posted on October 5, 2006 02:31:10 PM new
I have a heavy bracelet that is marked taxco 925 etc. There is a number inside a shield (43) From what I could figure out so far, this is the designers number. I have searched until my eyes and head hurts. Does anyone have a list of taxco silversmiths and their designer numbers or a link to website that has this info. My dsl went out and I am trying to do this on my dial up back up. headache and so frustration
posted on October 5, 2006 04:44:47 PM new
Thanks toasted. I saw that earlier when I was doing my "search" I need 42 and not 45. Unfortunately my crapy digital camera doesn't take close up fotos in a high resolution like that. I will try again though.
I'm back. It didn't work. ALl fotos at the higher resolution came out blurring. The link that you posted about. Check towards the bottom of the page the the left of Margot Van Vorhees . You see that 16 in that emblem? Change the 16 to a 43 and take off the 5384 then you have it
[ edited by paloma91 on Oct 5, 2006 08:47 PM ]
posted on October 5, 2006 06:21:52 PM new
The emblem is the eagle mark (I know its a funny looking eagle...they never really look like eagles to me),does it have a name stamped on it or letter or symbol other than the eagle ? or just TC-45 for example?
edited to add post the blurry pic I might be able to make it out and say lay a magnifying glass over the mark and try to take a picture that way
posted on October 5, 2006 08:49:03 PM new
The only thing inside the weird looking eagle is 42 and 2 characters right underneath that but I can't make them out, even with a jeweler's loupe. Ok, I found a strong magnifying thing that attaches to a light. I DID IT!
posted on October 5, 2006 09:11:08 PM new
Fluff, Thanks! I thought Talieres was a word for company - Tallier I think is company or store. I couldn't make out the other name Los Ballesteros. Thanks again for the expertise Fuff and Toast. GREATLY appreciated.
I had one other Mexican silver bracelet that I was trying to ID. It's older and the marks are really tiny. I tried the same trick with the same little magnifying light thing and it just wouldn't work. I guess it's safe to say I need a better digital camera or some gaget to help me take pictures of tiny marks in situations like this.
Thanks again
[ edited by paloma91 on Oct 5, 2006 11:32 PM ]
posted on October 5, 2006 09:51:29 PM new
Well pooh lol ran off to watch House MD season 2 disc 3 and missed out on all the fun...Thanks for helping Paloma Fluff !
The magnifying glass worked great ! I bet you were cussing me thou ...what a pain in the butt to get a picture that way.
Nice find,if you can hold off till closer to Christmas it will probably bring more money.
posted on October 5, 2006 10:37:29 PM new
I assumed that taliere is the Spanish sort-of equivalent of atelier (a French word meaning, a workshop or studio for an artist or designer). They probably have the same Latin root.
Shucks, I watch the House DVDs while I ship. You want to see something that shows how extraordinarily versatile an actor Hugh Laurie is, netflix the _Jeeves and Wooster_ discs.
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[ edited by fluffythewondercat on Oct 5, 2006 10:39 PM ]
posted on October 6, 2006 06:52:14 AM new
Thanks Fluff I added season 1 of Jeeves and Wooster to my queue . I really like House MD because of his humor so if Jeeves and Wooster is anything like it ,I love it.
posted on October 6, 2006 08:41:18 AM new
Thanks too Fluff. I didn't know about the Jeeves and Wooster TV show; I'll have to go "get me some."
Toasted, if you want humor, well I looked up the show on the web, and in Hugh Laurie's own words: "The facts in this case, ladies and gentlemen, are simple. The first thing you should know, and probably the last, too, is that P. G. Wodehouse is still the funniest writer ever to have put words on paper. Fact number two: with the Jeeves stories, Wodehouse created the best of the best. I speak as one whose first love was Blandings, and who later took immense pleasure from Psmith, but Jeeves is the jewel, and anyone who tries to tell you different can be shown the door, the mini-cab, the train station, and Terminal 4 at Heathrow with a clear conscience. The world of Jeeves is complete and integral, every bit as structured, layered, ordered, complex and self-contained as King Lear, and considerably funnier."
Psmith, by the way, is one of Wodehouse's best characters, and what I called one of my favorite cats (since departed). It was always fun to call the vets and say "Psmith, with a P". His cohort, with a smudge on her face, obviously had to become Psmudge.
posted on October 6, 2006 10:30:34 AM new
This has a spread eagle mark which should date it prior to 1969. After that Mexico assigned each silversmith a hallmark consisting of letters and numbers which are stamped on if it is a handmade piece of silver jewelry. Ballesteros is still in business by the way.
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posted on October 6, 2006 03:41:23 PM new
fluffy is correct. A Taller is a workshop. It may be a Taller de Plateros, a silversmith's workshop, or a Taller de Llantas, a tire shop. The word is very common, just means workshop.
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posted on October 6, 2006 04:20:39 PM new
You are correct. Los Ballesteros is a silver workshop in Taxco. However in addition to the store in Taxco, they have branch stores in other parts of Mexico. As of 2 or 3 years ago they had one on Revolution in Tijuana just a couple door up from the Jai Lai "Palace" or whatever it is called. Have not been back so do not know if it is still there.
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