Sheep with Royston Turquoise
Emma Jean Bighand
- Savvy Price $185.00
- Gallery Price $250.00
- Title
- Sheep with Royston Turquoise
- Artist
- Emma Jean Bighand
- Medium
- Sterling silver and natural American turquoise
- Size
- 1 3/8" height (without the bale) X maximum width is 1 1/8"
- Signed
- "E.J. Bighand" in stamped on back of animal's belly
- Date of creation
- Circa 1990
- Condition
- Excellent
- Turquoise
- Natural Royston turquoise
- Provenance
- Consigned by a gentleman whose grandmother collected jewelry with flair CP
- About The Sheep with Royston Turquoise
Bighand has stamped the animal's legs, tail as well as its head and ears to replicate the appearance of hair.
- About Emma Jean Bighand
(Born circa 1960) Known for her brooches and pendants, Emma Bighand learned to make jewelry from her parents. This Navajo silversmith is guided in her designs by the shape of the natural turquoise she chooses.
A horsewoman, Bighand tends sheep and is a hardy collector of antiques.
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