This significant and handsomely executed bracelet is all about the quality turquoise the artist wanted to display. The stones are beautifully hued ranging from intense lighter blue greens to darker bluer areas. Surfaces have natural valleys with red brown to dark tan matrix, left to conserve the turquoise mass and its early presence.
Bracelet can be adjusted to accommodate a wrist size of 7".
Center stone is marquise shape measuring 1 5/16" height X 3/4" at widest point. Oval stones flanking center stone measure 13/16" X 9/16" and 13/16" X 19/32".
Description | This significant and handsomely executed bracelet is all about the quality turquoise the artist wanted to display. The stones are beautifully hued ranging from intense lighter blue greens to darker bluer areas. Surfaces have natural valleys with red brown to dark tan matrix, left to conserve the turquoise mass and its early presence. Bracelet can be adjusted to accommodate a wrist size of 7". Center stone is marquise shape measuring 1 5/16" height X 3/4" at widest point. Oval stones flanking center stone measure 13/16" X 9/16" and 13/16" X 19/32". |
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About the Artist | "Unknown artist" is appropriate when a work of art is unsigned and a supported opinion about who made it is not available (on Savvy Collector).. "Attributed to" precedes the name of an artist when information suggests that it likely was made by that artist (on Savvy Collector). |
Culture | American Indian, Navajo, Zuni |
Medium | Stering silver and natural turquoise |
Troy ounces | 2.23 troy ounces |
Size | Face of cuff is 1 13/16" height tapering to 5/16" at terminals. Wrist size is 6 5/8 approximately. Cuff is 5 5/8" end to end with an opening of 1". |
Date of creation | 1940's - 1950's |
Condition | Excellent |
Turquoise | Natural blue green turquoise |
Description | Mill-rolled silver ingot sheet and hand-drawn wire were used to fabricate the basis for this bracelet. Finer drawn gauge wire was used to create the "rope twist" ornament surrounding the base of each of three hand cut, file serrated bezels. "Raindrops" framing each stone setting were individually smelted and stamped prior to being soldered into place. "Frames" for the stones have a "ring" stamp while four larger drops soldered to the cuff shank between the stone sets have a "ring" stamp from which finely cut rays emanate like sunshine. |
Provenance | Lyn Fe |
Gram weight | 69.4 grams |