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Place of Origin: Mexican
1970s Pal Kepenyes Brutalist Brass Necklace
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1970s Pal Kepenyes Brutalist Necklace Brass Mexico
10 h 9.75 chain .5 d x 1 w
preowned vintage
Refer to images
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mexican Modern Silver Necklace with Large Hand Pendent William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bespoken Mexican Modern silver necklace circa 1950s from Taxco, Mexico and crafted by William Spratling (1900-1967), an American designer and entrepreneur who established his silve...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Silver
1826 Antigo Impero Messicano Mexico Hand Colored Framed Map
Located in Stamford, CT
1826 Antigo Impero Messicano Mexico Hand Colored Framed Map. As found black wood frame.
Category
1820s Spanish Colonial Antique Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
A Very Good 19th Century Hand Painted Mexican Retablo Dated 1884
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The naïve, hand painted vignette depicts a woman praying to the images of Saint Anthony holding The Christ Child, together with The Holy Mother, all shown hovering above a group of t...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
1970s Pal Kepenyes Abstract Silver Stone Ring Mexico
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modernist Style of sculptor Pal Kepenyes, Abstract Silver and Stone Ring from Mexico
1.25 tall x 1 w x 1.5 d
Brown polished stoned mount...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver, Chrome
Vintage Mexican Modernist Sterling Silver Malachite Carnelian Lapis Lazuli Cross
Located in New York, NY
Mexican Modernist double sided sterling silver cross inlaid with malachite, carnelian and lapis lazuli
20th Century
This finely crafted double sided cross is composed of oval and cir...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Sterling Silver
Mexican Abstract Brutalist Modernist Bracelet 925 Sterling Silver Cuff, 1960s
By Jack Boyd
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful abstract bracelet cuff. All in sterling silver haute couture - iconic. This piece is not only a ready to wear creation but also the most dynamic piece of modern sculpture. ...
Category
1960s Brutalist Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Taxco Silver Amethyst Gemstone Beaded Necklace
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Healing Amethyst Beaded Chip Necklace Center Silver Gemstone Pendant Taxco
gemstones on rear clasp
Modernist design
stamped
17.88 long x pendant .88 w. 1.13 h x .38 d
Preowned ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
Taxco Los Castillo Pin Mixed Metal Onix Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Pin Mixed Metal Onix Negro stamped
Taxco Mexico Los Castillo
.5 x .35
Original vintage condition
Refer to listed images please
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx, Metal, Sterling Silver
19th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Folk Art Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Spanish Colonial period hand carved and painted santo church altar figure. Born in Mexico in the first half of the 19th century, the religious...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Hand-Carved Wood Painted Mexican Cross with Floral Motif - Mexico
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This antique Mexican wooden cross is a striking example of traditional craftsmanship, blending religious significance with vibrant folk art. The cross features a hand-carved design w...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Colonial Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
1940s Vintage Modern Ambriz Floral Link Bracelet Sterling Silver Taxco Mexico
By William Spratling, Fred Davis
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s vintage Modern Floral link bracelet sterling silver made in Taxco, Mexico
maker stamped Mexico
Sterling silver large link bracelet a...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
1960s Sterling Silver Drop Earrings Taxco Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Ribbed Sterling Silver Dangle Earrings Mexican
1.13 w x 2 h x .38
Preowned vintage
Stamped
Refer to images
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Blanco by OCTAVIO PAZ
Located in Middletown, NY
A scarce example of one of the 29 privately circulated lettered copies. The entire run consisted of 529 copies, 500 of these being the numbered ones available to purchase.
Paz, Octavio. BLANCO.
Mexico City: Joaquín Mortiz, 1967. First, Limited Edition.
8vo., 9 x 6 3/4 in. (229 x 173 mm); printed in black and red, Bodoni type on Antique RLCH paper, joined to create a continuous 'concertina' of 32 pages (joined every 4) and printed on one side only. LEPORELLO BINDING with printed boards and cream cloth spine, title in black, slipcase. The binding is very faintly thumbed and slipcase has a closed tear to the base and some rubbing at corners but overall this delicate book is in wonderful condition. One of the 29 lettered and privately circulated copies, as stated on the limitation page, from a run of 529 (500 copies numbered).
EXTRAS: "Aviso al lector" sheet printed on yellow paper. Very good.
Octavio Paz wrote this poem in New Delhi between July and September of 1966, while he was serving as Mexico's Ambassador to India.
