Description: Phenomenal and RARE Modernist Designer Sigi Tasco Taxco Sterling Silver & Mabe Pearls Demi Parure Set - Circa 1940s Measurements: Brooch: 2.95"W x 1"H x .6"Thick (7.49cm x 1.52cm) Earrings: 1.45"L x .8"W x .5"Thick (3.68cm x 2.03cm x 1.27cm) Markings: Hecho En Mexico Sterling - Sigi Tasco - Sterling - 81 (Brooch) 109 (Earrings) Oldest Eagle Mark Stamp Total Weight: 18.6g A phenomenal vintage jewelry set from the iconic Sigi Tasco. Set consists of a brooch with matching earrings in sterling silver and adorned with Mabe pearls, in a fantastic retro atomic MCM design. Earrings have been converted to pierced/post back style and new 925 earring backs added. Included with purchase is a converter for the brooch so it can be worn as a pendant if preferred. The set has recently been professionally polished and looks phenomenal. Please excuse the lines or reflections, as they are extremely shiny and hard to photograph. Mannequin is a life-size torso representation Sigfrido Pineda (1929-?). The long career of award winning Sigfrido Pineda began as a pre-teenager when be spent three years working at Los Castillo . He is cousin to Los Castillo -founder Antonio Castillo. Pineda then worked with Salvador Terán in 1945 in the city of Puebla, and then with Felipe Martínez at Piedra y Plata . He eventually became head of the enameling workshop at Margot de Taxco in 1949 before opening his own shop, Plateros, in 1952. In 1979 the shop was later renamed Sigi. Sigi items stamped with eagle 16 likely were marked at Margot's to whom eagle 16 was assigned. Pineda's work reflects great design flow and very creative use of dimension. Sigi was listed in the magazine This is Mexico as "fine silver" shop. 80 Some of the work by Sigfrido Pineda is marked with an inventory or a design number. Silver, enamel work. Mark : Sigi (script). Eagle number: 2, 3, 16, 25, 34, 35, 36, 95, 96. - Courtesy of Bille Hougart's Mexican Silver Hallmarks Book.
Price: 375 USD
Location: Frisco, Texas
End Time: 2025-01-17T07:23:28.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Sigi Pineda
Type: Jewelry Set
Metal Purity: 925
Set Includes: Brooch, Earrings
Metal: Sterling Silver
