Busacca Gallery

Beautiful vintage Mexican silver dangling sombrero Earrings with shoe charms. In vintage condition with a patina consistent with age. Any discolorations, white spots, or shadows is just the camera flash. They are handmade of sterling silver with detailed etch work and a twist of rope around the brim. Decorated with rope band and flower designs. Antique hat sculpture designs with handmade silver adornments. The work is highlighted with a multi-toned weathered antique finish that reflects its stylized detail. In an artistic display of hand-crafted Mexican silver metalwork, the sun shines on these little earring hats in a symmetry of rays and angles to brighten anyone. An instant statement. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers & Consultants.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver

Silver has long been valued as a precious metal, and it is used as an investment, to make ornaments, jewelry, high-value tableware, utensils (hence the term silverware), and currency coins. Today, silver metal is also used in electrical contacts and conductors, in mirrors and in catalysis of chemical reactions. Its compounds are used in photographic film, and dilute silver nitrate solutions and other silver compounds are used as disinfectants and microbiocides (Oligodynamic effect). While many medical antimicrobial uses of silver have been supplanted by antibiotics, further research into clinical potential continues.