Rossana is currently listed - here is the sellers description:
This is a fabulous Modernist styled pin that is a bust of a woman. It is made out of Sterling Silver and has enameled accents in the design of blue and red-orange. The pin has a bar pin with a C-clasp that work perfectly. On the backside it is signed Rossana, Mexico, 925 and registration number TR-28. I would say that it is used and in excellent condition, the silver has a nice patina to it and there is no chipped or missing enamel. The pin measures approximately 2 2/8 inches in height and 1 inch wide.
When I first saw this it just screamed popowski. Modernist woman with red enameling in the left breast or heart area. I have never seen this designer before. The marks reminded me of ProSa - although this is not their usual design style.
Keep your eyes peeled for this particular designer = we may see more of him/her. If you know anything, pls post.
I really liked this piece - bidding starts at a confident $68.
Hi Tia,
ReplyDeleteYour piece is from the 1980s (or newer) while the Popowski designs were done back in the 1950s, so this maker definitely is copying Popowski not vice versa. Just IMHO, but it's okay to be influenced by another artist, but this is more like copying. I collect Popowski mostly early pieces from when she designed for Los Castillo, and this is nearly a knock-off.
So long as the artist is not using fake marks to pass their work off as another, usually more celebrated artist, there is no impropriety. Most of the greatest Taxco artisans signed off on their designs being made by other artisans, sometimes even sold their designs when they sold their shops. The value is in the original signed piece but now others, as in lithographs and prints, can enjoy owning reproductions.
DeleteAs with lithographs and prints*
Delete