Museum of Mexican Silver

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Documented holdings

Belt buckle

William Spratling

1940–1946 · Silver, copper · 5.1 x 8.3 x 1.3 cm. (2 x 3 1/4 x 1/2 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.158a-bOfficial museum record

Box

William Spratling

1940–1946 · Silver · 5.7 x 8.6 x 7.6 cm. (2 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.157Official museum record
Bracelet

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Bracelet

William Spratling

1940–1950 · Rosewood, silver · Overall: 7.6 x 10.2 x 3.8 cm (3 x 4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Gift of James Tracy and James Black in honor of Penny Morrill

Accession 2016.544Official museum record
Bracelet

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Bracelet

William Spratling

1940–1950 · Silver, rosewood · Overall: 7.6 x 10.2 x 3.8 cm (3 x 4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Gift of James Tracy and James Black in honor of Penny Morrill

Accession 2016.545Official museum record

Candlestick

William Spratling

1956–1962 · Silver, rosewood · 8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.149.2Official museum record

Candlestick

William Spratling

1956–1962 · Silver, rosewood · 8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.149.3Official museum record

Candlestick

William Spratling

1940–1946 · Silver, rosewood · 8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.149.1Official museum record

Cavier spoon

William Spratling

1956–1962 · Silver, rosewood · 15.2 x 1 x 3.2 cm. (6 x 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.150Official museum record

Dinner bell

William Spratling

1940–1946 · Silver, rosewood · 10.2 x 4.4 cm. (4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.151Official museum record

Dish

William Spratling

Silver · 5.1 x 15.6 x 11.7 cm. (2 x 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.152Official museum record
Dolores del Río portrait head

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Dolores del Río portrait head

William Spratling

1962–1964 · Silver, rosewood frame · Overall: 14.9 x 13.3 x 3.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin in honor of Penny C. Morrill

Accession 2016.177Official museum record
Fork, from pair of salad servers

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Fork, from pair of salad servers

William Spratling

about 1945 · Silver and rosewood · 5.71 x 32.38 cm (2 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.)

Gift of Will and Alexandra Watkins in honor of Mymie Worrell Graham

Accession 2000.793.2Official museum record

Frog sugar spoon

William Spratling

about 1935 · Silver · Overall: 1.6 × 9.4 × 2.1 cm (5/8 × 3 11/16 × 13/16 in.)

Gift of Penny Morrill

Accession 2017.4311Official museum record

Frog sugar spoon

William Spratling

about 1935 · Silver · Overall: 1.7 × 9.5 × 2.1 cm (11/16 × 3 3/4 × 13/16 in.)

Gift of Penny Morrill

Accession 2017.4312Official museum record
Jaguar brooch

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Jaguar brooch

On view

William Spratling

1940–1946 · Silver, amethyst · Overall: 7.6 x 11.7 x 1.3 cm (3 x 4 5/8 x 1/2 in.)

Gift of Jim and Penny Morrill

Accession 2016.182Official museum record
Ladle

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Ladle

William Spratling

about 1945 · Silver, rosewood · 9.52 x 31.75 cm (3 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)

Gift of Betty Jane and Stephen Andrus in honor of Mymie Worrell Graham

Accession 2000.789Official museum record

Lidded box

William Spratling

1956–1962 · Silver, rosewood · 3.8 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm. (1 1/2 x 4 x 2 7/8 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.156a-bOfficial museum record

Mexico City 1968 Olympics medallion

William Spratling

1967 · Silver gilt · Overall: 4.9 × 5.6 × 0.6 cm (1 15/16 × 2 3/16 × 1/4 in.)

Gift of Penny Morrill

Accession 2017.4313Official museum record
Necklace

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Necklace

William Spratling

1955–1960 · Gold, jadite, coral · Height x length: 7.6 x 45.7 cm (3 x 18 in.)

Museum purchase with funds from the Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Karsh Center at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Stephen H. Borkowski, Leigh Braude-Borowski and Marek Borowski, Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz, Karen and Michael Rotenberg, and gifts in honor of the marriage of Leigh Braude-Borowski and Marek Borowski donated by Lee and Allen Sinai, Shelly and Bruce K. Eckman, Joy and Douglas Kant, Lorraine Bressler, Joyce and Carl P. Sherr, Elliot Davis and John Paolella, Olga Vanegas and Dennis A. Carr, and all of the Art of the Americas curators

Accession 2016.392Official museum record

One of pair of salts

William Spratling

mid 1930s · Silver · 5.7 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm. (2 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.154.1Official museum record

One of pair of salts

William Spratling

mid 1930s · Silver · 5.7 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm. (2 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.154.2Official museum record

Ring

William Spratling

about 1940–1944 · Silver · Overall: 1 x 2.5 cm (3/8 x 1 in.)

Gift of Margret Craver Withers

Accession 1993.836Official museum record

Salt

William Spratling

1964–1967 · Silver, rosewood · 3.2x 12.7 x 7.3 cm. (1 1/4 x 5 x 2 7/8 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.155Official museum record

Serpent brooch

William Spratling

mid 1930s · Silver · 5.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 cm. (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 1/4 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.153Official museum record

Small vase

William Spratling

1956–1962 · Silver, rosewood · 7 x 6.4 x 3.5 cm. (2 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.)

Gift of Ronald A. Belkin

Accession 2018.159Official museum record

Spoon

William Spratling

about 1935 · Silver · Overall: 1.9 × 8.3 × 1.7 cm (3/4 × 3 1/4 × 11/16 in.)

Gift of Penny Morrill

Accession 2017.4310Official museum record
Spoon, from pair of salad servers

Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Spoon, from pair of salad servers

William Spratling

about 1945 · Silver, rosewood · 5.71 x 32.38 cm (2 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.)

Gift of Will and Alexandra Watkins in honor of Mymie Worrell Graham

Accession 2000.793.1Official museum record

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