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Brooklyn's small Spratling group is notable for being openly licensed: its records carry Creative Commons photography, unusual for Spratling material still in copyright.

Individually documented works

Bracelet

Brooklyn Museum, Creative Commons-BY

Bracelet

William Spratling

ca. 1935-1940 · Silver · 1 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. (2.9 x 19.7 cm)

Gift of Dr. Martin R. and Eve Lebowitz in memory of his parents, Henry and Esther Lebowitz

Official object recordAccession 2006.7.2Verified August 2026Official museum recordRelated catalog entry
Brooch

Brooklyn Museum, Creative Commons-BY

Brooch

William Spratling

ca. 1935-1945 · Silver · 1 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (3.2 x 11.4 cm)

Gift of Lotte and Al Blaustein

Official object recordAccession 1997.30Verified August 2026Official museum recordRelated catalog entry
Pair of Spurs

Brooklyn Museum, Creative Commons-BY

Pair of Spurs

William Spratling

before 1952 · Silver · 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (21.6 x 8.9 cm)

Museum Collection Fund and Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Official object recordAccession 52.166.22Verified August 2026Official museum recordRelated catalog entry

Holdings are compiled from the institution's own published collection records, museum labels, and documented first-person study, and verified before listing. Only individually identified silver objects count toward the documented-works total; institution-reported collection totals are listed separately, and related works in other media (paintings, prints, drawings, archives) are labeled by medium and never counted. Images appear only where the institution's license permits or from our own in-gallery photography, credited, and are removed on request. See an error? Submit a correction.