April 16, 2024
RARE MEXICAN SILVER MATL TURQUOISE CORAL SNAKE BRACELET
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LAY-A-WAY IS WELCOME! IT IS MY PLEASURE TO OFFER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS AND EXTREMELY RARE COILED SILVER AND GEMSTONE SNAKE BRACELET BY THE RENOWNED MATILDE POULAT THIS IS AN EARLY PRE SALAS EXAMPLE. MATILDE POULAT WAS ONE OF MEXICO'S MOST LOVED SILVERSMITHS. DURING THE SILVER RENAISSANCE, SHE WAS ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF FEMALE SILVERSMITHS IN MEXICO TO OWN THEIR OWN SILVER SHOP. HER WORK HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED ALONG SIDE THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SPRATLING AND HECTOR AGUILAR. SHE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NOW FAMOUS EXHIBITION, SILVER MASTERS OF MEXICO AND IN NUMEROUS BOOKS DEDICATED TO THE SUBJECT OF MEXICAN SILVER. I HAVE ONLY SEEN THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN A FEW TIMES. IT IS EXTREMELY RARE, AND THIS ONE IS FULLY SIGNED AND HALLMARKED WITH MATL'S EARLY MARK. A SIGNED SET WITH THE MATL SALAS MARK IS CURRE NTLY LISTED ON TRACADERO FOR ALMOST 4,000. IT IS EXECUTED IN STERLING SILVER WIRE THAT IS MASTERFULLY COILED, TWISTED AND WOVEN TO FORM THE BODY OF A SERPENT. THE BOX STYLE CLASP CLOSURE IS NOT ONLY FUNCTIONAL, BUT IS ACTUALLY ENCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN ITS SELF. IT IS EMBELLISHED WITH FANTASTIC REPOUSSE, WIRE WORK AND TURQUOISE AND CORAL STONES. YOU CAN FEEL THE QUALITY OF THIS PIECE JUST BY HOLDING IT IN YOUR HANDS. THE SILVER WORK IS SMOOTH AND WELL FINISHED. IT IS VERY WEIGHTY AND BOLD, YET REGAL
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