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: R - S |
| A - C D - H I - L M - O PA - PI PL - Q R -S T - Z |
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(click on image to enlarge)  F. RAMIREZ Distrito Federal |
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RANCHO ALEGRE see PLATERIA RANCHO ALEGRE S.A. |
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RC see Reveriano & Maria CASTILLO |
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REVERI in italics see Reveriano & Maria CASTILLO |
 Juventino Lopez REYES Opened in 1935 his workshop Plateria del Recreo. JLR conjoined mark was used in several distinct version |
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RIC in italics see Erica Hult de CORRAL |
 REYNA |
 Francisco RIVERA Manufacturer of heavy gauge silver. Worked for Emma Melendez |
 R.J. Distrito Federal unidentified |
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RM conjoined see Rafael MELENDEZ |
 ROCHA Cuernavaca |
 Melecio RODRIGUEZ worked for Rancho Alegre, Sigi, Margot de Taxco and others. |
 R.RODRIGUEZ Eagle 3. Worked for TANE, Eagle 115 |
 ROYAL HICKMAN Royal Haeger by Royal Hickman |
 RSR in script unidentified |
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(click on image to enlarge) S 925 see Salvador de la SERNA |
 N.SAGAL Eagle 3 |
 Ricardo SALAS worked with his aunt Matilde Eugenia Poulat. After her death (1960) he continued producing 'MATL' designs plus his own designs. Mark MS-12 |
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SALVADOR see Salvador Vaca TERAN |
 SANBORN HNOS S.A. Founded by Walter and Frank Sanborn in Mexico City in 1903 |
 SAN FRANCISCO a retailer located in Mexico City dealing with traditional silver and Scandinavian style designs |
 Diaz SANTOYO mark CJB |
 SAUL mark TM-142 |
 Brenda SCHOENFELD worked for TANE |
 Salvador de la SERNA manufacturer of hollowware and decorative items based in Mexico City |
 Fidencio SERRANO registration numbers TS-09 |
 S.G. in script - eagle 205 unidentified |
 SHEETS-ROCKFORD SILVER COMPANY the Mexican factory of the American Sheets-Rockford Silver Plate Co (1925-1956). Its production in Mexico consisted mostly of baby-cups |
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SIGI see Sigfrido PINEDA |
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SM in script intertwined see Serafin MOCTEZUMA |
 SP and 'hand' into a triangle unidentified |
 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 WILLIAM SPRATLING: HISTORY & MARKS |
 S.P.U. de O. unidentified |
 SZS: eagle 1 - Distrito Federal unidentified |
| 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 |
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