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Superb Hector Aguilar Sterling Brooch
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*: $3.50 USD
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*USPS First Class Mail (2 to 3 business days)
This marvelous piece is a masterpiece. Hector Aguilar was one of the best designers of Mexican jewelry. He ranks with Spratling and Margot de Taxco. This brooch is so fabulous I hardly know where to begin. The flowers are large for the stems so they are drooping slightly. The single leaf is perky, a study in contrast. Pin is 940 so has a higher silver content than our sterling standard of 925. Brooch is fully signed and in excellent condition. It has a very nice old patina which I have not disturbed. If you like your sterling highly polished then I leave it up to you. There is a small bit of rust on the fittings for the pin-stem. It looks like someone long ago polished the pin and then didn't leave it out to dry. It is minimal and will most probably be gone with a bit of polish. I didn't want to get polish any where near the piece so I have left it as it is. This is a large piece, about 3 1/2" long. Exceptional pieces like this come along very seldom.
Item ID: 509-035
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