Large Sterling Silver Pendant With Overlaid Wire Scrolls And Beautifully Formed Liquid Silver Drops
- There is an onyx face representing an Aztec Indian at center of pendant
- Pendant is stamped and hallmarked
- Hallmark is a bit hard to decipher, very deepset, and I believe is a bell
- A second mark reads GUAD beneath which is 925
- Below that is JLF or JLP
- Below that is Mexico
- Great patina
- This vintage pendant has been re-strung with jeweler's wire and sterling silver findings
- Beads are large and small onyx, beautiful 1880s - 1930s red Duck's Blood original glass tradebeads and patterned sterling silver beads
- Length of necklace hangs 10 1/2" and has chain extender
- Pendant size is 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"
- Tribal Jewelry

1930s Taxco Aztec Sterling Charms And Silver Beads w/Turquoise
- Pendant and two charms have Aztec faces made of old glass with ornate sterling silver surroundings
- Sterling silver beads are vintage hand made
- Two triangular charms are old sterling silver with chip inlay Malachite and Lapis Lazuli
- Necklace is 18"
- Tribal Jewelry

Onyx And Sterling Silver Pendant And Beads
- This is early Taxco work and is very three dimensional
- The silver is overlaid over the onyx
- The pendant is 1/4" thick in the center
- Four beautifully formed arrows intersect the pendant, protruding from both sides
- Seven large dangles representing feathers give the piece motion when worn
- Antique sterling beads and six onyx beads make up the strand which has been restrung for stability
- Pendant is 3 1/8" long x 2 3/4" in diameter
- Necklace portion is 16" long with an additional 1 1/2" extension chain
- Piece hangs 11" to 12" long
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Tribal Jewelry Circa 1930s Taxco Sterling Silver Pin Remade Into Pendant
- White onyx Aztec face with an elaborate headdress, earrings, and neck collar with 3 feathers, all stamped
- Maker marked LGJ
- Marked .925
- Marked Mexico, Tasco Mexico surrounding the LGJ
- Below the circular mark is what appears to be a bell with the number 3 on it
- Mounted on sterling silver Italian chain with an Aztec braid design
- Pendant is 3 1/2" x 1 1/2"
- Necklace hangs 13 3/8" long
- Tribal Jewelry

A Simple Vintage Sterling Bracelet Of Three Large Pieces Of Onyx Are Recessed Inside Four Bands Of Silver
- The borders on the recessed alcoves match the wire band
- The piece is unsigned and is a nice older example of 1930s Taxco silver
- The bracelet is a size 7
- Tribal Jewelry

Originally A 1930s Taxco Sterling Silver Pin
- Remade into a brooch
- Back is marked "Made In Mexico" and Sterling
- Pendant is 2 3/4" in diameter
- Necklace is made up of turquoise, graduated onyx beads, and sterling silver beads with clasp
- Necklace is 17" long
- Tribal Jewelry

Unusual Dense Bone Beads With Tribal Carvings From The Small Kingdom Of Bhutan
- Small human figures made of pierced dots cover three of the beads
- One other bead has X and circle designs of the same incised dots
- Cone shaped beads are hand carved and incised with circular lines
-These are strung on cotton cordage with small dangles on either side of glass trade beads and pendants of lapiz lazule
- I really don't know much about these beads but was much taken with the weight and patina on them
- The beads dangling at the upper ends of the necklace are 1880s to 1930s vintage
- Lenth of just the bead strand is 24" with plenty of additional room around the neck on the cotton cord
- Tribal Jewelry

An Interesting Sterling Necklace Depicting An Aztec Indian With An Elaborate Headdress
- Pendant dates from 1930s and is Bakelite and sterling silver
- It is strung on old sterling silver 1930s silver beads, coupled with a faceted agate and two large ornate sterling silver oval beads
- The pendant is marked Sterling Mexico 925
- The pendant is 2 1/4" long   
- With the beads, the piece hangs 11" long
- Tribal Jewelry

