Description
This is a very long pair of vintage 1970s-1980s Taxco, Mexican Sterling Silver dangle earrings with onyx cab tops and long moving feather dangles. Southwestern Native American design. Marked Mexico, 925 for sterling silver quality, with a T for Taxco and partly worn maker letter that looks like “L”. These hyphenated markings were government issued starting in the late 1970s. Marking is likely a worn R and attributed to Melesio Rodriguez who was the long time foreman for The Margot Voorhies shop. There were only 2 other makers assigned with the 114 maker mark. One was “TC” and the other was “TV” one of which made floral and rose motif jewelr while the other only made stone inlay jewelry.
These long shoulder duster earrings are originally from the Margot shop. Each earring measures 3″ north to south by 1.5″ across the body of the top east to west. The onyx cabochon stones are 13mm each, bezel set, well cut, well polished and showy. They have no cracks or damage and are still shiny from the original polishing of the stone. The sterling silver is very thick, strong and durable. Extremely well made as you would find with Margot jewelry. Weight is 22.4 grams. Condition is excellent. No dents or dings, tears or deep scratches to the sterling silver. Some light faint surface age wear only. Clean but not freshly polished out. They are extremely detailed and very, very well-made having deep obvious recesses in the feather/long leaf dangles, textured leaf end that look like cut off twigs, separately hand applied flowers and balls on the edges. This is a lovely beautiful pair of long, showy shoulder duster earrings for your vintage Mexican silver jewelry collection.
AI Verification:
- Melesio Rodríguez was the longtime factory foreman and close associate of Margot van Voorhies Carr (Margot de Taxco) for 24 years. [1, 2]
- He was authorized and entrusted with Margot’s original metal plates and molds, and he continues to craft pieces using her iconic designs alongside his own. [1, 2]
- Pieces bearing the TR-114 hallmark are frequently cast in fine .950 silver (which has a higher purity than standard .925 sterling silver)
- No, there is no official, unique registration for a “TL-114” mark in the Taxco registry.
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1. A Misread “TR-114”This is the most common scenario. In Mexican silver lettering, a poorly struck or heavily worn R frequently loses its left vertical leg or loop, making it look exactly like an L. If the design of your earrings looks like sculpted scrolls, fluid geometric chains, or highly detailed enamel work, you are looking at a piece by Melesio Rodríguez.
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Because letters are hand-stamped onto tiny surfaces, an uppercase V or C with a faded or incomplete strike can easily be misread as an L.
- TV-114 is a verified Taxco maker known for vibrant multi-stone inlay work (such as malachite, onyx, carnelian, and abalone).
- TC-114 is another verified maker known for detailed 3D floral and rose motifs.
