Broches

Of all the forms in the Spratling Silver repertoire, the brooch may be the most expressive. Worn on a lapel, a collar, a scarf, or a bag, it is jewelry that announces itself — a small sculpture chosen deliberately and placed with intention. William Spratling was a prolific designer of brooches, and the tradition he established in Taxco in 1931 continues with the same inventiveness today.

The collection is deliberately wide-ranging. Figurative brooches take the form of hearts, human faces, lizards, birds, and foxes — each rendered with a stylized quality that owes as much to Pre-Columbian art as to mid-century modernism. Abstract forms include wavy, undulating bar brooches and safety-pin constructions that play with the tension between function and ornament. Several designs incorporate wood or copper accents, materials that Spratling used throughout his career to add warmth and contrast to the silver's cool surface.

All brooches are crafted in .950 sterling silver, made to order in Taxco, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. A brooch is a commitment — to a design, to a maker, to a way of dressing that values the particular over the generic.