Marks - Margot de Taxco; 5586 (item design number) on one earring

Made in Mexico Sterling circle stamp with 16 eagle mark inside the circle stamp on the other earring

Reference - "William Spratling and the Mexican Rennaissance" p.81; matching necklace illustrated in "Margot Van Voorhies" by Penny Morrill , p. 127

This is one of Margot's iconic enamel designs from the 1950's. The simple black with the graduating silver dots translated well to many of the pieces she designed in this pattern. These screwback earrings are a nice compliment to the other Modern Dots pieces. This pair of earrings was purchased in the 1950s from her store in Mexico by a collector.

Dimensions - 1 1/16" x 1"

Margot de Taxco, born Margot von Voorhies Carr in San Francisco, moved to Taxco, Mexico, in 1937. She worked with Los Castillo and many of their early pieces show Margot’s unique designs. She was influenced by Mexican, Greek and Japanese art and culture, and designed some of the most stunning hand wrought jewelry, but is best known for her silver and enamel works of art. Margot produced and designed jewelry until the later 1970’s. Her stunning works of art are highly collectible and continue to rise in value.