Inlaid Turquoise Coral Sterling Silver Leaf Dangle French Hook Earrings 1297-ER
Inlaid Turquoise Coral Sterling Silver Leaf Dangle French Hook Earrings.
These inlaid dangle French hook earrings are absolute beauties. They feature a center band of hand cut pieces of block Turquoise & Coral, genuine Mother of Pearl, and Jet. A colorful band of inlaid gemstones on shimmering Sterling Silver make these earrings truly gorgeous. The Sterling Silver sheets have been hand cut and hand stamped with fine line details. They dangle from the French hook at a length of 2-1/4". Stamped Sterling.
This one comes from the old Apache Turquoise & Case Co. trading post. They used to be one of our main suppliers running out of Phoenix, Arizona, and after a few decades the owner decided to retire from the business. Richard was lucky and fast enough to buy up his old stock leaving us with a giant treasure of high quality items.
There are many legends about Turquoise; The Pima consider it to bring good fortune and strength and that it helped overcome illness. The Zuni believe that blue turquoise was male and of the sky and green turquoise was female and of the earth. Pueblo Indians thought that its color was stolen from the sky. In Hopi legend the lizard who travels between the above and the below, excretes turquoise and that the stone can hold back floods. The Apache felt that turquoise on a gun or bow made it shoot straight. The Navajo consider it as good fortune to wear and believe it could appease the Wind Spirit. |