April 23, 2024
VINTAGE HEAVY TAXCO MEXICAN 950 SILVER & STONE BRACELET
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THIS HEAVILY CONSTRUCTED MEXICAN SILVER BRACELET IS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. CRAFTED BY A TAXCO MASTER SILVERSMITH--ROSALIO SOTELO DAMIAN--THE DESIGN OF THIS PIECE IS EXTRAORDINARY. PAIRS OF COLORFUL STONES, ALL SET IN PRECIOUS 950 PURITY SILVER, LOVINGLY ENCIRCLE THE WEARER'S WRIST. AN ELEGANT TONGUE-IN-BOX CLASP INSURES THE BRACELET WILL ALWAYS STAY SECURELY CLOSED. THIS FABULOUS BRACELET WAS CRAFTED IN TAXCO--THE EPI-CENTER OF THE MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE AND THE CITY UNIVERSALLY KNOWN AS MEXICO'S "SILVER" CITY. IT MEASURES ABOUT 3/4 INCH WIDE AND HAS A WEARABLE LENGTH OF 7 1/2 INCHES--MEANING THAT FOR THE MOST OPTIMAL FIT YOUR WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 7 1/2 INCHES. THIS STURDY BRACELET WEIGHS 43 GRAMS. THIS ELEGANT WORK OF SILVER AND STONE BEARS THE DEEPLY STRUCK HALLMARKS "TS-105", "950" AND "MEXICO". ACCORDING TO RENOWNED AUTHORS PENNY MORRILL AND CAROLE BERK--IN THEIR FABULOUS BOOK MEXICAN SILVER , (4TH EDITION, PAGE 273)--THE TAXCO ARTISAN WHO USED THIS HALLMARK--"TS-108" AND CRAFTED THIS TREASURE WAS "ROSALIO SOTELO DAMIAN". FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY REGARDING MEXICAN SILVER HALLMARKS, PLEASE REFER TO AUTHOR BILLIE HOUGART'S SUPERB VOLUME, THE LITTLE BOOK OF MEXICAN SILVER TRADE AND HALLMARKS , (2006 EDITION). IF YOU LOVE MEXICAN SILVER, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CLASSIC PIECES THAT IS TOTALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF
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