{"title":"Mod Jewelry","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"large-taxco-modernist-sterling-on-wood-crucifix","title":"Large Taxco Modernist Sterling on Wood Crucifix","description":"Large Taxco Modernist Sterling on Wood Crucifix. I've had\/seen much smaller  versions of this. This one is very large with no issues, just the sterling part\nis bigger than complete versions I've had\/seen before. Total height 12.25\" x\n7.5\" Thick sterling tube recessed into the cross with a thick modernist sterling\nJesus with his crown of thorns on top of that.\nisshelf","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Regular","offer_id":45171838976216,"sku":"14571829763_0305","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/large-taxco-modernist-sterling-on-wood-crucifixestate-fresh-austin-503244.png?v=1757958650"},{"product_id":"retro-carnelian-mexican-modernist-sterling-pendant","title":"Retro Carnelian Mexican Modernist sterling pendant","description":"Retro Carnelian Mexican Modernist sterling pendant.  Clean with no issues.  2 5\/8\" tall with bail x .75\" wide.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906832920792,"sku":"14779576399_4C35","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/retro-carnelian-mexican-modernist-sterling-pendantestate-fresh-austin-429769.jpg?v=1757970909"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-176","title":"Heavy Retro Modernist Mexican Sterling Fish necklace and earrings","description":"Heavy Retro Modernist Mexican Sterling Fish necklace and earrings. Selling the  set shown with no issues. 17.5\" long necklace, 1.75\" long earrings. 89 grams\ntotal weight.\nanderas","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Regular","offer_id":45172155515096,"sku":"14995958933_7C19","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/heavy-retro-modernist-mexican-sterling-fish-necklace-and-earringsestate-fresh-austin-849880.png?v=1757948728"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-262","title":"David Andersen Norway Modernism Sterling collar necklace","description":"David Andersen Norway Modernism Sterling collar necklace. No damage or issues.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;very flexible to fit most anyone. 12 grams. Marked D.A. Norway sterling s925. I\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;have a pendant and earrings listed separately that would look great on it by the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;same designer..","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45204108509400,"sku":"9073174022_DC43","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/david-andersen-norway-modernism-sterling-collar-necklaceestate-fresh-austin-801978.png?v=1757942992"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-266","title":"Niels Erik From Sterling Denmark MCM Atomoic Brooch m pin","description":"Niels Erik From Sterling Denmark MCM Atomoic Brooch. 1 5\/8\" wide 6.5 grams, no  issues.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDanish jeweller and silversmith Niels Erik From ( N.E. From) was born in 1908\nand opened his first workshop in 1931 when he was still only twenty-three .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the next forty years Niels Erik went on to become one one of the greats of\nDanish design, and created many works including floral-inspired designs often\nset with semi-precious gemstones. These pieces took inspiration from the\nSkønvirke style. This was a Scandinavian development that formed part of\nDenmark’s Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movement . This movement ususally took\ninspiration from nature with designs incorporating flowers and floral motifs as\nwell as featuring natural creatures such as fish.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eN.E. FROM JEWELLRY STYLES - EARLY FLORAL DESIGNS AND LATER ABSTRACT MODERNIST\nPIECES\nN.E. From’s output generally displays one of two distinct styles. In the early\nyears of production he produced wiry, thin, foliage and floral pieces .However,\nbeginning in the 1950's the work produced by From (which were often the designs\nof other designers) had a very different look. No longer does the jewellery\nfeature romantic, detailed designs from nature. The later pieces have modernist,\nclean lines with geometric and abstract shapes. Occasionally the modern designs\nshow nature as inspiration with abstract blossom and leaf and blossom shapes. In\ngenerally though, they follow the trend of the 1950s of , spare, minimalist\ndesign.production .","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49240209064152,"sku":"15288798459_753C","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/niels-erik-from-sterling-denmark-mcm-atomoic-brooch-m-pinestate-fresh-austin-373609.png?v=1757965869"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-151","title":"1950's Los Castillo Taxco Brass Adam and Eve Glass Slips with glasses","description":"1950's Los Castillo Taxco Brass Adam and Eve Glass Slips with glasses. Selling\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the two glasses shown with no damage. 4.5\" tall x 2.5\" wide. 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Brooch 1 5\/8\" wide, earrings .75\" wide,\n24.5 grams total weight.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMAT-MATILDE POULAT \u0026amp; RICARDO SALAS JEWELRY\nMatl is the mark that appears on some of the most beautiful and unique jewelry\nin Mexico.\nMatilde Eugenia Poulat introduced MATL in 1934 and, since her death in 1960, her\ndesigns and techniques have been carried on by her nephew, Ricardo Salas. For\nsr. Salas, who can recite poetry in the language of the Aztecs, the mark matl,\nhas greater meaning in its reference to the Nahuatl or Aztec word for water,\natl.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young woman, Matilde Poulat studied painting at the prestigious San Carlos\nacademy of fine arts in Mexico city, she went on to teach painting classes at an\nart school until her interest turned exclusively to silver. Matilde Poulat´s\ndesigns for jewelry and figures were part of the new cultural vision among\nMexico’s intellectuals after the revolution in 1920s, artists were searching for\nMexican aesthetic, rejection European subjects in favor of the art of the\npre-conquest Indians and of the Mexican pueblos. Sra. Poulat found inspiration\nin the mextec gold jewelry discovered in 1932 at Monte Alban. Her choice of\nmotifs the dove, flowers, and tiny bells are reminiscent of the whimsical\nsubjects of contemporary Mexican folk art.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatilde Poulat received international recognition for her jewelry when she was\nasked in 1941 to participate in an exhibit of Latin American silver at the pan\nAmerican union in Washington, D.C. as a result of increasing demand for matl\nsilver during world war ii , the number of silversmiths in the taller increased\nto thirty-three. In 1950, Srta. Poulat and her nephew opened a showroom on the\nfirst floor of her home, where she also had the workshop. Ricardo Salas recalls\nthat they made three thousand types of silver jewelry and one hundred different\npieces.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRicardo Salas worked closely with his aunt from the time he was eleven years of\nage. He says she recognized his artistic talent when she saw him do a play with\npuppets he had made himself. Sr. Salas was sent to the San Carlos academy, where\nhe received the premio Diego Rivera. As a youth, he learned the techniques of\nthe silversmith and perfected the carving of \"Off White\", coral, turquoise, and\nother stones used in the jewelry and figurines. From sr. Salas perspective, he\nand his aunt collaborated so closely as designers, that there really cannot be a\ncomparison of their work.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1955, William Spratling wrote of Matilde Poulat: “she has continued to\nproduce some of the most charming native jewelry in Mexico, intensely her own.\nHer jewelry has the same charm and delightful surface and colorful quality of\nthe old lacquer work of Uruapan. Spratling`s admiration for matl silver reflects\nhis recognition of their shared appreciation for Mexican native art. This mutual\ninspiration led each of the two artists in different directions within the same\nmedium. The exuberance of matl silver resembles the interiors of the churches in\nPuebla, like the chapel of Santa Maria Tonantzintla, where Indians covered the\ninterior of the dome with polychromed and gilded angels. In matl silver, the\nintroduction of color is accomplished with bits of coral, turquoise, and\namethyst quartz. The surfaces are decorated with applied wire and elaborated\nwith embossing and repousse of astounding complexity (pl.XXIII-1, XXIII-10).\nMatilde Poulat and Ricardo Salas have been successful in incorporating the\nartistic language of the Mixtecs into jewelry and silver figures with\nimagination, drama, and with a style that is completely personal.