Vintage Native Zuni Navajo Sterling Silver P Jones Cave Creek Turquoise Bracelet

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Specializing in Fine Antique Vintage Jewelry & Collectibles$4.00 insured shipping!Vintage Native Zuni Navajo Sterling Silver P Jones Cave Creek Turquoise BraceletDetails....History....Description:Gemstone Wholesale Price--Diamond Wholesale Price--Gold Melt Value--These prices come from GIA recognized Gem Guide , THE wholesale price guide for dealers. These values do not dictate what a piece is worth. This is the price a piece would be worth if stripped down and melted to its bare materials.One of the turquoise gem stones is slightly chipped on an end. We could not track down the make of the piece however based on the style we know it is either of Zuni or Navajo make.This beautiful bracelet was made by a Zuni or Navajo Nation silversmith and is completely hand made! The bracelet is marked and signed underneath with "P. Jones" for Paul Jones the bracelets artist.This bracelet features a beautiful type of turquoise called Cave Creek Turquoise. Cripple Creek Turquoise is very rare and is found only in Arizona. It's famous for it's gorgeous light green & blue color mixed with a very light spiderweb brown matrix in the stones.Each stone in this bracelet was completely hand cut to fit in the bracelet beautifully. The stones were gorgeously placed in hand cut silver settings with saw tooth bezels around the stones. The expert design and arrangement of the stones by hands truly astounds me and will astound anyone who looks upon this bracelet!The silver work is also completely hand crafted. It features gorgeous hand hammered silver work throughout by Paul as well as gorgeous rope twist designs. The bracelet is not too light nor to heavy, it truly feels perfect with it's contoured shape on the wrist.The inside circumference of the bracelet not including the wrist gap measures 5.75". The wrist gap measures just over 3/4" wide. The top of the bracelet measures 1" wide at its widest point.Vintage and antique Native American jewelry is about as hard to find as it gets. You don't want to miss out on this special piece of history.Box & pearls are for display only and not for sale.Age CircaVintageAccent Stone--MarkingsSterling, P. JONESMain Stone Carat Weight/Color/ClarityLight Green / Blue with a light Brown Matrix.Gram Weight17.8Accent Stone Carat Weight/Color/Clarity--Metal TypeSterling SilverStone CutsCabochonMetal Purity.925Sizable by Your Local Jeweler--Ring Size--Item MeasurementsSee DescriptionMain StoneCave Creek TurquoiseNo Questions Asked 14 Day Return PolicyYES! Always*Due to the age of some of these pieces some items will not be stamped. The National Stamping Act was not enacted until 1906, before 1906 jewelry was not legally required to have a karat mark. This is one way to date items prior to the Art Nouveau time period.XRF-Spectrometer Gun : All of our jewelry is verified and guaranteed though an x-ray florescent-spectrometer test. This test conducts and determines the exact alloy content within the metal without damaging the piece like scratch and acid testing. Please be aware if you take an item to be tested by a jeweler, jewelers use scratch testing and electronic testing. These methods are only accurate 50% of the time, these are cheap, ineffective, and damaging ways to test to gold purity of an item. The XRF requires specialized training in order to correctly read the results. This is a $25,000 piece of equipment and is extremely accurate. Rest assured that what you are receiving is 100% accurate.Returns: No questions asked, no hassle, 14 days money back, buyer pays return shipping. Item(s) must be sent back in original condition. We are happy to assist your return postage if we made a gross error. If you plan to take your item to a jeweler please visit one with a specialized field in esta... read more

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