Turquoise Coral Silver and Gold Necklaces

Contemporary Vintage Antique

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Zuni Silver and Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace

circa: 1930's...

Rolled Coin Silver... Cotton stringing

Mint

Attributed to the Ondelacy Family... probably Bernice and Warren
or daughter, Annie Quam. All of whom are deceased.

The turquoise is gem robins egg blue Villa Grove. The silver work is first rate.
It is completely handmade, including the beads... smooth and very comfortable.
The center pendant has a regal feeling about it... flowers in a rainbow...  perhaps
a Zuni Corn Maiden, a symbol of prosperity that appears in the Spring.

It is in mint condition and still has the original cotton stringing (strong and in
 fine condition).  It still has the original stringing. There is one slight flaw from
the time of construction...  so slight it almost goes unnoticed... on the
 pendant top right, a bezel was not quite in place when
the solder hardened.

There are 8 small flowers

The Center Pendant measures
3" x 2 3/8"

The Necklace is 24" long

$3250

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Vintage Coral Necklace

There is no hallmark

It has always been a very difficult and expensive process to get gem Coral...
that is true now more then ever. Overfishing and pollution are killing off
 coral fields at an astounding rate.

This is coral is probably from the 1970's or so.

There are a few slight signs of the coral's original worm holes. These few,
faint marks do not distract from the necklace... but rather add a rustic charm.

The necklace is 27" long

6 long graduated strands of large gem Mediterranean Red Salmon Coral

Each Coral Bead measures about
 1/4" to 1/2"

The longest coral strand is 19"
 The shortest coral strand is 12 1/2"

 the silver beads and findings are 8" long

This Coral necklace is Mint.
 The original findings and red cotton stringing are still in place.

$6895

The cotton stringing and finely polished Beads make this
necklace very comfortable to wear.

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Gem #8 Turquoise

Graduated Wafer Jocla Necklace

Circa 1970's

Mint Condition

Original Foxtail Stringing with Handmade Findings and Beads

The Necklace measures
27" long

The Jocla adds 5" in length

$1595

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Zuni Eagle Feather Pendant and Necklace

Circa 1970's

Signed Bill and Lou

Bill and Lucinda Laweka

Reference:
 Zuni The Art and The People - Bell and McQueary - 1976

Extremely well made...
beautifully designed and executed

Inlaid Turquoise and Coral Eagle Wings and tail Feathers

Completely original including the findings
and foxtail wire stringing

Mint

Pendant Eagle's Wing Span is 3 1/8"

The Necklace is 25" long

$2495

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Silver Liberty /Mercury Dime and Turquoise Necklace

Excellent Like New Condition

The necklace has no hallmark

There was a time that Southwest jewelry was hand hammered from
coin silver and silver ingots... sometimes silver coins were also used in the design
of the jewelry itself.

Those times are long gone... laws were passed prohibiting defacing US coinage
 Shortly thereafter silver and gold was removed from the US coinage and the issue
 became moot...  they had no value to silver and gold smiths.

This is among the last Southwest jewelry to use United States silver coins. It is made
from silver Mercury Dimes. Mercury Dimes are also known as Winged Liberty Head Dimes.

The Mercury Dime was designed by Adolph A.Weinman and his initials are shown in the
 area to the right of Mercury's neck. The coin is made of 90% Silver and 10% copper.

A Mercury Dimes weigh 2.50 grams and are 17.9 mm in diameter. They were
minted from 1916 through 1946. Mercury dimes are among the most
 beautiful United States coins ever made and are highly collected.

A hand rolled Morenci Turquoise Bead resides between each silver Dime Bead

71 Silver Mercury Dimes were needed to make this necklace.
Each Mercury Dime bead is made from the the obverse side of two dimes.

28" long

$2550

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Michael Bird Romero

Handmade Natural Royston Turquoise Necklace

Heavy Silver and 14K Gold Pueblo Cross

The Natural Royston Turquoise necklace is 28" long...  including the silver findings.

It is 5 strands of graduated hand rolled beads with the smallest being
 about 1/8" diameter and the largest about 1/4" diameter.

The Pueblo Cross is removable from the Necklace. It is silver
 and one side and 14K gold on the other.

$3250

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Crosses

Vintage Lee and Mary Weebothee Silver Coral Necklace