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46377420587224,"sku":"15571650481_8397","price":455.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/1940s-matl-sterling-repousse-earringsbrooch-pinestate-fresh-austin-599416.png?v=1757828405"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-494","title":"Alvin Tso Navajo Mediterranean Coral Modernist sterling silver bracelet","description":"Alvin Tso Navajo Mediterranean Coral Modernist sterling silver bracelet, fits up\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;to a 6.75\" wrist.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6\" wrist (non hairy), rings\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46687285280984,"sku":"16235018046_084B","price":430.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/alvin-tso-navajo-mediterranean-coral-modernist-sterling-silver-braceletestate-fresh-austin-921924.png?v=1757908314"},{"product_id":"retro-southwestern-mediterranean-coral-sterling-modernist-bracelet","title":"Retro Southwestern Mediterranean coral Sterling modernist bracelet","description":"Retro Southwestern Mediterranean coral Sterling modernist bracelet, fits up to a\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;6.5\" wrist.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6\" wrist (non hairy), rings\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46708231405784,"sku":"16235443904_7245","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/retro-southwestern-mediterranean-coral-sterling-modernist-braceletestate-fresh-austin-286095.png?v=1757972021"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-552","title":"Larry Castillo Navajo Multistone Channel Inlay Cuff Cuff Bracelet","description":"All Cuff bracelets on the Estate Fresh Austin website will have the size wrist they fit (in inches) including the gap at the beginning of the title, there are also many photos in this listing which will show a tape measure inside the bracelet, gap size, width, etc.   \u003cp\u003eLarry Castillo Navajo Multistone Channel Inlay Cuff Cuff Bracelet.  Really nice solid bracelet with no issues.  72 grams 1 1\/8\" gap, fits up to a 6 1\/8\" wrist 1\" wide in center.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906779934936,"sku":"8315034610_27C7","price":760.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/larry-castillo-navajo-multistone-channel-inlay-cuff-cuff-braceletestate-fresh-austin-905314.jpg?v=1757960257"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-558","title":"7\" Jared Chavez Santo Domingo modernist sterling Link bracelet","description":"\u003cp\u003eJared Chavez Santo Domingo modernist sterling Link bracelet. 7\" long x 1 1\/6\" wide x 75.1 grams. Does have a scratched signature JJC-00 on reverse side.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJared J. Chavez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI began my journey as an artist learning to craft jewelry from my father, Richard I Chavez, a renowned lapidary artist. I was not given exact direction as to what to make but was only given the tools and instruction on how to use them. Along the way my work would be critiqued by my father and I would continually strive to evolve my designs and fabrication processes. He stressed the quality of the design and construction making sure that every aspect of a piece looked “finished” and no corners were cut.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with all that I learned in my father’s studio, I would receive a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University in Studio Arts with a focus in Digital Art and Printmaking. After I graduated, I would attend The Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts’, Intensive Bench Jeweler Program in San Francisco. Each of these educational experiences added a particular technical or visual aspect to my work and would encourage me to continue to explore all the ways I could enhance my designs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy current work focuses on the reflective nature of polished silver. Though fabrication, metal stamping, and some casting, I explore how light and reflection interacts with the materials I utilize. I’ve found that polished silver takes in the colors and the light of the world around, and through the use of surface texture a dynamic play of light is created across the surface of my designs. I further enhance my work thought the use of semi-precious stones (agates, quartzs, jades, etc.). However one of the most important qualities in my selection of stones is often translucency. I’ve found that by allowing light to shine though a stone an overall rich and warm effect is created in the overall design.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with my yearly schedule of shows where I sell my designs, I’ve also made it a point to educate the public about my work. Growing up in my father’s studio, I always saw just how much of himself he put into his designs and how sometimes he was met with disbelief as to how much work was put into his pieces. I found this to be a similar case when I entered the business, as the general public only sees the finished piece. For that reason, though in person demonstrations and self-produced video mini-documentaries, we’ve made it a point to show the skill, time, and passion that goes into every design. I continually strive to evolve my work and hold every design to the exacting standards that my father established when he created Chavez Studio 50 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6\" wrist (non hairy), rings\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll precious metals are tested and guaranteed, \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673820446936,"sku":"15780708000_AA8B","price":805.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/jared-chavez-santo-domingo-modernist-sterling-link-braceletestate-fresh-austin-378364.png?v=1757896888"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-684","title":"Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Art Deco Flower Pin","description":"Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Art Deco Flower Pin.  Selling one with another available if you change the qty.  1 3\/16\" x 1 5\/8\" 11.5 grams in great vintage condition with no significant issues.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906741498072,"sku":"8368267806_1410","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/georg-jensen-sterling-silver-art-deco-flower-pinestate-fresh-austin-494810.jpg?v=1757947267"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-714","title":"Unusual patinated Sterling modernist bracelet","description":"Unusual patinated Sterling modernist bracelet. Very cool designer signed, can't\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;make it out at the moment. Patent number on unique closure, some wear to patina,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;overall very attractive bracelet.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46733858930904,"sku":"16374002794_CD4D","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/unusual-patinated-sterling-modernist-braceletestate-fresh-austin-114428.png?v=1758000357"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-722","title":"1970's Modernist Sterling\/Rosewood Mexican Cross","description":"1970's Modernist Sterling\/Rosewood Mexican Cross. Really great Marked 925 Mex and some other stuff. 5\" tall, no damage.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;isshelf","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45830688833752,"sku":"9515672018_7423","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/1970s-modernist-sterlingrosewood-mexican-crossestate-fresh-austin-677936.png?v=1757831446"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-877","title":"Retired James Avery Modernist sterling earrings","description":"****All James Avery jewelry on the Estate Fresh Austin website is used\/pre-owned authentic jewelry that was originally purchased directly from James Avery by the owners or family of the estates we liquidate.   Each item will have some degree of wear which will be shown in the photos but will be in clean condition, no boxes or paperwork will be included unless shown in the photos.   The item you are purchasing is the exact item photographed as we only have one.*******    Retired James Avery Modernist sterling earrings 1 5\/8\" tall x 1.25\" wide x 6\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;grams with no damage or significant wear.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;James Avery founded his company in 1954, initially crafting jewelry in a two-car\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;garage in Kerrville, Texas, with just $250 and a desire to create lasting value\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;for others. Mr. Avery believed that meaning is what makes life more beautiful\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and this concept continues to drive how we design jewelry to this day. In 2007,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;53 years after he first founded the company, James Avery officially stepped down\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;as CEO and passed the reins on to his sons, Chris and Paul.