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My small collection of rings by Los Castillo in roughly chronological order from top left to bottom right.

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February 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Los Castillo c. 1940s sterling Hand on my Heart locket/brooch with Hands bracelet. No doubt designed by Margot van Voorhies, the wife of Antonio Castillo.

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February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Històries senzilles i creuades, de relacions de parella desgastades o no, de desigs de novetat, de sentiments desmesurats, de confiança o gelosia, a #LaDesmesura , a la #SalaPangolí, de #FedericoRoca i dirigida per #AntonioCastillo i amb les actuacions de #DaniRebollo i #GlennMedina, i de 👇🏻
January 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Històries senzilles i creuades, de relacions de parella desgastades o no, de desigs de novetat, de sentiments desmesurats, de confiança o gelosia, a #LaDesmesura , a la #SalaPangolí, de #FedericoRoca i dirigida per #AntonioCastillo i amb les actuacions de #DaniRebollo i #GlennMedina, i de 👇🏻
January 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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A vintage 1980s Los Castillo tazza tray featuring a 'metales casados' Aztec Chieftain surrounded by a Quetzalcoatl (dragon) on a field of azurmalachite stone inlay - measures 15-3/8” diameter!

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A vintage 1980s Los Castillo tazza tray featuring a 'metales casados' Aztec Chieftain surrounded by a Quetzalcoatl (dragon) on a field of azurmalachite stone inlay - measures 15-3/8” diameter! This design by Antonio Castillo in the latter part of his career circa 1980s 90s, and probably sold thru Neiman Marcus in the US. I've only seen one other of this design, and it was with a more greenish stone inlay leaning more toward the malachite end of azurmalachite, while this example leans more toward the Azur end. I've seen the same Warrior/Dragon design used on tall vases from that period, but that's the only other use of it that I've run across over the years. A masterwork by Antonio Castillo, who founded Los Castillo in 1939 with his brothers and his wife, Margot Van Voorhies Castillo. They were in business until 2001 when Antonio passed away.
January 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A 1950s Los Castillo Taxco handmade sterling silver copper and pre-Columbian green stone necklace by Antonio Castillo.

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A late-1940s early-1950s one of a kind handmade sterling silver and copper pendant necklace centering an ancient pre-Columbian green stone ‘little man’ figure, and with pre-Columbian stone beads in the chain - both the pendant and chain signed by Los Castillo, also marked “Sterling” with the early Eagle 15 mark - Antonio collected pre-Columbian artifacts from a young age, and made one of a kind pieces using them throughout his life. Earlier pieces like this one are much rarer than the pieces from the 1980s/90s period at the end of his life.
January 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM