1940s Hector Aguilar Center Table Made in Mezquite Wood

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Circa 1940. We offer this rare center table designed and signed by Hector Aguilar Taxco México, made in mezquite wood. … Read more Circa 1940. We offer this rare center table designed and signed by Hector Aguilar Taxco México, made in mezquite wood. Hector Aguilar was a master silversmith, jewelry maker, and the first graduate from William Spratling’s famous apprenticeships in Taxco, Mexico. He met Spratling almost by chance while bringing a load of tourists to Taxco from Mexico City in the 1930s. Aguilar was one of Spratling’s best pupils, who often worked with close-to-pure silver (rated at 980 instead of the 925 of sterling silver on the silver scale). Aguilar was also a great businessman who only stayed at Spratling’s workshop for three years before finding investors for his own workshop, Taller Borda. Aguilar’s Taller Borda became a huge success in 1943, when they secured a contract with an American jewelry company, Coro. They produced several notable designs for Coro throughout the 1940s. Hector kept Taller Borda running until 1966 when he closed up shop and enjoyed a nearly 20-year retirement, his place in the firmament of great Mexican silversmiths already secured. See less