Los Ballesteros Mexican silver and agate star Earrings
Warmly glowing silver starbursts with green agate centers hang off slick, long dangles in this set of vintage Mexican modernist earrings. Eye-catching and fun, the pair is not signed for maker yet it is a design the Los Ballesteros workshop produced. Since one of the earrings is stamped with Eagle 42, one of the marks assigned to the specific makers, I am pretty confident in my attribution. Let me only add that the richness of color in the agates is sheer luxury…
Size / Weight: 2 1/8” long by 1 1/8” wide; 11.5 grams (for the set)
Hallmarks / Date: not signed for maker yet bearing Eagle 42 assay mark which was used by the Los Ballesteros workshop (please also see above for attribution); one of the screwbacks (but not the semi-sphere it is attached to and off which the dangle hangs) is made of alpaca and marked as such (the other is sterling); 1950s-70s
Condition: excellent vintage with gorgeous design, beautiful patina and rich, saturated color in the agate cabs; I suspect one of the screwback-and-semi-sphere combinations is a replacement (please also see note on Hallmarks) yet all findings work properly and there is no damage or any repairs noted
Inv# 15460
Warmly glowing silver starbursts with green agate centers hang off slick, long dangles in this set of vintage Mexican modernist earrings. Eye-catching and fun, the pair is not signed for maker yet it is a design the Los Ballesteros workshop produced. Since one of the earrings is stamped with Eagle 42, one of the marks assigned to the specific makers, I am pretty confident in my attribution. Let me only add that the richness of color in the agates is sheer luxury…
Size / Weight: 2 1/8” long by 1 1/8” wide; 11.5 grams (for the set)
Hallmarks / Date: not signed for maker yet bearing Eagle 42 assay mark which was used by the Los Ballesteros workshop (please also see above for attribution); one of the screwbacks (but not the semi-sphere it is attached to and off which the dangle hangs) is made of alpaca and marked as such (the other is sterling); 1950s-70s
Condition: excellent vintage with gorgeous design, beautiful patina and rich, saturated color in the agate cabs; I suspect one of the screwback-and-semi-sphere combinations is a replacement (please also see note on Hallmarks) yet all findings work properly and there is no damage or any repairs noted
Inv# 15460
Warmly glowing silver starbursts with green agate centers hang off slick, long dangles in this set of vintage Mexican modernist earrings. Eye-catching and fun, the pair is not signed for maker yet it is a design the Los Ballesteros workshop produced. Since one of the earrings is stamped with Eagle 42, one of the marks assigned to the specific makers, I am pretty confident in my attribution. Let me only add that the richness of color in the agates is sheer luxury…
Size / Weight: 2 1/8” long by 1 1/8” wide; 11.5 grams (for the set)
Hallmarks / Date: not signed for maker yet bearing Eagle 42 assay mark which was used by the Los Ballesteros workshop (please also see above for attribution); one of the screwbacks (but not the semi-sphere it is attached to and off which the dangle hangs) is made of alpaca and marked as such (the other is sterling); 1950s-70s
Condition: excellent vintage with gorgeous design, beautiful patina and rich, saturated color in the agate cabs; I suspect one of the screwback-and-semi-sphere combinations is a replacement (please also see note on Hallmarks) yet all findings work properly and there is no damage or any repairs noted
Inv# 15460