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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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	HECTOR AGUILAR Hector Aguilar was the manager of Spratling's Taller de las Delicias in 1936. He opened his workshop in 1939. In 1943 he entered into a business arrangement with New York Jewelry firm Coro.
	JOSE ANTON A silver manufacturer based in Taxco
	AVANTI
see CONY	ANA MARIA NUNES DE BRILANTI
	CASA PRIETO S.A. Firm based in Mexico City
	EMILIA CASTILLO A well known contemporary artist. She is the daughter of Antonio Castillo, founder of Los Castillo
	CODAN S.A. Firm based in Mexico City specialized in Danish style production.
	CONQUISTADOR S.A. Founded by Horacio de la Parra. The headquarter of the company was in Mexico City
	CONY Plateria Cony was a store opened in 1958 in Taxco by Ana Maria Nunez de Brilanti, a well known designer and producer (Plateria Victoria) of jewelry and decorative accessories.

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