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Mr. Avery’s mission was simple: to create jewelry with meaning—both for himself\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and others. With a focus on creating straightforward designs and a core belief\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;of integrity in all things, his jewelry became more than precious metals and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;gemstones. Guests came to him with their stories—their special moments—so he\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;could craft them into pieces they would wear with pride for a lifetime. From\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;writing letters to greeting Customers, Mr. Avery prioritized developing lasting\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;relationships with each person who connected with his designs.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46691730850008,"sku":"15874031229_C681","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/retired-james-avery-modernist-sterling-earringsestate-fresh-austin-158643.png?v=1757970032"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1053","title":"c1940's Mexican Modernist sterling silver pin with amethyst","description":"c1940's Mexican Modernist sterling silver pin with amethyst.  1.25\" x 2 7\/8\" x  32.7 grams, very substantial with no issues.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906708926680,"sku":"16230140787_104A","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/c1940s-mexican-modernist-sterling-silver-pin-with-amethystestate-fresh-austin-469864.jpg?v=1757932849"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1257","title":"Everett MacDonald (1924-1991) CA Modernist Sterling abstract cufflinks","description":"Everett MacDonald (1924-1991) Laa Beach, CA Modernist Sterling silver Abstract\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;cufflinks. No issues.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Everett Macdonald, whose Beach shop opened in 1947. Macdonald created open\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sculptural silver and gold jewelry, often utilizing nylon monofilament within\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the negative spaces of his pendants and earrings, reminiscent of sculpture by\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Henry Moors and Naum Gabo.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;anderas","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46750240375000,"sku":"16079908277_1C8F","price":465.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/everett-macdonald-1924-1991-ca-modernist-sterling-abstract-cufflinksestate-fresh-austin-677453.png?v=1757945468"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1317","title":"Mid Century Modernist Sterling horse head cufflinks","description":"Mid Century Modernist Sterling horse head cufflinks. These are about as cool as\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;cool gets and very well made. No identifying marks other than sterling. They\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;appear to be horses or dragons, or something of that sort. 27.6 grams.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;anderas","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45204076495064,"sku":"16738826540_16EB","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/mid-century-modernist-sterling-horse-head-cufflinksestate-fresh-austin-889352.png?v=1757963909"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1348","title":"1940's Hobe Sterling Modernist brooch with flowers pin","description":"1940's Hobe Sterling Modernist brooch with flowers 1 13\/16\" wide with no damage\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;13.9 grams.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hobé Cie was founded in 1887 by goldsmith Jacques Hobé, but when costume-jewelry\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;collectors think of Hobé, they picture the tasselled and beaded necklaces made\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;by Jacques’ son, William, who established an American offshoot of the company in\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1927. That put Hobé at the beginning of the American costume-jewelry boom\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;between the two world wars.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In fact, some scholars believe that Hobé actually had a hand in the phrase\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;“costume jewelry” itself. After the younger Hobé landed in New York, but before\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;he started his company, one of the his first assignments was to make costumes\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and jewelry for the \"Ziegfeld Follies.\" According to some historians, Florenz\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Ziegfeld described the jewelry that accompanied Hobé’s costumes as costume\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;jewelry.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hobé’s showbiz origins served the company well. By the 1940s and ’50s, Hollywood\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;stars such as Bette Davis and Ava Gardner were wearing Hobé. Especially prized\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;today are the floral pins of that era, which featured tight clusters of vermeil\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;petals. Earlier Hobé pieces that remain popular with collectors include\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;filigreed bracelets and pins, some of which featured Victorian-style portraits\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;or Japanese netsuke-like figures as focal points.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46842641350872,"sku":"9899655667_25D6","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/1940s-hobe-sterling-modernist-brooch-with-flowers-pinestate-fresh-austin-206735.png?v=1757828247"},{"product_id":"southwestern-modernist-sterling-malachite-bracelet","title":"Southwestern Modernist Sterling malachite bracelet","description":"Southwestern Modernist Sterling malachite bracelet. Fits up to a 6.75\" wrist, no\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;issues.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45204005880024,"sku":"16446237615_20E5","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/southwestern-modernist-sterling-malachite-braceletestate-fresh-austin-418798.png?v=1757975712"},{"product_id":"sz8-large-retro-sterling-modernist-ring","title":"sz7.5 Large Retro sterling modernist ring","description":"Large Retro sterling modernist ring. Very ususual ring with spherical stone set\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in bold sterling silver. 2\" long top, minimal wear. Hallmarked as shown. 22\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;grams  Size 7.5  Most rings are shown on a a ring sizer in the pictures and the size is typically given at the beginning of the title and description.  Women's Size 7 Ring.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45204127514840,"sku":"9802433841_D1A1","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/sz75-large-retro-sterling-modernist-ringestate-fresh-austin-200513.png?v=1757992977"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1477","title":"Large Retro Modernist Sterling\/Obsidian earrings","description":"Large Retro Modernist Sterling\/Obsidian earrings.  1 1\/8\" wide x 1.5\" tall with no significant wear or damage 17.4 grams total, both marked sterling with no other markings.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906772201688,"sku":"9833063007_02F7","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/large-retro-modernist-sterlingobsidian-earringsestate-fresh-austin-727601.jpg?v=1757958246"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1493","title":"Mid Century Margot De Taxco Sterling silver pin","description":"Mid Century Margot De Taxco Sterling silver pin. No damage or significant wear,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1.5\" x 1.75\" x 8.9 grams. -Anderas-\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Margot Van Voorhies was born in 1896 in San Francisco, California. By the time\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;she left her native country for good, she had survived the death of her father\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in 1903, the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, the loss of her mother at the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;hands of a er in 1931 and the end of her first marriage in 1936.