William Spratling
Serving Spoon

ArtistAmerican, 1900–1967
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Serving Spoon
Datec. 1945
Made inTaxco, Mexico
MediumSterling silver
Dimensions9 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/8 in., 110gm (23.5 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.33
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.

“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
Engraved on back: "Spratling Made in Mexico" and "Sterling"

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