Bibliography For
Mexican Silver Jewelry and Silverware
Antique & Twentieth Century Jewellery, 2nd ed., Vivienne Becker, N.A.G. Press, Ltd., Colchester, Essex (UK), 1987
Fooled By Fakes: Buyers Beware!, by Anita Stratos, discusses the resurgence of vintage Mexican jewelry among collectors and explains steps you can take to avoid buying fake "vintage Mexican jewelry."
Mexican Jewelry, Mary L. Davis and Greta Pack, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1982
Mexican Silver, Penny Chittim Morrill and Carole A. Berk, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 1994
Mexican Silver, exhibition catalog from Europalia 93 Mexican Silver exhibit, Museum voor Sierkunst, Gent, Belgium, 25 September-12 December 1993
Silver Masters of Mexico, Penny Chittim Morrill, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen PA, 1996
Spratling Silver: A Field Guide (Recognizing a William Spratling Treasure), Phyllis M. Goddard, Keenan Tyler Paine 2003
The Color of Silver: William Spratling His Life and Art, Taylor D. Littleton, Louisiana State University Press, 2000
The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks, Second Edition, Bille Hougart, TBR International, Inc. 2006. The 2nd edition of the bestselling reference guide to identifying Mexican silver contains images and graphics of over 1500 marks of silver makers, designers, manufacturers and silver houses in Taxco and throughout Mexico. The book includes all the great ones, including William Spratling, Hector Aguilar, Los Castillo, Antonio Pineda, Sigi Pineda, Victoria, Fred Davis, Artemio Navarrete, Emma Melendez, Bernice Goodspeed, Hubert Harmon, Chato, Margot de Taxco, and many, many others. The book is cross-referenced and indexed for easy searching and includes examples of marks not published before. Special sections describing fake marks are included for prominent designers.
The Silver Gringo, Joan Mark, University of New Mexico Press, 2000
William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance, Penny C. Morrill, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2002
William Spratling and the Taxco School, by Monica Clare McLaughlin, published by Jewelers Circular Keystone in 2004
Alisau, Patricia. "Spratling's silver city: Who would have thought that this "Man from New Orleans" put Taxco on the map? (Living in Mexico).(William Spratling)." Business Mexico. 2001. Retrieved September 04, 2009 from accessmylibrary: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27260374_ITM
Why Vintage Mexican Silver is Hot! Old Taxco Jewelry Is Mid-Century Modern by Regina Kolbe
The Silver Market of Taxco is a student research project on the silver market of Taxco by Leah Blaney.
