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~ Voodoo Priestess Estate ~ © Taxco Sterling Silver Big Scallop Travel Wardrobe Cuff
circa 1980 ~!~Nearly twenty-three years have now passed since we were called to do the estate that had been closed up for seventeen years!
The Voodoo Estate!
This type of call usually gets us excited as they are a treasure trove. Located here in Florida, there was no electricity or running water so we rigged our own lighting and in we went. If you have ever seen the Adams Family you will have some idea as to what we were greeted with! Then the attorney handling the liquidation gave us some background.
The estate had belonged to an alleged powerful Voodoo Priestess/JooJoo Exorcist, grand daughter of a Marie Laveau and favored daughter of a Marie Glapion. These names meant nothing to us, but the late night talk of Voodoo and exorcism in the old mansion was enough for us to spend the night in a hotel and return in the morning to assess the estate. The rest is history. Our research has shown that this woman was what she claimed and was indeed descended from a long line of well known Voodoun family originating in New Orleans in the early 1800's. We were pretty unnerved by this until we discovered they were also devout Catholics! Although I have to admit this was unlike any Catholic home we have ever been in and some of the items found inside were a little more than disturbing. There was no feeling of dread or unwelcome in the mansion, there was however quite a bit of contraband and other items we can or will not sell here. This is one of a few pieces from this estate we will be listing this week, so check our other items. We will, upon the new guardian's request, issue a named Letter of Authenticity with each lot from this estate, complying with the terms set forth to us by the estate's attorney.
Some Back Story
Found in her travel wardrobe of jewelry, it is one of the relatively few Taxco Silver pieces she had assembled in a well inventoried lot of traveling companions. Her journaled inventory tells us it was one eighty-two pieces brought back from her last trip to Taxco but fails to mention which shop's she visited!
Some of these were custom made by known and identified silversmiths allegedly enhanced with metaphysical properties either from the sourced silver and/or spell enhancements during their making. These would usually be made under her supervision by one of her many practitioner, follower, makers with stones and/or metals of a particular source to enhance their powers. More often than not, her metal of choice was silver as she notes, "Silver is the mirror of the soul related to the moon energies. It strengthens connections of the astral and physical bodies. A metal unmatched in its psychic energies and healing abilities, I have used it as a spell medium, to heal the speech impaired and to help public speakers achieve eloquence. Induced into the drink, it has expelled the toxins that caused headaches, arthritis, intestinal and blood disorders. More importantly it attracts, enhances and stores energies of gemstones, driving out negative energies the stone may have absorbed." ~~~~~~ The Bracelet Cuff Her notes indicate that, "this cuff bracelet has specific spells cast upon it that offer protections from physical and psychic threats while traveling." She also notes of, "never having suffered attack while adorned with jewelry so enhanced." The cuff is marked with "MEXICO, TE-26 and 925" maker's and assay marks. It tests as .925 Sterling Silver Standard and weighs 2.46 oz. (68.9 grams) with no sign of damage or repair.. Concerning These Marks In the late 1970's, the Mexican Eagle System was put to rest and replaced by a new letter and number mark system to indicate the silversmith and guarantee the silver standard.
The first letter indicates location. There are few in use and those most commonly seen are: T, M, G & C. These represent C for Cuernavaca, M for Mexico City, G is for Guadalajara and T, Taxco. In this example the T is for Taxco.
The second letter indicates the first initial of the last name of the silversmith, in this example it is an E.
The number indicates they were the 26th. silversmith, with a name beginning with the letter E to register a mark in the Taxco assay office.
This example, does tell us the ring was made post 1979 in the city of Taxco.
Unfortunately that is all that can be derived from these marks as there is no definitive list that matches the letters and numbers to silversmith's names that we know of and with less than 15 of the maker's identified it has proven to be difficult to research.
Yet, this was a proliferous maker whose work is currently sought after who to this day remains unidentified
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It is a well made cuff bracelet that measures approximately 2 3/4" in length x 1 3/4" in width x 1/2" thick with a 2 1/8" wide wrist aperture.
It is certainly a nicely aged Taxco cuff bracelet with an extraordinary provenance that is much nicer than our photographer has been able to depict. ~!~ We have been contacted and visited by a number of people who were interested in the items from this estate since our first batch was listed. Among the buyers have been known psychics and practitioners. More than one, after adorning themselves or handling their purchase, stated "this is a woman of power!" Many have reported dream contacts and psychic phenomenon after receiving items from this estate. Unusual, authentic Voodoo Priestess Estate piece and at a bargain price! This is truly a rare opportunity to own anything with attributes to this estate. The majority of this estate is now gone. Most of what we had left, and it was considerable, has been split up and sold to a couple of private, foreign collector practitioners and will never be available to the public again. We made the decision to do this as we have had some pretty strange visits from even stranger individuals and there had been enough unexplained phenomenon going on in the warehouse where her things were kept that many of our employees refused to go in there. The pieces offered and sold here are some of the few remaining pieces that will ever be offered to the public. Nice addition to any collection, altar, wardrobe or decor, displays really well. Really doesn't get any better than this. There are 10 photographs below to tell the rest of this tale. Buyer to pay $0.00 for Insured USPS Ground Advantage (Scenic Route) Mail with Unreliable Tracking and our own outstanding handling with lagniappe. Rest assured your order will be carefully packed to withstand the onslaught of the most deranged of Postal Workers.
 International Buyer's, Please email us for a Shipping Quote!. Check our listings, new items are usually posted daily!
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