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Navajo Fred Harvey Sterling Silver Turquoise Cuff

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Navajo Fred Harvey Sterling Silver Turquoise Cuff
Featured in this lot is this Navajo Fred Harvey Sterling Silver and Turquoise Bracelet, circa 1940's. The bracelet features a wonderfully and professionally crafted sterling silver and turquoise construction that shows a stamped decoration that shows lightening arrows with stepped designs and scalloped edges. The center stone shows a twisted rope border around a oval around a Dry Creek turquoise cabochon set into its center. The bracelet is marked 'Sterling.' Fred Harvey era jewelry is generally a lightweight jewelry that was made for sale to the Anglo tourists along the Santa Fe railroad lines, in hotels and retail shops run primarily by the Fred Harvey Company. Fred Harvey era jewelry is widely collected and sought after as an antique jewelry genre valued for its Southwest look and historic context. It is easy to wear and generally has a fair amount of ornamentation and stamping. The condition of this Navajo Fred Harvey bracelet is good with some patina adorning the bracelet but otherwise shows good overall condition. The measurements of this bracelet is 2" x 2 1/4" x 3/4" and the circumference is 4 1/2". The collective weight of this bracelet is 18.7g.