2020

A Group of Mexican Silver Brooches Including Hector Aguilar

Ten works:

Hector Aguilar (1905-1986)
Circa 1940-1945, 1943-1948, 1953-1962; Taxco, Mexico
Each variously stamped: HA [conjoined] / Taxco / 940 / 990 / Sterling / Made in Mexico / TB [conjoined; for Taller Borda] / [Eagle 9]
Seven sterling silver brooches in various figural and floral motifs including a grasshopper, a repoussé rooster, a repoussé monkey head, a fish, a chunky flower bud brooch with set onyx oval cabochon, and a medal-style bar brooch suspending a silver overlay and onyx disc charm, as well as a further unmarked Taller Borda-style fish brooch, 7 pieces
Largest: 2 3/4" H x 4" W; smallest: 5/8" H x 2 3/4" W

Rafael Dominguez (1911-1980)
Mid/late 20th century; Taxco, Mexico
Each variously stamped: RD / Taxco / 980 / 960
Three sterling silver brooches in various motifs including an eagle pendant/brooch, a geometric brooch with silver balls, and a floral brooch with tendrils, 3 pieces
Largest: 2 1/2" H x 3 1/2" W; smallest: 1 1/8" H x 2 1/8" W

10 pieces total
179.4 grams gross

  • Provenance: The Collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh
  • Literature: Some designs illustrated: Penny C. Morrill, "Silver Masters of Mexico: Hector Aguilar and the Taller Borda" (Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1996), 18, fig. I-3; 60, fig. I-92
  • Condition: Each in overall good condition with tarnishing and scratches commensurate with age and use. Stones with scattered light abrasions. Taller Borda fish brooch lacking swivel catch to pin.

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