These earrings are a replica of the same exact designed earring that were originally made & designed by Matilde Poulat (AKA: MATL)

Having collected Vintage Mexican jewelry for over a 1/2 century now, I do have to admit that Matl sits at the top of my list for being a true favorite of mine for many reasons.. Whether it's her religious figures,her romantic Paloma jewelry, her Folk art jewelry, Angel jewelry or just her jewelry in general, one thing can't be denied for the fact that she had a style all her own & one that's easily recognizable.. Her own inspirations came from the Oaxaca archaeological sites, with Monte Alban in particular. Her pieces are known to have either cabs of coral & or turquoise that would then sit tightly packed together in one crimped style bezel.(as opposed to each cab sitting in their own bezel) Also known were her use of pyramidal cuts of amethyst.

Many times the silversmith's that worked for a particular well known named artist, (In this case MATL) would copy the artist's work so well to where you couldn't tell if it was the artist themselves who made it or if it was one of their on staff artisan's unless you looked at the hallmark.. The latter leads me to say that these are most likely not Matilde's herself, (Can’t say without a hallmark) but could have been done by one of her on staff artisans.. But regardless of who could have made these, I do admit that they did a perfect job replicating them! Also my guess is that these were more than likely made in Mexico City, where Poulat worked out of.

Please go through all photos since they play a role to the condition!

** Being I was strapped for time,I failed to photograph these on the ear, so if you need a photo don’t hesitate emailing me!! **