Description:
Sterling Silver
Size: 5 ¼ inches
Weight: 42.5 grams
Turquoise Stone
Width: 1 ½ inches
Condition: Good
Goodoletom, your best source for fine quality collectibles, the place where "Rarity is Common" is pleased to offer this southwestern design sterling silver cuff bracelet. The interior measures approximately 5 ¼ inches from end to end. It has an opening of 1 3/8 inches. It is in good condition and shows no signs of damage out of the ordinary such as polish marks and light surfaces scratches that are common with any sterling piece. This piece is not marked 925 but it has been tested and found to be sterling silver. It is in good condition.
Originally, indigenous peoples of the Southwest carved turquoise into beads or animal fetishes or overlaid it onto wood, bone, or shell using such fixatives as beeswax or piñon pine pitch. The Spanish introduced silver mining, smelting, and smithing technology into the Southwest in the sixteenth century. Combining that new knowledge of silver with the turquoise stone, the Native Americans created an industry of beauty.
Silver and turquoise jewelry is increasingly renowned around the world. Turquoise is New Mexico's gemstone and is recognized as the birthstone of December. It has been known by this name since the French purchased the "turkey stone" from Turkish traders, never realizing that the turquoise was mined in Persia and later traded to the Turks. Today, celebrities adorned with this valued stone are omnipresent in fashion magazines and on television. Interest in this beautiful and varied stone has reached a new high, similar to the craze of the sixties and early seventies.
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Goodoletom purchased this item from a Hartford area estate. It is unique in our inventory, so Buy It Now and don't be disappointed! 101308AJ702NS
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