Victoria
Country | |
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City | Taxco |
Symbol | circle, eagle |
Shape | circle |
Era | e.1940-1978 |
Description
Specialties
- Fine arts instructor at an industrial arts school in Mexico City.
1940
- Launched “Victoria” workshop.
- Necklace commissioned for Eleanor Roosevelt by friends (collar de abanicos) became one of her most popular pieces.
1953
- New workshop for her daughter and son-in-law named Cony and signed Victoria, Cony.
Style
- Worked in mixed metals & .980 silver (marked .925 by Mexican law.)
- Silver and copper combination with no backing so the front and back look the same.
- Early electroplating of silver on copper.
Produced
- Coffee & tea sets
- Lamps
- Pitchers
- Boxes
- Jewelry
Design Elements
- Stylized flowers
- Animals
- Fish
- Nature
- Pre-Columbian motifs.
- Unacceptable work was destroyed by the silversmith who made it.