William Spratling

Choluteca Conch Shell Brooch

1934

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William Spratling

Choluteca Conch Shell Brooch

William Spratling

Choluteca Conch Shell Brooch

1934

Physical Qualities Silver, 2 1/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.2 × 5.6 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Lowery Stokes Sims, Baltimore

Object Number 2021.170

Choluteca Conch Shell brooch. Sterling silver, bearing hallmarks for Spratling on the back; repousse technique. This brooch represents a cross-section of a stylized spiral conch shell; later renditions also known as a modernized star.

Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2021; Lowery Stokes Sims (b. 1949), Baltimore, MD by gift, early-mid 1990s; Leslie King-Hammond (b. 1944), Baltimore, MD by descent, early-mid 1990s