Turquoise Woman By Eqxze On Deviantart The free form shaped stone on the left is usually a navajo made giveaway. plus, coral and turquoise is found made by both navajo & zuni artists, but definitely favored to the navajo. zuni left, navajo right. the navajo piece is easy to identify, big, heavy, and a nice free form shaped stone. Do you have a question about native american jewelry, art, crafts, authenticity or artists? ask here, or read our discussions to educate yourself.
Turquoise Art Questions about the origins or meanings of your jewelry? ask here!. The turquoise pendant is nice, but pretty generic in terms of the style. no telling who made it or where it was made. the comment about block lettering stamps is on the money. without provenance, the maker and even country of origin remains anyone’s guess. I like your nice old squash blossom! i agree, pictures of the reverse side would help! but to answer your question, yes, it is “real”. age…my guess would be 1960 70s. there was an explosion of this type of jewelry made during that time, varying quite a bit in quality and quite a bit made by non native people. the silver work on yours is well done and the beads are center punched; i. The turquoise is inexpensive treated stone, probably kingman, and at the time would have been considered near bottom shelf in terms of price and quality. these were usually delivered unstrung, with the stringing taking place in the shop or trading company which commissioned the work.
Woman With Turquoise Background Stable Diffusion Online I like your nice old squash blossom! i agree, pictures of the reverse side would help! but to answer your question, yes, it is “real”. age…my guess would be 1960 70s. there was an explosion of this type of jewelry made during that time, varying quite a bit in quality and quite a bit made by non native people. the silver work on yours is well done and the beads are center punched; i. The turquoise is inexpensive treated stone, probably kingman, and at the time would have been considered near bottom shelf in terms of price and quality. these were usually delivered unstrung, with the stringing taking place in the shop or trading company which commissioned the work. @tepowell beautiful turquoise & i think its current sterling setting is ideal for it. that being said, i agree with @chicfarmer about considering to wear it as a bolo tie. i wear my bolo ties more like a necklace and never tighten them all the way up. i understand that may not work for you. in any case, it would definitely make for a pretty pendant. Here’s a link that talks about the turquoise. durangosilver lander blue spiderweb turquoise cabochons durango silver company learn about the elusive lander blue turquoise and lander blue spiderweb turquoise cabochons with photo examples of genuine lander blue turquoise from the mary louise lode claim. The turquoise doesn’t look old, but it is hard to tell. the shell seems older, again hard to determine. the white shell and larger coral flats. pieces like those worked on modern lapidary would be much smoother and finer worked. yours looked hand filed or stone ground. i think you have a marriage of older and newer pieces, which is not uncommon. I have noticed a ton of listings on ebay, etsy etc.for “genuine” navajo pieces with the hallmark qt 925 mostly offered for way less than “real” identifiable pieces. eg. “beautiful qt sterling quac (new mexico)” “coral, turquoise, onyx inlay” etc. many listings say the pieces are from quoc turquoise inc. but i can’t find anything to say whether these pieces were made by.
Turquoise Woman By Weeders73 On Deviantart @tepowell beautiful turquoise & i think its current sterling setting is ideal for it. that being said, i agree with @chicfarmer about considering to wear it as a bolo tie. i wear my bolo ties more like a necklace and never tighten them all the way up. i understand that may not work for you. in any case, it would definitely make for a pretty pendant. Here’s a link that talks about the turquoise. durangosilver lander blue spiderweb turquoise cabochons durango silver company learn about the elusive lander blue turquoise and lander blue spiderweb turquoise cabochons with photo examples of genuine lander blue turquoise from the mary louise lode claim. The turquoise doesn’t look old, but it is hard to tell. the shell seems older, again hard to determine. the white shell and larger coral flats. pieces like those worked on modern lapidary would be much smoother and finer worked. yours looked hand filed or stone ground. i think you have a marriage of older and newer pieces, which is not uncommon. I have noticed a ton of listings on ebay, etsy etc.for “genuine” navajo pieces with the hallmark qt 925 mostly offered for way less than “real” identifiable pieces. eg. “beautiful qt sterling quac (new mexico)” “coral, turquoise, onyx inlay” etc. many listings say the pieces are from quoc turquoise inc. but i can’t find anything to say whether these pieces were made by.
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