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William Spratling Half Circle Salt Dish
William Spratling

Half Circle Salt Dish

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Object record

Catalogue no.
MoMS-000172
Form
Salt Dish
Date
First Design Period: 1931 - 1946
Materials
Silver
Dimensions
1 x 1 3/4"

Curatorial note

A salt dish set on a base worked with applied silver half-circles - the half-disc motif, a variation on the silver circle that recurs across the workshop's holloware, ringing the base as its only ornament. The form is small and functional, the applied half-circles its single point of elaboration.

It belongs to the first design period, its hand-finished character reflecting the Las Delicias workshop.

With no scholarly reference recorded, this is a sparsely documented table form.

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How to cite this record

Museum of Mexican Silver. “Half Circle Salt Dish.” Catalog no. MoMS-000172. https://museumofmexicansilver.com/pieces/spratling-402

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