MEXICO STERLING SILVER AND SILVERPLATE MARKSMARKS AND HALLMARKS OF MEXICAN 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, 950, 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 adopted circa 1980 and still in use. In the "Letter and number" system a letter identifies a location (T for Taxco, M for Mexico City, G for Guadalajara and C for Cuernavaca), 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. From left to right: early Mexican mark (before 1948), eagle mark (1948-c.1980), "letter and number" mark (c.1980-present). Alongside EAGLE and STERLING, the most frequently marks present on Mexican silver are HECHO EN MEXICO, MEXICO, TAXCO, PLATA, SILVER and fineness numbers as 0.900, 925, 0.925, 940, 950, 980 
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| MEXICO STERLING AND SILVERPLATE MAKERS: PA - PI |
| A - C D - H I - L M - O PA - PI PL - Q R -S T - Z |
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 Peggy PAGE Shop established in 1950 in Londres 104, Mexico City. Retailer of items in silver and copper stamped Peggy Page by the producer craftman. Peggy Page sold the shop c. 1960 and the new owner continued the business under the same name |
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PARISINA see Marcel BOUCHER |
 Horacio de la PARRA owner of Plateria Azteca. Manufacturer of hollowware for William Spratling and Hector Aguilar. Involved in the creation of the large silver manufacturer and retailer Conquistador S.A. |
 PATINO active in Taxco |
 Abraham PAZ Abrahan Paz designed jewelry for himself and also for Frederick Davis. Most jewelry marked A. PAZ is associated with Frederick Davis. |
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PC intertwined see Pedro CASTILLO |
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PEDRO into a crown see PLATERIA PEDRO'S |
 PEGASO figural mark with a stylized winged horse. Silverplate manufacturer |
PERLITA A retail shop of Mexico City. |
 PESA cutlery manufacturer |
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PG between the towers of a cathedral see PLATERIA GUADALAJARA |
 E. de PICHARDO active in Taxco, Renacimiento |
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PIEDRA NEGRA see TONO |
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PIEDRA Y PLATA see Felipe MARTINEZ |
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ISIDRO GARCIA PINA see MARICELA |
 ANTONIO PINEDA Started his work at Taller de Las Delicias with William Spratling. Opened his establishment "Antonio" in 1941. The firm used 'eagle 17' and also eagle 1, 3, 121 UCLA Fowler Museum held an Exhibition of Antonio Pineda production (August 10, 2008 to March 15, 2009). This is an abstract of the presentation in Museum website: Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda ...the work of internationally renowned silversmith Antonio Pineda, one of Taxco's great innovators.... The exhibition traces the evolution of Pineda’s work from the 1930s to the 1970s and highlights his important contributions to Mexican Modernism as well as to the creation of a Mexican artistic national identity... |
 Miguel PINEDA in script |
 SIGFRIDO PINEDA Worked for Los Castillos and Margot de Taxco. Opened his shop, Plateros, in 1952. Later it was renamed Sigi |
| AMERICAN STERLING SILVER | Aa | An | Ba | Bi | Ca | Co | Da | Du | E | Fa | Fo | Ga | Gi | Ha | Hi |
| MAKER MARKS | I-J | K | La | Li | M | N | O | P-Q | Ra | Ro | Sa | Si | T-U-V | Wa | Wh-X-Y-Z |
| AMERICAN MAKERS | Aa | Am | Ba | Bi | C | D | E | F | G | H | I - J - K | L | Ma |
| SILVER PLATE MARKS | Mi | N | O | P | Q | Ra | Ro | Sa | Sm | T | U-V | Wa | 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 |
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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 |
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Gorham |
International Silver Co |
Georg Jensen |
Kirk Stieff |
Meriden Britannia |
Reed & Barton |
Rogers |
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Towle |
Wallace |
Wiener Werkstatte |
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