Vintage Southwestern Style Silver Colored Ring Turquoise & Birds Sz 5.5

Description

View Vintage Southwestern Style Silver Colored Ring Turquoise & Birds Sz 5.5 with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The ring appears to have hand-worked or hand-fabricated details. The birds have a highly stylized profile with pierced and incised details that give the ring wonderful Southwestern character. Bird decoration shows characteristics associated with Southwestern and Zuni jewelry traditions. Small vintage Southwestern-style ring acquired from an estate collection, featuring a rectangular blue turquoise-type cabochon flanked on each side by stylized bird motifs. The ring appears to have hand-worked or hand-fabricated details. Each bird is formed within a recessed, darkened panel and shows slight variations and individual tool marks rather than perfectly identical machine-produced decoration. The birds have a highly stylized profile with pierced and incised details that give the ring wonderful Southwestern character. The combination of the petite scale, blue stone, figurative bird decoration, and hand-worked silver-colored setting shows characteristics associated with vintage Southwestern jewelry traditions, including Zuni silverwork. However, the ring is unsigned and no maker, tribal attribution, or provenance identifying it specifically as Zuni has been confirmed. The rectangular blue cabochon has the appearance of turquoise and is smoothly fitted into the center setting. The stone has not been gemologically tested and is therefore described as turquoise/turquoise-type rather than guaranteed natural turquoise. This piece was acquired from an estate collection. Its construction, surface wear, patina, and overall design are consistent with an older vintage piece, although an exact date has not been established. Details * Vintage Southwestern-style ring * Estate-acquired piece * Appears hand-worked / hand-fabricated * Stylized bird motifs on both sides * Bird decoration shows characteristics associated with Southwestern and Zuni jewelry traditions * Rectangular blue turquoise-type cabochon * Stone is untested * Silver-colored metal * Metal content is untested * Unsigned * Maker unknown * No confirmed tribal attribution * Weight: approximately 3 grams * Ring size: approximately US 5.5–5.75 Vintage pre-owned condition with visible surface wear, scratches, patina, oxidation, and age-related marks. Darkening remains within the recessed decorative areas and helps define the bird motifs. Please review all close-up photographs carefully for condition, construction, stone, interior, motifs, and sizing. Because the ring is unsigned and both the metal and stone are untested, no specific maker, tribal affiliation, sterling content, or natural turquoise identification is being guaranteed. Condition: Pre-owned. Category: Jewelry & Watches › Ethnic, Regional & Tribal › Rings. Brand: Unbranded.

Ethnic & Regional Style

Southwestern

Antique

No

Signed

No

Color

Blue

Main Stone Color

Blue

Main Stone

Turquoise

Vintage

Yes

Brand

Unbranded

Ring Size

5.5

Type

Ring

Department

Unisex Adults

Theme

Birds, Animals & Insects, Western

Style

Band

Base Metal

Unknown