Silver and onyx bracelet by Antonio Pineda

Silver and onyx bracelet by Antonio Pineda
“Comma” design bracelet

6 5/8” inner circumference x 1 1/4” high

Hallmarks: SILVER (970 silver); eagle 17, MADE IN MEXICO, ZZ516

Excellent condition in a bracelet of this age

ex: Private Collection. Similar bracelet is illustrated in Mexican Silver by Penny Chittim Morrill and Crole A Berk (Schiffer, 4th edition, 2007), p. 146, XII-13.

Antonio Pineda is acknowledged as one of the Masters of silver jewelry during the Renaissance that occurred after the Mexican Revolution. When he was a teenager, he apprenticed briefly with William Spratling at Taller de las Delicias where he learned to appreciate great design along with developing his techniques of working silver. He later apprenticed with Valentin Vidueretta, a painter and silversmith in Mexico City and then returned to Taller de las Delicias as a salesman and manager. He opened his own taller in 1939 and by the early 1950s, was recognized internationally as a leading modernist artist. His work was prized internationally for its quality and design.

$595.

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Antonio Pineda is acknowledged as one of the Masters of silver jewelry during the Renaissance that occurred after the Mexican Revolution. When he was a teenager, he apprenticed briefly with William Spratling at Taller de las Delicias where he learned to appreciate great design along with developing his techniques of working silver. He later apprenticed with Valentin Vidueretta, a painter and silversmith in Mexico City and then returned to Taller de las Delicias as a salesman and manager. He opened his own taller in 1939 and by the early 1950s, was recognized internationally as a leading modernist artist. His work was prized internationally for its quality and design.