Ca. 1930 ONYX BRACELET, 7", sterling hot silver. Artisan hand crafted recognizable quality collectible antique for your unique signature look.

DESCRIPTION:
ca. 1930: This is a classy classic artisan hand crafted antique bracelet in immaculate condition. Through a 10x jeweler's loupe I can see the delicate hand carving of the black onyx stones to accommodate the twisted sterling wire cage that holds them...beautiful work. Recognizable vintage quality for your unique signature look...as fresh and rich today as when it was made almost 90 years ago!

FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE METAPHYSICAL ASPECTS OF STONES:
BLACK ONYX: A powerful protection stone, Black Onyx absorbs and transforms negative energy, and helps to prevent the drain of personal energy. Black Onyx aids the development of emotional and physical strength and stamina, especially when support is needed during times of stress, confusion or grief.

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WEIGHT:
42.1 grams

SIZE / MEASUREMENTS:
7 inches long; 3/4 inches wide.

MARKINGS / HALLMARKS:
Stamped 'SILVER MEXICO' on the back of the clasp. This hallmark was used on jewelry produced from 1900-1930's.

MATERIALS:
Sterling silver

CONDITION:
Very good condition, as sturdy and wearable today as when it was made almost 90 years ago! There is one ding in a ball at the back of the bracelet, next to the clasp (see in pics). All the black onyx stones are perfect. There is the light surface burnish on the metal that is expected on a piece of this age. No weak spots in the silver.

I clean vintage pieces by gently washing with dish soap and then giving a quick surface buff with a silver cleaning cloth, leaving the natural patina of age in the details to enhance its beauty.

GIFT BOX INCLUDED, ready to give or just to enjoy!

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ABOUT VINTAGE TAXCO JEWELRY:
Vintage mid-century Taxco silverwork is a perfect example of jewelry as art. Each designer that produced in the area from the 1930-1960's had a signature style and motif they explored in their jewelry designs, while hand crafting each piece of amazing jewelry. The heft and weight of the silver, the evidence of the hand of an artist, the reference to abstract forms and modernist design, combined with the impeccable quality of the workmanship, is distinctive and unique to this era of jewelry design, in Taxco, Mexico. It was the perfect storm of time and place and resources, and the results are spectacular jewelry that is so highly collectible today.

Silversmithing has been practiced for centuries in Mexico. In fact, Mexican silversmiths taught the Navajo of the Southwestern United States their trade. From the 1930 through the 1950s, within Mexico, artist colonies arose which produced enormously influential silver jewelry. William Spratling and Margot de Taxco, along with many others, created jewelry masterpieces. The foremost artists and designers of the day gravitated to Taxco and the movement in art that was flourishing there. The Taxco School, as it is known today, was formed largely from former Spratling employees such as the Castillo brothers, hot Héctor Aguilar, Antonio Pineda, and Valentin Viadurreta, who brought a Mexican eye to Art Deco. Naturally, these artisans and their shops became incubators for still more generations of silversmiths.

Taxco is still known worldwide for the quality of the jewelry produced, but the innovation of the mid-century artists and the work produced from 1930-1950's stand out in the world of jewelry and art collectibles.