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

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• STYLE : Mid-Century Modern
• AGE : Post-1940
• BRAND : Hector Aguilar
• PATTERN : Aztec
• TYPE : Flatware - Sets

Hector
Aguilar Mexican Silversmithing
Hector Aguilar was born in 1905, he apprenticed
under William Spratling at a young age, and by the age of thirty, he was as the
top shop manager for William Spratling. Inspired by Aztec and Mextex art,
Hector preferred to work with silver which was more pure (rated at 940 rather
than the customary 925 of Sterling Silver).
Gifted with a keen business sense as
well as his artistic ability, and due to wartime shortages in the US, Hector was able to secure a contract with the
American costume jewelry company “ Coro” in 1943, to produce silver jewelry, supplying
Coro with unique Mexican designs until 1950.
In 1948, Aguilar opened the Taller
Borda, which quickly became one of the premier retail silver outlets in Taxco,
where they offered highest quality fine silver jewelry, hollowware, and
flatware that was produced at the Aguilar workshops.
Exceedingly
rare set of five 940 sterling silver utensils in the pattern Aztec by William
Spratling, Taxco Mexico, circa 1940-1962. This group is comprised of:

2 Large Roast Carving Knives, sterling and teak handles and steel blades, 15 1/2"

2 Large Roast Carving Forks, solid sterling handles and steel tines, 12 3/4"

1 Candle Snuffer, all-sterling, 13 1/4"

Very good vintage condition, with no monograms. The carving knife blades have some imperfections, as expected with age (see photos). This set will be lightly polished prior to
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