William Spratling
Coffee Pot

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Coffee Pot
DateDesigned by 1958, made c. 1962–1964
Made inTaxco, Mexico
MediumSterling silver and rosewood
Dimensions8 3/4 × 11 × 5 1/4 in. (22.2 × 27.9 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.19
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[...]; [Nathan Horowicz Antiques, New York]; acquired by Margo Grant Walsh; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Collecting by Design: Silver and Metalwork of the Twentieth Century,” San Francisco Airport Museums, February 5–August 5, 2007.

“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Maker's marks on bottom: "William Spratling / 323 / Taxco Mexico" and "63"

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