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A 'Zodiac' pendant concentrates an astrological subject into a single enameled silver form, drawing on the iconographic programs Margot van Voorhies Carr favored. She worked from an extensive library and a trained eye for motifs that could be adapted to either silver or enamel (Morrill, p. 168), and a zodiac theme fits that habit of carrying a defined symbolic source into her designs.
The sterling-and-enamel construction is the basis of her reputation. The champlevé enamel-on-silver technique had originated at Los Castillo under Reveriano Castillo and Miguel Melendez, and Margot perfected it into one of her major lines (Morrill, p. 166).
Margot designed everything her workshop produced and documented each model down to the loop placement and the matching earrings or brooch (Morrill, p. 168), so a zodiac pendant could belong to a larger coordinated design.
Pendants on this theme are encountered at market with some regularity, reflecting the enduring appeal of her zodiac work.
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