HOT ! 16\" Los Castillo Modernist sterling and turquoise choker necklace

16\" Los Castillo Modernist sterling and turquoise choker necklace. 16\" long 14mmwide, no issues, likely simulated or block turquoise 53 grams, rare design.Los Castillo Jewelry - HistoryAntonio Castillo and his brothers Jorge, Miguel, and Justo began Los Castillo in1939. They had all apprenticed in William Spratling’s taller before startingtheir own business in Taxco, Mexico. Antonio Castillo rose to the level ofmaster silversmith during his time working with Spratling.The Los Castillo workshop trained and employed many skilled silversmiths overits decades in the business, including the Castillo brothers’ cousin SalvadorTeran, Sigi Pineda, Antonio Pineda, and Antonio Castillo’s wife, Margot vanVoorhies Carr. All these artists went on to open their own successful workshops,including van Voorhies Carr who founded Margot de Taxco after she and AntonioCastillo divorced.Los Castillo is known for its quality silver wares as well as mixed metals thatincorporated copper and/or brass with sterling silver. Other decorative homeaccessories can be found with silver plating and inlaid stone embellishments.Chato (Jorge) Castillo was one of the Castillo brothers who worked in the 1930sfor William Spratling. He is known for his technical expertise and his designtalent. He developed the techniques for married metals, feathers with silver,Aztec mosaic or stone inlay, concha or abalone inlay,...(Mexican Silver: ModernHand-wrought Jewelry & Metalwork by Morrill and Berk (Schiffer: 2007, 4thEdition), p. 86.