Sterling Pendant Hoop Earrings with #8 Turquoise
Navajo
- About The Sterling Pendant Hoop Earrings with #8 Turquoise
Sterling silver from ingot was used to fabricate the pendant hoops and button tops. Screw back attachment is a sterling silver manufactured finding. Three hand cut, 1/8" diameter cabochons were cut from natural #8 turquoise mine material for each earring.
These very elegant drop earrings can be converted to wires or posts conserving the beautiful button tops. Wires would be more correct for the period, as worn by Native people and is more in line with "restoration" than conversion. All materials, in this case, would be drawn wire and hand fabricated as was done 80 and more years ago.
Savvy Price $385.00
Gallery Price $450.00
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| Description | Sterling silver from ingot was used to fabricate the pendant hoops and button tops. Screw back attachment is a sterling silver manufactured finding. Three hand cut, 1/8" diameter cabochons were cut from natural #8 turquoise mine material for each earring. These very elegant drop earrings can be converted to wires or posts conserving the beautiful button tops. Wires would be more correct for the period, as worn by Native people and is more in line with "restoration" than conversion. All materials, in this case, would be drawn wire and hand fabricated as was done 80 and more years ago.
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| About the Artist | "Dineh or Diné are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. They are the second largest federally recognized tribe in the United States with over 300,000 enrolled tribal members as of 2015. The Navajo reservation occupies over 27,000 square miles of land in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Navajo language is spoken throughout the reservation with most Navajos speaking English as well." excerpted from Wikipedia
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| Medium | Sterling silver and natural turquoise |
| Troy ounces | .31 troy ounces |
| Size | Overall length top of button to bottom of hoop is 1 3/4" width of button is 3/4" and hoop is 1 1/8" diameter. |
| Date of creation | 1940's |
| Condition | Excellent |
| Turquoise | #8 Natural turquoise |
| Description | Sheet of sterling ingot was hand crank mill rolled for all fabrication involved, except for the screw back attachments soldered to the button tops. These ornamental fluted buttons were created with a two part hand cut die and a round plate was soldered to each for the commercial fitting. Hoop pendants were cut and decorated using a hand cut crescent stamp and smelted silver drops were soldered between and in line with the three smooth edged bezels on each pendant. The workmanship is controlled and the design beautifully balanced. |
| Provenance | Ka Wo |
| Gram weight | 9.6 grams |
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is Corinne Cain, ASA
Phoenix, AZ
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