Diné Sterling Silver Very Small Ashtray with Stamped Design [SOLD]

This is a very small and very shallow silver ashtray, yet the Navajo silversmith took extreme care in making it and applying an appropriate design. There is a much detail in the stamped designs as there would be on a larger one.  

Condition: this navajo-sterling-silver-ashtray-stamped-designs is in very good condition

Provenance: from the extensive collection of silver objects from a client in Washington, DC

Recommended Reading:

- Masterworks and Eccentricities: The Druckman Collection

- Navajo and Pueblo Jewelry and Metalwork 1880-1950 by Robert Bauver

Relative Links: Diné of the Navajo Nation, Southwest Indian Jewelry: Silver Objects, Fred Harvey