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A round flat bread plate finished at its edge with five "crimps," each terminating in a silver ball, this is hollowware in which the rim itself becomes the ornament: the crimped edge gives a plain disc both a silhouette and a rhythm. The terminal silver balls are a recurring Spratling device, used here to punctuate the plate's circumference.
The plate dates to the First Design Period, 1931 to 1946. The design proved versatile across scales, the existing record noting a smaller version served as an ashtray and other sizes as butter plate, service plate, and serving platter, a single decorative idea modulated across a whole table service. The design has since been reissued.
The plate is recorded across the principal literature, including Cederwall and Riney's Spratling Silver, Morrill and Berk's Mexican Silver, the Centennial Edition, and La Platería Mexicana. A well-documented and scalable design, it is among the more familiar of the workshop's serving pieces.
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