Mexican silver runs from Taxco workshops to fine-opal cases here. Platería Los Castillo hammers pre-Hispanic-style silver rings, chains, bracelets outside Taxco de Alarcón, in the workshops the family has run for generations. TANE has raised Mexican silver to haute orfebrería from Mexico City since 1942. El Delfín Jewelry sets fine jewelry in gold, sterling silver, gemstones, including Mexican fire opals.
Bazar Sábado has operated as a marketplace for Mexican folk art and contemporary craftsmanship since 1960, moving to its current site at Plaza San Jacinto #11 in San Ángel in 1965. It brings together goldsmiths, jewelers, ceramicists and textile artists under one roof.
The shop of Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology partners with more than a hundred artisan suppliers, including Wixárika beadworkers from Jalisco and alebrije painters from Tilcajete, Oaxaca, paying fair-trade value for each piece sold. Since the pandemic pushed sales online, the shop also runs the site tiendamna.org alongside its storefront inside the museum in Polanco.
Best for Museum-shop, folk-art, textiles, ceramics, jewelry
Since 1942 TANE has been Mexico's silver house — sculptural jewelry and objects by great artists' hands, in the metal Mexico mines and masters. Polanco's quiet treasury.
Best for Mexican silver raised to haute orfebrería
Founded in 1942, TANE is Mexico's luxury house for handcrafted silver and gold jewelry and objets d'art. Its collections sell online with nationwide delivery and through boutiques across Mexico City.
Carranza y Carranza is a Mexican fine-jewelry house designing rings, pendants and earrings in gold, silver and gemstones, with a boutique in Cancún alongside its Monterrey origins. The family firm sells its own designed and manufactured collections rather than third-party brands.
Chiapas Mágico sells amber jewelry sourced from the Simojovel mines in Chiapas alongside sterling silver pieces in .925 and .950 fine silver, woven bracelets made on backstrap looms, and rebozos. It also carries clay figurines, embroidered pieces and jade from its store at Cuauhtémoc 28.
Run by the Rubio family in Mazatlán since 1984, El Delfín crafts and sells fine jewelry in gold, sterling silver and gemstones, including Mexican fire opals. The GIA-trained jewelers are, by their account, the city's only accredited jewelry appraisers.
Best for Fine jewelry in gold, sterling silver and gemstones, including Mexican fire opals
Real de Guadalupe, Centro, San Cristóbal de las Casas
Emilia Ámbar is a jewelry workshop at Real de Guadalupe 26 in San Cristóbal de las Casas making personalized pieces such as engagement rings, arras and charms designed together with clients. Staff explain the materials, processes and timelines involved in each commission before a decision is made.
Ceramist Inés Fernández handcrafts earrings, pendants, brooches and homeware from her studio on Calle Romero Leal in Mérida. Pieces are sold through the online shop, and the studio also runs hands-on ceramics workshops.
JL Joyeros is a Cancún workshop-jeweler that manufactures gold and silver pieces on the bench, sets gemstones and handles resizing and repairs. The family business sells finished rings, chains and bespoke commissions alongside its jewelry services.
Best for Custom gold and silver jewelry and repairs
La Rocca Joyería hand-crafts personalized jewelry and spiritually themed talismans at its shop on Avenida Ignacio Zaragoza 19 in Tepoztlán, working with clients to select metals and symbols aligned with lunar phases and astrology. The studio also reconstructs and reimagines customers' heirloom jewelry, and ships internationally.
Linda de Taxco has designed, produced and sold silver jewelry and metalwork from Taxco, Guerrero for more than 71 years, offering earrings, necklaces, bracelets and bangles set with opals and cubic zirconia. Every piece carries a certificate guaranteeing .925 fine silver or higher, and the company ships nationally and internationally.
Mr. Blackbird designs handmade jewelry, accessories, and clothing meant to capture the feel of Tulum, working in small, limited production runs. Its boutique sits on the Tulum-Boca Paila road, with an online shop shipping across North America.
Oh Hi Again in Monterrey offers conscious and sustainable fashion made from recycled materials, with garments designed and made by Mexican talent, plus jewelry.
Best for Sustainable recycled fashion by mexican designers
Plateria Los Castillo sells pre-Hispanic-style and nature-themed silver jewelry from its shop on the Carretera Federal Km 175 outside Taxco de Alarcon, with parking and card payment on site. The jewelry shop keeps its doors open all day, every day, and takes phone and WhatsApp orders for its silver rings, chains, and bracelets.
Best for Pre-Hispanic-style and nature-themed silver rings, chains, and bracelets outside Taxco de Alarcón
Taller de Platería "Sarahí" sells .925 silver jewelry. It invites customers to contact it to see its catalog and says it offers domestic shipping within Mexico.
Taller de Platería Taxco describes itself as selling original silver at workshop prices. It says it accepts card payments with interest-free installment plans.
Taller Holbox is a small goldsmith workshop on Isla Holbox where jeweler Noa hand-forms original gold and silver pieces inspired by the island's mangroves and sea, with a catalog dating back to at least 2016. Work is made and sold on the island, and locals point to it as the island's dedicated fine-jewelry shop rather than a souvenir stand.
Best for Handmade gold and silver jewelry made on the island
Jewelry and sculpture retailer at Plaza 31 de Marzo 1-B, Centro, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, offering jade rings, necklaces, bracelets and pendants alongside amber sculptures with nature-inspired and Mesoamerican designs.
The Amber Boutique designs, cuts, and solders gold and silver jewelry in-house at its shop on Avenida Tulum, setting gemstones like emerald, tanzanite, and topaz into custom rings, earrings, and pendants. The shop also cleans, repairs, and buys gold and silver jewelry, coins, and scrap.