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Navajo Johnson Sterling Silver Turquoise Bracelet

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Navajo Johnson Sterling Silver Turquoise Bracelet
Featured in this lot is this sterling silver turquoise bracelet from Navajo artist Charles Johnson. The bracelet features a wonderfully and professionally crafted sterling silver and turquoise construction that shows repousse ornate decorations that shows butterflies on its shoulders and a twisted rope decoration around the rectangular Kingman turquoise cabochon. The bracelet is marked 'sterling' on the underside of the bracelet and 'Charles Johnson' underneath that. Charles has worked full-time as a silversmith since the age of 20. He first started inlaying at the age of 13 for a few years while learning both. Starting with traditional Navajo jewelry, Charles then went into Navajo contemporary jewelry, then onto the Western style with swirl design cutouts. The condition of this bracelet is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall condition. The measurements of this bracelet is 2" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/8" and the circumference is 5". The collective weight of this bracelet is 58.3g.