ANTIQUE 1930's FRED HARVEY ERA NAVAJO STERLING SILVER ROYSTON TURQUOISE BRACELET

  

THIS IS FOR A RARE BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 1930's OLD PAWN EARLY FRED HARVEY ERA FULLY HALLMARKED "MAISELS STERLING" NAVAJO HANDMADE STAMPED SOLID STERLING SILVER GENUINE NATURAL HIGH GRADE ROYSTON TURQUOISE CUFF BRACELET. IT MEASURES FROM TIP TO TIP 5 1/4" PLUS 1" OPENING. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION DEEP CLEAR STAMPINGS ONE OF 3 SPLITS HAS A CRACK (IT DOESN'T COMPROMISE BRACELETS STRENGTH, PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES) NO CHIPS OR REPAIRS, NO MILDEW SMELL ETC.

IT HAS BEEN STORED IN A SMOKE-FREE, ANIMAL-FREE, LOW-HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT. WITH THE BEST PICTURES POSSIBLE I WILL LET YOU MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND OF ITS CONDITION. PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES FOR THE BEST DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION.

ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. They indicate that Maisels of Albuquerque, one of the largest coin silver and turquoise jewelry factories, employed. One of the three lines of their coin silver jewelry was stamped. Which was deceptive because it. Could easily be misconstrued to mean. The products displaying this hallmark were all strictly machine made with little or no hand finishing.

The misrepresentation of products in Maisel's catalogs was brought to the attention of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC instituted proceedings against Maisel's in 1932, focusing on its use of the slogan'Indian Made Jewelry,' the complaint charged that the products were not those of handcraft or artistry. Maisels and the FTC continued this allegation for several years. Read more about it in the referenced book, pages 26-27. Reassessing Hallmarks of Native Southwest Jewelry.

By Pat Messier & Kim Messier, 2014.