Mexican Taxco Sterling Silver Multi Colored Stopper Perfume Bottle Post Modern

A vintage Mexican sterling silver bowl by the maker C. Zurita. With a nod to the eponymous design firm, Georg Jensen, this piece exhibits a bold, Modernist style with a wide, low pro...

A vintage, circa 1940s signed sterling silver bracelet by William Spratling. This design is called Feather of Quetzalcoatl. According to "Spratling Silver: A Field Guide", by Phyllis Goddard, this bracelet was designed during William Spratling's first design period, 1931-1946. But first things first, who is Quetzalcoatl? According to this Wikipedia article, "The name Quetzalcoatl comes from the Nahuatl language and means "Precious serpent" or "Quetzal-feathered Serpent". In the 17th century, Ixtlilxóchitl, a descendant of Aztec royalty and historian of the Nahua people, wrote, "Quetzalcoatl, in its literal sense, means 'serpent of precious feathers' but in the allegorical sense, 'wisest of men'."" Ah! So that must be why Spratling called this design 'Feather of Quetzalcoatl! But hang on there, how did Spratling come to learn about Quetzalcoatl? Well according to the website Elisa Rolle, "When lecturing at the National University of Mexico's Summer School in 1926-1928, Spratling quickly integrated himself into the Mexican art scene and became a friend and a strong proponent of the work of muralist Diego Rivera, for whom he organized an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Using money received from commissions he organized for Rivera, Spratling bought a home in Taxco, Mexico in 1928, where he began work on a book, Little Mexico, about this small mountain town. Spratling was gay, but most accounts of his life mention this only indirectly if at all. Spratling amassed a large collection of Pre-Columbian figurines...

A vintage, Mid-Century Modern Mexican Sterling Silver three footed dish or bowl by the maker, C. Zurita. With a nod to the eponymous design firm of Georg Jensen, this Modernist style...

A vintage, Mid-Century Modern Mexican sterling silver pitcher by the maker, C. Zurita. With a nod to the eponymous design firm of Georg Jensen, this sterling silver ewer has a gorgeo...

An impressive and Modernist style mid 20th century era set of Kurt Eric Christoffersen designed sterling jewelry consisting of a silver bracelet, pin or...

A large, vintage, midcentury sterling silver picture frame by Tiffany & Co. Clearly marked in crisp letters, "Tiffany & Co makers sterling silver 23484". Described as a rectangular w...

This is a 925 sterling silver and blue grey stone perfume bottle. It depicts a wide silver semilunar shaped bottle with a pentagonal shaped blue grey s...

A sterling silver perfume bottle with a modernism design. It has swirls around the front and back with a scalloped edge. On top a lapis stone cr...

Being offered is a sterling silver Art Nouveau overlay perfume bottle. This bottle has cranberry-red colored glass with silver overlay of swirls, flowers and leaves motif all around...

Being offered is a sterling silver and crystal perfume bottle from the Art Nouveau period. It has a deep-green glass with sterling o...

Sterling silver mustard or condiment ladle by Damaso Gallegos. Damaso Gallegos, a highly sought after silversmith of the Mexican silver renaissance,...

Being offered is a lovely perfume bottle by the Hawkes Glass Company. It has a sterling silver enamel stopper and crystal bottle. The glass has acid-etched flowers and leaves going a...