William Spratling
Dessert Spoon

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dessert Spoon
Datec. 1945
Made inTaxco, Mexico
MediumSterling silver
Dimensions5/8 × 5 5/8 × 1 3/8 in., 45gm (1.6 × 14.3 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.18
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[...]; 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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On backside of spoon: "Spratling / Made in Mexico" encircled / "Sterling"

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