Squash

$0

Size

Not for sale

Like and save for later

🌸

Category

Women

Jewelry

Shipping/Discount

$7.97 Expedited (1-3 day) Shipping on all orders

maryrguez65 and 13 others like this

5 Comments

speedyweezie https://forum.turquoisepeople.com/t/identifying-my-squash-blossom-necklace/9609

Mar 08Reply

speedyweezie This is a lovely squash blossom. It’s an older one, my guess would be 1940’s or 50’s. The turquoise is natural (not stabilized), which you can tell because it shows some color change. The silver beads look to be fully hand made, which is a feature of earlier Zuni squashes. It does have a lot of blossoms per side, which means more turquoise as well as the work that goes into making each blossom, so that is a nice feature.

Mar 08Reply

speedyweezie The initials NOA are likely a traders code or the initials of a previous owner that they etched into it, not a makers mark. Hallmarking Zuni jewelry didn’t become common until the 60’s or even the 70’s. I would say 2.5-3.5k for the necklace (gallery retail, it may be hard for you to realize that much selling it).

Mar 08Reply

speedyweezie If you go to this website you can see the photos and it is very similar to the one you have

Mar 08Reply

sulicaluv @speedyweezie very interesting. Thank you! I do believe it’s an older piece but is so well kept!

Mar 08Reply