LOS BALLESTEROS (Mexican 20th Century)

925 Hand Hammered STERLING SILVER Ewer Pitcher

Sculpted in STERLING silver 

Maker signed and numbered.

Standout mid century pitcher handcrafted in STERLING SILVER. 

Featuring a tessellated malachite parrot as a handle.

Similar to: Los Castillo (Designer)

Dimensions: Height: 11" Tall in Width: 6 1/4" At it's Widest Point: 3" Diameter at Base 

Circumference at the longest point on the body of the pitcher is 15"

Weighs just shy of 1 1/2 POUNDS of STERLING SILVER

Approximately 662 GRAMS STERLING SILVER, or 22 Troy Ounces

Style: Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)

STERLING SILVER, Hand-Crafted Hand Hammered

Large lobed pitcher flanked by a handle 

in the form of a perched parrot inlaid with malachite along the body and onyx for eyes with a gilt beak. 

Malachite is no longer mined and no longer available on new production products.

Marked along the underside.

Place of Origin: TAXCO, MEXICO

Period: Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture: Circa 1970

Preowned original vintage EXCELLENT ESTATE condition 

925

STERLING

Creator: LOS BALLESTEROS

Hecho in Mexico, & E

Talleres Los Ballesteros

Taxco, GRO

CREATED in the Style of LOS CASTILLO

One of the most noted silversmith of the Mid-Century,

who trained under the renowned silversmith and architect William Spratling.