Taxco Silverware

 

In 1953 , at the initiative of Antonio Pineda , a renowned silversmith , Silver Day was officially declared National Silver Fair , by the Government of the Republic and the state of Guerrero , where delivery is instituted annual National Award , maximum and only medal awarded to a craft , consisting of a gold medal, a diploma and a cash award winning work delivered to the National Competition Silverware, by President of the Republic in turn. It was Don Adolfo Ruiz Cortines , President , and Don Alejandro Gomez Maganda , Guerrero state governor , who corresponded give this special award and deliver the first National Award to Taxco Antonio Pineda Gomez , winner of the first national silverware . In 1959 , to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the construction of the church of Santa Prisca , was agreed to hold the Feria Nacional de la Plata in the last days of November. In 1974 he held the first World's Fair Plate with the participation of 40 countries and artists like the Bolshoi Ballet of the Soviet Union , however , it is clear that the fame of Taxco is due to their excellent craftsmanship of silversmiths , with sensitivity and skill transform everyday silver bars artworks .