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A plain individual bowl finished with a rope design at the rim, this is restrained holloware that depends on form and the single twisted band for its effect. It is recorded in Penny C. Morrill's William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance: Maestros de Plata and dates to the first design period of the Taller de las Delicias.
The rope motif is a recurring Spratling device, used to define an edge without crowding a plain surface. That the design has been reissued speaks to the durability of the form, though it also makes correct hallmarks and dating important for collectors distinguishing early examples.
First-period holloware of this simplicity is collected alongside the jewelry, valued for showing the workshop's confidence in clean form.
Sherbet Cups with Rope Motif, circa 1935
Accession M.2018.68.34.1-.6. Official museum record Photo: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Verified against each institution's own collection records. All museum collections
Museum of Mexican Silver. “Rope Trimmed Silver Bowl.” Catalog no. MoMS-000025. https://museumofmexicansilver.com/pieces/spratling-2484
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William Spratling
Covered Vegetable Bowl
First Design Period: 1931 - 1946
Silver
