Specialties

Founder Margot Van Vorhies Carr

1937

• Arrived in Mexico City from America.
• Met & Married Antonio Castillo of Los Castillo, moving to Taxco.

1948

• Divorced
• Opened a workshop and retail outlet.
• Inventory #s for silver 5100-5707
• for enamel 5109-5922

Specialized c.1955

• Silver and enamel
• Perfected a champlevé enamel on silver technique first developed by Reveriano Castillo & Miguel Melendez.

Style

• Heavily influenced by Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
• Fascinated by Japanese art.
• She designed everything they produced.
• She produced a lot of suites and convertible jewelry.

Employed

• Miguel Arias
• Hilario Lopez
• Miguel Melendez
• Melicio Rodriguez
• Jaime Quiroz

Process

• Margot drew out each design and specified how it was to be produced.
• Steel dies were made in her workshop and all pieces were stamped out from them.
• Workers assembled, enameled, polished and completed the pieces.

1985

• Margot’s death