Given that Wikipedia has become (for better or worse!) such an important resource for people searching for information online, it’s unfortunate that the great designers and artisans who created the modern silver industry in Mexico are woefully underrepresented there. In … Continue reading
American designer Frederick Walter Davis arrived in Mexico in 1910, and the rest, as they say, is history. As Bill Hougart notes in The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks, Davis “committed his adult life to the cultural … Continue reading
American designer Frederick Davis arrived in Mexico City in 1910, developed a network of artisans (pre-Spratling), and bought their work. He also created his own designs — his use of native materials and the way in which he blended contemporary … Continue reading