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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 13170907, member: 2844&quot;]The shape of the eagle on your brooch is the one used between 1955-80.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure that is how it works. According to Hougart, Delfino used Eagle 3, 19, and 39. Different numbers indicate different designers, makers or locations (within Taxco), and are more of an indication for the workshop itself, so a piece could be identified as being by a particular maker.</p><p>So 3 could be the first location before they branched out to other locations. That first location would continue to manufacture.</p><p>Alternatively, 3 could be the first silversmith that worked for Delfino, and the others came later, while nr #3 was still working there.</p><p>Since many Taxco makers used Eagle 3, my guess is that it is a code for the street. So the location.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like Delfino is the name of the workshop, not of a single maker. So just Delfino.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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