Taxco Silver Dolphin Bracelet — Handcrafted Mexican Silver, Modern Sculptural Design Freda_Kahlo_earring

Taxco Silver Dolphin Bracelet — Handcrafted Mexican Silver, Modern Sculptural Design Freda_Kahlo_earringIn Taxco, even a dolphin becomes a silversmithing conversation the kind that's been happening in this mountain town for 250 years. This Silver Dolphin bracelet was made in Taxco de Alarcn, Guerrero the silver capital of Mexico, where the plateros who work today learned from families who have been shaping authentic Mexican silver for generations. The dolphin motif here is treated sculpturally: the graceful movement of the form captured in a modern

Three inches long from the ear wire

which is now subject to international harvest restrictions and is increasingly difficult to source

Technique: Intricate Chinese silversmithing

worn to wedding ceremonies for generations

making it a striking statement piece that works beautifully worn alone or layered with complementary bracelets

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Aztec and pre-Columbian iconography has been a persistent thread in Mexican silver jewelry

Guerrero was at its creative peak in the 1940s — a period when its plateros combined bold sculptural ambition with a mastery of stone carving that is rarely seen in silver jewelry from any era

One artisan whose color combinations have made her a name in Michoacán

This particular style of rebozo

Coral is sensitive to chemicals — keep away from perfume

Length-2 inches