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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F. Ramirez F. RAMIREZ
Active in Distrito Federal
Juventino Lopez Reyes Juventino Lopez Reyes JUVENTINO LOPEZ REYERS
Opened in 1935 his workshop Plateria del Recreo. JLR conjoined mark was used in several distinct version
Sanborn Hnos S.A.: eagle 22 Sanborn Hnos S.A.: silversmith RRR Sanborn Hnos S.A. Sanborn Hnos S.A. Sanborn Hnos S.A. Sanborn Hnos S.A.: eagle 22





SANBORN HNOS S.A.
Founded by Walter and Frank Sanborn in Mexico City in 1903



see Sigfrido PINEDA SIGI
William Philip Spratling: eagle 30 William Philip Spratling William Philip Spratling William Philip Spratling WILLIAM PHILIP SPRATLING
American born, William Spratling opened his shop in Taxco in 1929 (Telles de las Delicias). Spratling is regarded as the most influential designer in Mexico
Tane Orfevres: silversmith JMS Tane Orfevres: eagle 1 Tane Orfevres: silversmith JMS Tane Orfevres: silversmith MT.01 TANE ORFEVRES
A primary silver house in Mexico City since 1950s. In most cases TANE mark is accompanied by a silversmith's mark (JMS: possibly José Marmolejo)

Villa: silversmith G.H. VILLA
mark coupled with G.H. silversmith
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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