Mexican Wood Mosaics

TWO MEXICAN WOOD AND MOSAIC INLAID MIXED-METAL BOXES, LOS CASTILLO, 1950s-1970s Taxco The taller box topped with a sterling silver and mixed-metal lid depicting a stylized female with fish and stars

A MEXICAN MOSAIC INLAID SILVER AND WOOD CIGAR BOX AND LETTER OPENER, LOS CASTILLO, 1950-1970 Taxco The cigar box with brass, copper, azurmalachite, and silver lid depicting a stylized smoker's face w

Pair of Mexican painted wood chairs; each arch-form back showing a figural designs of a female, resting her head on her hands atop a feline, on a mosaic-motif ground; each with Casa Diseños lab

Tecaztlipoca, 1963 Glass and brass mosaic on wood Signed, dated, and titled: Salvador '63 / Tecaztlipoca Overall: 43.5" H x 31.5" W Provenance: The Collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Ho

A PAIR OF MEXICAN WOOD AND STERLING SILVER AZTEC BUTTERFLY-FORM THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, WILLIAM SPRATLING, 1956-1964 Taxco height 8 3/4in (22cm).

New World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. A truly striking wooden representation of the Virgin Mary with a Serpent and Crescent Moon - one of my favorite santos in our collection. The

New World, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 19th century CE. A wonderful gathering of five hand-carved wooden santos, four of which represent soldiers taking part in the biblical "Massacre of the Innocent

New World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. 18th century CE. A wonderful painted wooden depiction of the Virgin Mary standing atop a cloud with angels beneath her feet, holding the Christ Child in one ha

Southwestern USA, Cordova, New Mexico, ca. 1960 to 1970. This is a finely carved two piece figure of a Niño Santo, with fine details on the realistic chair and on the clothing, face, and hands of the

New World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. An incredible, glittering wood santo of the Virgin Mary, standing in an attitude of prayer, hands clasped before her, head tilted down. Her fa

New World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. early 19th century CE. A tall, slender hand-carved wood santo on a multi-tiered repousse silver base. The figure depicted is the Virgin Mary. She wears a heave

A GROUP OF SIX MEXICAN WOOD AND STERLING SILVER TABLE ARTICLES, WILLIAM SPRATLING, 1951-1967 Taxco All with inset silver buttons, comprising a pair of bell-form candlesticks, a butter dish, a match h

New World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A beautiful depiction of one of the scholarly saints, this is a carved wood santo of St. Jerome. Standing atop a pedestal w

Mexico, possibly Guerrero, ca. early 20th century CE. A very finely carved and old Mexican mask depicting el viejo (old man) with a furrowed brow, fully lashed eyes beneath eyeslits, a prominent musta

New World, Spanish Colonial period or later, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. A gentle representation of the Resurrected Christ, here depicted holding a flag and with a tin halo. He is hand-carved from wo

A MEXICAN WOOD BOX AND STERLING SILVER LETTER OPENER, WILLIAM SPRATLING, 1940-1967 Taxco The wood box with silver lid with repoussé jaguar, indistinctly inscribed EL JAGUAR OAXACA, the letter op

TWO MEXICAN WOOD AND STERLING SILVER MONKEY-FORM TABLE ARTICLES, WILLIAM SPRATLING, 1944-1967 Taxco Comprising a wood lidded box set with geometric inlaid silver and topped with monkey-form finial an

TWO MEXICAN WOOD AND STERLING SILVER BON-BON DISHES, WILLIAM SPRATLING, 1964-1967 Taxco With applied dots on curved wood support; lengths 8 1/2in (21cm).

New World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. An imaginative rendering of St. Michael the Archangel standing atop a fierce demon, hand-carved from wood. The figure is on a multi-tiered ped

New World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. A standing wood santo depicting St. Rita of Cascia, with wear to her forehead stigmata, presumably from worshippers repeatedly touching it. Sh

**Originally Listed At $1000** New World, Spanish Colonial period or later, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. A sensitively-carved wooden santo depicting the Christ Child. He is seated, wearing a an intric

SEVEN MEXICAN WOOD AND STERLING SILVER ASHTRAYS, WILLIAM SPRATLING, 1944-1967 Taxco In a variety of styles; greatest diameter 6 1/4in (16cm).

**Originally Listed At $1000** New World, Mexico, Spanish Colonial style, ca. 19th century CE. An interesting, hand-carved wooden santo showing a rare depiction of Christ without a beard. An artisan h

A MEXICAN WOOD AND STERLING SILVER BOX AND LETTER OPENER, WILLIAM SPRATLING, 1951-1956 Taxco The wood box with wood and silver intertwining snakes, the letter opener with carved wood handle in the fo