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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Perlita: silversmith MRR and eagle 4 Perlita: silversmith MRR and eagle 1 Perlita: silversmith SS and eagle 3 Perlita: eagle 3 PERLITA
A retail shop of Mexico City.

see MARICELA ISIDRO GARCIA PINA
Antonio Pineda 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...
Sigfrido Pineda SIGFRIDO PINEDA
Opened his shop, Plateros, in 1952. Later it was renamed Sigi
see CONY PLATERIA CONY
Plateria FarFan: eagle 13 PLATERIA FARFAN S.A.
Active in Mexico City. Plateria FarFan used 'eagle 13' mark that was assigned to William Spratling for his own use

PG unidentified PLATERIA GUADALAJARA
Calle Metzicaltzingo, Guadalajara. The firm primarily produces items like trophies, wedding favors, etc (information courtesy Tom Thompson)
PLATERIA MENDOZA: ancient style eagle PLATERIA MENDOZA
active in Mexico City since the 1930s
Plat-Mex S.A.: eagle 20 EMP. PLAT. MEX S.A.: silversmith ME.15 PLAT. MEX. S.A.
Active in Mexico City (possibly)

Plateria Milton S.A. PLATERIA MILTON S.A.
Two shops and factory in Mexico City
see CASA PRIETO PRIETO S.A.
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
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
Moskow hallmark St Petersburg hallmark official marks - legge 5 Febbraio 1935 Paris 1818/1838 hallmarkParis 1797/1809 hallmark London town mark Sheffield town mark
Russian silver marks Italian silver marks French silver marks English silver marks
German silver hallmark Hanau silver hallmark Austrian silver hallmark
 Germany  Hanau  Austria
Pelton Bros. Silver Plate Co. hallmarkRogers & Bro. - Waterbury CT hallmark Mappin & Webb hallmarkWalker & Hall hallmark Devices of Old Sheffiel Plate
American Silver Plate marks English Electroplate silver marks Old Sheffied Plate marks
Elkington hallmark 1842-1860 Georg Jensen hallmark 1945-1951 Gorham Athenic hallmarkGorham Martelé hallmark Tiffany hallmarks WMF hallmarks Reed & Barton mark Mappin & Webb mark
Elkington Georg Jensen Gorham Corporation Tiffany & Co WMF Reed & Barton Mappin & Webb

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