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William Spratling

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Vintage 1940's William Spratling Mexican Sterling Silver Flexible Link Bracelet
By William Spratling
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This solid flexible link bracelet was created by William Spratling in the Mid-20th century in Mexico. It is made out of sterling silver and carries full hallmarks and makers mark. Th...
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1940s Mexican Modernist Vintage William Spratling

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Sterling Silver

William Spratling Jaguar Bracelet
By William Spratling
Located in San Antonio, TX
Sterling Silver link bracelet with Jaguar motif. Signed, and maker’s mark.
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Mid-19th Century Mexican Antique William Spratling

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Sterling Silver

William Spratling Jaguar Bracelet
William Spratling Jaguar Bracelet
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W 1.63 in L 7.5 in
Vintage William Spratling Sterling Silver Large Mexican Modernist Earrings
By William Spratling
Located in New York, NY
These beautiful, large William Spratling earrings have the ephemeral feel of butterfly wings. William Spratling, Architecture professor and lecturer, has been called the Father of Me...
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20th Century Mexican Modernist William Spratling

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Sterling Silver

Rare Set of William Spratling Sterling Silver Fork & Spoon Salad Servers
By William Spratling
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine early Taxco salad serving set. In sterling silver. By William Spratling. With a wonderful hand-hammered surface to the bowl. Simply a wonderful pair of silver serving utensils...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican William Spratling

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Sterling Silver

William Spratling Earliest Designs 1930s/40s Half Ball Earrings 980 Silver Taxco
By William Spratling
Located in North Attleboro, MA
Simple and timeless, these earrings are quite special as, according to Spratling's biography "File on Spratling", this is one of his earliest designs. The earrings are two half-globe...
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1940s Mexican Modernist Vintage William Spratling

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Silver

A William Spratling Sterling Silver Brooch
By William Spratling
Located in Pasadena, CA
A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch .1933-1939 and 1940-1946, First Design Period; Taxco, Mexico stamped for William Spratling; Others variously stamped: Taxco / 980 / Made in Mexico / Silver / Mexico Provenance: The Collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh William Spratling, (born Sept. 22, 1900, Sonyea, N.Y., U.S.A”died Aug. 8, 1967, near Taxco, Mex.), American designer and architect, who spent more than 30 years in Mexico developing and promoting the silvercraft that made the city of Taxco famous.A graduate of the New York Fine Arts Institute and Auburn University, in Alabama (where he studied architecture), Spratling taught art and architecture at Tulane University, New Orleans, La., for eight years before going to Mexico in 1927. For two years he taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City (1927â€â€œ29) and then settled in Taxco, an old silver town (founded in 1528) that had long been in decay. He befriended silver artisans from all over Mexico and began the design of silver jewelry, artwork, tableware, and tea sets, opening his first taller, or workshop, on the Calle Las Delicias in 1933. After World War II his workshop went bankrupt, but he continued his work from a nearby ranch. His example inspired the founding of hundreds of competing workshops.Over the years Spratling also collected archaeological pieces...
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Mid-20th Century American William Spratling

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Sterling Silver

William Spratling 1940 Taxco Deco Retro Pendant Brooch .925 Sterling and Copper
By William Spratling
Located in Miami, FL
Pendant brooch designed by William Spratling. Fabulous three-dimensional scrolls brooch pendant, created in Taxco Mexico by the iconic silversmith Wi...
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1940s Mexican Retro Vintage William Spratling

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Silver, Sterling Silver, Copper

A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch
By William Spratling
Located in Pasadena, CA
A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch .1933-1939 and 1940-1946, First Design Period; Taxco, Mexico Each stamped for William Spratling; Others ...
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Mid-20th Century American William Spratling

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Sterling Silver

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Questions About William Spratling
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    William Spratling's model and inspiration was pre-Columbian decorative objects. For example, he patterned the Quetzalcoatl brooch off the details of a heart bowl found in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City, Mexico. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of William Spratling jewelry and decorative objects.

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