Description
XL Laton Mexican Handmade Sterling Silver Wave Pin Brass Accent. This is a late mid century vintage signed Laton curvy wavy modernist pin in excellent condition. The curves are deep and strong and the edges are angled to give it an eternal appearance. Beautiful mid century modern construction with mixed metals design containing brass side accents. It is marked with 1970s-1980s Taxco Markings and Registered Maker Number and Maker Name Laton with 925 Sterling marking. Additionally, it is also jeweler tested and guaranteed solid sterling silver. The hand crafting is fine quality with thick sterling silver, very deep slick looking curves in a very long never ending wave pattern. As you probably know the mixed metals crafting is much more labor intensive and time consuming than standard silver crafting. The more metals used the more difficult the process. The edges on this one are separately hand applied raised brass. Size is 3 1/2″ long by 5/16″ wide. Condition is excellent, gently used. No dents or dings or repair. Very noticeable and very well made so it can be as often as you like this is a lovely mid century mixed metals pin a large, showy size for your modernist handmade jewelry collection.
Taxco Mexican Silver Jewelry:
Silversmithing has been practiced for centuries in Mexico. In fact, Mexican silversmiths taught the Navajo of the Southwestern United States their trade. But it took an American named William Spratling to see the opportunity to build on this legacy. He did this in 1931. He established a retail outlet for Mexican jewelry near the silver-mining center of Taxco. Furthermore, the success of the quality silversmithing in Taxco is still evident today.
The city is heavily associated with silver, both with the mining of it and for the crafting of it. Silver is made into jewelry, silverware and other items. Today, mining is no longer a mainstay of the city’s economy. In as much as Taxco’s reputation is strong for silver work, tourism is the main economic activity although the silver mines are no longer active.
Silver work and tourism related to Taxco’s status as a silver town is the mainstay of the economy. Most commercial activity related to silver is the production and sale of silver jewelry, silverware and other goods. Commerce in silver here is both regional and international. Streets in the town are filled with silvershops selling jewelry, silverware and other goods. The city has been named one of Mexico’s “Pueblos Magicos”) (Magical Towns). This is primarily due to the quality of the silver work, the colonial constructions and the surrounding scenery.