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Fortunately, a Mexican vacation changed the life of Margot Van Voorhies in ways\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;she could never have imagined. In 1937, forty-one-year-old divorcée Margot Van\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Voorhies left San Francisco on a trip to Mexico City. Fate threw her into the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;path of Don Antonio Castillo, who took her to Taxco, a Mexican hotbed for the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;design, crafting, and production of silver objects, in particular jewelry and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;housewares.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Soon, Castillo would become Margot’s second husband. At the time, Castillo was\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;working for William Spratling, a pioneer in Mexican silversmithing. He brought\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Margot into the business as a designer, helping her to transform her paper\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;creations into three-dimensional forms in silver. In 1939, the pair, along with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;other members of Castillo’s family, opened shop as Los Castillo Taller [Taller\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;is Spanish for “Workshop”], with Margot as the top designer.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;After ten years, the marriage between Castillo and Van Voorhies dissolved, as\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;did their professional association. Margot went on to open her own shop in 1948,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;taking the name Margot de Taxco, by which she is best known today. Seven years\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;later, enamel was added to many of her pieces, and this is where Margot found\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;her legacy.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;At the peak of her career, Margot, who designed each piece herself, had two\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;dozen silversmiths and a dozen enamellists in her employ to execute her vision.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The men performed the duties as silversmiths; the women did the enamel work,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;using tiny brushes to bring the watercolor drawings to life. To ensure the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;accurate rendering of her jewelry designs, she compiled a book of instructions\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and drawings, detailing the construction and finishing of each. Margot attracted\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;talented craftsmen who later went on to cement their own reputations, such as\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Sigi Pineda, Miguel Melendez, and Melecio Rodriguez.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Many contemporary Hollywood celebrities were clients of Margot, including John\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Wayne and Lana Turner, who visited her shop every year.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Tragedy struck in the form of a fire in 1960. Forced to move her studio, she\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;never again regained her prior success, and the business folded in 1974. Margot\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;granted several of the silversmiths in her employ permission to use her molds to\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;create pieces on their own, in return for debt forgiveness. As a result, many of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Margot’s pieces were re-created by silversmiths such as Jaimie Quiroz and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Geronimo Fuentes, bearing their hallmark rather than hers.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Margot passed away in 1985. But her talent as a designer and her influence as an\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;artist have continued to gain recognition since the time of her death.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Margot’s shop produced some repousse silver (a technique where a raised or\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;relief design is hammered in from the reverse side of the piece). But she is\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;best known for her champlevé enamel work. Champlevé is created by carving,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;etching, striking, or casting troughs or cells into the surface of a piece and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;filling it with vitreous enamel. In Margot’s jewelry, the designs were\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;die-struck, a process that was detailed and critical to the final product.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Margot produced many suites that included necklaces, brooches, bracelets, and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;earrings, as well as convertible jewelry. Margot de Taxco jewelry is recognized\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;for its elegance, femininity, and variety.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;There were many areas of influence that can be found in Margot’s work. Her fish\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and wave motifs celebrated her love of Japanese art. The ornate swirls and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;floral motifs were reminiscent of the Art Nouveau style. Mischievous\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;pre-Columbian figures were a recurring theme. Art Deco style ballerinas struck\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;graceful poses. Margot was also taken with Egyptian motifs and Mexican crafts.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Margot de Taxco pieces are distinguished by the stamp that includes her name,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Eagle 16 (or Eagle 1, for her earlier works), along with a production number.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Issued by the government, the eagle stamp was a way to identify th","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45204116996312,"sku":"16383432677_4C91","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/mid-century-margot-de-taxco-sterling-silver-pinestate-fresh-austin-613685.png?v=1757963703"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1518","title":"Retro Modernist Sterling Rhodochrosite\/jade pin","description":"Retro Modernist Sterling Rhodochrosite\/jade pin 5\" x 1.25\" x 27.7 grams with no issues.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906834428120,"sku":"16665999411_07ED","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/retro-modernist-sterling-rhodochrositejade-pinestate-fresh-austin-362503.jpg?v=1757971781"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1525","title":"6.5\" c1940's William Spratling(1900-1967) Taxco Sterling silver Mask Bracelet","description":"c1940's William Spratling(1900-1967) Taxco Sterling silver Mask Bracelet.  Fits up to a 6.5\" wrist, 1\" gap 126.8 grams with no issues.      Spratling, an architect and artist who taught at Tulane University in New Orleans, came to Mexico in the late 1920s and settled in the city of Taxco. Having developed an interest in Mesoamerican archaeology and culture from his colleagues at Tulane, he traveled to Mexico for several summers lecturing and exploring. He sought out remote villages in the state of Guerrero, 110 miles from Mexico City, where in some places Nahuatl, the Aztec language, was spoken. Spratling collected artifacts and contemporary indigenous crafts.    Spratling made a fortune manufacturing and designing silver, but his true life's work was to conserve, redeem, and interpret the ancient culture of his adopted country. He explained for North American audiences the paintings of Mexico's modern masters and earned distinction as a learned and early collector of pre-Columbian art. Spratling and his workshop gradually became a visible and culturally attractive link between a steady stream of notable American visitors and the country they wanted to see and experience.    Spratling had the rare good fortune to witness his own reputation -- as one of the most admired Americans in Mexico -- assume legendary status before his death. William Spratling, His Life and Art vividly reconstructs this richly diverse life whose unique aesthetic legacy is but a part of its larger cultural achievement of profoundly influencing Americans' attitudes toward a civilization different from their own.