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Rare Early Mexican Repousse Silver Bracelet #2324707

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Rare Early Mexican Repousse Silver Bracelet #2324707
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With an astounding pre-Columbian motif, this magnificent bracelet is a significant investment for any advanced vintage Mexican silver collection!</em></td>
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Boldly beautiful, dramatically designed, exceptionally executed ? Crafted in sumptuous repoussé silver that even Mathilde Eugenia Poulat would envy?and further embellished with intricate etching, stippling, and incising?this formidable, handwrought work is composed of five deeply convex, sterling silver elements or plaques linked together by hidden pins. The two outer elements depict Aztec warrior heads with superbly detailed faces?each ornately adorned in headdress, earrings, and neck ruff. The next two plaques are formed to resemble torsos clad in body armor, decorated with robust glyph patterns. The center element boasts the same ornate adornments seen on the silver warrior heads, but this time the face is composed of a nephrite gemstone, set in a silver bezel. The pale jade stone is elaborately hand carved and it majestically presides over the entire bracelet, imbuing it with a striking nobility and grandeur. Without a doubt, this is one of the most extraordinary jewelry pieces that I have come across in my years of collecting. It is a singular example of Mexican silver-making artistry from the 1930?s and ?40s.





Hallmarks: P.OCHOA {in intaglio}; 925M {in intaglio}.





Dimensions: 6-1/2? long, excluding box slide clasp {keep in mind that the elements are quite convex, which adds to the length}. The widest point of the bracelet measures 2? and the narrowest point measures 1? at back clasp. The silver face plaques measure 2? tall x 2? wide; torso plaques ...
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#: GA076</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:See description</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Country:Mexico</td></tr>





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<tr><td>Location:Ocean View, DE</td></tr>
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