Erika Hult de Corral Ric Mexican silver Earrings

I don’t usually venture into the 1980s with vintage Mexican silver jewelry but Erika Hult de Corral is one of the few instances in which the general rule is broken. A Paris-educated, talented modernist with a distinct brutalist strain in her designs, Ric (as she signs her pieces) worked with Sigi Pineda and Enrique Ledesma before she opened her own workshop. She kept making jewelry into the 1980s, past the demise of most of Taxco’s early talleres, and the dangle earrings at hand are such an example. Textured and smooth silver combine with lusciously green malachite in an asymmetrical work of wearable art…

Size / Weight: 1 3/4” long by 1” wide; 11.7 grams (for the set)

Hallmarks / Date: “Ric” in script as well as registration code “TR-26” and “MEXICO 925”; 1980s

Condition: excellent vintage with beautiful design, gorgeous stones and no damage or repairs noted

Inv.# 15145