An Assembled William Spratling Silver & Amethyst Flatware Service

(58) pieces, service for eight, including:

(8) knives (8 5/8 in.) - (6) blades with 1940s period Spratling mark; (2) blades have been polished and are unmarked, the handles marked “Sterling / Mexico.”

(8) knives (8 1/8 in.) - (2) blades with circa 1930s period Spratling mark; (6) blades are unmarked, the handles marked “Sterling / Mexico.”

(8) forks (7 3/4 in.) - (4) with Los Castillo TA-01 Sterling marks; (2) marked “Sterling / Mexico;” and (2) are unmarked.

(8) spoons (8 in.) - (2) with circa 1933-1938 period hallmarks and marked .925; (5) with 1944-1946 period hallmarks and marked “Sterling”; and (1) marked “Sterling.”

(16) teaspoons ( 5 1/8 in.) - (2) teaspoons have 1930s marks, one is sterling silver and the other is .980 silver; (5) teaspoons have 1950s marks and are sterling; (1) teaspoon has a Los Castillo TA-01 sterling mark; and (8) teaspoons are marked “Sterling / Mexico.”

(8) butter knives (5 1/2 in.) - (5) with circa 1940-1946 period Spratling sterling silver mark; (3) with circa 1944-1946 Spratling sterling marks.

(2) tablespoons with 1940 hallmark, .980 silver (9 3/4 in.).

137.55 total troy oz.

This service was assembled by the consignor's father during visits to Taxco, Mexico. He began the collection in the 1950s.

An example of this pattern is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

(2) of the larger knives and (6) of the smaller knives have had the blades ground and polished to remove rusting due to water damage.