Glyph Necklace, Design No. 152

The Glyph necklace is the strongest Crawford Collection Los Castillo result, selling at Bonhams in June 2023 for $7,040 against an $800 to $1,000 estimate. Its scale explains why: the necklace uses a large repoussé bib of scrolls, ovals, and raised glyph-like forms, then carries that vocabulary into the linked chain so the whole object reads as one continuous design.

Design 152 is an early Los Castillo number. The related Glyph bracelet in the museum catalog carries the same design number, and this necklace extends that design language into a more theatrical collar form. The design is attributed to Margot van Voorhies Carr, who worked with the Castillo brothers at the beginning of Los Castillo before founding Margot de Taxco.

The Crawford result matters because it documents how strongly the market recognized this early Los Castillo vocabulary when a major example surfaced with clear provenance. The piece is not merely a good Crawford comp. It is a named design connecting the workshop's founding years, Margot's early design role, and the pre-Columbian visual language that helped define Taxco modernism.