Silver Pendant Earrings with #8 Turquoise

Leo Yazzie

Silver Pendant Earrings with #8 Turquoise, Jewelry by Leo Yazzie
  • Yazzie earrings
  • silver & turquoise earrings
Savvy Price $950.00
Gallery Price $1,200.00
Title
Silver Pendant Earrings with #8 Turquoise
Artist
Leo Yazzie
Medium
Natural turquoise & sterling silver
Troy ounces
.34 troy ounces
Size
2 1/2" length overall X 9/16" width.
Signed
"LY" marked with an electric engraver
Date of creation
1970's
Condition
Excellent
Turquoise
Natural Lone Mountain spider web matrix
Description
The silver wires are secured, as seen in the last photo, to prevent them from leaving your ear before you are ready to disengage them.
Provenance
Sop
Gram weight
10.7 grams (both)
About The Silver Pendant Earrings with #8 Turquoise

Elegance and comfort are happily married in these stunning pendant earrings created by Navajo artist, Leo Yazzie.

Hand crafted of heavy gauge sterling silver, every sculpted and stamp-scored detail is perfection.

The tops are each set with a specimen high grade Lone Mountain spider web matrix blue turquoise cabochon.  The bezel securing each stone is edged with 11 deeply carved scallops whose petal curved tips catch the light.

A graceful swallow tail pendant suspends from this by means of a link.  Flairing gracefully from a top width of little more than 1/16" to a gracefully formed 9/16" width at the bottom, each pendant echoes the meticulous work of the bezels.  Four perfectly stamped lines complete the look of a stylized feathered swallow's tail.

The suspension is proportionally balanced, designed to help the polished curved surfaces capture and reflect light with the wearer's every movement.  This is the charm of American Indian jewelry.  It lives on the one it adorns.

 

 

About Leo Yazzie
(Born circa 1955) Navajo jeweler known to have created contemporary statements in gold and silver, employing mosaic, stampwork and inlay.

Recently retired, this gentleman is heavily cited in Gregory Schaaf's book on American Indian jewelers.  His work has been sold by Garland's Indian Jewelry in Sedona as well as through Hoel's Indian Shop also in Sedona, Arizona.
Cultures

American Indian, Navajo

Medium

Jewelry

Subject

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