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906708304088,"sku":"17030230628_12D6","price":1770.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/c1940s-william-spratling1900-1967-taxco-sterling-silver-mask-braceletestate-fresh-austin-393052.jpg?v=1757873284"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1695","title":"1950's William Spratling Sterling Screw back earrings","description":"1950's William Spratling Sterling Screw back earrings. 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All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, ","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005005324504,"sku":"17306468782_78BD","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/sz85-vintage-native-american-oversized-modernist-sterling-ringestate-fresh-austin-886423.jpg?v=1757996168"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1780","title":"Retro Modernist Sterling Howlite pendant on 17\" necklace","description":"Retro Modernist Sterling Howlite pendant on 17\" necklace. Pendant 2 5\/8\" x 1\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;3\/8\", necklace. 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Strands can be worn twisted or straight to give it a\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;different look and shorten it a little when twisted, no damage or significant\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;wear.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Founded in 1942 in Mexico City, this year TANE proudly celebrates its 80th\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;anniversary. Over the past eight decades, with its avant-garde designs, TANE has\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;become an internationally recognized name, as well as a destination for elegant,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;delicately and exquisitely handcrafted products in silver and gold. The company,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;has a rich and diverse heritage and is vertically integrated, ensuring\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sustainability from silver extraction to foundry, design and manufacturing.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Prior and current clients of the brand include world-famous celebrities such as\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Jackie Kennedy, Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Maria Feliz, Eva Longoria,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hillary Clinton, Paul Newman, Oscar de la Renta, Paul McCartney, as well as\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;international royalty. Celebrate every special moment in your life with TANE\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Mexico 1942.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397981520088,"sku":"10494086491_0D31","price":785.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/retro-28-tane-modernist-sterling-mesh-necklace-1-wideestate-fresh-austin-880838.png?v=1757970754"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1844","title":"David Andersen Norway Sterling Enamel MCM Abstract pin","description":"David Andersen Norway Sterling Enamel MCM Abstract pin 1 5\/8\" x 1.25\" 17.2 grams  with no damage to enamel.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46690846343384,"sku":"17408013610_CBD2","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/david-andersen-norway-sterling-enamel-mcm-abstract-pinestate-fresh-austin-119440.png?v=1757942997"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-1949","title":"sz9 Mexican Modernist sterling\/turqouise ring","description":"sz9 Mexican Modernist sterling\/turqouise ring. 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Harold Fithian (1905-1972) was an all-American romantic\nfigure - he was born and raised in Southern California - studied acting with\nEdna Ames and worked on the back lot of Universal Studios in Hollywood in the\n1920s - was a labor organizer and friend of Woody Guthrie in the 1930s and 40s -\na well-known designer and metalsmith in the 1950s and 60s - and he is probably\nbest known for his modernist cufflinks and other mens jewelry.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46764414042328,"sku":"16941746313_4CDE","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/harold-clifton-fithian-1905-1972-california-modernist-sterling-cufflinksestate-fresh-austin-781148.png?v=1757948094"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2032","title":"7\" Retro Modernist mexican sterling and onyx bracelet","description":"7\" Retro Modernist mexican sterling and onyx bracelet. No issues.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;anderas","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841365037272,"sku":"17247225079_CCE2","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/7-retro-modernist-mexican-sterling-and-onyx-braceletestate-fresh-austin-759075.png?v=1757898139"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2045","title":"2 Modernist Mexican sterling pins cat and sunburst","description":"2 Modernist Mexican sterling pins cat and sunburst.  Both great with no issues, Sunburst mid century, cat about 1980's.  Largest 1 7\/8\" 22 grams total.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44904780103896,"sku":"10926183132_33F8","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/2-modernist-mexican-sterling-pins-cat-and-sunburstestate-fresh-austin-463808.jpg?v=1757834570"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2262","title":"Antonio Pineda (1919-2009) Los Castillo Modernist space age sterling cufflinks","description":"Antonio Pineda (1919-2009) Los Castillo Modernist space age sterling cufflinks 1  5\/16\" x .75\" face, 24.7 grams.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePineda is one of two living members of the Taxco School and is recognized as a\nworld-class designer and a Mexican national treasure. \n Pineda’s jewelry is especially known for its elegant acknowledgment of the\nhuman form. It is often said that a Pineda fits the body perfectly, that it\nfeels right when it is worn. So, for example, a thick geometric necklace that\nmight at first glance seem too weighty or rigid to wear comfortably is, in fact,\nfaceted, hinged, or hollowed in such a way that it gracefully encircles the neck\nor drapes down the décolletage.  In addition, no other taxqueño jeweler used as\nmany costly semiprecious stones or set them with as much ingenuity, skill, and\nvariety as did Pineda. Only the most talented of silversmiths could master.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529783763160,"sku":"17223946519_BF93","price":390.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/antonio-pineda-1919-2009-los-castillo-modernist-space-age-sterling-cufflinksestate-fresh-austin-113686.png?v=1757915615"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2328","title":"c1978 Frank Patania Jr modernist sterling bolo turquoise \u0026 Mexican 100 Peso","description":"c1978 Frank Patania Jr Southwestern modernist sterling bolo with turquoise and  100 peso Mexican coin. Bolo is 94 grams without the box of course. Comes with\noriginal Thunderbird shop box (3 out of 4 corners are split on box top. Bolo\nslide is 2.5\" tall x 2 3\/8\" wide 38\" long. I think this piece had to have been\nmade in 1978, the year the coin was issued, a year or two later at the most.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe training Frank Jr. received was a breath of fresh air in the history of\ncontemporary American craft. To understand the importance of this instruction,\none must look to Frank Sr., who came to America with his experience of the\napprenticeship system from Italy in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. This\nhad a lasting effect on the handmade tradition. Mass production became apart of\neveryday life. The need for the services of skilled, educated artisans declined,\nas did the apprenticeship programs that trained them. It was accepted that mass\nproduction pieces were in general of better quality than what most people could\nmake. Many craftsmen were forced to close shop and join in the factory ranks as\ndesigners.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe effect of mass production on jewelry design is evident with a glance of any\n\"Sears and Roebuck\" catalogues of the early 20th century. Since these products\nwere being made for the masses, designs were often \"dumbed down\", reflecting\n\"safe\" motifs repeatedly rooted in past trends. Reproduction became the national\naesthetic. There were however, \"pockets\" within the United States that were\nexceptions. The Kalo Shops and Roycrofter, for example, were teaching\napprenticeship programs, but they were small factors compared to the\noverwhelming impact of mass production.