Museo Franz Mayer
Collection overview
Museo Franz Mayer reports 1,583 works in the Colección William Spratling, on loan from the Ulrich family, the largest Spratling holding anywhere. The works individually documented here were recorded in-gallery in February 2026 from the museum's Esplendores de plata labels, which attribute each piece to a workshop and period (Taller Las Delicias-La Florida, Silson Inc., Taller Taxco El Viejo, and the post-1967 Taller Spratling). The full loan collection has not yet been indexed object by object.
Reported collection holdings
Coleccion William Spratling: 1,583 works on loan from the Ulrich family
1,583 works reported by the institution; not yet indexed individually in this directory.
Individually documented works
41 works
William Spratling
Abrecartas (letter opener)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata cincelada y repujada con mango de madera de ébano
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Abrecartas daga (dagger letter opener)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata calada, mango alambrado
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Abrecartas punta de flecha (arrowhead letter opener)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata rechazada, mango alambrado y punta de carey
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Adorno búho (owl ornament)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata cincelada y calada
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Alcachofa (artichoke)
On view · checked February 20261931-1945 · Plata fundida y cincelada
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Aretes (earrings)
On view · checked February 2026ca. 1979 · Plata biselada y carey
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Azucarera (sugar bowl)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata rechazada
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Broche chango (monkey brooch)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata cincelada, realizada con cliché e incrustaciones de carey
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Broche florero (flower-vase brooch)
On view · checked February 20261931-1945 · Plata troquelada con incrustaciones de amatista
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Broche jaguar (jaguar brooch)
On view · checked February 20261931-1945 · Plata troquelada y biselada con incrustaciones de amatista
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Broche pájaro (bird brooch)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata troquelada
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Broche pájaro (bird brooch)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata troquelada
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Broche pavo reales (peacocks brooch)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata troquelada con cuentas de plata
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Broche pescado (fish brooch)
On view · checked February 2026Plata troquelada y sochapada con incrustación de carey y remaches de plata
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Caja (box with tortoiseshell lid)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata con sochapa de carey y remaches de plata
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Caja (box)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata cincelada y oro
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Clip para billetes (money clip)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata troquelada y calada con círculos en oro
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Collar (necklace)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata con incrustaciones biseladas de malaquita
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Collar dos lenguas (two-tongues necklace)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata cartoneada y dorada con cuentas de plata
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Collar jaguar (jaguar necklace)
On view · checked February 20261931-1945 · Plata biselada y cincelada con incrustaciones de amatista
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Collar manos (hands necklace)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata laminada y biselada con incrustación de malaquita
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Copa para champaña (champagne cup)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata rechazada
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Copa para licor (liqueur cup)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata rechazada
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Copa para vino (wine cup)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Plata rechazada
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Works in other media
Paintings, prints, drawings, and archival collections by the makers documented in this directory. These are labeled by medium and are not counted in the silver-object totals.
Anillo (ring)
On view · checked February 20261931-1945 · Oro vaciado e incrustación de jade
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Boquilla para cigarro (cigarette holder)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Oro incrustado sobre madera de ébano
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Boquilla para puro (cigar holder)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Oro incrustado sobre madera de ébano
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Collar (gold and jade disc necklace)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Oro cincelado y jade
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Mancuernillas pescado (fish cufflinks)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Oro troquelado
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
Pendiente concha (shell pendant)
On view · checked February 20261947-1967 · Oro biselado y jade
Comodato-Colección Familia Ulrich
In-gallery study records
Case views, labels, and group photographs from first-person study. These document the installation and are not counted as individual object records.
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Case label: Esplendores de plata, items 23-40
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Case view: jade disc necklace, beaded necklace, amethyst-cluster suite
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Case view: owl figure, caskets, bracelets, mask head, brooches
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Jewelry case view, second angle: mask necklace, hands necklace, cases and small silver
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Jewelry case view: hands necklace, mask necklace, bead and coral necklaces, boxes
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Jewelry group: double-bird pin, monkey brooch, fish brooch, filigree hoop earrings, tortoiseshell blade
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Viceregal silver case view with modern jewelry plate in foreground
Photo: Museum of Mexican Silver, taken in-gallery at Museo Franz Mayer, February 2026
Viceregal silver case view: inkstand group, caskets, filigree boxes
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.