Ovoid Turquoise Inlay Silver Ring
Frank Dishta
- Savvy Price $485.00
- Gallery Price $575.00
- Title
- Ovoid Turquoise Inlay Silver Ring
- Artist
- Frank Dishta
- Medium
- Sterling silver and natural turquoise
- Troy ounces
- .30 troy ounces
- Size
- 1 5/8" height X 3/4" width (ring's face), ring size is 9.
- Signed
- No
- Date of creation
- late 1930's - 1940's
- Condition
- Good to excellent. There are two tear-drop shaped stones with old fractures. Tiny spot on another stone shows loss of turquoise matrix.
- Turquoise
- Natural turquoise from at least four different mines, hence color variations.
- Provenance
- Consigned by Phoenix collector of fine vintage American jewelry CNC
- Gram weight
- 9.4 grams
- About The Ovoid Turquoise Inlay Silver Ring
Three vertically stacked flowers are framed simply by a single row of tear-drop shaped inlay turquoise stones.
How this work was carried out by Mr. Dishta with entirely limited tools never ceases to amaze me !
- About Frank Dishta
- Frank Dishta, of Zuni Pueblo, was born in 1902. A jeweler since 1924, he developed a unique style of flush channel inlay, using sterling silver and Lone Mountain turquoise. His work is in the permanent collection of the Heard Museum and other prestigious institutions.
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