Spratling Jaguar Ashtray Silver and Ebony Taxco Mexico

 # 508 Hallmark variation information is included in Spratling Silver: A Field Guide.

Item: Ashtray Design Period: Third Design Period: 1951 - 1967

Catalog #: CEN-19

Dimensions: 4 3/4" x 1 3/4" high

Description: Silver ashtray supported by three silver jaguars on a triangular ebony base. This design was included in the 1965 traveling U.S. museum exhibit, "The World of William Spratling." The design has been reissued.

Primary Material Silver Ebony Hallmark 1 WS Script Circle S Book References

Title Author Publisher

Mexican Silver1993 Foundation Europalia 93 Foundation Europalia 93 La Plateria Mexicana1994 Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia Spratling Silver: A Field Guide - Recognizing a William Spratling Treasure2003 Phyllis Goddard Keenan Tyler Paine Article/Auction References Title Author Publication/Date Otis Art Institute Exhibit: The World of William Spratling List compiled from Otis Art Institute records Mexican Silver: William Spratling and the Revolutionary Aesthetic Penny Morrill AntiquesAmerica.com Experts' Library 2001

WILLIAM SPRATLING, an innovative and talented designer of Mexican jewelry, silver hollowware, tin, copper, and furniture, demonstrated his appreciation for, and sensitivity to the early cultures of Mexico. He established a model for the artistic development and growth of the silver industry in Taxco and well deserved the title "Father of Contemporary Mexican Silver!"

http://www.spratlingsilver.com/bookstore.htm biography: http://www.spratlingsilver.com/spratling.htm http://www.925-1000.com/spratling_marks.html hallmarks http://www.925-1000.com/a_spratling_X.html examples of work http://www.spratlingsilver.com/

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there are minor imperfections - a repaired crack in one leg of the wooden base, visible in photos, along with a couple of dings (no breaks) in the silver along the out folded edge. This piece was used as an ashtray and has some tarnish.