As outlined in the "Aviso al lector", separately printed and included in this copy of the work, «Octavio Paz conceives the long poem as a different form and governed by its own logic, not as an expansion or extension of the short poem.» He begins experimenting with "poetry of movement, signs in rotation" culminating in Blanco. «Appearance, disappearance and reappearance of certain themes, presences, words, obsessions, the shape of Blanco is that of the spiral. There are two main currents—word and eroticism—that come together, separate and come together again. The text allows multiple readings: it is a cluster of meanings, a poem that contains several poems. ... The same poetic requirement governs the visual conception of the page and explains the particularities of this edition. Typesetting is one aspect of verbal composition. On the one hand, it is a kind of punctuation, not orthographic but rhythmic; on the other, it is the space where the written sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mansions To Dream, to Live, to Feel Hardcover Designer Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mansions To Dream, to Live, to Feel Hardcover.Form, symmetry, and proportion unite to form the unique style of the mansions of Mexico. The shape of Mexican mansions is an experience ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Colonial Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1960s Antoñio Pineda Styled Belt Buckle Silver and Onyx
By Antoñio Pineda
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Belt Buckle Sterling Silver Onyx
Stamped hallmarked Kirk Sterling attributed to Antoñio Pineda Mexico
2.25 w x 1 3/16 h x .25 D
Preowne...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
Bronze Scultural Singing-Stone MDL. C. Speaker
By Maika Palazuelos
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Playfully referencing outdoor rock-shaped speakers, this bronze-cast music box reinterprets a mountain stone from the outskirts of Mexico City, transforming it into a listening stone...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
1950s Silver Malachite Abstract Cross Pendant Taxco Mexico Mosaico Azteca
By Emaus
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1950s Modernist Silver Malachite Abstract Cross Pendant Taxco Mexico
Stamped 925.
Beautiful Mayan Revival, technique called" Mosaico Azteca" which incorporates the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver
Taxco Mexico Sterling Silver Malachite Cuff Bracelet
By Taxco
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Mid Century Taxco Mexico slide cuff bracelet, hand-crafted with bold flower design featuring three oval shaped green malachite stones set in 950 sterling silver. Stamped 950 Taxco ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver
Antique Spanish Colonial Statue Santo Madonna
Located in Atlanta, GA
A most spectacular antique Spanish Colonial figure of Madonna, Mexico circa 19th century possibly earlier. Constructed in plaster with carved and gilt wood accent. Realistic in style...
Category
19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1940s William Spratling Hector Aguilar Sterling Silver Brooch
By William Spratling, Hector Aguilar
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s William Spratling Hector Aguilar Sterling Silver Brooch
1.88 w x 1.25 H x .25 D
Stamped Hector Aguilar Taller Borda Taxco
Hector Aguilar worked with W Spratling later opened Ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1940 Mexican Silver Bird Brooch
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. We offer this Mexican Silver Bird Brooch. Made in silver and Agate beautiful patina.
Category
1940s Other Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Silver
Antique Decorative Cross with Flower and Butterfly Motif - Early 20th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A hand made ornate antique cross featuring intricate floral, butterfly, and leaf motifs. The design showcases a series of raised, textured flowers and leaves arranged symmetrically a...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1950s Modernist Miró Styled Silver Spiral Bracelet
By Joan Miró, Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Sensational Modernist Miró styled Silver Spiral Bracelet
unmarked
7 long x 1.13
Preowned vintage
Refer to listed images please
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1960s Artisan Earrings Copper Blue Enamel Taxco Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1960s Copper Blue Earrings artisan Taxco Mexico
.88 x 1 x .63 D
Original preowned condition
Refer to images
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Set of three Mexican Retablos "Exvotos"
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Set of three Mexican Retablos "Exvotos". The three pieces are prints with a finish that makes them look old.
Category
2010s Folk Art Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1960s Artes De Mexico Metalwork Ashtray Lantern Smokestack Incense Burner Candle
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Pair of Banditos lantern / smokestack ashtrays. Many new uses, wonderful small objects. Relics from beyond the border. The stout copper one has a shadow of a label and is Dm 3.75 x H...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Rare Paul Flato Imperio Mexicano 1866 One Peso Solid 18k Gold Pendant Watch
By Paul Flato
Located in St. Louis, MO
Paul Flato. An 18-karat gold and gilt 1866 Mexican Peso pendant watch.
Signed Paul Flato, Imperio Mexicano, circa 1970 rare find with original Flato box!...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Bronze Scultural Singing-Stone MDL. C. Speaker
By Maika Palazuelos
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Playfully hinting at popular outdoor rock shaped speakers, this bronze cast music box domesticates the shape of a stone found in the mountains near Mexico City. A listening- stone-f...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Rosewood & Sterling Silver Crucifix / Cross by Taxco
By Taxco
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist rosewood and sterling silver crucifix / cross by Taxco of Mexico, circa 1970s. The piece measures 6.25"W x 1"D x 10"H and is in very good vintage condition. It is signed on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Feliciano Bejar Caja De Jano Bubble Box Magiscope Refraction Sculpture Op Art
By Feliciano Béjar
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Feliciano Béjar Ruiz Magiscopic red perforated glass aluminum box. Bejar was a Mexican artist, best known for a style of sculpture called Magiscopios which involved various material...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Art Glass Domino Jupiter Barcode Collection with Wood Case
By Orfeo Quagliata
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
Domino is a true classic game about tactics and luck played around the globe.
