Vintage Taxco Victoria Ana Maria Nunez de Brilanti copper pin pendant

Victoria was the trade name used by Ana Maria Nunez de Brilanti. She opened Plateria Victoria in Taxco (1940) and in the late 1950s opened a second Taxco shop named after her daughter Cony. Brilanti is thought to have introduced the married metals technique to Taxco.

The seller of this piece has 100% positive feedback and and describes it as follows:

This is a beautiful copper three-dimensional shadow box of a piece by Ana Maria Nunez de Brilante, aka Victoria. It was made to be a pin/pendant, but the latch is broken somehow, and the pin won’t come loose. I presume this is an easy fix, but I’m afraid to mess with it! In any event, it looks fantastic as a pendant. It is large – imposing! – and measures 2.25″ x 2.75″ and, as it is made in two pieces – a flat back and curved cut-out front, it has a lot of depth to it. The rest of the pin is in beautiful vintage condition. It is hallmarked “Victoria Mexico Taxco Copper 125.”

For more information about Brilanti, see The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks by Bille Hougart.