Circa 1870's Cottonwood Earrings Inlaid with Turquoise and Abalone

The back of each tab is slightly and perfectly finished like a cabochon of turquoise--for stability allowing the perimeter to be thinned to a finer rolled edge.

Ear wires of drawin ingot silver, decorated with Navajo-made antique silver buttons have been added for wearing.  The attachment is knotted cord, covering a soldered silver ring only at the top suspending from the wire.

If requested, earwires and button can be removed.

"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).