Jeronimo Fuentes vintage silver jewelry
Traditional Mexican story, a man in a sombrero sitting near a cactus. Brooch circa 1960s. Sterling silver, guilloche enamel. Jeronimo Fuentes vintage silver jewelry
Jeronimo Fuentes vintage silver jewelry
The renowned Taxco silversmith Jerónimo Fuentes created unique artistic silver jewellery with the use of guilloche enamel in the 1950s-70s. Fuentes was a pupil of American-born silver designer and artist William Spratling (1900-1967), having received his knowledge at the famous studio Taller de las Delicias. After completing his studies, he began his career at the Margot de Taxco studio, where he became its lead master (in 1952). Thanks to Margot van Voorhies Carr (1896-1985), the founder of the workshop, he mastered the “language of enamel on silver”, bringing to life any of Margot’s jewelry fantasies. However, in 1961, Fuentes opened his own workshop, where he began to make funny silver jewelry with multicolored enamel. After the closure of her studio in 1974, Margot allowed Fuentes to use her designs, but the artist chose to go his own way.
Traditionally, the markings on his products include HECHO EN MEXICO, STERLING, Silhouette-eagle and stylized JF, for Jeronimo Fuentes.
Butterfly brooch. 925 silver, mother-of-pearl enamel. 4.3 cm. 1960s
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Jeronimo Fuentes vintage silver jewelry
Donkey sterling silver enamel brooch
Dove bird sterling silver enamel brooch
Love Birds sterling silver enamel brooch
Mexican dancer with peacock feathers brooch pin. Sterling silver, enamel
Parrot sterling silver enamel brooch
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Sombrero man sterling silver enamel brooch pin
Swan sterling silver enamel brooch
Tribal motif sterling silver enamel pendant brooch
Vintage sterling silver enamel brooch featuring a man walking donkey
Woman with a jug brooch. Sterling silver, enamel
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