Four Arrows Tie Bar

A silver tie bar set with an inset circle and four arrows pointing in different directions, their fields filled with tortoise shell, turns a small accessory into a compact composition of metal and warm shell. The arrows give the bar direction and energy while the tortoise-shell insets add color against the silver. The piece is recorded in Phyllis Goddard's Spratling field guide.

Combining silver with tortoise shell was characteristic of the workshop, which paired metal with natural materials across both jewelry and accessories.

Men's accessories like this are a smaller, well-defined corner of the Spratling line, and the four-arrow design with its shell-filled insets is a tidy example of the workshop's graphic invention at miniature scale.