MT086 Vintage Margot de Taxco sterling silver, black and tan enamel floral necklace with detachable brooch; circa-1955 to 1978
Origin:  Taxco, Mexico
Dimensions:  15" (including brooch attached); Brooch – 2.75" x 1.18"; 47.8 gm total
Condition:  Excellent – under magnification, one VERY TINY missing fleck of enamel on necklace segment.  No missing enamel on brooch.
Provenance:  To be published in Penny Morrill’s upcoming book on Margot van Voorhies Carr – Margot de Taxco
Price:  $1,875.00

Burnished gold, tan and black chrysanthemum petals splay in languid beauty as the central motif in Margot’s exquisite champleve enamel necklace, an artistic tour de force!!! Margot collected and drew inspiration from antique Japanese woodblock prints, an influence evident in this design. Taoist philosophy regards the Chrysanthemum as a totem of simplicity and perfection. In this superbly stylized piece, Margot’s faultless eye captures the essence of antique Japanese woodblock prints’ evanescent “floating world,” where fleeting beauty transports the viewer to a serene, otherworldly state. This necklace is pure bliss to behold, a connoisseur’s trophy to wear and cherish!