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: M - O |
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(click on image to enlarge) M stylized see Miguel MELENDEZ |
 MA stylized Eagle 25 unidentified |
 MAC D.F. unidentified |
 MACIEL SILVER FACTORY Firm based in Mexico City since the 1930s |
 MANUFACTURERA PLAMEX S.A. Active in Ciudad Juarez, Ave. Hipodromo and Paraguay Plamex was specialized in the manufacture of silver and leather items: belt buckles, brooches, cufflinks of typical Mexican design marked 925 sterling and, sometimes, 10K or 18K. MORE |
 MAP: eagle 61 unidentified |
 MARBEL S.A. a retail store |
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MARGARITA see PLATERIA MARGARITA |
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MARGOT DE TAXO see Margot VAN VOORHIES CARR |
 MARICELA by ISIDRO GARCIA PINA Firm established in 1943 in Taxco. Out of business in 1986 |
.jpg "José Marmolejo") Jose MARMOLEJO A master silversmith with workshop in Mexico City. José Marmolejo collaborated often with Tane |
 Felipe MARTINEZ In the 1940s worked for Hubert Harmon. In 1950 opened his own shop Piedra Y Plata |
 Gustavo MARTINEZ Worked as maestro at Héctor Aguilar's Taller Borda. The GM mark is accompanied by the image of a coyote |
 Miguel Garcia MARTINEZ was the main designer of Rancho Alegre. Some of his items are marked JFL (José Luis Flores), VJC (Victor Jaimez), RJA, MR |
 MASON, BURNS AND McALLISTER Firm active in Mexico City in the 1930s and 1940s |
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MATL see Ricardo SALAS |
 Isidro MEJIA Worked for William Spratling (c.1938) |
 Emma MELENDEZ Emma was the niece of Rafael Melendez, She opened her workshop in 1953. Designers and silversmiths working for Emma Melendez were Johny Melendez, Del Rio, Jose Luis Flores, Miguel Garcia Martinez, Victor Jaimez, Francisco Rivera and many others. |
 Miguel MELENDEZ Apprenticed and worked in the 1940s at Las Delicias under Antonio Castillo. In 1948 left Los Castillos to join Margot de Taxco |
 Rafael MELENDEZ Worked with William Spratling from 1932 to 1939. In 1939 he started his own workshop under the name Plateria Melendez. Rafael was the uncle of the well known silversmith Emma Melendez |
 V. MENDEZ Taxco |
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MENDOZA see PLATERIA MENDOZA |
 METASCO |
 MG unidentified |
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MILTON see JOYERIA MILTON |
 Serafin MOCTEZUMA manufacturer of items closely copied from William Sprating designs. Also the mark SM intertwined imitated the style of WS mark of Spratling. |
 MONROY Manufacturer of jewelry, hollowware and equestrian equipment |
 MONTERO Taxco unidentified |
 MONTEROS Taxco TM-100 |
 Gonzalo W. MORENO manufacturer of holloware and, occasionally, jewelry. Eagle numbers 1 and 11 |
 Fortino MOTA Worked for Antonio Pineda in the 1950s-1960s |
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MR see Melecio RODRIGUEZ |
 M.R.R. in script: eagle 156 unidentified (a silversmith mark often associated to PERLITA) |
 MV in script conjoined - eagle 1 unidentified |
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| 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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