THE TERM "MEXICO SILVER" REFERS TO AN ERA OF HIGH PURITY , HAND WROUGHT JEWELRY PRODUCED DURING THE MEXICO SILVER RENAISSANCE PRIMARILY IN THE TAXCO AREA OF MEXICO,,,OFTEN EXCEEDS 925 STERLING AS THE ARTISANS PREFERRED TO WORK WITH MORE MALLEABLE SOFTER SILVER INCLUDING 940 -980...AFTER 1948 MEXICO ESTABLISHED THE EAGLE ASSAY MARK,,,THIS WONDERFUL ANTIQUE PIECES HAS BEEN HANDWROUGT AS THE PICTURES SHOW,,,STAMPED "MEXICO SILVER",,,WITH AN OLD EARLY  C CLASP,,,AMETHYSTS ARE NATURAL AND UNTREATED AND WAS COMMON TO HAVE INCLUSIONS,,,I HAVE HAD THIS PIECE FOR PROBABLY 30 YEARS AND PURCHASED IT VINTAGE,,,I HAVE NOT POLISHED SO IT HAS THE ORIGINAL PATINA,,,EACH AMETHYST FLOWER HAS 8 SILVER PETALS,,,2 1/2" LONG,,,A GREAT PIECE OF MEXICO SILVER HISTORY,,,THANKS FOR LOOKING,,,IMMEDIATE PAY ON BUY IT NOWS,,,SHIPS TO US ONLY,,,I do not ship to freight forwarding companies in the US for international ship,,,WILL COME GIFT BOXED,,,I PACK WELL AND SHIP QUICKLY