animal pin

This pin reflects the figural side of Hector Aguilar's Taxco silverwork, the production of a maker who took the town's silver revival and built it into a workshop of his own. Aguilar ran the Taller Borda, the atelier whose substantial, architectural silver gave him a recognizable voice, and his pieces are sought today as the work of that specific hand.

Rendered in silver as an animal form, the pin sits within Aguilar's main design period of roughly 1939 to 1962, the years when the Taller Borda turned out jewelry meant to be worn and handled. The figural subject is treated in the solid, grounded manner the workshop is known for.