A Large Fossilized Walrus Ivory Cross With Details Of Sterling Silver Which Are Pinned Into The Ivory Itself
- A piece of turquoise is set in a plain bezel in the center of the cross
- The ivory is beautifully variegated in color
- The piece is 4 7/8" long x 2" wide
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Very Three Dimensional Old Taxco Eagle Pin
- Has an inlaid turquoise eye
- Great definition in the wings and the tail
- simple, large, very effective
- Back is stamped "Made In Mexico"
- Great patina
- Pin is 3 3/4" wide x 4" long
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This Vintage Pendant Dates Sometime Between 1930 to 1960 And Is Made Of Heavy Sterling Silver From Ecuador
- The Pre-Colombian Ecuadorian Indian is wearing a breech clout, a head scarf, one earring and elaborate body tattooing or paint
- This pendant was also made to be used as a pin and is quite heavy
- The back of the pendant is marked "ECUADOR, STERLING, TINTA"
- The pendant is strung with marvelous beads of 1890s fluted sterling silver and heavy graduated rounds of carnelian interspersed with black onyx hairpipe shaped beads
- The pendant measures 1 3/4" long x 3/4" wide
 - With the beads the necklace hangs 10 1/8" long
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Original Clasp On Graduated Strand Of Sterling Silver Handmade Beads With A Heavy Patina Interspaced With Small Turquoise Rounds
- The pendant is a beautifully crafted 1930s Taxco Aztec face with an ornate headdress and silver collar necklace
- The green carved material comprising the face is celluloid which was the first plastic ever made
- The pendant is 1 1/8" long x 1" wide
- The beads, including the pendant, hang 10 1/2" long
- Tribal Jewelry

Vintage Tibetan Pendant Of Coin Silver (has some sterling content)
- The piece is 3-dimensional with a large piece of onyx set into the camel's body
- It has been strung on jeweler's wire with a sterling clasp, sterling silver beads, graduated onyx beads and spiderweb turquoise
- The necklace hangs 11 3/4"
- Pendant itself is 3" long x 3 1/8" wide
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This Necklace Is Made With The Colors Of Mother Earth Using Nature's Beads, A Delicate Snake Vertebrae
- Complimenting the snake vertebrae are six carved bone beads and a Tibetan coin silver and amber pendant
- The bone beads have deep grooves and old wear patina
- The pendant is made up of two pieces of old amber, most likely half beads. These are also grooved and are set in old coin silver
- The back of the Tibetan amulet shows a running deer figure and flowers in a vase
- The piece is made so that it can be worn showing either side of the pendant
- It is strung on jeweler's wire with a sterling silver clasp
- The pendant is 1 1/2" long x 1 3/8" wide
- With the beads, the necklace hangs 11 3/8" long
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One-Of-A-Kind Signed, Tumbled, Walrus Ivory Necklace Made By Ed Lawrence
- It is made from old ivory buried beneath the permafrost collected during the short arctic summers by Inuit natives on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
- The piece is all strung together with thin brown leather cordage
- The necklace's clasp is a button style loop over a large piece of walrus ivory
- The piece has an incredible patina and is made up of various parts of the walrus tusk utilizing the exterior, the marrow, and some long slices
- It is two strands of fossilized walrus ivory, giving the piece a bit of movement when worn
- The piece hangs 16" long and is 3 1/2" wide at its bottom widest point
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A Traditional Tibetan Woman's Bracelet. These Large Bangles Are Worn Usually Two Or Three At A Time On One Arm. While They Look Large To Us, Tiny Tibetan Women Lock Them Into Place By Wearing A Smaller Sized Bangle In The Very Front. The Pieces With The Interior Made Of Sheet Amber Are The Older Pieces And Are Seventy Five To Eighty Five Years Old. The Newer Tibetan Bangles, While Appearing Similar, Are Made Around A Wooden Base.
- This beautiful bangle has two large dragons studded with four pieces of color-enhanced color and two large ovals of natural spider-webbed turquoise
- The silver is old coin silver
- The dragon on this piece has a very nice worn patina
- The sheet amber is dark yellow in color
- It is a wide, heavy bracelet measuring 1 1/4" wide
- The opening diameter of the piece is 2 5/8" wide
- As can be seen in the picture, the silver work and stones are layered out from the amber and protrude as far as 1"
- The exterior diameter of the bracelet is 4 1/4"
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A Traditional Tibetan Woman's Bracelet. These Large Bangles Are Worn Usually Two Or Three At A Time On One Arm. While They Look Large To Us, Tiny Tibetan Women Lock Them Into Place By Wearing A Smaller Sized Bangle In The Very Front. The Pieces With The Interior Made Of Sheet Amber Are The Older Pieces And Are Seventy Five To Eighty Five Years Old. The Newer Tibetan Bangles, While Appearing Similar, Are Made Around A Wooden Base.
- This is a smaller bangle often used as the lock for one or two larger pieces worn behind it
- Four beautiful freshwater pearls are set showing their natural shapes
- Heavy old coin silver depicts a frog, a monkey, a turtle and a rooster amidst many flowing leaves
- The silver on this piece is so massive, you cannot see the dyed reddish amber beneath it
- It is a heavy piece
- The bangle is 7/8" wide
- Interior diameter of the bracelet is 2 3/8" across
- Exterior diameter of the bracelet is 4 1/2" across
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A Traditional Tibetan Woman's Bracelet. These Large Bangles Are Worn Usually Two Or Three At A Time On One Arm. While They Look Large To Us, Tiny Tibetan Women Lock Them Into Place By Wearing A Smaller Sized Bangle In The Very Front. The Pieces With The Interior Made Of Sheet Amber Are The Older Pieces And Are Seventy Five To Eighty Five Years Old. The Newer Tibetan Bangles, While Appearing Similar, Are Made Around A Wooden Base.
- There are two coiled dragons set apart by two old pieces of turquoise in large oval settings
- The sheet amber on this older bracelet has not been dyed and retains its natural color
- The bangle is 1" wide with the settings of turquoise and hammered silver protruding 7/8" out from the inner diameter of the bracelet
- The inner diameter is 2 7/8" across
- The outer diameter is 4 3/4" across
-Tribal Jewelry

