Margot De Taxco Enamel Earrings

Black dot paste are set in a silver snowflake pattern that sway from your ears in these Georgian earrings. The ear wires are gold. Paste was an art form that dated back to the ancient veneration of glass. It was not an imitation jewel. The paste stones were well faceted and placed in closed back settings that had a thin bit of foil under the stone to capture the light of candles or available daylight. In the Georgian and Victorian periods, royalty had their own paste makers who were so prized that they kept their formulas secret. Napoleon gifted Josephine with a paste parure...

From the. mighty oak the little acorn springs is the spirit of these Victorian Silver Acorn earrings. Stability, strength, growth, and prosperity is the .symbolism of the acorn. Perh...

The many who appreciate the qualities of rock crystal will delight in these sterling set rock crystal earrings. An ovoid clear crystal is topped by a round garnet. The color combinat...

For those who like sweets, I offer a brooch together with earrings In sterling silver with gold overlay, with the now known Japanese aesthetic. Japanese art of this Victorian period ...

Reminiscent of Calder or the wonderful jewelry of Art Smith, these artist made sterling silver earrings by Mary Ann Scherr are six cascading triangles ...

Sterling silver leaves that resemble witches hearts from Georgian and Victorian eras will encircle your neck with coolness in summer and warmth in winter. The leaves are textured wit...

Gorgeous wearable art by renowned jewelry designer Margot de Taxco. Elegant and fun all at once, these earrings are sterling silver peonies with champlevé white enamel and gold "confetti" flecks throughout. There's a lot of detail to the flowers including dimensional petals and center stamens made of tiny silver dollops. Both pieces marked 925, Hecho En Mexico, Eagle 16 (Margot's personal Eagle Assay stamp). Each measure 1.5"L x 1"W. Very good condition with patina and minor wear from age and use. No enamel loss. Some crazing visible when magnified. About Margot de Taxco: Margot Van Voorhies was born in 1896 in San Francisco, California. In 1937, forty-one-year-old divorcée Margot Van Voorhies left San Francisco on a trip to Mexico City. Fate threw her into the path of Don Antonio Castillo, who took her to Taxco, a Mexican hotbed for the design, crafting, and production of silver objects, in particular jewelry and housewares. Castillo and Margot married. At the time, Castillo was working for William Spratling, a pioneer in Mexican silversmithing. He brought Margot into the business as a designer, helping her to transform her paper creations into three-dimensional forms in silver. In 1939, the pair, along with other members of Castillo’s family, opened shop as Los Castillo Taller (Taller is Spanish for “Workshop”), with Margot as the top designer. After ten years, the marriage between Castillo and Van Voorhies dissolved, as did their professional association. Margot went on to open her own shop in 1948, taking the name Margot de Taxco, by which she is best known today. At the peak of her career, Margot, who designed each piece herself, had two dozen silversmiths and a dozen enamellists in her employ to execute her vision. Margot attracted talented craftsmen who later went on to cement their own reputations, such as Sigi Pineda, Miguel Melendez...

Taxco Mexico sterling silver inlay dangle earrings with lapis lazuli, turquoise, and onyx. Marked: TJ-64, MEXICO, 925. Measures: 1 9/16"" long x 11/16"" wide x 1/8"" tall. 5/8"" lo...

Absolutely beautiful, modernist work of wearable art by Taxco, Mexico master silversmith Antonio Pineda! These circa 1960s earrings have a well-balanced composition of a fleur-de-lis...

Cast from 18 Karat gold & sterling silver. These beautiful enamel earrings are hand set in 4.3 carats ruby and 2.6 carats of sparkling diamonds. FOLLOW MEGHNA JEWELS storefront to ...

These beautiful enamel earrings are handcrafted in 18-karat gold & sterling silver. It is set in baguette cut 3.92 carats emerald and 1.37 carats of diamonds. FOLLOW MEGHNA JEWELS...

These beautiful turquoise enamel earrings are cast in 18-karat gold & sterling silver. It is hand set in 4.87 carats of fancy sliced diamonds. ...