Description
Vintage Mexican Sterling Silver Green Jasper Mens Ring 11
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as Taxco’s reputation is strong for silver work, tourism is the main economic activity although the silver mines are no longer active.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.