A Traditional Tibetan Woman's Bracelet. These Large Bangles Are Worn Usually Two Or Three At A Time On One Arm. While They Look Large To Us, Tiny Tibetan Women Lock Them Into Place By Wearing A Smaller Sized Bangle In The Very Front. The Pieces With The Interior Made Of Sheet Amber Are The Older Pieces And Are Seventy Five To Eighty Five Years Old. The Newer Tibetan Bangles, While Appearing Similar, Are Made Around A Wooden Base.
- This bangle has the sheet amber dyed a light purple and is enclosed with an elaborate silver cutout work design showing three winged insects with three flowers
- The bangle is 1 1/4" wide
- The inner diameter is 2 1/2" across
- Outer diameter is 3 3/8" across
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A Traditional Tibetan Woman's Bracelet. These Large Bangles Are Worn Usually Two Or Three At A Time On One Arm. While They Look Large To Us, Tiny Tibetan Women Lock Them Into Place By Wearing A Smaller Sized Bangle In The Very Front. The Pieces With The Interior Made Of Sheet Amber Are The Older Pieces And Are Seventy Five To Eighty Five Years Old. The Newer Tibetan Bangles, While Appearing Similar, Are Made Around A Wooden Base.
- The interior of this bangle is the natural colored sheet amber which has been reinforced with straw
- The outside of this amber is smooth, you don't feel the straw
- The exterior is well-worn old coin silver with a lovely patina
- Divided by three large turquoise stones are three scenes: a bird with lifted wings, a proud standing goat, and a deer lying down
- The piece is 1 1/4" wide
- Inner diameter is 2 1/2" across
- Exterior diameter is 4 1/8" across
- Tribal Jewelry

A Particularly Nice Cast Sterling Silver Flower Pendant
- Very three dimensional
Pendant is marked STERLING on reverse side
- It is strung on 1930s heirloom sterling silver beads, blood red coral rounds and small Arizona Sleeping Beauty spacers
- The necklace is elegant, rather delicate and timeless
It is strung on jeweler's wire with a sterling silver clasp
- Pendant is 2" in diameter
With the beads, it hangs 12" long
- Tribal Jewelry

