1940s Navajo Turquoise Ring
Tribe: Navajo (Diné)
Item #RG08030
1940s Navajo Sterling Silver Ring set with an oval Natural American Turquoise in robin’s egg blue with fine golden matrix, in a Smooth Bezel. The stone is framed by a rope-twist border and clusters of sterling silver drops at the top, bottom and sides, on a Split Shank. Stamped “Sterling” with the Bell Trading Post hallmark.
The Bell Trading Post in Albuquerque was one of the best-known producers of Southwestern tourist jewelry and employed Navajo silversmiths from the 1930s until it closed in the early 1970s. Its pieces are now widely collected as part of the Fred Harvey era of Southwestern souvenir jewelry.
Ring Size: 7.5
.5” Setting Width, .75” Setting Height
.125” Band Width
- Size
- Ring size 7½
- Era
- Circa 1940s
- Metal
- Silver
- Materials
- Turquoise
- Technique
- Set Stones
From our Vintage Collection
Our vintage pieces are sourced from private collections. Whenever possible we identify the artist, tribe and approximate date, and any wear that comes with age is part of each piece’s story. Most of our vintage jewelry was made by Native American artisans between the 1920s and 1970s.
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