Aztec Hector Aguilar Mexico Sterling Silver & Teak Carving Sets & Candle Snuffer

UsedLikeNew STYLE : Mid-Century Modern AGE : Post-1940 BRAND : Hector Aguilar PATTERN : Aztec TYPE : Flatware - Sets HectorAguilar Mexican SilversmithingHector Aguilar was born in 1905, he apprenticedunder William Spratling at a young age, and by the age of thirty, he was as thetop shop manager for William Spratling. Inspired by Aztec and Mextex art,Hector preferred to work with silver which was more pure (rated at 940 ratherthan the customary 925 of Sterling Silver).Gifted with a keen business sense aswell as his artistic ability, and due to wartime shortages in the US, Hector was able to secure a contract with theAmerican costume jewelry company “ Coro” in 1943, to produce silver jewelry, supplyingCoro with unique Mexican designs until 1950.In 1948, Aguilar opened the TallerBorda, which quickly became one of the premier retail silver outlets in Taxco,where they offered highest quality fine silver jewelry, hollowware, andflatware that was produced at the Aguilar workshops.Exce