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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 34432, member: 44"]>...could pssubly be Taxco or someo other Mexican jewelry maker <</p><p><br /></p><p>Taxco is not a jewelry maker. It is one if the assay cities in Mexico. Mexican silver is usually stamped with the assay city location name like Taxco, D.F - Districo Federal that is Mexico City, Guadalahajara, Cuernavaca, etc... Since 1979, two letters and a number: 1st letter for the city, 2nd letter the silversmith's initial, and the number indicates he was the whatever number of silversmith with the same initial to register at his city's assay office. Then there were the Mexican eagle silver purity marks with numbers on them denoting cities and possibly makers. You really need to pusue the seller about any markings. Without knowing the marks or if there are any markings it is nearly impossible to determine country of origin and/ or maker.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 34432, member: 44"]>...could pssubly be Taxco or someo other Mexican jewelry maker < Taxco is not a jewelry maker. It is one if the assay cities in Mexico. Mexican silver is usually stamped with the assay city location name like Taxco, D.F - Districo Federal that is Mexico City, Guadalahajara, Cuernavaca, etc... Since 1979, two letters and a number: 1st letter for the city, 2nd letter the silversmith's initial, and the number indicates he was the whatever number of silversmith with the same initial to register at his city's assay office. Then there were the Mexican eagle silver purity marks with numbers on them denoting cities and possibly makers. You really need to pusue the seller about any markings. Without knowing the marks or if there are any markings it is nearly impossible to determine country of origin and/ or maker. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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