HA004 - Vintage Hector Aguilar Lyre 940 silver (a higher grade silver than sterling) bracelet, circa-1940’s, $1,450

Origin:  Taxco, Mexico
Dimensions:  7”L, ½”W; 45 gm
Condition:  Excellent

Hector Aguilar’s Lyre design is featured on the cover of Nancy N. Schiffer’s “Silver Jewelry Designs: Evaluating Quality Good Better Best”, and as Plates I-27 and I-27 in Penny C. Morrill’s “Silver Masters of Mexico”, and again as Plate VII-15  in “Mexican Silver” by Morrill and Berk.  One of Aguilar’s most recognizable jewelry creations, this superb Taxco silver design is highly sought by collectors.  Stack two or more of Aguilar’s silver Lyre bracelets on a wrist to achieve an even more lavish and striking effect.  This graceful antique silver Lyre bracelet is in excellent condition and signed with the HA hallmark by one of the premier designers of Taxco Mexican silver.