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike many first generation American children, Frank Jr. was encouraged to follow\na formal education. Interestingly, he did not choose applied arts, but rather\nAmerican History, with a minor in Anthropology. Reflecting on his choices, he\nbelieves his father would have thought a degree in applied arts would have been\n\"a waste of time,\" because nothing could compare to the crafts education he had\nalready imparted to his son.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time Frank Jr. joined the shop full-time, the climate towards crafts had\nundergone a major change. Postwar America witnessed an explosion in the\ndevelopment of architecture, industrial design, and the handcrafts. For the\nfirst time in decades, craft was enjoying a newfound appreciation, much of which\nwas due to en masse support of craftsmen through universities and crafts\nschools. An indication of the health of the contemporary jewelry movement can be\nseen in the surge of important exhibitions during the 40s and 50s. The Museum of\nModern Art in NYC took an important step by promoting the first major exhibition\nof contemporary jewelry in 1946. Magazines like Design Quarterly and Craft\nHorizon (now American Craft) devoted full sections to design and contemporary\njewelry.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the 1950s, a number of people were making contemporary jewelry on a\nprofessional scale. That same year, The American Craft council held its first\nconference, attended by over 450 crafts men and women from 30 states. During the\nthree day conference they addressed many concerns of the young craftsman,\nincluding: 1) the craftsmen's relationship to society in economics and social\naesthetics; 2) design importance as it related to techniques; and 3) problems in\nprofessional practices in the small business. While many young craftsmen in the\nUnited States were just addressing these issues for the first time, The\nThunderbird Shop of Tucson and Santa Fe had already found resolution in regards\nto these problems and had implemented them in to a system that allowed the\ncreativity of the shop to flourish while maintaining financial success.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, Frank, Jr. and his wife Donna travel between Tucson and Santa Fe. Frank,\nJr. says he is grateful for the life he has been given, acknowledging his joy in\nbeing able to do what his loves for a living and finally arriving at a place in\nwhich he can create the pieces he chooses without the pressures of the market.\n(Fig 25-27) He looks to his son, Sam, to carry on the family name and\ntraditions, recognizing the struggle of a young designer with a family and the\npressures to meet payroll while still maintain ones own inimitable style.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388224979160,"sku":"17317453263_DB4E","price":805.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/c1978-frank-patania-jr-modernist-sterling-bolo-turquoise-mexican-100-pesoestate-fresh-austin-963489.png?v=1757939393"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2368","title":"6.625\" Vintage Los Castillo Sterling and Sodalite cuff bracelet","description":"All Cuff bracelets on the Estate Fresh Austin website will have the size wrist they fit (in inches) including the gap at the beginning of the title, there are also many photos in this listing which will show a tape measure inside the bracelet, gap size, width, etc.   6 5\/8\" Vintage Los Castillo Sterling and Sodalite bracelet\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Los Castillo Jewelry - History\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Antonio Castillo and his brothers Jorge, Miguel, and Justo began Los Castillo in\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1939. They had all apprenticed in William Spratling’s taller before starting\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;their own business in Taxco, Mexico. Antonio Castillo rose to the level of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;master silversmith during his time working with Spratling.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The Los Castillo workshop trained and employed many skilled silversmiths over\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;its decades in the business, including the Castillo brothers’ cousin Salvador\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Teran, Sigi Pineda, Antonio Pineda, and Antonio Castillo’s wife, Margot van\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Voorhies Carr. All these artists went on to open their own successful workshops,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;including van Voorhies Carr who founded Margot de Taxco after she and Antonio\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Castillo divorced.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Los Castillo is known for its quality silver wares as well as mixed metals that\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;incorporated copper and\/or brass with sterling silver. Other decorative home\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;accessories can be found with silver plating and inlaid stone embellishments.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Chato (Jorge) Castillo was one of the Castillo brothers who worked in the 1930s\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;for William Spratling. He is known for his technical expertise and his design\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;talent. He developed the techniques for married metals, feathers with silver,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Aztec mosaic or stone inlay, concha or abalone inlay,...(Mexican Silver: Modern\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hand-wrought Jewelry \u0026amp; Metalwork by Morrill and Berk (Schiffer: 2007, 4th\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Edition), p. 86.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45347053732056,"sku":"18057433544_C828","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/6-58-vintage-los-castillo-sterling-and-sodalite-braceletestate-fresh-austin-892900.png?v=1757884748"},{"product_id":"7-vintage-mexican-modernist-sterling-and-jade-bracelet","title":"7\" Vintage Mexican Modernist Sterling and Jade bracelet","description":"7\" Vintage Mexican Modernist Sterling and Jade bracelet. No issues. Nice large,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sturdy, well made bracelet.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467953160408,"sku":"17719770827_F086","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/7-vintage-mexican-modernist-sterling-and-jade-braceletestate-fresh-austin-983413.png?v=1757899172"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2387","title":"Mid Century Los Ballesteros Secret compartment Chrysocolla and sterling pendant","description":"Mid Century Los Ballesteros Secret compartment Chrysocolla and sterling pendant\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;3\" tall x 2 1\/8\" wide with no issues. Really cool, the secret door snaps shut\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;very tightly to the point of possibly being waterproof. 38.4 grams.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45204689912024,"sku":"17380348947_E6C2","price":455.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/mid-century-los-ballesteros-secret-compartment-chrysocolla-and-sterling-pendantestate-fresh-austin-489629.png?v=1757963683"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2414","title":"sz7 Modernist sterling Agate Ring by M Hukulak Polish Designer","description":"Sz 7 Modernist Sterling Agate Ring by M Hukulak Polish Designer. Nice retro ring\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;from the last quarter of the 20th century with no damage or significant wear.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;15\/16\" x 1 3\/8\" face 11.7 grams.  Most rings are shown on a a ring sizer in the pictures and the size is typically given at the beginning of the title and description.  Women's Size 7 Ring.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45204084457688,"sku":"13902531934_DC46","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/sz7-modernist-sterling-agate-ring-by-m-hukulak-polish-designerestate-fresh-austin-273699.png?v=1757990647"},{"product_id":"c1940s-william-spratling1900-1967-taxco-sterling-and-amethyst-bangle","title":"c1940's William Spratling(1900-1967) Taxco Sterling and amethyst bangle","description":"The hinged bracelet with raised, bypass spiraled silver design terminating with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;two pear-shaped cabochon amethysts, with pin closure; mounted in sterling\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;silver; inner circumference 6 3\/8 in.; signed WS Spratling Made In Mexico,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Sterling\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Spratling, an architect and artist who taught at Tulane University in New\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Orleans, came to Mexico in the late 1920s and settled in the city of Taxco.