Description: A Pair of Sterling Silver "S" shaped dangle earrings featuring a Green Enamel Champleve inlay. Both the enamel and the sterling are in perfect condition. The Screw backed signed clasps are also perfect working condition. In 1937 Margot Van Voorhies went on vacation to Mexico where she met a Mexican silver smith named Don Antonio Castillo. She married Castillo and ended up in Taxco Mexico where her new husband smithed for William Spratling the founder of the first major silver studio in the city. Margot discovered her artistic talents in the late 1930s when she started to create designs for Spratling’s studio. Soon after Margot co-founded a silver studio with her husband and that lasted until just after WW2 when her business relationship and marriage to Castillo dissolved. In 1948 she founded her own studio which became one of the five great silver studios in Taxco. Her designs were imaginative and her creativity fueled by globe spanning trips during which she immersed herself in the culture, crafts and arts of other nations. It was these travels and inspirations that insured that Margot’s designs transcended the other offerings of the region. In a few years, her silver design took on an even fresher appearance when she began to use enamel overlays in a process called Champlevé on her fabulously complex pieces of jewelry. These became superlative masterpieces of Mexican Silver design.
Price: 225 USD
Location: San Clemente, California
End Time: 2025-02-09T00:30:55.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Antique: No
Shape: Letter S
Closure: Screw Back
Occasion: All Occasion
Signed: Yes
Color: Green
Metal: Sterling Silver
Item Length: 1 1/2"
Jewelry Department: Fine
Main Stone: No Stone
Ear Area: Lobe
Vintage: Yes
Brand: Margot de Taxco
Type: Earrings
Department: Unisex Adults
Style: Dangle/Drop
Base Metal: Sterling Silver
Theme: Initial
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico
Country of Origin: Mexico
