William Spratling
Brooch

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Brooch
Datec. 1940-1944
Made inTaxco, Mexico
MediumSilver
Dimensions3 × 2 1/2 × 1/4 in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.17
Not on view

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ProvenancePurchased by Margo Grant Walsh, Orlando, Florida; 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 backside, near clasp: "Spratling / Made in Mexico" and "980"

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