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Having developed an interest in Mesoamerican archaeology and culture from his\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;colleagues at Tulane, he traveled to Mexico for several summers lecturing and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;exploring. He sought out remote villages in the state of Guerrero, 110 miles\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;from Mexico City, where in some places Nahuatl, the Aztec language, was spoken.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Spratling collected artifacts and contemporary indigenous crafts.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Spratling made a fortune manufacturing and designing silver, but his true life's\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;work was to conserve, redeem, and interpret the ancient culture of his adopted\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;country. He explained for North American audiences the paintings of Mexico's\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;modern masters and earned distinction as a learned and early collector of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;pre-Columbian art. Spratling and his workshop gradually became a visible and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;culturally attractive link between a steady stream of notable American visitors\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and the country they wanted to see and experience.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Spratling had the rare good fortune to witness his own reputation -- as one of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the most admired Americans in Mexico -- assume legendary status before his\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;death. William Spratling, His Life and Art vividly reconstructs this richly\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;diverse life whose unique aesthetic legacy is but a part of its larger cultural\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;achievement of profoundly influencing Americans' attitudes toward a civilization\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;different from their own.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47389293773016,"sku":"14404997347_32AF","price":2475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/c1940s-william-spratling1900-1967-taxco-sterling-and-amethyst-bangleestate-fresh-austin-450241.png?v=1757933360"},{"product_id":"1940s-margot-de-taxco-los-castillo-sterling-aztec-eagle-warrior-fur-clip","title":"1940's Margot de Taxco Los Castillo Sterling Aztec Eagle Warrior Fur clip","description":"Margot de Taxco Los Castillo Sterling Aztec Eagle Warrior Fur clip.  I believe this is from the late 40's and was designed by Margot.  It's an amazing piece 3\" tall x 4\" wide with articulated earrings that spin around when in motion, all three pieces moving on their own.  It's 50 grams even, can easily be worn as a pendant\/brooch, or even hung on the wall.  Very substantial thick gauge sterling silver, a rare and important design.    Margot Van Voorhies was born in 1896 in San Francisco, California. By the time she left her native country for good, she had survived the death of her father in 1903, the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, the loss of her mother at the hands of a  er in 1931 and the end of her first marriage in 1936.     Fortunately, a Mexican vacation changed the life of Margot Van Voorhies in ways she could never have imagined. 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.      Soon, Castillo would become Margot’s second husband. 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. Seven years later, enamel was added to many of her pieces, and this is where Margot found her legacy.      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. The men performed the duties as silversmiths; the women did the enamel work, using tiny brushes to bring the watercolor drawings to life. To ensure the accurate rendering of her jewelry designs, she compiled a book of instructions and drawings, detailing the construction and finishing of each. Margot attracted talented craftsmen who later went on to cement their own reputations, such as Sigi Pineda, Miguel Melendez, and Melecio Rodriguez.     Many contemporary Hollywood celebrities were clients of Margot, including John Wayne and Lana Turner, who visited her shop every year.     Tragedy struck in the form of a fire in 1960. Forced to move her studio, she never again regained her prior success, and the business folded in 1974. Margot granted several of the silversmiths in her employ permission to use her molds to create pieces on their own, in return for debt forgiveness. As a result, many of Margot’s pieces were re-created by silversmiths such as Jaimie Quiroz and Geronimo Fuentes, bearing their hallmark rather than hers.      Margot passed away in 1985. But her talent as a designer and her influence as an artist have continued to gain recognition since the time of her death.      Margot’s shop produced some repousse silver (a technique where a raised or relief design is hammered in from the reverse side of the piece). But she is best known for her champlevé enamel work. Champlevé is created by carving, etching, striking, or casting troughs or cells into the surface of a piece and filling it with vitreous enamel. In Margot’s jewelry, the designs were die-struck, a process that was detailed and critical to the final product.     Margot produced many suites that included necklaces, brooches, bracelets, and earrings, as well as convertible jewelry. Margot de Taxco jewelry is recognized for its elegance, femininity, and variety.      There were many areas of influence that can be found in Margot’s work. Her fish and wave motifs celebrated her love of Japanese art. The ornate swirls and floral motifs were reminiscent of the Art Nouveau style. Mischievous pre-Columbian figures were a recurring theme. Art Deco style ballerinas struck graceful poses. Margot was also taken with Egyptian motifs and Mexican crafts.      Margot de Taxco pieces are distinguished by the stamp that includes her name, Eagle 16 (or Eagle 1, for her earlier works), along with a production number. 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For\nsr. Salas, who can recite poetry in the language of the Aztecs, the mark matl,\nhas greater meaning in its reference to the Nahuatl or Aztec word for water,\natl.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young woman, Matilde Poulat studied painting at the prestigious San Carlos\nacademy of fine arts in Mexico city, she went on to teach painting classes at an\nart school until her interest turned exclusively to silver. Matilde Poulat´s\ndesigns for jewelry and figures were part of the new cultural vision among\nMexico’s intellectuals after the revolution in 1920s, artists were searching for\nMexican aesthetic, rejection European subjects in favor of the art of the\npre-conquest Indians and of the Mexican pueblos. Sra. Poulat found inspiration\nin the mextec gold jewelry discovered in 1932 at Monte Alban. Her choice of\nmotifs the dove, flowers, and tiny bells are reminiscent of the whimsical\nsubjects of contemporary Mexican folk art.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatilde Poulat received international recognition for her jewelry when she was\nasked in 1941 to participate in an exhibit of Latin American silver at the pan\nAmerican union in Washington, D.C. as a result of increasing demand for matl\nsilver during world war ii , the number of silversmiths in the taller increased\nto thirty-three. In 1950, Srta. Poulat and her nephew opened a showroom on the\nfirst floor of her home, where she also had the workshop. Ricardo Salas recalls\nthat they made three thousand types of silver jewelry and one hundred different\npieces.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRicardo Salas worked closely with his aunt from the time he was eleven years of\nage. He says she recognized his artistic talent when she saw him do a play with\npuppets he had made himself. Sr. Salas was sent to the San Carlos academy, where\nhe received the premio Diego Rivera. As a youth, he learned the techniques of\nthe silversmith and perfected the carving of \"Off White\", coral, turquoise, and\nother stones used in the jewelry and figurines. From sr. Salas perspective, he\nand his aunt collaborated so closely as designers, that there really cannot be a\ncomparison of their work.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1955, William Spratling wrote of Matilde Poulat: “she has continued to\nproduce some of the most charming native jewelry in Mexico, intensely her own.