Zuni Sterling Clip Earrings w/Turquoise ca. 1950s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1960: item #772438
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No hallmark on these beautiful Zuni sterling silver clip earrings with all natural hand cut blue turquoise stones. Look at the detailed workmanship of twisted silver wire, hand crafted saw tooth bezels and silver bars with silver balls attached. Earrings are 1 inch long and 7/8 inches wide. Clip on back is in perfect working order. Weight of pair of earrings is 0.20 oz. or 6 grams.

Zuni Sterling Silver Ring w/Turquoise Size 6 ¾ 1950s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1960: item #772437
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This beautiful Zuni split shank sterling silver ring with natural blue turquoise stones has no hallmark. Likely made in the 50s. The turquoise stones are set into hand crafted saw tooth bezels and decorated with hand twisted silver wires and hand made silver balls. Ring is a size 6 ¾. Top of ring is 1 1/8 inches long and 9/16 inches wide.

Fantastic Early Navajo Copper Bracelet 1900s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1920: item #771712
565

This beautiful old all hand crafted Navajo made copper bracelet has no hallmark. In the early days, lots of jewelry was made with copper due to the lack and cost of silver. Nice finish on the ends, hand hammered twisted copper wire and a round copper wire in the center.Likely made around 1900 to 1910.. Inside measurements end-to-end are 5 1/2 inches. Opening is 1 1/2 inch. Bracelet is ½ inch wide on top and 5/8 inches wide on the ends. Weight is 1.50 oz. or 43 grams.

Early Zuni Stone to Stone Inlay Knife Wing Brooch/Pin

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1950: item #771707
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This incredible Zuni sterling silver inlayed Knife Wing Dancer brooch has an engraved “T” on the back. Could be a trading post mark. Likely made in the 40s.Beautiful decorated with rows of hand made silver balls and 4 buttons on the skirt. Inlayed with turquoise, mother of pearl ,jet and coral. This kind of stone to stone inlay is much harder to do the channel inlay. Brooch is 1 ¾ inches by 1 ¾ inches.

Zuni Sterling Silver Inlay Flower Ring 50s Size 3 1/4

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1960: item #771697
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No hallmark on this incredible Zuni Flower Design inlay ring. Likely made in the 50s. Inlayed with jet, white shell, turquoise and coral. Set into a smooth silver bezel and enhanced with hand made silver balls. The shank was decorated with some stamp work, but worn off from wearing. Ring is a size 3 ¼. Top of ring measures 1 1/8 inches by 7/8 inches. Cabochon is ¾ inches by 9/16 inches.

Rare Vintage Peruvian Tribal Folklore Silver Brooch

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic Pre 1960: item #771643
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Circa 1940’s to early ’50s … In the several years that I have been collecting vintage Peruvian silver, this brooch is one of the most interesting and well constructed that I have come across {aside from my Graziella Laffi pieces!}. With an undulating rectangular form, and deeply convex center that imbues it with superb depth and dimensionality, the brooch boasts three Inca glyphic figurals applied to an intricately chased, grid-like background. The figures depict a crouching tiger {perhaps the W... Click for details

Inuit Seal Pup Cufflinks Carved Walrus Ivory & Sterling

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1950: item #771527

Lovable pups will be your new favorite Cufflinks, they're handcarved from Alaska and nice old examples. They're complete with sterling silver chains and ovals, great condition. 3/4" ivory portion. Any questions, just ask...

Inuit Bracelet Silver 24k Gold Ivory Eagle Cuff Gents

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1980: item #771520

Dazzling Men's cuff bracelet is crafted in sterling silver and 24kt gold. The totemic symbols on either side depict the Eagle;notice the interesting hand tooling within the ovoid forms. The center holds an large polished antique ivory specimen. You will want to check your measure as this one is nearly rigid. Measures 5 3/4" on the INSIDE and an additional 1 1/4"+ gap. Face measures 1 7/8" and tapers slightly to the terminals which are rounded. Full hallmarks as shown. Finest condition. Heavy con... Click for details

Navajo Silver Bracelet Unusual Design ca.1950s-1960s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1970: item #771449
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Clean, simple floral treatment with very unique, likely homemade, leaf stamp and unusual edge treatment. I like the effect of the overlapping stamps on the edge -- it's a nice touch. Signs of wear, so someone loved this prior to it coming to me. It would look nice alone, or "stacked" with other bracelets in the "S'West style." If worn alone, the nice thing about silver bands without stones is that you can forget about them. I have a friend who lives in his ingot band bracelet. Sleeps in i... Click for details

Three Navajo Button Bar Pin with Turquoise ca. 1940s

Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American Pre 1950: item #771286
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What a find! These darling little buttons were "saved" at some point by being soldered together into a small bar pin, which was popular ornamentation on women's dresses in the 1940s. The edge treatment on the buttons is actually rather unusual, with the stamp work giving almost a crinkled appearance. The turquoise couldn't be better: a robin's egg blue that's hard and very high quality. That's the color and type of turquoise most coveted by Native Americans. Lots of wear and love, for certai... Click for details