Mexican sterling silver marks: marks and hallmarks of Mexico makers: I-L

MEXICAN STERLING SILVER MARKS

MARKS AND HALLMARKS OF MEXICO SILVER MAKERS

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AN INTRODUCTION TO MEXICO SILVER MARKING
In the first half of the 20th century silver items manufactured in Mexico were marked simply "silver" or "sterling". Usually a location (Mexico or a town name) and silver fineness (925, 925/1000, 980) was included.
In 1948 the Government of Mexico promoted the reintroduction of the "eagle mark" to identify the manufacturers of silver items. The "eagle" was stamped with a number associated to a silver manufacturing company. This system was unsuccessful, eagle stamps were misused or "loaned" to more than one artist of maker and was abandoned in the 1980s. It was substituted by the "letter and number" system still in use.
In the "Letter and number" system a letter identifies a location (T for Taxco, M for Mexico City), the second letter is the first letter of an individual's first or last name of the maker. The number is the number of registration of the maker

MEXICAN STERLING SILVER MAKERS

A - C

D - H

I - L

M - O

P - Q

R - Z

UNIDENTIFIED MAKERS

A - C

D - J

K - O

P - Z

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	LAFAYETTE (or, possibly, LA FAYETTA) A holloware and novelties manufacturer
	LA PERLA Active in Mexico City since the 1930s
	LICO
	GERARDO LOPEZ Active in Taxco
	P. LOPEZ G.
	LOS BALLESTEROS Established in 1937 in Iguala as Talleres de Los Ballesteros. The business moved to Taxco in 1941.
	LOS CASTILLOS Firm established in 1939 in Taxco by Antonio Castillo.
	LOUVRE A silver shop in Mexico City
	LUELLA A silver shop located in Mexico City
	LUNT SILVERSMITHS Items made by Mexican silvermiths for American company Lunt Silversmiths

AMERICAN STERLING SILVER

MAKER MARKS

I-J

P-Q

T-U-V

Wh-X-Y-Z

AMERICAN MAKERS

I - J - K

SILVER PLATE MARKS

U-V

We-X-Y-Z

STERLING SILVER OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF
MAKER'S MARKS AA
AE AF
AZ BA
BZ CA
CH CK
CZ DA
DZ EA
EZ FA
FZ GA
GZ HA
HG HH
HZ IA
IG IH
IZ JA
JC JD
JH JJ
JP JQ
JS

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF
MAKER'S MARKS JT
JZ KA
LZ MA
MZ NA
PA PB
PZ QA
RH RK
RZ SA
SG SH
SZ TA
TH TI
TZ UA
WB WC
WF WG
WL WM
WS WT
ZZ


Russian silver marks	Italian silver marks	French silver marks	English silver marks


Germany	Hanau	Austria


American Silver Plate marks	English Electroplate silver marks	Old Sheffied Plate marks


Elkington	Georg Jensen	Gorham Corporation	Tiffany & Co	WMF	Reed & Barton	Mappin & Webb

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