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Héctor Aguilar
Cutlery Set (Juego de cuchillos y tenedores)1940-1948

Not on view
Set of eight alternating knives and forks with silver-toned metal blades and dark walnut-brown turned wooden handles, arranged in a horizontal row
Close-up of a silver object's hallmarks: a rectangular stamp reading "940," a circular maker's mark with stylized initials, and a rectangular stamp reading "TAXCO," all stamped into a brushed silver surface.
Artist or Maker
Héctor Aguilar
Mexico, 1905-1986
Title
Cutlery Set (Juego de cuchillos y tenedores)
Date Made
1940-1948
Medium
Silver, rosewood
Dimensions
.1-.8) 6 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (16.03 × 3.02 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Jim and Penny Morrill
Accession Number
M.2015.279.1-.8
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Latin American Art