Victoria Cony Mexican silver modernist Necklace
Crafted in the late 1950s or in the 1960s, this sterling silver Mexican necklace is signed by Victoria or Ana Maria Nunez de Brilanti. Victoria is one of the few female designers and silversmiths of Taxco’s 20th c. Silver Renaissance that we know of and she is credited, among others, for perfecting the “metales casados” or “married metals” technique. In this necklace, however, she adds a modernist twist to an otherwise “archeological” design. I cannot exactly pinpoint what it is that makes me call this a modernist piece - it could be the strong yet at the same time easily readable minimalism of its geometry - yet I feel the necklace beautifully showcases the “esprit de temps” of the period it was created in…
Size / Weight: 15 1/8” long (wearable); central station is 2 3/8” wide with a drop of 2 3/4”; width at the chain is 3/4”; 57.0 grams (on a postal scale)
Hallmarks / Date: “Cony” and “VICTORIA MEXICO TAXCO” as well as “STERLING” and des. no 605 alongside Eagle 12 assay mark; 1958-1970s
Condition: excellent vintage, with a clever articulation system for the links that makes it easy to wear, with beautiful patina and a very strong visual presence, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 16034
Crafted in the late 1950s or in the 1960s, this sterling silver Mexican necklace is signed by Victoria or Ana Maria Nunez de Brilanti. Victoria is one of the few female designers and silversmiths of Taxco’s 20th c. Silver Renaissance that we know of and she is credited, among others, for perfecting the “metales casados” or “married metals” technique. In this necklace, however, she adds a modernist twist to an otherwise “archeological” design. I cannot exactly pinpoint what it is that makes me call this a modernist piece - it could be the strong yet at the same time easily readable minimalism of its geometry - yet I feel the necklace beautifully showcases the “esprit de temps” of the period it was created in…
Size / Weight: 15 1/8” long (wearable); central station is 2 3/8” wide with a drop of 2 3/4”; width at the chain is 3/4”; 57.0 grams (on a postal scale)
Hallmarks / Date: “Cony” and “VICTORIA MEXICO TAXCO” as well as “STERLING” and des. no 605 alongside Eagle 12 assay mark; 1958-1970s
Condition: excellent vintage, with a clever articulation system for the links that makes it easy to wear, with beautiful patina and a very strong visual presence, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 16034
Crafted in the late 1950s or in the 1960s, this sterling silver Mexican necklace is signed by Victoria or Ana Maria Nunez de Brilanti. Victoria is one of the few female designers and silversmiths of Taxco’s 20th c. Silver Renaissance that we know of and she is credited, among others, for perfecting the “metales casados” or “married metals” technique. In this necklace, however, she adds a modernist twist to an otherwise “archeological” design. I cannot exactly pinpoint what it is that makes me call this a modernist piece - it could be the strong yet at the same time easily readable minimalism of its geometry - yet I feel the necklace beautifully showcases the “esprit de temps” of the period it was created in…
Size / Weight: 15 1/8” long (wearable); central station is 2 3/8” wide with a drop of 2 3/4”; width at the chain is 3/4”; 57.0 grams (on a postal scale)
Hallmarks / Date: “Cony” and “VICTORIA MEXICO TAXCO” as well as “STERLING” and des. no 605 alongside Eagle 12 assay mark; 1958-1970s
Condition: excellent vintage, with a clever articulation system for the links that makes it easy to wear, with beautiful patina and a very strong visual presence, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 16034