Embossed African Clay Spindle Whorls, Late 1800s Glass Trade Beads, Silver Beads and Sterling Clasp
- Necklace is 21 1/2"
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A Very Heavy, Early 4 3/4" Long Milagro Pendant Showing A Woman On Her Knees Praying With A Rosary Attached To Her Belt
- It appears she is also wearing a nuns headdress
- A wonderful example of a good silversmith's work using the simplest of tools
- She is well executed and serene
- The heavy piece of sterling silver is repoussed into its 3-dimensional shape
- Heavy hammer marks are visible on the backside
- The well executed figure is delineated using the complicated chisel work and nail set marks
- The original strand of heirloom hollow sterling silver beads in graduated sizes has been elongated with small natural turquoise round beads separating the upper half of the silver beads on the necklace to give a very long strand
- The strand has been restrung on heavy jeweler's wire for stability
- The bead strand hangs 14" long
- With the pendant it hangs 18 3/4" long
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A Stunning Collection Of Heirloom Beads Including Very Rare Black Coral Beads From The Tiny Arab Kingdom Of Yemen
- Well worn natural coral beads are interspersed with natural turquoise and handmade sterling silver beads
- Two long and one fat oval bead of rare black coral are studded with tiny pieces of sterling silver and silver wire to form designs on the beads
- The well used rounder bead has been so worn that part of the bead is worn off
- The two longer beads are normally found on Muslim prayer rosaries and are highly prized all over the Middle East
- The thinner of the two long beads is not only inlaid with tiny pieces of sterling silver, but is also inlaid with pieces of abalone shell
- The piece has been restrung with jeweler's wire and a sterling silver clasp for stability
- The necklace hangs 12" long
- The widest of the turquoise nuggets is 7/8" wide
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Vintage Taxco Pendant Of An Aztec Face In An Ornate Headdress With Heavy Sterling Silver
- The piece has delightful, movable earrings which give it a bit of motion
- The silver work is very well done with applied wire work and liquid silver drops
- It has been restrung on secure jeweler's wire with antique sterling beads, and black onyx and blue lace agate beads
- Deeply stamped hallmark embedded in a triangle marked "925", "Mexico" and a hallmark we can't make out
- Pendant size is 2 1/4" x 1 3/4"
- Beads are an 18" strand
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Beautiful Strand Of Graduated White Coral Beads With Rust Red Brown Overtones Gently Patinaed From Wear
- These are restrung with a solid copper clasp and old hand carved natural carnelian beads
- Strand is 24" long
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Circa 1930s Heavy Sterling Silver Pin
- Remade into a pendant
- Marked 900
- Has silversmith's mark but I can't read it
- Antique sterling beads and clasp
- Onyx beads
- Pendant is 1 5/8" x 2"
- Length of necklace is 20 1/2"
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Vintage Sterling Silver Amulet
- Heirloom turquoise and natural coral
- Three-stone part swivels and has movement
- Piece has comfortably heavy weight
- Strung with natural heirloom Tibetan turquoise with great patina, variegated in color
- Venetian glass trade beads dating from 1880s - 1930s
- Sterling clasp
- Pendant is 3 1/4" x 1 3/4"
- Choker is 17" long
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The Pendant Is Made Of A Finely Polished Circular Piece Of Bone Overlaid On The Front Side With A Flowered Cross Of Coin Silver
- The wide coin silver bale and the cross are both set with pieces of natural coral
- The back of the pendant has a beautiful flower and leaf design and can be worn showing either side
- It is strung on long handmade Tibetan beads of carved bone with big scalloped silver tips stamped with leaf designs
- These beads vary in size from 2" long to 1 3/4" long
- Two similar carved bone beads hang adjacent to the pendant. These are smaller and rounder, having a wonderful frog made of silver attached to each side of the bead
- Spacing these Tibetan beads are blood red coral round beads
- The findings are sterling
- The pendant is 2 3/8" long x 1 7/8" in diameter
- The piece hangs 11" long
