Antonio Pineda Taxco Sterling Silver Modernist Bangle Bracelet Circa 1960s

Measurements: Inner Circumference: 8"R (20.32cm) Face: .4"W (1.02cm)                              
Markings: Antonio Crown Mark - Sterling Hilda Taxco 925 - in a circle formation - 970

Weight: 18.3g

Gorgeous sterling silver bangle bracelet. It is large and has great weight to it and features a curved design, with both edges curving upwards from the inside, giving it a concave look on the outer side. It has recently been professionally polished and looks phenomenal. Please excuse the lines or reflections, as it's extremely shiny and hard to photograph.

Antonio Pineda (1909 - 2009) The highly innovative and accomplished Antonio Pineda (Gomez) started at William Spratling's Taller de Las Delicias. He was very much influenced by his early training in painting and sculpture, and by designer-artist Valentin Vidaurreta, with whom he once worked in Vidaurreta's Mexico City Shop. Pineda opened his own successful establishment, "Antonio", in 1941. At one time, Antonio's taller employed more than 80 silversmiths, plus their assistants, and Pineda was creating 10 new designs each month. Much of Antonio's work is executed in 970 silver. The famous Antonio crown changes slightly in shape and size and relative size depending on it;s application and age. 

Like all the large tallers in Taxco in the late 1950's, Pineda faced financial pressure due to labor unrest and government taxation relating to worker welfare demands. He, like other workshop owners with large workforces reduced in-house staff and relied increasingly on farming out work to silversmiths working from their homes. This practice led to a number of marks appearing on pieces also stamped with Anotnio marks. The majority of these silversmiths co-stamped pieces date after Antonio sold the taller to his brother, Herlindo Pineda in 1964. Subsequent to the sale, Antonio continued to design and work with silversmiths. Hilda Mota for Antonio Pineda, 1960s through the early 1970's.