Dear Friends and Customers,
One Good Eye Silver is embarking on a big adventure as we prepare to move overseas. Though I am excited about our new beginning, I am also saddened for leaving after having spent almost thirty years in the US..
Until the move is completed, feel free to browse the site and email us with any questions you might have or to say “hi” but please do not try to purchase anything!
I am planning to re-configure the business and re-launch, from Europe this time, in the late Fall of 2024, if not earlier, and hope you will be patient and, once we are "live" again, honor us with your patronage.
Thank you very much for your trust all these years and for the thought-provoking conversations we have had - on jewelry, the history of personal adornment and life in general! See you again in a few months,
Margarita Poutouridou
One Good Eye Silver
Drawing inspiration from Mexico’s Spanish Colonial past, this sterling silver necklace and earrings set by Margot de Taxco combines dark oxidation with overlay and deep hand-chasing to achieve an elaborate and rich Old World visual effect. I find the central station to resemble a carnival mask - I know, too Venetian but then, carnivals were celebrated in Spain as well though not as elegantly or extravagantly. The earrings, extra wide, mirror the shape of the necklace’s focal point while reflecting the curls in the links of its chain…
Size / Weight: 14 3/4” long (though it might wear longer due to the dip in the central station; easily lengthened with custom-made links; please ask, if interested); central station is 2 1/2” wide with a drop of 1 7/8”; width at the chain is 5/16”; earrings are just shy of 1 1/2” long by equally wide; 63.8 grams (for the set; necklace alone is 49.7 grams)
Hallmarks / Date: fully hallmarked as shown with Margot’s signature, “STERLING MADE IN MEXICO”, Eagle 16 assay mark and des. no 5539; 1950s-60s
Condition: excellent vintage with its oxidation in great shape (there is a bit of white liquid residue here and there than can be easily removed with a soft brush in lukewarm water), an elegant, classically Spanish Colonial design, great patina and no damage or repairs; please note that the chain has one additional link on one side due to the necklace’s having been shortened at some point - this doesn’t really affect the way it lies around the neck and the missing link can be reproduced (please ask, if interested)
Inv# 14840
Drawing inspiration from Mexico’s Spanish Colonial past, this sterling silver necklace and earrings set by Margot de Taxco combines dark oxidation with overlay and deep hand-chasing to achieve an elaborate and rich Old World visual effect. I find the central station to resemble a carnival mask - I know, too Venetian but then, carnivals were celebrated in Spain as well though not as elegantly or extravagantly. The earrings, extra wide, mirror the shape of the necklace’s focal point while reflecting the curls in the links of its chain…
Size / Weight: 14 3/4” long (though it might wear longer due to the dip in the central station; easily lengthened with custom-made links; please ask, if interested); central station is 2 1/2” wide with a drop of 1 7/8”; width at the chain is 5/16”; earrings are just shy of 1 1/2” long by equally wide; 63.8 grams (for the set; necklace alone is 49.7 grams)
Hallmarks / Date: fully hallmarked as shown with Margot’s signature, “STERLING MADE IN MEXICO”, Eagle 16 assay mark and des. no 5539; 1950s-60s
Condition: excellent vintage with its oxidation in great shape (there is a bit of white liquid residue here and there than can be easily removed with a soft brush in lukewarm water), an elegant, classically Spanish Colonial design, great patina and no damage or repairs; please note that the chain has one additional link on one side due to the necklace’s having been shortened at some point - this doesn’t really affect the way it lies around the neck and the missing link can be reproduced (please ask, if interested)
Inv# 14840
