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Message:: [QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1700743, member: 18157"]"Hecho en Mexico" means "Made in Mexico" "Taxco" is the silver producing region of Mexico. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Spratling" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Spratling" rel="nofollow">William Spratling </a>settled in the area in the late 1920's and introduced the art of silversmith to the region. Early pieces are anywhere from .940 - .980 sterling...and quite expensive. The earlier pieces are from Spratling himself or his original disciples...all well known silver artisans. Your piece, based on the composition and inscription is likely a recent piece (less than 40 years old). There should be a <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4n7_jNrBp9EC&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&dq=mrr+silver+mexico&source=web&ots=439LbP0JRE&sig=gBW16MxVcmJAsc8EpIZPdsA9aYI#v=onepage&q=mrr%20silver%20mexico&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4n7_jNrBp9EC&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&dq=mrr+silver+mexico&source=web&ots=439LbP0JRE&sig=gBW16MxVcmJAsc8EpIZPdsA9aYI#v=onepage&q=mrr%20silver%20mexico&f=false" rel="nofollow">maker's mark </a>on it somewhere. Collecting early Taxco silver...by artist...is a very enjoyable hobby! ...and not a bad investment, either.[/QUOTE]