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A footed liqueur cup whose tapered bowl rises from a stem encircled by a disc of rosewood, this small drinking vessel sets the warm wood against silver in the workshop's characteristic pairing of native hardwood and metal. The rosewood ring is structural ornament, breaking the stem and giving the eye a point of color.
The combination of Mexican hardwoods with silver was a recurring device across Spratling's tableware. With no further period documentation recorded for this piece, it stands as a characteristic example of the small silver-and-rosewood objects the taller made for the table.
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