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A salad-server fork finished with a flattened silver ball at the end of its handle, with a shortened rat-tail worked on the back of the fork - the rat-tail a traditional flatware reinforcement here abbreviated into a design detail. The flattened terminal ball gives the handle its weight and resolution.
The piece belongs to the first design period, its hand-finished character reflecting the Las Delicias workshop where Spratling led the Taxco silver revival.
The fork is recorded in Cederwall and Riney's Spratling Silver and its Centennial Edition.
Museum of Mexican Silver. “Ball End Salad Fork.” Catalog no. MoMS-000407. https://museumofmexicansilver.com/pieces/spratling-394
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Duck Pattern Salad Fork
Silver
