Featured Sterling Cuff Bracelet

No help on the maker, but here are some images from the Doneghy Collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts:








~Cheryl

 

none seem to be signed..

 

The good stuff never was, back when.

 

so the bracelet in question is neither good or from back then......

 

well, i've made my feeling known here before....but new pics...polished up...may soften my stance.................??

 

( or do I hafta kiss ass...now that you're a powerful moderator ???? )

 

Nah...late as always but in my gut I know it’s NA and think it’s OK prob 80s at the earliest and I think it’s nice-not drop dead nice but easily salable as Southwestern Sterling Silver Stamped Signed Cuff Bracelet or worn and enjoyed.

 

Ummm, was just showing some more versions of similar bracelets. The collection was built by Virginia Doneghy from the late 1930s into the '70s, all acquired on her visits to the Southwest and documented in her records - when she passed in '81, she left her 875 piece collection to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and had been working with them prior to her death. The images I posted are from the '82 exhibition catalog, which has photos of over 300 pieces and descriptions of the rest - there were probably 60-70 other "sheet band" bracelets described, from the 1930s into the '70s, with a few from the '60s-'70s noted as signed. Personally, would think most likely Navajo, no earlier than the '70s, and I like it...

~Cheryl

 

I agree The OPs could be 70s but I don’t think earlier. Definitely agree it’s Navajo but unless identified it’s always safest to call Southwestern.

 

^5 Virginia Doneghy! No wonder I never find any at estate sales; she bought it all.

 

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh......tough crowd !!!

 

I'm still waiting for new photo's............

 

Bootiful, inh.

 

I'd have bagged that so fast....