A silver and rosewood cuff bracelet, circa 1940-1946, First Design Period; Taxco, Mexico
Stamped for William Spratling; Further stamped: Made in Mexico / Silver
A heavy cuff designed with alternating rosewood and silver crescent shapes with silver dot accents
6.5" total inner C x 1.625" H; wrist opening: 1.125"
105.1 grams gross

Provenance: The Collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh

Literature: This design illustrated: Gobi Stromberg et al., "Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda" (Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2008), 97, plate 87.

Overall good condition with light tarnishing and scratches commensurate with age and use. Scattered dents and multiple scratches to top silver element. Scattered minor losses to tips of each rosewood element.