Margot de Taxco Mexican Sterling Silver Ball Earrings

This lovely pair of Mexican sterling silver ball screw-back earrings are a classic Margot de Taxco design, highlighting the elegance and quality of her spectacular midcentury jewelry designs. 

Margot van Voorhies Carr, known as "Margot de Taxco," was a visionary designer who shaped Mexican jewelry in the mid-twentieth century. On a chance vacation in Mexico, she met Antonio Castillo, who introduced her to Taxco and the jewelry & artistic community. She relocated to the area and married Castillo. Antonio established Los Castillo in 1939 alongside along with his family and Margot, and she became the principal creative force behind their celebrated designs. 

Following her 1948 departure, Margot founded her eponymous studio, where she meticulously designed and documented every piece her company produced. Though a devastating 1960 fire claimed her workshop and curtailed her business, her legacy endures as a testament to her uncompromising artistry and craftsmanship.

Marked on the back with “DL Taxco" logo on one earring with  design number 5939, and a circle of "Sterling Made in Mexico" with the eagle hallmark denoting authentic Mexican sterling in the center. on the other. 

Each earring measures approximately .5" wide x .75" long in very good vintage condition.