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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9585818, member: 2844"]It is a Yalalag cross, originally from Yalalag in Oaxaca. This type of cross is probably pre-Christian, but morphed nicely into the Christian use of the cross.</p><p>I am not familiar with a wedding connection, but it is a typically Mexican cross style.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a very nice one, but I don't see Mexican marks and wonder if it could have been made by a Mexican artisan silversmith in the US.</p><p>I looked in my Mexican marks book under both K and L but couldn't find it. That doesn't mean it isn't Mexican, there are many makers. But I would keep the option open that it is by a US maker (of Mexican origin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9585818, member: 2844"]It is a Yalalag cross, originally from Yalalag in Oaxaca. This type of cross is probably pre-Christian, but morphed nicely into the Christian use of the cross. I am not familiar with a wedding connection, but it is a typically Mexican cross style. It is a very nice one, but I don't see Mexican marks and wonder if it could have been made by a Mexican artisan silversmith in the US. I looked in my Mexican marks book under both K and L but couldn't find it. That doesn't mean it isn't Mexican, there are many makers. But I would keep the option open that it is by a US maker (of Mexican origin).[/QUOTE]
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