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A floral bib worked in repoussé and suspended from a double-row neck chain, this necklace shows the more ornamental side of Hector Aguilar's Taxco output, where the silver is raised and modeled into relief rather than left as plain surface. The bib form gathers the design across the chest, giving the floral work room to read as a single composition.
Dating to 1940–1945, the necklace carries Aguilar's stamp together with the 940 silver mark and the Taxco designation, placing it firmly in his independent workshop. The repoussé technique, in which the motif is pushed out from the back of the metal, was a staple of the Mexican silver tradition that Aguilar's shop carried forward in heavy sterling.
The double-row chain is a deliberate structural choice, distributing the weight of the bib and framing it against the neck. The result keeps the ornate front panel from overwhelming the piece, balancing relief work against the cleaner lines of the suspension.
From the collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh, the necklace is a substantial example of Aguilar's figural repoussé work, the kind of statement piece that surfaces only from time to time.
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