Silver, Turquoise, and Mother of Pearl Necklace

This necklace is an extraordinarily gorgeous work of art. The four pendants that are suspended from the handmade chain each have components of mother of pearl and turquoise embellished with silver leaves. The turquoise gemstones are each encircled with silver twisted wire, and each has a silver strip laid across the cab. At the top of each pendant is a pair of detailed silver leaves draped in rainbow fashion and topped with a silver flower. Each mother of pearl was cut into a different pattern.

The pendant is stamped with initials JB. We have not determined what silversmith those initials belong to as there are a dozen silversmiths in the reference book with those initials.

Condition: very good condition

Provenance: this Silver, Turquoise, and Mother of Pearl Necklace is from the collection of a client of Adobe Gallery

Recommended Reading: Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry by Diana Pardue with the Heard Museum

TAGS: Southwest Indian Jewelry, Navajo, necklace