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
Based on an original, almost impossible to find Margot de Taxco design, the repousse "swans-in-a-row" bracelet I am presenting here is wrought in fine, .980 silver and is a little masterpiece. I think suggesting that "A.E.M", whose initials can be found on it, was a maestro who worked for the Los Castillo and/or Margot de Taxco is not a far-fetched hypothesis. Not only is this piece very close to Margot's creation, it is also extremely well made, very sculptural and has crisp, rich detail to it. What I love the most about these birds, however, is that they all came out to swim "bedecked and bejeweled", each one of them wearing a classy pearl necklace. Mexico's version of a ... cameo habillé, maybe?
Size / Weight: just shy of 7 1/4" long (wearable) by 7/8" wide; 35.7 grams
Hallmarks / Date: maker's initials "A.E.M" as shown as well as "HECHO EN MEXICO TAXCO" and "980"; pre-1948
Condition: excellent vintage with gorgeous patina, exceptional sculptural quality, attention to detail and nice finishing, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 15788
Based on an original, almost impossible to find Margot de Taxco design, the repousse "swans-in-a-row" bracelet I am presenting here is wrought in fine, .980 silver and is a little masterpiece. I think suggesting that "A.E.M", whose initials can be found on it, was a maestro who worked for the Los Castillo and/or Margot de Taxco is not a far-fetched hypothesis. Not only is this piece very close to Margot's creation, it is also extremely well made, very sculptural and has crisp, rich detail to it. What I love the most about these birds, however, is that they all came out to swim "bedecked and bejeweled", each one of them wearing a classy pearl necklace. Mexico's version of a ... cameo habillé, maybe?
Size / Weight: just shy of 7 1/4" long (wearable) by 7/8" wide; 35.7 grams
Hallmarks / Date: maker's initials "A.E.M" as shown as well as "HECHO EN MEXICO TAXCO" and "980"; pre-1948
Condition: excellent vintage with gorgeous patina, exceptional sculptural quality, attention to detail and nice finishing, with no damage and no repairs noted
Inv# 15788
