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Vintage Mexican Sterling Silver Tall Sitting Cat Pin
$40.00
Vintage hand made Mexican sterling silver modernist tall sitting cat pin. Marked 925, TA-109 t indicate Taxco Mexico origin. It measures 2 1/4″ tall by over 1″ wide across the body. It has fancy deep carved stylized modernist edges and is very well made. Condition is excellent having only light faint surface scuffs which could be polished out but not necessary.
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