Sterling turquoise earrings Navajo?

[Punatic]

I was able to ID most of he sterling turquoise stuff I got in a lot from my estate hook up. Most of the stuff was Navajo so I'm thinking this piece is also.

If anyone could lend some help that wood be great, I would like to list them but would like to know the maker as we all know his will impact value!

It is marked with some sort of cross marking. Hopefully the pic is ok.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

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[jason4kstate]

Probably Sun West Silver Company. I believe the stones are Spiderweb Turquoise. Try using this site in the future. I use it all the time. Bijoux Ethniques Amérindiens fabriqués par des indiens d'Amérique

 

[diggummup]

Probably Sun West Silver Company. I believe the stones are Spiderweb Turquoise. Try using this site in the future. I use it all the time. Bijoux Ethniques Amérindiens fabriqués par des indiens d'Amérique

I agree. In all the times I've visited that site you linked to, I never seen it in French. Here is the English version Indian Native American hallmarks A to F

 

[jason4kstate]

I agree. In all the times I've visited that site you linked to, I never seen it in French. Here is the English version Indian Native American hallmarks A to F

That that was weird hyperlink. Apparently SW jewelry is popular in France.

 

[Punatic]

Nice ID guys! I did look over that site pretty well but couldn't find it. To be honest I just looked it over and still could not see it...Oh well!

Thanks!

 

[RustyGold]

They do look Navajo made with Bisbee Turquoise!

Bisbee Turquoise
The Bisbee mine "the Lavender Pit", near Bisbee, Arizona, is one of the more famous of the American mines because Bisbee turquoise was one of the first put onto the market. The turquoise mine is part of the Bisbee copper mine (The Copper Queen), the main operation of the site. Bisbee turquoise has developed a reputation as a hard, finely webbed or dendrite, high blue stone, known for its "chocolate brown" matrix. Bisbee Turquoise also comes in a beautiful dark green color. Most of this turquoise has already been mined and what is left is in limbo due to circumstances with the copper mining in the open pit, it is one of the most highly collected stones. Most jewelry being made with this stone today is being made via the orders of the current owners of the mine, the rest (such as ours, which is all hand cut and mounted by Durango Silver Co.) is found through old "stashes" or collections that have been obtained.

 

[diggummup]

Nice ID guys! I did look over that site pretty well but couldn't find it. To be honest I just looked it over and still could not see it...Oh well!

Thanks!

The mark is pretty hard to see because it is so dirty.

To me it resembles a Zuni sun symbol -

with rays that are slanted like this-

This is the mark for the Sunwest Silver Company which is Native American in style only. Is this your mark? If not please clean the mark a little and take another photo. It's hard to see something that is covered in tarnish. Spit on it and wipe it with a paper towel or something.

 

[Punatic]

After looking at the sun west stuff online there is nothing close in style or quality of turquoise made by them.

It does look more like the Zuni mark...maybe this zoom in will help?

 

[diggummup]

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After looking at the sun west stuff online there is nothing close in style or quality of turquoise made by them.

It does look more like the Zuni mark...maybe this zoom in will help?

I don't know where you are looking. I don't know why you would say they don't have anything of quality or style in comparison. They employed many different Native American artists since they have been in business. That is their mark, I can clearly see the slanted rays. I'm sure it's just an older discontinued piece. They started business in 1970. - Handmade Native American Jewelry | Earrings | Firebird Silver

 

[Punatic]

All the earrings on eBay when searching sun west silver co. And all iterations come up with mostly lower quality pieces.

To be fair I have not looked off of eBay as of yet...

The mark seems to have a circular inner mark while sun wear has what appears to be a diamond of sorts...

 

[diggummup]

https://www.facebook.com/SunwestSilver

 

[Punatic]

Wow I wonder why they don't do more on eBay? The stuff on there seems kinda chintzy