Opening the case you’ll find a treasure of a 100% high quality crystal worked by Orfeo Quagliata’s artis...
Category
2010s Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
1608 Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae Vera Descriptio Framed Mexico Map
Located in Stamford, CT
1608 Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae Vera Descriptio Framed Mexico Map. As found custom black wooden frame/ matting.
This map is based on the work of Abraham Ortelius as is an example o...
Category
Early 1600s Spanish Colonial Antique Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Green Abstract Enamel Pendant Taxco Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Green Abstract Enamel Pendant
Taxco Mexico
1.5 w x 2.38 H
Preowned original vintage, refer to images listed.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Brutalist Mixed Metal Artisan Handbag ca 1970s
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Brutalist Mixed Metal Artisan Handbag. This unique handmade bag is adorned with sinuous three dimensional mixed metal work designs.
Category
1970s Brutalist Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
1970´s pair of CANADA sneakers never used.
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this unique pair of never used CANADA sneakers with original box.
About CANADA:
CANADA was a very successful Mexican shoes and sneakers b...
Category
1970s Other Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile
1960s Taxco Mexico Abstract Fish Malachite Sterling Silver Pin
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1960s Taxco Mexico Abstract Stylized Fish Malachite Sterling Silver Pin Brooch
stamped
2.13 h x 1.75 w x .26
Preowned vintage condition
Refer to photos for details
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Silver
African Green Malachite and Organic Green Hues Glass Shape Sculpture
By Orfeo Quagliata, Pietra Gallery
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
Meiosis, African malachite and glass sculpture from TYME collection, a collaboration by Orfeo Quagliata and Ernesto Durán.
TYME collection a dance...
Category
2010s Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite
Cylindrical Art Glass Chess and Wood Lathed Table
By Orfeo Quagliata
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
This Board Games edition presents classic games and decorative pieces like Backgammon, Chess and Tic Tac Toe, made out of wood and glass.
Since 2000, Orfeo Quagliata offers a remarkable consistency based in design and a fine technical work in glass. He creates custom interior design projects, as well as furniture, jewelry and decorative elements.
Orfeo takes his most interesting glass techniques to apply them in the inserts of the table. The "Barcodes" technique is a fine linear design with schemes of different colors that contrast with the wood. For the chess pieces, Orfeo applies the exclusive "Jimmiz...
Category
2010s Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
1960s Large Sterling Silver Fish Skeleton Pendant
By Salvador Teran, Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1960s Large Sterling Silver Fish Bone Skeleton Pendant
in the style of Salvador Teran
stamped 925 Mexico
3.88 h x 1.5 w
Preowned Condition
Refer to listed images p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist Rosewood & Sterling Silver Crucifix / Cross by Taxco
By Taxco
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist rosewood and sterling silver crucifix / cross by Taxco of Mexico, circa 1970s. The piece measures 5.75"W x .75"D x 9"H and is in very good vintage condition. It is signed o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Our Lady of Guadalupe Carved Wood Hanging Wall Sculpture or Plaque
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A hand-carved Virgin of Guadalupe Wood Plaque. This beautifully crafted wooden hanging plaque features the iconic image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Carved with intricate detail, it c...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Modernist Sterling and Obsidian Cufflinks by Antonio Pineda
By Antoñio Pineda
Located in San Mateo, CA
Modernist geometric sterling cufflinks by Antonio Pineda. These have a line of obsidian intersecting through the triangular form. Signed with the Antonio crown and 970 silver mark. S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Sterling Silver Palm Tree Brooch Pin Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Palm Tree Silver Pin modernist appeal
Mexico 925 Sterling Silver Vintage 2 Tone Palm Tree Brooch Pin
3 H x 1.63 W x .25 D
Original vintage
Refer to images
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto. Michoacán México 1958
J. Jesus Huaracha Orejel da gracias a dios nuestro señor que por intersección de San Nic...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1950s Modernist Cufflinks Crushed Stone Taxco Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1950s Mexican Crushed Stone Cufflinks set artisan Taxco Mexico
11/16 x 11/16 x .75 d
Original preowned vintage condition
Refer to images
signed with stamp
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
Antique Church Altar Table
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce, likely one-of-a-kind Spanish Colonial church altar, repurposed as a sideboard server or console.
Hand-crafted in Mexico in the 19th century, having a shaped demilune marbleized - faux marble painted wooden top, over substantial solid pine bowfront base with hand carved detailing and decorative molded paneling.
Provenance:
Prior owner purchased from Horse of a Different Color Antiques, San Antonio, Texas.
Acquisition:
Acquired from highly reputable auction house Austin Auction Gallery, est. 1983, Austin, Texas. Three Day Estates Event February 22 catalog.
