Description
5 7/8" Verdy Jake Navajo revival silver Easter Blue turquoise cuff bracelet, no issues
Easter Blue Turquoise The Easter Blue mine is located near the Royston mining district in Central Nevada. Discovered in 1907, the mine was last actively worked in the 1930s. The stones have a distinct blue green color with yellow limonite matrix. Some pieces have an attractive mottled matrix with light and dark swirls of spiderweb. Some thin veined dark blue with black matrix material is also found. Never a large producer, only a few pounds have been found in recent years.
Jake, Verdy
The jewelry created by Navajo silversmith Verdy Jake reflects Southwest jewelry classicism at its best. Showcasing high quality turquoise and coral with substantial silver work, she intuits a perfect balance between precious metal and precious stone.
Verdy was raised in a family of thirteen children. Fortunately her oldest brother became interested in silversmithing and shared his talents with his younger brothers and sisters.
Now residing in Smith Lake, New Mexico, Verdy supports a family of four children with her amazing jewelry skills. Her family benefits from her evolution into a highly skilled contemporary artisan while the rest of us benefit from the beauty she fashions at her jewelry bench.
Barry Simpson shares these thoughts about Verdy's work:
"Old style Navajo jewelry greatly appeals to me. Verdy Jake has the skills to represent the look and feel of antique Indian jewelry as it would appear on the weathered, textured hand or wrist of one of our elderly native friends. Her jewelry looks good and feels right. Verdy has exquisite taste in stones. . . .With silver smithing tools her grandfather used in his youth, Verdy creates jewelry that exemplifies the American Indian Southwest".
All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin) silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>i.t's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.
