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Green malachite paired with lapis on a silverplate plate sets two strongly colored stones against the metal, an example of Los Castillo combining inlay in its decorative tableware.
The malachite carries the green and the lapis the blue, both set so color and silverplate read together. Los Castillo, founded in Taxco by Antonio Castillo in 1939, built its reputation on improving its designs rather than repeating them (Morrill, p. 91), a habit that suited its pairing of stones.
Malachite-and-lapis plates of this kind come up from time to time, and the example documents the workshop's taste for contrasting set stones on functional silver.
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