Awesome vintage solid Sterling Silver belt buckle in Modernist style. It's almost like end of day glass where bits and pieces are fused together to create a pattern. The result is great and if you let your imagination fly you can see buffalos, lassos and even people aybe I am just creative... At any rate is is a fabulous Mexican made piece, signed simply " David, Sterling, Mexico" on the side of the bar. It is heavy at 30 pennyweights or 45 grams, about 1 1/2 dwight ounces.Measures 3 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in overall with slight curve for better fit. Fits a belt up to 1 3/4" wide. In excellent condition, estimated to date from the 1950s.
Gorgeous and very unusual vintage Mexican Sterling Silver bangle/clamper bracelet features a shadow box style design and petroglyphic style depictions of horse, riders, the bull and toreador. The technique is fascinating and the result truly unusual. Each image is a stylized cut out, sometimes enhanced by small chased lines that complete the figures and the action
Beautiful vintage locket features an Art Nouveau inspired woman profile with flowing hair and a tiara. Unlike any other I have seen, this version has a definite Mexican flair to the features of the Repousse figure. It is round and fairly large at 1 3/16" in diameter.
Awesome Modernist Space Age vintage Mexican ring in Sterling Silver and Mexican Fire Opal. The style is right out of an old Science Fiction movie. It reminds me of an eye and eyelid. Attributed to Alfredo Villasana. The markings and style are consistent with his work.
Vintage Sterling Silver perfume bottle pendant dating from the 1980s. It is fully functional with screw type lid and Sterling dabber. It measures almost 1 3/4" tall by 1 5/16" at the widest point and 1/2" at the thickest point. It is in excellent vintage condition, no perfume ever added. Marked "925 - TR50-Mexico" on the large bail. Silk like cord is included. The large size bail makes it easy to change it to a chain.
Beautiful chunky Sterling Silver Mexican bracelet featuring large Green Stone masks. There are 5 links, 3 are large masks, each measuring 1 1/4" high and 2 are smaller ones at 7/8" tall. Each of the marks is prong set on a Sterling Silver base. The fact that the setting is almost invisible is quite appealing.
Gorgeous Modernist Mexican Sterling Siver stylized leaf shaped pin and earrings by DelFino. The leaves have Niello accents which enhance the raised mid ribs or central vein of the leaf.
Very nice Mexican Sterling chain bracelet measuring a bit over 1/4" wide by 1/8" thick and 8 1/2" long approximately. It is heavy at almost 38 grams, well over an ounce.
Fun shaped Swordfish with colorful Abalone insets. Sterling Silver hand made and signed on the back. It measures 1 1/2" wide by 1 7/16" tall overall. Signed by the maker, "MR" and Sterling, Mexico 925. Circa 1950's. In perfect vintage condition.
Colorful Abalone is set in a sloped bezel to create these elegant post earrings. They measure 1/2" in diameter. Signed on the back, circa 1980's, in perfect vintage condition.
Evocative of the work of Spratling, this swirling shell like spiral is a pin or a pendant, if you use the built in bail. It measures 1 7/8" in diameter. The Abalone is wonderful with bright colors and great shimmering effects.
Beautiful pin wheel shaped Abalone set in Sterling Silver set of pin/pendant and screw back earrings, made in Mexico. Pin can be worn as a pendant, it has a built in bail. It measures 1/ 5/8" in diameter. Marked on the back "Sterling" and ETN for the maker's initials. There is another partial mark, too faint to identify.
Beauty and fire on the Abalone shell inlay is balanced by black Niello work on the fans frames. With great Señorita charm, the pin also becomes a pendant as it has the loop in place.
Vintage Mexican Seahorse Pin in Sterling Silver with Abalone insets. Gorgeous vintage Sterling Silver and Abalone stylized seahorse pin is reminiscent of William Spratling's design.