Teotihuacán Gemstone Collar, Gold-Plated Mexican Statement Necklace

A gold-plated collar set with a riot of mixed gemstones and crystals: smokey, rose, sapphire, clear... each caught in its own little bezel. Found in a boutique jewelry shop near the mystical Teotihuacán in Mexico, it sits high on the throat and does all the talking. It is pure, unrepentant glamour. An artisan piece in the Mexican tradition of stone-set statement jewelry, where the pyramids of Teotihuacán have long anchored a market of handworked metal and semi-precious stones. It belongs to the lineage of folk-luxe adornment made for collectors and wanderers. Estimated era: contemporary, but possibly 1990s–2010s artisan production. Seems to be some years old, read from the warm tone of the plating and hand-set, slightly irregular stones.