William Spratling Sterling Silver Ashtray

William Spratling sterling silver ashtray with 3 rings and 3 wings with an elegant, geometric design. It measures 5'' in diameter by 4/5'' in height, weighs 3.8 troy ounces, and bears hallmarks as shown. William Spratling (1900–1967) was a celebrated American-born Mexican architect, artist, and silversmith who revolutionized 20th-century Mexican silver design and established Taxco as a global silver center. His works are in the permanent collections of many prestigious museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museo Franz Meyer in Mexico, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Birmingham Museum of Art. Please feel free to ask us any questions, and please see our other listings. We hand polish all items before shipping them out, but if there is interest for a professional polishing and/or engraving removal, we can take care of that for an additional charge and with delayed shipping.

Date / Era

1900

Category

Miscellaneous Rarities

Reference

408037

Material

Sterling silver