RARE VINTAGE MARGOT DE TAXCO SILVER AMETHYST EARRINGS

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RARE VINTAGE MARGOT DE TAXCO SILVER AMETHYST EARRINGS MARGOT VAN VOORHIES CARR, PROFESSIONALLY KNOWN AS MARGOT DE TAXCO, FIRST CAME TO MEXICO IN 1937. MARRIED TO DON ANTONIO CASTILLO, SHE CREATED MANY OF THE EARLY DESIGNS FOR LOS CASTILLO. HER OWN SHOP, MARGOT DE TAXCO, OPENED IN 1949 AFTER HER DIVORCE. HER BUSINESS CARDS READ "AS THE STARS ARE TO THE NIGHT, SO ARE JEWELS TO THE WOMAN." INDDED, HER CLIENTS INCLUDED SUCH HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES AS JOHN WAYNE AND LANA TURNER, WHO VISITED MARGOT'S TAXCO SHOP EACH YEAR. HER SHOP GREW TO INCLUDE OVER TWENTY SILVERSMITHS AND TEN ENAMELISTS, WITH SIGI PINEDA OVERSEEING THE ENAMELERS FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE HE OPENING HIS OWN SHOP IN THE MID-1950'S. MARGOT WAS KNOWN FOR HER METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND HER HIGH LEVEL OF WORKMANSHIP FOR EACH PIECE SHE PRODUCED. THESE AMETHYST EARRINGS ARE A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF MARGOT'S WORK, WITH THEIR GORGEOUS ART NOUVEAU DESIGN. THE BEZEL SET AMETHYST CABOCHONS ARE BEAUTIFULLY MATCHED IN COLOR, WITH THE MOST LUSCIOUS SHADE OF PURPLE. THEY ARE MARGOT'S DESIGN # 5213. HER SILVER DESIGNS WERE NUMBERED 5100 THROUGH 5790, SO THESE ARE AN EARLIER DESIGN, AND MOST LIKELY CIRCA 1950'S. IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION, THESE EARRINGS MEASURE 1 1/8" X JUST OVER 3/4". WEIGHT IS 10.1 GRAMS. PLEASE TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, AND EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS read more

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