Antique Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver Mexican Taxco Signed Etruscan Bracelet

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Antique Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver Mexican Taxco Signed Etruscan Bracelet:
$225.00

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The History

Taxcois the location of many silver mines that have been around since the time ofconquistadors. During the 1920\'s Taxco artisans banded together to startcreating silver jewelry, since then Taxco jewelry has been considered amongsome of the finest craftsmanship in silver jewelry in the world.

EtruscanRevival Jewelry was known for the clean and elegant simplicity of ancient Greekand Roman design and detailed by granulation and scrolled wire work. MasterItalian goldsmiths, such as Castellani, were famous for their work in thisstyle. Other Etruscan Revival pieces, include cameos of carved lava, hardstoneor shell, in yellow gold, which were detailed with scenes from classicmythology or jewelry created in micro-mosaic and pietra dura. Gods andgoddesses, nymphs and warriors, were all prevalent as well as motifs consistingof grapes, vines, swags and garlands.

PersianTurquoise is a highly coveted and rare type of turquoise. It has been mined forthousands of years in Modern Day Iran. The most coveted type of PersianTurquoise is a solid bright blue hue that is very difficult to find. AntiquePersian Turquoise would of been very hard to come by, it would of been shippedacross the ocean, and this carried a hefty price tag.

PetitPoint is a style of stone cutting widely attributed to the Zuni Native AmericanTribe. It involved cut small tear drop looking stones facing the samedirection. It is a very difficult way to cut a stone and looks beautiful insilver jewelry.

The bracelet is signed GGV as well as with Taxco eagle #2.

The Piece

Thebraceletfeatures 6 petit point hand cabochon cut Persian Turquoise stones throughout each of the domed sections of the bracelet.

The bracelet features classic handmade art deco designs including beautiful Etruscan inspired granulated bead patterns across 6 domed hand hammered links within the bracelet as well as spacer links in between each domed portion.

The intricacy of the bracelet is just simply amazing, and would have taken days to craft completely by hand.

The bracelet measures 7.5\" by just over 1/2\". The bracelet also includes a secure slide on and off clasp.

Antique and Vintage jewelry is disappearing at alarming rates. Unfortunately, most of the jewelry from this time period has been lost or melted down over the years, please don\'t miss your chance to own this special piece of history!

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Age CircaAntique C. 1940Accent Stone--MarkingsTaxco Eagle #2, 925, mexico, GGVMain Stone Carat Weight/Color/ClarityBlueGram Weight29Accent Stone Carat Weight/Color/Clarity--Metal TypeSterling SilverStone CutsCabochonMetal Purity.925Sizable by Your Local Jeweler--Ring Size--item MeasurementsSee DescriptionMain StonePersian TurquoiseNo Questions Asked 30 Day Return PolicyYES! Always

*Due to the age of some of these pieces, some items will not be stamped. The National Stamping Act was not enacted until 1906, before 1906 jewelry was not legally required to have a karat mark. This is one way to date items prior to the Art Nouveau time period.

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