Rare Vintage Margot de Taxco Koi/Fish Bracelet Earring Necklace Set Sterling

  

The American born Margot van Voorhies Carr, met and fell in love with Antonio Castillo while vacationing in Taxco, Mexico in 1937. The couple soon married and Margot relocated to Taxco.

Castillo was an accomplished silver smith, who had trained with William Spratling. He encouraged Margots artistic talents and introduced her to jewelry and silver design.

Her creations began to sell quickly, which prompted Castillo and his brothers to separate from Spratling, eventually establishing their own atelier. After a brief decade of success, Margot and Castillo split, both professionally and romantically. On her own, she took on the name Margot de Taxco by which she is still referred to today. Margot employed many talented silver smithies to bring her designs to life including Miguel Arias, Hilario Lopez, Miguel Melendez, Melicio Rodriguez, and Jaime Quiroz.

Margot de Taxco is best known for her silver and colorful enamel jewelry pieces, most notably The silver and enamel snake. She was presented with El Galardon (the award) for best Taxco silver jewelry in 1954. She actively designed until her death in 1974. This set is an exquisite example of her work and skill. Featuring Koi or Fish set including a necklace, bracelet, and 2 earrings.

The bracelet 2 1/8" - 2 1/4" in diameter and hinged at the tails of each Koi fish and spring hinged with excellent movement and spring retention. Marked "Margot de Taxco", "Made in Mexico". Hallmarked with an eagle with a "16" in center. Measures 3 3/4" long and 7" round. Detail on the fish are great with curled water and bubbles against an ornate scaled body.

The necklace is marked twice on the rear with hallmarks ("Margot de Taxco") on back of each fish. A very unique feature of this necklace is the 6 individual scales of the body of each fish move independent of each other and move as if to mimic the motion of a swimming fish. Each link of the necklace are water wave links starting from each fin of each fish.

Measures 15 1/2 from clasp to clasp. Earrings are screw down clip-ons marked sterling on nob and they measure 1 7/8 long x 7/8' wide. Bracelet weighs 104g Earring weighs 8g each (16g total) Necklace weighs 64g. Absolutely beautiful and rare set.

All pieces are in great to excellent condition and silver has a great look and patina. Our pictures are high definition and can be zoomed in on. If more pictures are needed or have any question please feel free to send us a message and we will respond fast. The item "Rare Vintage Margot de Taxco Koi/Fish Bracelet Earring Necklace Set Sterling" is in sale since Friday, March 17, 2017. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Fine\Designer, Signed\Sets".

The seller is "thecolumbianlady" and is located in Jackson, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Brand: Margot de Taxco
• Metal: Sterling Silver
• Metal Purity: 925
• Material: Silver
• Main Stone: No Stone
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico