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What was William Spratling’s model and inspiration?
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William Spratling's model and inspiration was pre-Columbian decorative objects. For example, he patterned the Quetzalcoatl brooch off the details of a heart bowl found in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City, Mexico. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of William Spratling jewelry and decorative objects.
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Vintage 1940's William Spratling Mexican Sterling Silver Flexible Link Bracelet
By William Spratling
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This solid flexible link bracelet was created by William Spratling in the Mid-20th century in Mexico.
It is made out of sterling silver and carries full hallmarks and makers mark. Th...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Modernist Link Bracelets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage William Spratling Sterling Silver Large Mexican Modernist Earrings
By William Spratling
Located in New York, NY
These beautiful, large William Spratling earrings have the ephemeral feel of butterfly wings.
William Spratling, Architecture professor and lecturer, has been called the Father of Me...
Category
20th Century Mexican Modernist Dangle Earrings
Materials
Sterling Silver
William Spratling 1940 Taxco Deco Retro Pendant Brooch .925 Sterling and Copper
By William Spratling
Located in Miami, FL
Pendant brooch designed by William Spratling.
Fabulous three-dimensional scrolls brooch pendant, created in Taxco Mexico by the iconic silversmith Wi...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Retro Brooches
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Copper
Rare Set of William Spratling Sterling Silver Fork & Spoon Salad Servers
By William Spratling
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine early Taxco salad serving set.
In sterling silver.
By William Spratling.
With a wonderful hand-hammered surface to the bowl.
Simply a wonderful pair of silver serving utensils...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Dinnerware and Flatware Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch
By William Spratling
Located in Pasadena, CA
A William Spratling Sterling silver Brooch .1933-1939 and 1940-1946,
First Design Period;
Taxco, Mexico Each stamped for William Spratling; Others ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
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William Spratling Earliest Designs 1930s/40s Half Ball Earrings 980 Silver Taxco
By William Spratling
Located in North Attleboro, MA
Simple and timeless, these earrings are quite special as, according to Spratling's biography "File on Spratling", this is one of his earliest designs. The earrings are two half-globe...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Materials
Silver
