Plata del Carmen specializes in vintage Mexican & Taxco sterling silver jewelry, classic Taxco designs in sterling silver & fine silver and original silver jewelry with a vintage Mexican flavor. Many famous designers are represented, including William Spratling, Antonio Castillo for Los Castillo, Hector Aguilar, Margot van Voorhies Carr for Margot de Taxco, Frederick Davis, Antonio Pineda, Sigi Pineda, Ana Nunez Brilanti for Victoria de Taxco & Cony, Matilde Poulat for Matl, and Valentin Vidaurreta.
The jewelry presented on our website comprises several different categories. The vintage Mexican jewelry is primarily from the period of 1930 through 1970. Pre-Eagle jewelry produced prior to 1948 is also represented.
The second category includes classic Taxco designs from the period of the 1930s through the 1970s. These pieces are typically produced by silversmiths who worked for the famous designers of Taxco during the golden age of silver jewelry production. Many of the techniques utilized to produce the jewelry are difficult to find in today’s world, where a great deal of the jewelry is produced in mass by machine. Care has been taken to select pieces of only the highest quality.