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A ring of gold rather than silver, its band worked with a striated surface and set with a large cabochon of yellow-gold rutilated quartz - the needle-like inclusions in the stone echoing the striations cut into the metal. Gold pieces are a small and distinct part of Spratling's output, the choice of metal here matched to the warm tone of the quartz.
The pairing of a striated band with a striated stone is a deliberate visual rhyme, form and material reinforcing each other in a single small object.
The ring is recorded in Goddard's Spratling Silver: A Field Guide. Gold-and-quartz Spratling rings come to market only occasionally.
Museum of Mexican Silver. “Rutilated Quartz Gold Ring.” Catalog no. MoMS-000546. https://museumofmexicansilver.com/pieces/spratling-380
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William Spratling
Silver Ball Ring
First Design Period: 1931 - 1946
Silver
