress.
Mark: Made in Mexico Sterling - with old style safety clasp hinge.
A most talented silversmith took a sheet of sterling and hammered it onto a pitch bowl to create such repousse detail. Because it is holloware one looks for the air escape openings which in this case are found at one ear...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #412411 (stock #T 1326)
Must have a devoted strong man servant to assist you! ;>) - Oval hinged bangle bracelet marked: MEXICO 925 TC-110. Five Malachite Inlay pieces here for small ish wrist
Weighs 1 OZ or 28 Grams. Precious metals keep going up! Measures an oval 6 3/4" inside X just under 1/4" wide X 1/8" thick. Except for buffable lines (@ very strong push box clasp, no issues...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #290870 (stock #T 771)
Vintage Mexican mid century 35 grams necklace with striated melon color Jasper ball orb pendant on an elongated hand fabricated chain signed:
a stylized MS or SW in a circle with Assay #17 which is associated with Los Ballesteros and Antonio Pineda although looks like another Serafin Moctezuma mark?
The handsome peach color Jasper reminds one of the type of stone favored by Fred Davis
Just under 1" across and 1.75" from top of bail down...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #681782 (stock #T 1589)
Vintage Spratling era reminding one of Aguilar, et al, hand tooled dense pin brooch with a 6mm green ish turquoise cab simply stamped: MEXICO SILVER. Although could be a higher content - the weight is dense as with many early pre assay jewelry. Early wide C catch. By one of Spratling's or Aguilar's contemporary silversmiths no doubt.
Just under 2 1/2" X 1 1/4" and just under 1/2 ounce on a postal scale. Rich unpolished pre owned vintage condition...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #703723 (stock #01131)
Enrique Ledesma Mexican sterling inlaid pin. A stunning, ultramodern vintage 1950s Mexican sterling silver pin by Enrique Ledesma. This 2-1/8" x 1 1-1/2" modernist pin features what appears to be a rough mixture of azurmalachite inlaid in an undulating silver brooch. It has a rough, naturalistic texture, with small losses revealing malachite below, and it has a safety catch; it is stamped LEDESMA TAXCO 925 with a bell mark...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #1184180 (stock #J2229)
Shaped as stylized heads, they are hollow cast and pierced for stringing. Faces show on both sides of the beads. One bead has a casting imperfection on one side (see Photo #1); the other side is intact. There are a total of 19 beads; strung together they measure 9 inches long. They are possibly Mexican. Weight: 21.6 grams total
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #985058 (stock #J1003)
Blackbird Hill Antiques
$125.00
Price is for full set
These quirky figural sterling silver pins and earrings are formed as separate head. While the faces are similar in their prominent features, one head wears a tall, pointed headdress, while the other wears a turban-like headpiece. The pins show marks on the surface from being hammered into the mold; they are finished with applied backs. Each earring is formed to match the face of one of the pins...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #191038 (stock #mx0199)
carol lane
$125.00
Sterling and ivory mask pendant necklace, Mexico, c.1968. Signed "MP-17 925 MEX CP(C with letter P inside)", it is in excellent condition. Long face pendant(2 1/8" long by 5/8" wide by 3/4" high") is backed in silver with 24" chain. Great Mayan face is hand carved with good detail......$8 for insured USA shipping & applicable NY tax.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #1187125 (stock #J2367)
This graceful sterling silver ring is formed as a stylized snake with an impressed band starting at the head and tapering to the tail. The impressed area is nicely oxidized and decorated with contrasting circular elements, one of which serves as the snake's eye. The patina is soft and is nicely enhanced by the oxidation. The inside of the ring bears the partial marks for sterling, Mexico and its maker, the preeminent Taxco workshop of Los Ballesteros. The ring is sized to a 7 scant...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1129844 (stock #J1928)
Composed of three outwardly curved hinged panels embossed with scenes of Mexican country life. It is secured by a tongue-and-groove clasp and a security chain. The back of the clasp bears the circular mark of CJB; the maker’s name of Diaz Santoyo is impressed on the tongue in block letters (there is no image of this part of the mark). It is also marked 925 for sterling silver. The bracelet measures 1 3/8 inches wide and has an internal circumference of 7 ¼ inches. Weight: 44 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1930 item #301932 (stock #mx0244)
carol lane
$125.00
Unusual early repoussed silver and amethyst pin, Mexico,c.1930. Very early, it is a combination of colonial and Taxco silver designs. Of good size and weight, it measures 3" wide by 1 1/4" wide and is signed "MEXICO SILVER". In good condition, but each silver ball has some dents. Strong beautiful design....$8 for insured USA shipping.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #830792 (stock #J700)
This bracelet is constructed of six hinged panels designed as leaves and berries, with a fold-over hook clasp. It is marked on the back of the clasp with the Mexican maker’s mark of ETD, which is unidentified. It has a nice warm patina, and two of the berries have very minor impact marks. The bracelet measures 7 1/4 inches long by 3/4 inch wide. Weight: 34.4 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #896476 (stock #J954)
Designed in the pre-Columbian style, this sterling silver bracelet is composed of curved openwork panels connected with small pins. It bears the mark of J.N. Jacopo, for the Jacopo brothers of Mexico City and Taxco; it also bears the eagle mark with the number 3. The bracelet has a nice, hefty feel and is of good quality. There is a minor area of metal stress at one link (see Photo #4)...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #90038
This is a Pair of 970 STERLING MEXICAN SILVER ZEBRA CUFFLINKS. Made with good heavy gauge 970 SILVER the size of the Front Panel is 3/4" X 7/8". Clearly marked: STERLING MEXICO SILVER 970 date this pair of CUFFLINKS ca 1950 to 1970 in EXCELLENT Condition
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #1487358 (stock #15149)
Caricaturesque in the most endearing, spirit-lifting way this vintage Mexican silver fish brooch will put a smile on your face no matter rain or shine! Executed in confident repoussage which adds sculpturality and drama to a highly detailed body, it has a cheerful amethyst eye and thick, exaggerated lips. It looks to me as if it's singing down there in the deep - I can almost see tiny air bubbles coming out of its mouth. Measuring 2 3/4" long by 7/8" wide the brooch weighs 12.6 grams...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #76113 (stock #mx0090)
carol lane
USD $125.00
A set of three handmade large sterling buttons by the famous William Spratling, Mexico, c.1945. They are each signed "STERLING WS(around which says) SPRATLING MADE IN MEXICO" and measure 1" diameter and 1/4" thick(at widest). This rich Mexican design is very beautiful and intriguing....$12 for insured USA shipping plus applicable NY sales tax.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #1141023 (stock #02145)
A 1930s pair of Mexican sterling silver & amethyst owl earrings. These screwback earrings are in the form of owls with natural amethyst cabochon cut stones...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #156964 (stock #mx0174)
carol lane
$125.00
Beautifully textured hand made early sterling bird pin, Taxco, Mexico, c.1930's. This lovely bird's head measures 1 5/8" long by 1 1/4" wide. Has a separate silver back with a "c" clasp. It is signed "TAXCO 925" and is in excellent condition......$10 for US insured shipping & applicable NY tax.