Perfectly Plain Shot Cup

Perfectly plain, this shot cup makes its case through proportion and surface alone, with no ornament to distract from the silver itself. It belongs to the first design period of the Taller de las Delicias, the workshop Spratling founded in 1931.

Unadorned drinking vessels were part of the workshop's holloware line, and the restraint here reflects a confidence in form that runs through Spratling's tableware. A plain cup of this kind depends entirely on the quality of the raising and finishing.

First-period silver holloware is collected alongside Spratling's jewelry, and a simple shot cup is a quietly desirable example of the workshop's everyday table silver.