Numbered brass dish Salvador Teran

Decorative or functional dish by salvador teran (see description below). It represents a human profile. Designed and manufactured in mexico in the 1950s/60s, with serial number 409. Stamped on the back, with a ring for wall mounting. Pieces of the same series sell across the atlantic for several hundred dollars. Dimensions 59cm X 20cm, height 3cm. Salvador terán established his silver workshop called india bonita: platería-joyería in mexico city, in 1952. Before opening his business, he trained in william spratling's workshop in his hometown of taxco, mexico. He left spratling's shop with his cousins antonio, jorge, miguel and justo castillo in 1939 to found los castillo, also in taxco, where he worked for more than a decade. Terán is credited for many of los castillo's early designs, although this work was done without individual credit. However, his talents become abundantly evident when he examines jewelry and other decorative objects, such as the service pieces and wall mosaics he designed and made in his shop. He employed 25 goldsmiths who helped him realize his unique vision of mexican cultural motifs as they were incorporated into merchandise bearing his name. The objects produced in terán's workshop sold well and were recognized for their quality and craftsmanship when they were new as they are today. His work was featured in an exhibition titled "william spratling & the mexican silver renaissance" that premiered at the san antonio museum of fine arts in texas and traveled to many other museums in the early 2000s.

Ref. : 41C1VEJ5