Posted 8 years ago
LOUMANAL
(436 items)
We found this Silver buckle in the bottom of a box along with other buckles that were on heavily decorated belts. It was extremely dirty so we cleaned it lightly without removing the silver patination that now looks golden. The artwork is breathtaking and we'd love to know who could have made. We suspect that it's Navajo and we checked some sites to see if we could decipher the CA letters in the back. The garage sale seller said that her mother collected belts and buckles all her life. She had thrown them all in a box and the fellow before us probably got the best ones because he had an arm full. Any help on maker would be appreciated. BOB
"Arts & Crafts Jewelry" is not the right category. (Look up Arts & Crafts Movement) You need to put in native american jewelry category. CanyonRoad should know. It's gorgeous!
I didn't scroll down far enough. I corrected the listing. Thanks Celiene, BOB
Looks to be Cecil Ashley, Navajo. Here is another one of his pieces. Same letters mark:
https://www.rubylane.com/item/494613-aj515-bg3546/Navajo-Cecil-Ashley-Sterling-Silver-Pendant
Thank you Efesgirl! I appreciate your help. He is certainly a Master SilverSmith and this buckle attests to his skills.
Thank you also to Celiene, SEAN68, freiheit, fortapache, Radegunder and to you Efesgirl for the loves. RER(BOB)
Thank you vetraio50, mikelv85 and Oroyoroyisthatyourhorse for the loves. BOB
Thank you NevadaBlades, kyratango, glassiegirl and racer4four for the love. RER(BOB)
You're welcome! :-D
Thank you valentino97 for the love. RER(BOB)