100.2gr! Arenas Taxco Mexico Large Vintage Sterling Silver Cigar Case Tube

Description: Vintage arenas Taxco Mexico workshop sterling silver cigar tube holder. This vintage sugar case holds a single cigar like a turn or Churchill. Made from sterling silver this Marked: Mexico, TE - 49, 925 Mexico A great addition to your vintage cigar holder collection or a fabulous gift for a cigar smoker. MEASUREMENTS Holder measure 6" long by 1"inche wide by and weighs 108.3grams great addition to your collection! Only a few outside the jewelry-collecting world have heard of Taxco, let alone know about the rich silver history that decorates the beautiful city. Taxco de Alarcn, most commonly referred to as Taxco, is a small town located 106 miles southwest of Mexico City. The name comes from the Nahuatl term meaning place of the ballgame, which ominously refers to a morbid Aztec game involving rings and skulls. The native Mesoamericans Taxco was about 6 miles south of the current Taxco. The governor of the Aztecs resided and oversaw the collection of tributes from the seven districts. But, Spanish conquistador Hernn Corts decided his Taxco would be north, where silver was abundant. The Spanish began mining the large silver lodes in the 1530s and worked the diggings until the Mexican Independence of 1821. For 100 years, the sleepy town and mines were relatively unknown to the world until an American named William Spratling moved to Taxco in 1929 to write. Spratling was an assistant professor of architecture at Tulane University, a well-established Mesoamerican studies department. From 1926-1929, William spent his summers lecturing on colonial architecture in Mexico City and toured the country in his free time. Spratling eventually settled in Taxco and wrote a novel titled Little Mexico. When the book sales failed to meet expectations, William was encouraged by the US ambassador to Mexico to create silver jewelry to sell on the thriving tourist market. In 1931, Spratling hired two local Plateros, or silversmiths, to teach him the trade techniques. Soon after this, he began crafting his first pieces at his kitchen table with silver from coins. As luck would have it, that same year, a brand new highway from Mexico City to Acapulco was completed, linking the tiny town of Taxco to the capital city. Tourists flocked to the quaint village, and Spratlings jewelry exploded in popularity. Spratlings early influences were native Mexican designs and motifs spurred by recent archaeological significance in Monte Alban. Throughout his career, William incorporated Mayan to Art Deco, Jazz era motifs, astrological and mythological figures, ranch life depictions, and natural elements. Image result for spratling castillo Artemio Navarette and Alfonso Mondragon were the first Plateros hired by Spratling and, shortly after, helped him establish his apprenticeship program. The first apprentices were the Castillo brothers, who learned English daily and hung around the shop to observe the silversmiths. Other young men stepped forward to learn the trade, and the program took off. Notable apprentices who formed their own shops are Antonio Pineda, Margot de Taxco, and Hector Aguilar. During World War II, European import and export of refined and luxury goods ground to a halt. As a result, American high-end stores and chains had to find products elsewhere. Taxco silver became highly fashionable, and many of the periods celebrities were fond of vacationing in Taxcos colonial charm. As the father of the modern Mexican jewelry movement, William produced jewelry until his untimely death in 1967. Spratlings enduring legacy will no doubt linger in the hills of Taxco that glisten with silver and in the hands of the Plateros that still work today.

Price: 465 USD

Location: Salinas, California

End Time: 2024-09-27T13:07:45.000Z

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