Fish-shaped bottle opener attributed to Los Castillo silver and abalone XXth

25898 - typical of the 1960's/1970's, this bottle opener type bottle opener in the shape of articulated fish in silver and abalone attributed to designer los castillo (taxco - mexico) in good condition. No cracks or splinters, just a little wear of use at the start of the tail. The articulation of the whole body allows a good grip to open a bottle certainly but also a decorative function to present it on its tail. Beautiful dimensions: length 205 mm X 55 mm X 37 mm. Weight 140 g. Neat and tracked shipment. For information, abalone is a sea shell so named because of its ear shape and taxco (officially taxco de alarcón) is a mexican city at 1600 meters above sea level that has played a major role in the history of silver mining in mexico.