Made sometime in the last two decades of his life, this box was designed by Antonio Castillo, one of the four Castillo brothers who became Los Castillo in Taxco in the late 1930s. There were many other talented designers at Los Castillo including Antonio's wife, Margot Van Voorhies, who later became "Margot de Taxco" and famous in her own right for her incredible enameled jewelry. Salvador Teran, who was cousin to the Castillo brothers, also was an early designer at Los Castillo. Perhaps the greatest technical innovator and designer of all who worked at Los Castillo was Jorge 'Chato' Castillo who invented both the 'mosaico azteca' (mosaic stone inlay) technique, and the 'metales casados' (married metals) technique used in the creation of this box. A very large example at 30.5 cm across, about 12". No doubt originally intended to be a cigar box, but could be used for jewelry, knick-knacks, keys, change, cufflinks, you name it!

A vintage 1980s 90s 'mosaico azteca' (stone inlay) and 'metales casados' (married metals) pre Columbian Mayan figure box - measures 30.5 cm across!

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