Dimensions: (approx)
28" High, 84" Long, 22" Deep
As warm and attractive as it is functional, having the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a dining room buffet, credenza - media stand, sofa table or hall console, dry bar, or placed in a palatial foyer as a stunning and historical entry statement piece!
Condition:
Good original antique condition. Presents well. Strong, sturdy, stable, and structurally sound. Nicely aged mellow warm patina. Wear consistent with age and indicative of use, including scattered losses to the paint, old repairs and touchups throughout, and various other antique character marks that add to the overall display, authenticity, and rustic old world charm.
Please note, at the time of writing this, we have a similarly styled baptismal font likely from the same church available.
We here at Lynx Hollow Antiques absolutely love religious antiques! Retaining spiritual significance, beautiful artistic depth, rich cultural and historical interest, they make for the perfect decorative object! Please be sure to check our other listings for architectural salvaged building elements to ornamental temple figures, tabernacle cabinets...
Category
19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine, Paint
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto, due to the effects of time, the writing has been erased.
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Chac Mool Mexico 1968 Olympics Unofficial Mascot Souvenir Plush Toy
Located in Mexico City, MX
A rare pink and green fabric Chac Mool plush toy with plastic details and a green ribbon from the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Chac Mool means Great Jaguar in Mayan language ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
Brazilian Aquamarine and Blue Hues Organic Faceted Glass Fusion Sculpture
By Pietra Gallery, Orfeo Quagliata
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
"Maryne"
Like a jewel found at the bottom of the sea, Maryne projects shades and highlights as silky as provocative, reminiscent of deities and sea creatures. Maryne is a Brazilian...
Category
2010s Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
1970s Los Ballesteros Sterling Silver Aztec Pendant Necklace Taxco Mexico
By Los Ballesteros
Located in Chula Vista, CA
from Taxco Mexico Los Ballesteros Sterling Silver Pendant Chain Necklace
Aztec Figure Head Face Design.
Hecho in Mexico.
Maker stamp Sterling 925
3.38 W ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1970s Pal Kepenyes Sculptural Brass Pendant Milagros
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1970s Pal Kepenyes Sculptural Brass Pendant Milagros
4.5 long x 1.25 w x .13 d
Preowned vintage condition
Refer to images
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mayan Revival Bracelet Sterling & Malachite Taxco Mosaico Azteca
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Sterling Silver Malachite Bracelet
7 long x .63 w
Stamped made in Mexico .925
Mexican Mayan revival
Vintage Mexican modernist design.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver
1970s Abstract Virgin Mary Plaque Emaus Cuernavaca, Mexico
By Emaus
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s by Emaus Monks Abstract Virgin Mary Art Cuernavaca, Mexico
Painted Wall Art Panel Mahogany Wood
Maker stamp on backside
10 tall x 5 w x .75 thick...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Ken Beldin Large Scarab Design Pendant, Mid-Century Mexican Mixed Metal
By Ken Beldin
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Modern scarab design vintage mixed metal necklace made in Mexico by ex-pat artist Ken Beldin 1940s and 1950s.
Signed on the back: Ken Beldin. In excellent vintage condition. The pendant measures: 3" H x 2 1/4" W.
The necklace chain is made of copper, shells, beads, and leather and is approximately 20" total length.
The pendant bears a lovely green patina and hangs from the original chain.
Ken Beldin (1900-?) was born in Mississippi and was educated at U. of C. Berkeley. He retired as head of a successful ad agency in Los Angeles in 1931 to travel through the Southwest. He worked for a time with Mexico’s National Railways attracting tourists to travel to Mexico by rail and was drawn into the rugged beauty of Mexico and its people. He set up a studio in Tenencingo South of Mexico City near Taxco and began creating one of a kind jewelry and sculpture. He was the custodian of a collection of archeological Pre-Columbian stones, and it was from these he derived his motifs. His "modern Ethnic" jewelry was considered to have the most feeling and the most authentic look of the Period. He worked throughout the 1940s and 1950s with copper, brass, steel, wood and leather. His work was admired and collected by some of the elite of Hollywood including Barbara Hutton, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagny and Sammy Davis, Jr. His friends in Mexico who also purchased his work were: Diego Riviera...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rancho Alegre Modernist Sterling and Tiger Eye Cuff Links
By Rancho Alegre
Located in San Mateo, CA
Sterling and tiger eye cufflinks with an asymmetrical modernist design. These were made by the Rancho Alegre shop in Taxco, Mexico.
Category
1950s Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto. Made with oil painting signed by Figueroa.
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1970s Pal Kepenyes Sculptural Brass Pendant
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1970s Pal Kepenyes Sculptural Brass Pendant
4 h x 2 w x .13
Preowned vintage
Refer to images please
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mexican Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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