MATILDE POULAT: TWO SILVER BRACELETS AND A PAIR OF SILVER...

LAGUNA RANCH: THE STEPHANIE MILLS COLLECTION
MATILDE POULAT: TWO SILVER BRACELETS AND A PAIR OF SILVER AND GLASS EARRINGS
• A silver bracelet, stamped MATL 950, length 7 1/2 in.
• A silver bangle bracelet, stamped MATL, inner circumference 6 1/4 in.
• A pair of silver earrings with two oval shaped glass measuring approximately 6.00mm in diameter, stamped MADE IN MEXICO STERLING, measures 1 7/8 in. x 1 1/16 in.
• Estimated gross weight: 113.9 grams

Footnotes

Matilde Poulat (c. 1900–1960) was a Mexican jewelry designer and silversmith who founded her workshop, MATL, in Mexico City in 1934. Trained in art and design at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, she drew inspiration from pre-Columbian art and Mexican folk traditions, creating richly ornamented silver jewelry featuring turquoise, coral, and amethyst. Her distinctive designs often incorporated intricate repoussé and delicate stonework, setting her work apart from the modernist silver designs of her contemporaries in Taxco. The name MATL, derived from a Nahuatl word for water, became her registered trademark.

OVERALL CONDITION: good to fair
Metal purity stamped on earrings and one bracelet only and tested with XRF (x-ray fluorescence) for silver
Superficial wear in form of minor to moderate scratches, dents and punctures
Clasps and backings secure
Oxidation present
Cracks to glass
Evidence of repair and/or alteration to earrings

GLASS: green

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