DAMASO GALLEGOS TAXCO REPOUSSE STERLING NECKLACE: Vintage 20th c., Taxco, Mexico. Necklace with alternating scrollwork links in the Spanish colonial revival style are connected with heavy, soldered, sterling silver jump rings, hook and eye closure, necklace: 18"l, stamped RAFMEX TAXCO STERLING, artisan's hallmark and eagle 28, 45.53g, 29.28dwt. BIOGRAPHY: Damaso Gallegos (c. 1890-1976, Mexico) was a silver artisan in Taxco, Mexico, before opening his own taller, LaAmatista he worked for Hector Aguilar.