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Navajo Squash Blossom Sleeping Beauty Necklace

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Navajo Squash Blossom Sleeping Beauty Necklace
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This is a striking example Navajo Squash Blossom silver necklace with Sleeping Beauty turquoise made circa 1950. The necklace features a naja, bezel-set with a single blue cabochon-cut Sleeping Beauty turquoise stone. Each side of the necklace has five squash blossoms, also with bezel-set Sleeping Beauty turquoise. The necklace contains a dual strand of silver beads on a silver chain. The silver beads have not been tested but believed to be real; the naja is marked "Sterling" and is signed "B E".This necklace shows excellent condition for its age and measures about 24" long. The naja measures about 1.25" x 1.5".