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1930s Filigre Sterling Silver Sombrero With Unusual Cutouts Which Emphasize Whatever The Wearer Is Attired In Beneath The Pendant
- This old pendant is strung securely on jeweler's wire with antique plain sterling silver beads, some textured silver beads, and natural lavender blue lace agate beads
- Clasp is sterling silver
- Pendant is 2" in diameter
- Beads are an 18" strand
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An Unusual Brooch From The 1930s Showing A Large Flower Pot With An Overlaid Flower Which Is Very Three Dimensional
- Inside The Pot Rises A Sterling Silver, Large Leafed Plant With An Amethyst Flower
- The Amethyst is set loosely into the stem of the plant and held with two silver prongs
- The design on the leaves appears to be chiseled
- The back of the brooch has the original 1930s locking clasp
- The back reads "SILVER MEXICO"
- The pin measures 2 5/8" tall x 2 1/8" wide
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A Nice 1930s Inlaid Pendant Of Sterling Silver With An Elaborate Aztec Face
- The face is surrounded by an elaborate sterling silver headdress showing very fine chisel work
- The headdress is inlaid with finely cut abalone shell and is notched in four places adding to the detail
- The carved onyx face protrudes from the surface of the pendant about 1/4" giving it an unusual three dimensional appearance
- The beads selected for this necklace, and strung on jeweler's wire, are unusual square cut abalone shell, heirloom sterling silver rounds and round onyx beads
- The back of the pendant is marked "Hecho En Mexico" "M.J.R. 925" and "STERLING"
- The back of the pendant retains its original pin so it can also be restored as a brooch, however the bale is soldered shut and the necklace would need to be taken apart in order to do this. A nice option
- The pendant is2 1/8" in diameter
- The necklace, with the pendant, hangs 10 3/4" long
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Harriet's Favorite Taxco Piece!
- A very sweet green-dyed alabaster donkey in a swirling sterling silver setting
- The donkey is 1/4" thick giving the pendant a three dimensional appearance and some weight
- The clever pendant is bound together by a silver wire wrapped around the donkey's ears that goes through the silver base of the pendant
- The silver is whimsically cut with a jeweler's saw with many scallops and edged in curled silver wire
- Liquid silver drops accent the piece
- It is strung on its original strand of handmade heirloom sterling beads which vary in size
- The necklace has been elongated by adding a small amount of natural turquoise round beads
- The pendant is 2 7/8" long x 1 5/8" wide
- With the strand the pendant hangs 11 1/2" long
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This Old Nepali Pendant Shows Off Some Of The Best Looking Heirloom Turquoise And Coral From The Far Ease
- It is a well made old pendant probably once attached to a religious item and not worn as a necklace
- The turquoise has a beautiful patina, is variegated blue-green in color and has delicate dark brown matrix
- The pendant is very well made
- The stone is set in three layers with a handcut bezel surrounded by the tiniest twisted silver wire and a thin bar of silver with deep chisel work
- To this is attached groups of liquid silver drops
- The two outer pieces of deep red, well cherished coral, are similarly set
- The top of the amulet has what appears to be scrolling leaves
- The back of the pendant is unmarked
- The piece is strung on jeweler's wire with very old beautiful natural turquoise nuggets, round horn red-dyed beads, and conical shaped old silver beads
- The pendant, including the bale, measures 2 3/4" long x 2 3/4" wide
- The necklace hangs 12" long
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An Interesting Necklace Of Fossilized Walrus Ivory That Is Carved Out Of A Single Piece Of Ivory
- The large bale of ivory actually allows the larger pendant movement
- The piece is strung on 1800s Russian cobalt faceted trade beads with an accent of four very early black and white trade beads
- The findings are sterling
- There is a carver's mark on the top side of the ivory bale
- The ivory pendant measures 2 1/4" long x 1 1/4 wide
- The entire necklace hangs 10 1/2 long
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A Heavy Sterling Bracelet Adorned With Eight 1930s Taxco Silver Charms
