Featured Native Indian sterling earrings hallmarked

Discussion in 'Silver' started by billyd3us, Sep 7, 2018.

  1. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    I can't find this hallmark, anyone know who made these ?

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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Sorry, couldn't find it. The style is Navajo. They are very pretty.
     
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  3. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

  5. coreya

    coreya Well-Known Member

  6. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    Thanks everyone for your help, I'm still researching and nothing
     
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  7. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Considering the 10's of thousands of NA style jewelry made by hobbyist,etc. you many never find the maker's mark.
     
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  8. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    Thanks Any Jewelry, it's okay. I appreciate you trying, the Navajo style you mentioned helps me in the right direction, hope you have or had a good weekend.
     
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  9. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Navajo style means little... it could be the white guy down the street who completed a few classes at https://www.idyllwildarts.org/summer/adultarts/metalsweek/ . Or the Ojibwa silversmith who was trained by a Navajo silversmith in Navajo and Hopi styles.Everything is just a wild guess unless the maker's mark can be identified.
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I agree, it is just a style. But the name of a style can help in a search.
     
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  11. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    Is the mark perhaps intended to represent a bear's paw?
     
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  12. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Could be. I also searched animal part marks in Barton Wright's Hallmarks of the Southwest, but no result. I searched all categories of 'symbols' (as opposed to initials, etc), but nothing.
    Of course the book doesn't have all marks, that is impossible.
     
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  13. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    Thank Holly, that's a very good possibility since I live in Hemet, ca. which is right down the road from Idyllwild.
     
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