EARLY & FINE NAVAJO SILVER WITH VIBRANT TURQUOISE

EARLY HAND-MADE "TRADING POST/OLD PAWN" SILVER ORNAMENT/PIN WITH VIBRANT TURQUOISE, Navajo, circa 1900, with later added brooch fitments
Identifying initials (possibly the maker?) scratched in, including : "PNY"

Turquoise : near square approx 8 x 8mm, vibrant untreated natural color with minimal matrix

Circa : 1900--1910's (?) "Trading Post/"Old Pawn" era; hand-made under primitive conditions, apparently from melted (U.S. &/or Mexican) coins & other old elements (retaining ghosts of partial images),
twisted silver hand-drawn wire,
early hand-made folded bezel setting

(Ref : Joan Caballero, ISA AM, specialist appraiser). Brooch fitments added later

Length : 2-1/2"

Weight : .3895 troy oz


# smfd 24003 ................................................................... $ 475.