Diné (Navajo) Silver and Turquoise Salad Service Set [SOLD]

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Artist Previously Known
  • Category: Silverware - Flatware
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: sterling silver, turquoise
  • Size: 8-1/4” long x 1-1/2” wide
  • Item # C3606A
  • SOLD

the true artwork is on the handles, where the artisan expressed his talent. An oval design with shell-like elements enclosed and similar designs on the curved upward tips of the handles were beautifully executed.  Beautiful blue domed turquoise cabs are placed on the handles.Handmade silver salad service was popular before the Great Depression, but suffered from that time on. Revival of interest caused the Diné to start making them again sometime following World War II.

 

This silverware set was made from heavy gauge silver, most probably in the 1960s. The tines of the fork and the bowl of the spoon are beautifully stamped, but the true artwork is on the handles, where the artisan expressed his talent. An oval design with shell-like elements enclosed and similar designs on the curved upward tips of the handles were beautifully executed.  Beautiful blue domed turquoise cabs are placed on the handles.

 

Recommended Reading:  Navajo Spoons: Indian Artistry and the Souvenir Trade, 1880s-1940s by Cindra Kline.  One copy of this book is available at Adobe Gallery.

Condition: very good condition

Provenance: from the collection of a family from Colorado

This set was made from heavy gauge silver, most probably in the 1960s. The tines of the fork and the bowl of the spoon are beautifully stamped

Artist Previously Known
  • Category: Silverware - Flatware
  • Origin: Diné of the Navajo Nation
  • Medium: sterling silver, turquoise
  • Size: 8-1/4” long x 1-1/2” wide
  • Item # C3606A
  • SOLD

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