Vintage Oaxacan Silver Filigree Necklace with Coral — Antique Mexican Jewelry circa 1980 brown

Vintage Oaxacan Silver Filigree Necklace with Coral — Antique Mexican Jewelry circa 1980 brownSourced from a private Oaxacan collection. There is no second one. The silversmith who made this necklace in Oaxaca during the 1980s was working in a tradition that had already survived five centuries. His method hand coiling silver wire into floral chains, setting natural coral at the centerpiece required the kind of sustained attention that almost no working artisan today is willing to commit to a single piece. This necklace spent decades in a

Never expose coral to chemicals

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worn to wedding ceremonies for generations

no repairs

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One of the most beautiful Purepecha rebozo’s with fringe and feathers from Michoacán

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"sku": "MASJ-NCK-075"

with the kind of craftsmanship that collectors recognize immediately and cannot stop examining

Hardware: Original clasp intact

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