taxco silver

[ENGRAVER]

Found cool little pin that appears to be silver at a thrift store while driving around looking for garage sales this morning. Payed $5, pretty cool I think. Here is a pic. Im posting from my phone hope this works.

Luis S

 

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[diggummup]

That is a Gerardo Lopez Signature. He's a very well known master Silvermith and had a shop in the late 40's -50's. Some of his pieces have evn been on the Antiques Roadshow. It's a nice vintage piece of silver enamelware. His enameled pieces are scarce and sought after, it will demand a premium price. The 980 is a very high purity mark versus the standard 925 or even 950. Sweet find.


Check this out- http://www.rubylane.com/item/662010-RL496/Ex78traordinarily-x2b-Rarified-Mex78ican-Maestro

 

[ENGRAVER]

Very cool, thanks for the confirmation, I found some info on the piece, but saw there was two Lopez artists and wasn't sure which one it was. I couldn't find any other of his works either, at least none that were enameled, thanks for the link.

Luis S.

 

[MRBeyer]

I was wondering. Is there a site to research Taxco and mexican silver marks out there?

 

[ENGRAVER]

I can't seem to find many. Just a lot of little bits and pieces, here and there. Will post if I find anything.

Luis S.

 

[diggummup]

There is a book called- The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks: Hecho en Mexico and another called- The Little Book of Marks on Southwestern Silver by Bille Hougart. These are my personal favorites in regards to both Taxco and Southwestern silver. The first one (Mexican) is partially available online, by that I mean many pages aren't viewable but some are- The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks: Hecho en Mexico - Bille Hougart - Google Books

 

[creeper71]

That is a Gerardo Lopez Signature. He's a very well known master Silvermith and had a shop in the late 40's -50's. Some of his pieces have evn been on the Antiques Roadshow. It's a nice vintage piece of silver enamelware. His enameled pieces are scarce and sought after, it will demand a premium price. The 980 is a very high purity mark versus the standard 925 or even 950. Sweet find.


Check this out- Extraordinarily Rare + Rarified! Mexican Maestro GERARDO LOPEZ from vintageadvantage on Ruby Lane

incase you didn't know 980 =98% silver content

 

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