Pulsera De Cocos Bracelet

This bracelet of silver balls and straps joined by round links carries a name that records a piece of workshop history: Spratling called it "pulsera de cocos" after Justo "Coco" Castillo, the silversmith who designed it in the Spratling taller in the mid-1930s. Morrill documents the nickname's origin, noting that Justo Castillo's pierced and heavily worked oval bead was called a "Cocol" by the other silversmiths, which gave him the name (Morrill, p. 83).

The design is a record of how Spratling's workshop functioned, with the young Castillos and others contributing designs that entered the Spratling line. The ball, strap, and round link belong to the early vocabulary the taller shared.

The bracelet is recorded in Morrill's Maestros de Plata. A First Period example, read by its early mark, ties a recognized design to the named smith who created it inside Spratling's shop.