About Us

Incorporated in 2010 The Mexican Collection brand designs and commissions hand-wrought jewellery from Taxco, Mexico. Based in the UK, The Mexican Collection is led by Jay and Patricia with the aim of promoting the quality and craftmanship of Mexican jewellery design to a worldwide audience.

We first visited the small city of Taxco in Mexico in 2003. There is something infinitely beguiling about this bustling place known as El Pueblo Magico that is perched high in the Mexican Alti Plano and surrounded by the rolling hills of the Tierra Caliente for as far as the eye can see.

The thing that strikes you as the sharp curves of the road draw you closer to Taxco are the white building. The white-washed facade with black and red painted logos was decreed into law in the 1920s, with the exception of the Casa Roja which was painted flaming red long before the law was passed.

Aficionados of vintage Mexican silver jewellery will know this building as the Taller de las Delicias (now painted white!) – the first workshop and showroom of the famous American architect and jewellery designer William Spratling – and the reason for our very first to Taxco. We were drawn to Taxco by the legend and infinitely impressed and dazzled by his legacy.

Even today the influence of William Spratling is everywhere in Taxco. The traditions he established for excellence in design, attention to detail, expert craftsmanship and above all quality materials have passed on to the modern silversmiths of Taxco.

Our love affair with Taxco began as collectors of vintage Mexican silver, most of which sadly can no longer be found in Mexico. There is a heft and a weight to a statement piece of vintage William Spratling jewellery, a simple industrial symmetry in the masculine designs of Antonio Pineda and a vibrance in the coloured enamel-work of Margot Von Voorhies that is simply timeless. 

After that very first trip in 2003 we have made many trips since to Taxco, drawn by the colonial charm of the city but most importantly by the passion and dedication of the modern silversmiths that continue the legacy of William Spratling and the many other silversmiths of the Mexican silver renaissance.

We started our business on a small scale, selling well-made unique pieces and modern designs inspired by the Mexican landscape, culture and folklore. This onyx bracelet is a modern replica of a famous Antonio Pineda design and was one of the first pieces of jewellery we offered for sale in The Mexican Collection.

The quality and design of Mexican jewellery is unparalleled and anyone who owns a piece of well-made jewellery from Taxco will always come back for more.

What started as a passionate hobby has blossomed into a truly satisfying career in the jewellery industry. The Mexican Collection brand is the embodiment of our love affair with Taxco and Mexico and we still travel regularly to Mexico to meet our silversmiths and commission individual designs for The Mexican Collection as well as our parent company Equestrian Silver Limited that specialises in equestrian jewellery designs.

We work directly with our silversmiths and are able to keep our prices competitive with few overheads by selling exclusively online (both retail and wholesale). We introduce new designs throughout the year and are always open to suggestions and comments from you, our lovely customers. We hope you enjoy shopping with us as much as we enjoy selling to you.

Saludos,

Jay & Patricia