MT083  Vintage Margot de Taxco sterling silver, blue and green enamel floral garland bracelet; circa-1955 to 1978
Origin:  Taxco, Mexico
Dimensions:  7.5" x .63"; 34.5 gm
Condition:  Very Good – Missing safety chain.  The features of this bracelet are petite and 3-dimensional.  The enamellist employed blanket coverage for applying the color powders prior to firing since the features are too small to truly segregate the colors.  As such, the bracelet was never perfect in appearance for delineation of enamel lines.  There is enamel loss by virtue of thinning at the peaks from the enamel process and general wear patterns.  Overall, enamel loss is to be expected and is not excessive.  Additional photos available.
Provenance:  To be published in Penny Morrill’s upcoming book on Margot van Voorhies Carr – Margot de Taxco
Price:  $525.00

A delicate garland of blue forget-me-nots twines with ribbons around the wrist in one of Margot's most feminine statement pieces.  The Victorian language of flowers interpreted forget-me-nots as emblematic of faithful, true love. This bracelet owes much of its fairytale appeal to the meticulous craftsmanship that brought the little flowers to life with a delicately glowing palette.  Each color was loaded on to tiny brushes and placed precisely into minute silver crevasses made by Margot's repousse forms, gradually achieving glowing, gemlike brilliance as hues were built up, layer-upon-layer. The forget-me-not blues glow in delicate contrast with the deep rich greens of leaves and ribbons, almost as if the flowers were glimpsed in the enchanted confines of a dim woodland forest.  Pure magic on the wrist!