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: PL - Q |
| 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) PLAMEX see MANUFACTURERA PLAMEX S.A. |
 PLATA MIGUEL inside a sombrero (hat) |
 PLATA VILLA Active in Mexico City, Insurgentes n° 27 |
 PLATERIA ALAMEDA Active in Mexico City, Ave. Juarez 58 |
 PLATERIA AZTECA Active in Mexico City, Ave J.J. Herrera. Worked for Hector Aguilar, Conquistador and other designers. The owner was Horacio de la Parra |
 PLATERIA COBALTO Active in Guadalajara |
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PLATERIA CONY see CONY |
 PLATERIA EMMA manufacturer and retailer of hollowware active in Mexico City, Pasaje Alameda |
| PLATERIA FARFAN S.A. Active in Mexico City. Plateria FarFan used 'eagle 13' mark that was assigned to William Spratling for his own use |
 PLATERIA GIL active in Guadalajara |
 PLATERIA GUADALAJARA Calle Metzicaltzingo, Guadalajara. The firm primarily produces items like trophies, wedding favors, etc (information courtesy Tom Thompson) |
 PLATERIA MARGARITA retail shop active in Taxco |
 PLATERIA MENDOZA active in Mexico City since the 1930s. Mendoza used the 'old style' eagle mark |
 PLATERIA PEDRO'S silver shop active in Taxco, Eagle 3 |
 PLATERIA RANCHO ALEGRE S.A. established in 1956 by Pedro Perez, former shop manager of Taller de Las Deliciaz ( William Spratling). In the 1960s Rancho Alegre served as outlet of many Mexican designers and silversmiths. The business closed in 1985 |
 PLATERIA SALTILLO active in Saltillo, State of Coahulla. Manufacturer of silverplate (German Silver) |
 PLATERIA SOLIS active in Guernavaca |
 PLATERIA TAXCO SALTILLO active in Saltillo, State of Coahulla. Manufacturer of silverplate (German Silver) |
 PLATERIA TAXCO active in Distrito Federal (Mexico City) |
 PLATERIA VICTORIA Property of Ana Maria Nunes de BRILANTI designer and manufacturer of jewelry and decorative accessory. Founded in 1940, active at Plazuela de Bernal 6, Taxco. Ana Maria Nunes de BRILANTI was the owner of PLATERIA VICTORIA (founded 1940) and CONY |
 PLATERIA I. VIGUERAS Active in Mexico City. Manufacturer of hollowware and decorative silver |
 PLAT. MEX. S.A. Active in Mexico City (possibly) |
 Estela POPOSKI a designer active in the 1950s in Mexico City. Worked for Los Castillos and Antonio Pineda |
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PRIETO S.A. see CASA PRIETO |
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(click on image to enlarge)  QUINTIN V. Eagle 3 |
| 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 |
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Meriden Britannia |
Reed & Barton |
Rogers |
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Towle |
Wallace |
Wiener Werkstatte |
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