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A "Needles" necklace worked in gold and ebony, this piece departs from Spratling's silver in its very material, pairing the warm metal with dark tropical wood in the slender, pointed forms that give the design its name. Gold work was the exception rather than the rule for him, which makes the necklace an unusual object within his output.
The gold-and-ebony combination carries forward the material contrast at the heart of his late holloware, the dark wood set against a precious metal. The necklace is recorded in Morrill's Maestros de Plata.
As a gold piece, its standing rests on the rarity of the material in his work, the integrity of the ebony "needles," and the documented design. Confirmation of the gold and the workshop attribution are the central questions.
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