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A rosewood candlestick studded with applied silver stars and beads brings Spratling's wood-and-silver pairing to a lighting object, the dark grain set against scattered points of bright metal. The star, a recurring Spratling form, here becomes surface ornament rather than structure.
Candlesticks were made in Spratling's workshop from its earliest years (Morrill, p. 36), and combining wood with applied silver reflects the simpler, surface-led approach his designs took on as they matured (Morrill, p. 73).
The candlestick is recorded in Penny Morrill's Maestros de Plata and Phyllis Goddard's Spratling Silver field guide.
Star Candlesticks, circa 1950
Accession M.2013.4.14a-b. Official museum record Photo: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Verified against each institution's own collection records. All museum collections
Museum of Mexican Silver. “Silver Star Rosewood Candlestick.” Catalog no. MoMS-000563. https://museumofmexicansilver.com/pieces/spratling-3012
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Two Step Candlestick
First Design Period: 1931 - 1946
Silver
