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: A - C |
| 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)  AA unidentified |
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AA see Adan ALVARADO |
 AAR possibly Antonio Reyna |
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AC conjoined see TONO |
 ACE Guadalajara (possibly) unidentified |
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ADO see Alberto Diaz OCAMPO |
 A.F.G. Cuernavaca unidentified |
 A.G.F. : eagle 1 unidentified |
 Hector AGUILAR Hector Aguilar was the manager of Spratling's Taller de las Delicias in 1936. In 1939 he opened his workshop where was joined by Julio Carbajal Lopez, Pedro and Juan Castillo, Salvador Garcia, Hector & Alfonso Gomez, Luis Reyes and in 1941 by Valentin Vidaurreta. The trademark was a stylized conjoined HA. In 1943 he entered into a business arrangement with New York Jewelry firm CORO. In 1948 Aguilar opened Taller Borda, jewelry retail outlet, in Taxco. In 1966 Hector Aguilar retired and the workshop was closed. |
 Adan ALVARADO worked for Hector Aguilar, Margot de Taxco, Rafael Melendez, Rancho Alegre and independently. |
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AN conjoined (raised) see Artemio M. NAVARRETE very similar to AN of Alfredo Villasana, but incised |
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ANCOMA see Antonio COLL MAROTO |
 Jose ANTON A silver manufacturer of hollowware and jewelry based in Taxco |
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AP see Abraham PAZ |
 Miguel ARIAS One of the masters working for Margot van Voorhies Carr at Margot de Taxco. |
 ARTES DE MEXICO S.A. |
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AV conjoined (incised) see Alfredo VILLASANA very similar to AN of Artemio M. Navarrete, but raised |
 AVALOS unidentified |
 AVANTI Eagle number 7 |
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AZTECA and a human head see PLATERIA AZTECA |
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(click on image to enlarge) B see Bernice J. GOODSPEED |
 Oscar B. BACH (1884-1957) Eagle number 17 |
 Carmen BECKMANN owner of a shop in San Miguel de Allende. Registration mark B-11 |
 Marcel BOUCHER Of French origin. Apprenticed to Cartier and established Marcel Boucher and Cie Company in New York. PARISINA is the trade mark of his Mexican-made items |
 Ana Maria Nunes de BRILANTI designer and manufacturer of jewelry and decorative accessory (c.1910-1999). Owner of PLATERIA VICTORIA (1940) and CONY ((after 1958) |
 BTON (FORGERY) forgery of ancient Mexican marks, chief assayer Cayetano Buytron (1823-1843) |
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(click on image to enlarge)  CARAL A Mexico City retailer |
 CASA PRIETO S.A. Firm based in Mexico City, Juarez 40 |
 Emilia CASTILLO A well known contemporary artist. She is the daughter of Antonio Castillo, founder of Los Castillo |
 Jorge "Chato" CASTILLO Was the talented brother of Antonio Castillo. Many of his early designs were apparently also once used as prototypes for pieces later produced by Los Castllo. He left Willian Spratling's Taller de Las Delicias in 1939 to help his brothers start Los Castllo |
 Pedro CASTILLO Worked with William Spratling and Hector Aguilar. Manufacturer of jewelry and flatware. Eagle numbers 1,2,3 and 120 |
 Reveriano & Maria CASTILLO Reveriano worked for Taller Borda after apprenticeship to Spratling. Maria worked for Margot de Taxco and Los Castillos. They opened their workshop Reveri in 1952 working as designer (Maria) and silversmith (Reveriano) making jewelry and mixed metals flatware |
 Wolmar CASTILLO The youngest son of Antonio Castillo (founder of Los Castillo), active in his own company Wolmar Castillo Silversmiths. |
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CECILIA see TONO |
 CELSA CORP. OF AMERICA flatware manufacturer, founded c. 1955 |
 CENTRO PLATERO DE ZACATECAS A.C. various trademarks: MEZQUITAL, TENAMATZLI, ELEMENTA, TOSCANA, TOLEDO, ADORNATTO, LOETRU |
 CH - Taxco unidentified |
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CJB see Diaz SANTOYO |
 CLS unidentified |
 CODAN S.A. Firm based in Mexico City specialized in Danish style production. Eagle number 7 |
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CECILIA see TONO |
 Antonio COLL MAROTO Mexico City, c. 1945-1957. Trademark ANCOMA |
 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 the daughter and son-in-law of Ana Maria Nunez de Brilanti, a well known designer and producer (Plateria Victoria) of jewelry and decorative accessories. The shop retailed her jewelry and tableware |
| CORO Owned by Gerald Rosenberger, New York. Partnership with Hector Aguilar from 1943 to 1950. |
 Erica Hult de CORRAL Eagle number 3, registration number TR-26 and TC-206. Worked with Sigfrido Pineda and Enrique Ledesma before opening her own workshop (Shops in Puerto Vallarta, 1999). She used the trademark 'Ric' |
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CP intertwined see Pedro CASTILLO |
| 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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Gorham |
International Silver Co |
Georg Jensen |
Kirk Stieff |
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Reed & Barton |
Rogers |
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