Vintage Navajo Jewelry Hallmarks

Hallmarks just like the style of jewelry the markings on the backside can help to identify.
Vintage navajo jewelry hallmarks. Roger skeets will use an r and s stamp on the back of his work. 2020 03 see here. The majority of artists use a series of letters often their initials as a hallmark commonly used as navajo marks. Welcome to my new website.
Hallmarks of the southwest by barton wright hopi silver by margaret wright zuni. Hopi artists will usually use a symbol something like a snowflake or sun for example. Irish hallmarks i encyclopedia of silver marks vine jewelry marks help for dating your vine jewelry marks help for dating your vine jewelry marks help for dating your a plete to identifying estate jewelry maker s silver jewelry marks learn to identify and datejewelry maker s mark antiquevine jewelry marks continue reading jewelry makers marks in alphabetical order. Of course there are some exceptions and some artists adopted the use of a hallmark in the early 20 th century.
1 2 3 by barbara bell american indian jewelry i ii by gregory shaaf and native american southwestern silver hallmarks by. Offering vintage old pawn and recent native american indian jewelry along with southwest silver and turquoise jewelry bracelets necklaces watch bands watch faces watch cuffs bolos earrings concho belts and belt buckles. Ben yazzie has made fine silver and turquoise jewelry for many many famous country musicians such as charlie daniels dwight yokham the mcentire sisters mark wills and many more ben yazzie and his beautiful wife work together. 3600 hallmarks pictured at this date.
It would be another 100 years after that before it was common for navajo silversmiths to use a hallmark. To research native american hallmarks in general we recommend the following reference books. Colorado native ben yazzie is a very famous native american jewelry artisan ben has been making wonderful american handcrafted silver jewelry since the early 1970s. Symbol hallmarks the idea of signing or marking an art piece has been around for a long time however it wasn t until the late 1970 s that it was common practice among native american jewelry artists.
Initials and picto hallmarks on silver to identify indian native american jewelry hopi navajo zuni. Indian native american jewelry artists hallmarks southwest shops trademarks. Free shipping on many items. Hopi hallmark a symbol.
The art the people vols. Last update on this website. Generally zuni navajo artists will use initials for their artist mark exp. 2020 09 09 your help corrections and suggestions will be greatly appreciated feel free to contact me.