Vintage Mixed Metals Sterling Silver Copper Running Monkey Pin / Pendant
Vintage Mixed Metals Sterling Silver Copper Running Monkey Pin / Pendant
Vintage Mixed Metals Sterling Silver Copper Running Monkey Pin / Pendant
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Vintage Mixed Metals Sterling Silver Copper Running Monkey Pin / Pendant

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Presented is a fantastic hand-made Mexican piedra negra (black stone) brooch/pin and pendant from the mid-1900's. This is a mixed metal (metales casado) two-inch round pin featuring a beautifully stylized monkey or other long-tailed creature running (or possibly dancing) cut out of sterling silver onlaid onto black resin and inlaid with a copper eye. There are also accents of blue-color, possibly remnants of crushed turquoise or lapis. The back is covered in solid sterling silver and has a bar pin and rollover clasp and also a nice, large bale if you'd like to wear this on a chain.

The back is stamped with a Mexico tax stamp,  "Mexico", "Plata" (silver), and "925". We guarantee the sterling silver purity (925) in this pin for you as well.

The condition of the pin is very good, with just minor surface wear, some blue stone missing from both blue-colored inlays, and a dent on the rim of the back (not visible on the front). We didn't polish the metals to their highest luster, to preserve the vintage patina, but you could!

Dimensions: 2 inches diameter
Weight: 13.4 grams

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