MARK OF PEDRO CASTILLO, TAXCO, 20TH CENTURY

The Aztec pattern of this service is very similar to flatware produced by Hector Aguilar in his distinctively abstract style. In 1937, Hector Aguilar was hired by the silver designer, William Spratling, to manage his workshop in Taxco. Aztec pattern flatware services by Aguilar sold in these Rooms, 21 October 2011, lot 44 and 17 May 2011, lot 71. Pedro Castillo, the maker of the present lot, worked for William Spratling and Hector Aguilar prior to opening his own business in the 1940s.