\nHer jewelry has the same charm and delightful surface and colorful quality of\nthe old lacquer work of Uruapan. Spratling`s admiration for matl silver reflects\nhis recognition of their shared appreciation for Mexican native art. This mutual\ninspiration led each of the two artists in different directions within the same\nmedium. The exuberance of matl silver resembles the interiors of the churches in\nPuebla, like the chapel of Santa Maria Tonantzintla, where Indians covered the\ninterior of the dome with polychromed and gilded angels. In matl silver, the\nintroduction of color is accomplished with bits of coral, turquoise, and\namethyst quartz. The surfaces are decorated with applied wire and elaborated\nwith embossing and repousse of astounding complexity (pl.XXIII-1, XXIII-10).\nMatilde Poulat and Ricardo Salas have been successful in incorporating the\nartistic language of the Mixtecs into jewelry and silver figures with\nimagination, drama, and with a style that is completely personal.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46672422240472,"sku":"12239548900_6983","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/large-vintage-matl-style-sterling-turquoise-amethyst-repousse-birds-pendantpinestate-fresh-austin-990094.png?v=1757959173"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2581","title":"Large Los Ballesteros Modernist Sterling Cuff Bracelet","description":"All Cuff bracelets on the Estate Fresh Austin website will have the size wrist they fit (in inches) including the gap at the beginning of the title, there are also many photos in this listing which will show a tape measure inside the bracelet, gap size, width, etc.   Large Los Ballesteros Modernist Sterling Cuff Bracelet. Great cuff with no  damage or significant wear.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Ballesteros Jewelry - History\nThis business was established in 1937 by Jalil Majul Ballesteros in Iguala,\nMexico. He had been apprenticed in the art of silversmithing by his grandfather\nand father, and early on, he made jewelry with a filigree look. In 1941 he moved\nhis workshop to Taxco and adopted styles that were more in line with the tourist\npieces produced there.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the 1950s, piecework was farmed out to smaller family workshops in the\nTaxco area, and the pieces were marked Talleres de los Ballesteros. These pieces\nwere sold in shops throughout the country, including Mexico City and Acapulco.\nThe company also began exporting jewelry in 1952.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA modernized corporate version of Los Ballesteros continues to sell its\nproducts, both jewelry, and decorative giftware, through stores in Mexico as\nwell as through other vendors worldwide. The company’s commitment to quality in\nhonor of their heritage is strong, and they are still using the traditional\nTalleres de los Ballesteros stylized B logo in their branding.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46847030690008,"sku":"11914689595_C3D0","price":390.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/large-los-ballesteros-modernist-sterling-cuff-braceletestate-fresh-austin-416466.png?v=1757957317"},{"product_id":"vintage-tiffany-modernist-sterling-silver-letter-opener-clip","title":"Vintage Tiffany Modernist Sterling silver letter opener\/clip","description":"Tiffany Modernist Sterling silver letter opener\/clip. 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He wasn't extremely\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;prolific but created some amazing unique designs that command respectable\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;prices. Selling all three bangles for one price.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;anderas","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47400108228824,"sku":"17839193419_CD15","price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/c1960-peter-broome-california-modernist-sterling-silver-bangles-setestate-fresh-austin-473643.png?v=1757937272"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2700","title":"sz8.5 Vintage southwestern Modernist sterling and turquoise ring","description":"sz 8.5 Vintage Southwestern Modernist sterling and turquoise ring. Unmarked,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;great design that seems like something that could have came out of Frank\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Patania's Thunderbird shop. 12.6 grams.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;anderas  Most rings are shown on a a ring sizer in the pictures and the size is typically given at the beginning of the title and description.  Women's Size 8 Ring.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46786583068888,"sku":"17839963857_F0EE","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/sz85-vintage-southwestern-modernist-sterling-and-turquoise-ringestate-fresh-austin-382849.png?v=1757996387"},{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2773","title":"16\" Los Castillo Modernist sterling and turquoise choker necklace","description":"16\" Los Castillo Modernist sterling and turquoise choker necklace. 16\" long 14mm\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;wide, no issues, likely simulated or block turquoise 53 grams, rare design.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Los Castillo Jewelry - History\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Antonio Castillo and his brothers Jorge, Miguel, and Justo began Los Castillo in\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1939. They had all apprenticed in William Spratling’s taller before starting\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;their own business in Taxco, Mexico. Antonio Castillo rose to the level of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;master silversmith during his time working with Spratling.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The Los Castillo workshop trained and employed many skilled silversmiths over\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;its decades in the business, including the Castillo brothers’ cousin Salvador\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Teran, Sigi Pineda, Antonio Pineda, and Antonio Castillo’s wife, Margot van\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Voorhies Carr. All these artists went on to open their own successful workshops,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;including van Voorhies Carr who founded Margot de Taxco after she and Antonio\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Castillo divorced.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Los Castillo is known for its quality silver wares as well as mixed metals that\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;incorporated copper and\/or brass with sterling silver. Other decorative home\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;accessories can be found with silver plating and inlaid stone embellishments.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Chato (Jorge) Castillo was one of the Castillo brothers who worked in the 1930s\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;for William Spratling. He is known for his technical expertise and his design\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;talent. He developed the techniques for married metals, feathers with silver,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Aztec mosaic or stone inlay, concha or abalone inlay,...(Mexican Silver: Modern\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hand-wrought Jewelry \u0026amp; Metalwork by Morrill and Berk (Schiffer: 2007, 4th\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Edition), p. 86.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265094242520,"sku":"18682044300_DC1C","price":760.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/16-los-castillo-modernist-sterling-and-turquoise-choker-necklaceestate-fresh-austin-797863.png?v=1757823406"},{"product_id":"cel-vintage-matl-style-sterling-turquoise-amethyst-and-coral-necklace-bracelet-earrings-set","title":"Cel Vintage Matl Style Sterling Turquoise Amethyst and coral necklace\/ bracelet\/","description":"Cel Vintage Matl Style Sterling Turquoise Amethyst and coral necklace\/\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;bracelet\/earrings set. Selling the set shown with no issues, Necklace 18.5\"\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;long, bracelet 7.75\" long, earrings 1.5\" long. Nice old vintage set from the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;70's or 80's. with no apparent damage. 85.8 grams total weight.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46848269385944,"sku":"12439804924_96A0","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/cel-vintage-matl-style-sterling-turquoise-amethyst-and-coral-necklace-braceletestate-fresh-austin-154923.png?v=1757941087"}],"url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/it\/collections\/mod-jewelry.oembed?page=3","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}