Rosewood Handled Pitcher

A rolled rim crowns this pitcher, its handle a squared length of rosewood set against the raised silver body - the warm, dense wood contrasting with the metal in the way Morrill describes as characteristic of Spratling's combining of materials, a sensibility he shared with the French silversmith Puiforcat (p. 224). The design was also produced in slightly larger sizes.

The squared handle is a small but telling choice, geometry carried into the one component the hand actually grips. It belongs to the workshop's table holloware, made alongside the jewelry that built the maker's reputation.

The pitcher is recorded in Goddard's Spratling Silver: A Field Guide.