Tin Swirled Candlestick

This round candlestick of swirled diagonal wire belongs to the tinwork that was part of Spratling's workshop from its earliest years, when a tinsmith and his assistants produced candlesticks, frames and other objects at La Aduana (Morrill, p. 36). The swirled wire turns a humble material into a piece of design.

That the same design was also produced in copper underscores how Spratling treated form as portable across materials, the silhouette holding whether rendered in tin or copper.

The candlestick is recorded in Penny Morrill's Maestros de Plata and in Phyllis Goddard's Spratling Silver field guide.