Ingrid's Mexican Deco Aztec Revival Bracelet

A retailer active in the 1930s and 1940s, Ingrid's was - according to Bille Hougart - known for their high quality hollowware and jewelry which they commissioned from the best Taxco maestros. Sometimes their pieces are also signed by Chato Castillo who seems to have sold work of his through them and more often than not, at least based on my experience, Ingrid's jewelry is big, bold and beautiful! Take the fantastic "Aztec Revival" bracelet at hand as a representative example - or should I call it a warrior-princess arm band? Consisting of seven truncated pyramid links, elongated and held together with substantial pins, the bracelet looks like a fan when you lay down flat and it is decorated with figural overlay inspired by Mexico's ancient peoples. This is a piece meant to be worn pushed a little further up from the wrist so that it wraps snuggly around the lower arm and stays in place allowing a full view of its magnificence. Definitely a piece for the daring female - yet even if you think it's a little too... "Wonder Woman" for you, imagine it hanging on your wall in a black velvet shadowbox frame...

Size / Weight: lower end inner circumference 6 1/2"; middle circumference 7 1/2"; upper end inner circumference 8 1/2" (I believe this is equal to a a standard length, 7"-7 1/2" bracelet); just shy of 3 1/2" wide; 170.7 grams

Hallmarks / Date: "INGRID'S SILVER"; 1930s-40s

Condition: excellent vintage with stunning presence, substantial weight and beautiful overlay, nice patina and no damage or repairs noted

Inv# 15133