Silver Turquoise Jewelry Markings

Initials and picto hallmarks on silver to identify indian native american jewelry hopi navajo zuni.

Silver turquoise jewelry markings.

Real turquoise is rare remains beautiful through the decades. Last update on this website. It can be difficult to identify an artist by their mark because. The mark can contain letters pictures or symbols.

Martha and gene jackson are navajo silversmiths from arizona. Martha is now deceased. Native american silversmiths and other jewelry artists use hallmarks to sign their work. Offering vintage old pawn and recent native american indian jewelry along with southwest silver and turquoise jewelry bracelets necklaces watch bands watch faces watch cuffs bolos earrings concho belts and belt buckles.

Starting in 1838 an eagle s head stamped on a piece of gold jewelry indicated that the jewelry was from france and that it had a minimum of 18k gold. Silver pieces imprinted with a lion denotes 92 5 percent silver thus sterling silver while the britannia mark means that it has 95 8 percent pure silver. An artist can also use an engraving pen to sign their name on a piece. The following number marks indicate silver purity in a percentage of 1000ths.

Ben yazzie has made fine silver and turquoise jewelry for many many famous country musicians such as charlie daniels dwight yokham the mcentire sisters mark wills and many more ben yazzie and his beautiful wife work together. One type of signature found on jewelry is what is known as a hallmark. Colorado native ben yazzie is a very famous native american jewelry artisan ben has been making wonderful american handcrafted silver jewelry since the early 1970s. Indian native american jewelry artists hallmarks southwest shops trademarks.

Jackson inside a hogan or just jackson. Irish hallmarks i encyclopedia of silver marks vine jewelry marks help for dating your vine jewelry marks help for dating your vine jewelry marks help for dating your a plete to identifying estate jewelry maker s silver jewelry marks learn to identify and datejewelry maker s mark antiquevine jewelry marks continue reading jewelry makers marks in alphabetical order. Turquoise is one of the world s oldest gems. Our stones sourced from local tribes such as the zuni navajo and santo domingo are among the hardest of the gemstones with deep blue green hues and natural lines that have formed over time beautiful marks of their authenticity.

Sourcing native american indian turquoise jewelry. The intaglio 900 mark is found on work dating from the turn of the century until the 1920 s. 2020 03 see here. They have been making beautiful handcrafted sterling silver jewelry since the 1980s.

A hallmark is signature stamp embedded in the metal of a piece of jewelry or metal art. They are featured in many native american jewelry books and have won many awards. The list has been arranged in. This is an impression made by holding a stamp punch on the silver and striking it with a hammer leaving a mark that can be faint or deep.