- Five of these charms depict Aztec faces in onyx, abalone shell and a bone colored stone
- One of the charms is abalone shell set into silver with liquid silver drops and another is a leaf shaped piece with a large sterling tear drop dangle
- Most of these charms are marked Taxco, Mexico 925 or Sterling
- The largest center charm is 1 1/4" long
- The bracelet length is 7 1/2"
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A Traditional Tibetan Woman's Bracelet. These Large Bangles Are Worn Usually Two Or Three At A Time On One Arm. While They Look Large To Us, Tiny Tibetan Women Lock Them Into Place By Wearing A Smaller Sized Bangle In The Very Front. The Pieces With The Interior Made Of Sheet Amber Are The Older Pieces And Are Seventy Five To Eighty Five Years Old. The Newer Tibetan Bangles, While Appearing Similar, Are Made Around A Wooden Base.
- This is one of the older pieces decorated with two elaborate peacocks and leaves
- Into the silver work is set four very luminous large freshwater pearls and two large pieces of coral
- Interior diameter is 2 5/8"
- Exterior diameter of the bracelet protrudes out to 4 1/4"
- Width of the bracelet is 1 1/8"
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These Bell Shaped Earrings Are Sterling Silver And Are Inlaid With A Piece Of Coral, Faceted Mexican Amethyst And Three Pieces Of Turquoise
- This is a very textured piece as the stones are shadow boxed into an outlined tulip-shaped piece of silver in large bezels bringing the stones out about 1/4" from the silver
- The piece is then delicately surrounded by twisted pounded silver wire and liquid silver drops
- The back of the piece is marked TL - 118 MEXICO 925
- The earrings are 1 3/8" long x 3/8" wide
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A Sweet Old Taxco Sterling Pendant, The Center Of Which Is A Fired Hand-Painted Piece Of Pottery Showing A Large Pot Sitting Next To A Huge Agave Cactus
- The centerpiece is enclosed with a tiny delicate piece of twisted silver wire followed by an oval of flattened liquid silver drops and edged in flattened twisted sterling wire
- Still visible on the back of the pendant is a portion of the original Made In Mexico stamp which now reads only "ade" and "exico"
- The little pendant is strung on Cerrillos Turquoise beads with brown matrix, sterling silver beads with a flower design, plain sterling silver beads and faceted carnelian beads
- The findings are sterling silver and the piece is strung on jeweler's wire
- The oval pendant is 1 3/8" wide x 1" high
- Strung on the beads, the necklace is 10 1/2" long
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- Substantial weight sterling pendant with a flower design made of varying sizes of liquid silver drops
- Four details of twisted silver wire divide the petals on this interesting geometric piece
- The beads upon which the pendant hangs are antique sterling silver rounds and new amethyst rounds
- There is no mark on the back of the pendant but the bale is marked "925"
- The pendant itself is 2" square
- The strand hangs 9"
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(Earrings & Necklace can be sold separately)
- Necklace is $425
- Earrings are $95
- This very ornate choker is a good example of the quality of design coming out of Taxco, Mexico in the 1930s
- The main links are cut out with liquid silver drops of two sizes accenting a center ribbon-like portion into which are set three amethyst stones with a straight edged bezel
- The piece is very elegant and clean looking
- It clasps with a simple hook indistinguishable on the outside from the connector links
- It falls (hangs) beautifully
- It is stamped on the back "SILVER, MEXICO"
- The links are 3/4" wide x 1 1/4" long
- The entire choker opened out measures 17 1/2" long
- The earrings match the amethyst set links and have a screw on back
- There is no mark on the back and are the same size as the necklace links, 3/4" wide x 1 1/4" long
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This Is A Very Heavy Solid Silver, Old Choker With The Links Representing Cacao Beans
- It is unmarked but tests sterling
- The piece weighs 6.3 oz.
- It has a beautiful, mellow patina
- The choker is 1 3/8" wide x 14 1/4" long
- The connecting links are soldered so the piece is very strong and fluid
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