Margot de Taxco (Margot van Voorhies Carr)
Fish and Waves Bracelet (Pulcera con peces y olas)circa 1955

Not on view

Wide silver cuff bracelet with relief fish figures decorated in celery green and turquoise blue enamel, with scrolling wave forms between the fish

Artist or Maker: Margot de Taxco (Margot van Voorhies Carr)
United States, active Mexico, 1896-1985
Title: Fish and Waves Bracelet (Pulcera con peces y olas)
Place Made: Mexico, Taxco
Date Made: circa 1955
Medium: Silver and enamel
Dimensions: 1 5/8 × 4 in. (4.13 × 10.16 cm); diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth Finch in honor of Alice Mitchell Finch
Accession Number: M.2013.6.4
Classification: Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: Born in San Francisco, Margot van Voorhies Carr had a lifelong fascination with Asian art. She met the silver designer Antonio Castillo (1917–2000) in 1937 while visiting Taxco, the epicenter of the modern Mexican silver industry. After the two married, she became the lead designer in his workshop Los Castillo, which was established in 1939. Following their divorce in 1946, Margot opened her own workshop known as Margot de Taxco. The addition of champlevé, an enamel-on-metal technique, was a distinctive feature of many of Margot’s designs. She employed women to execute the enamelwork, another departure from Taxco’s male-dominated workshops. Here, the use of green and blue enhances the fish swimming through swirling waves, a motif inspired by Japanese ceramics and textiles. This bracelet returns to an earlier design that Margot conceived while working with Los Castillo (M.2013.6.2).

Rachel Kaplan

2025
Copyright: © artist or artist's estate

Margot de Taxco (Margot van Voorhies Carr)
Fish and Waves Bracelet (Pulcera con peces y olas)circa 1955

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Margot de Taxco (Margot van Voorhies Carr)
United States, active Mexico, 1896-1985
Title: Fish and Waves Bracelet (Pulcera con peces y olas)
Place Made: Mexico, Taxco
Date Made: circa 1955
Medium: Silver and enamel
Dimensions: 1 5/8 × 4 in. (4.13 × 10.16 cm); diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth Finch in honor of Alice Mitchell Finch
Accession Number: M.2013.6.4
Classification: Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: Born in San Francisco, Margot van Voorhies Carr had a lifelong fascination with Asian art. She met the silver designer Antonio Castillo (1917–2000) in 1937 while visiting Taxco, the epicenter of the modern Mexican silver industry. After the two married, she became the lead designer in his workshop Los Castillo, which was established in 1939. Following their divorce in 1946, Margot opened her own workshop known as Margot de Taxco. The addition of champlevé, an enamel-on-metal technique, was a distinctive feature of many of Margot’s designs. She employed women to execute the enamelwork, another departure from Taxco’s male-dominated workshops. Here, the use of green and blue enhances the fish swimming through swirling waves, a motif inspired by Japanese ceramics and textiles. This bracelet returns to an earlier design that Margot conceived while working with Los Castillo (M.2013.6.2).

Rachel Kaplan

2025