Felipe Martinez Piedra y Plata Mexican silver and stone Bracelet
Richly colored azur-malachite stone is paired with warmly glowing sterling in this chunky modernist Mexican silver bracelet signed by none other than the maestro of Piedra y Plata, Felipe Martinez. Martinez is one of my absolute favorite Taxco silversmith and a superb lapidary as well. He has an uncanny ability to pair silver with stone that works every single time, as if the two materials were just made to be together. Quite substantial, this specific design I have had in the past with amethyst and obsidian but the saturated blues and greens of the azur-malachite in this example make me think of the clear waters of the Aegean...
PS: A matching pair of earrings is also available the site - you can see it in one of the photos above; if interested in purchasing both, I will be happy to offer the to you at a special price
SIZE / WEIGHT: 6 5/8" long (wearable) by 1" wide; 49.6 grams
HALLMARKS / DATE: fully signed with maker's and workshop's names as shown as well as "STERLING TAXCO", Eagle 3 assay mark and des. no 175; 1950s-60s
CONDITION: excellent vintage with gorgeous, deep color in the stones, great patina, substantial yet a pleasure around the wrist, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 15956
Richly colored azur-malachite stone is paired with warmly glowing sterling in this chunky modernist Mexican silver bracelet signed by none other than the maestro of Piedra y Plata, Felipe Martinez. Martinez is one of my absolute favorite Taxco silversmith and a superb lapidary as well. He has an uncanny ability to pair silver with stone that works every single time, as if the two materials were just made to be together. Quite substantial, this specific design I have had in the past with amethyst and obsidian but the saturated blues and greens of the azur-malachite in this example make me think of the clear waters of the Aegean...
PS: A matching pair of earrings is also available the site - you can see it in one of the photos above; if interested in purchasing both, I will be happy to offer the to you at a special price
SIZE / WEIGHT: 6 5/8" long (wearable) by 1" wide; 49.6 grams
HALLMARKS / DATE: fully signed with maker's and workshop's names as shown as well as "STERLING TAXCO", Eagle 3 assay mark and des. no 175; 1950s-60s
CONDITION: excellent vintage with gorgeous, deep color in the stones, great patina, substantial yet a pleasure around the wrist, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 15956
Richly colored azur-malachite stone is paired with warmly glowing sterling in this chunky modernist Mexican silver bracelet signed by none other than the maestro of Piedra y Plata, Felipe Martinez. Martinez is one of my absolute favorite Taxco silversmith and a superb lapidary as well. He has an uncanny ability to pair silver with stone that works every single time, as if the two materials were just made to be together. Quite substantial, this specific design I have had in the past with amethyst and obsidian but the saturated blues and greens of the azur-malachite in this example make me think of the clear waters of the Aegean...
PS: A matching pair of earrings is also available the site - you can see it in one of the photos above; if interested in purchasing both, I will be happy to offer the to you at a special price
SIZE / WEIGHT: 6 5/8" long (wearable) by 1" wide; 49.6 grams
HALLMARKS / DATE: fully signed with maker's and workshop's names as shown as well as "STERLING TAXCO", Eagle 3 assay mark and des. no 175; 1950s-60s
CONDITION: excellent vintage with gorgeous, deep color in the stones, great patina, substantial yet a pleasure around the wrist, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 15956