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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 292912, member: 2844&quot;]Lovely jewellery Bronwen.</p><p>After the 1970s NA silversmiths were marking their jewellery more and more. If these pieces were NA made after 1980, I would expect them to be marked.</p><p>Your boyfriend&#039;s parents could have bought jewellery that already had some age.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stones in the pendant are not perfectly matched, a characteristic of pre-1980 Zuni jewellery. Matching of turquoise started long before that, but not everyone used matched stones. By the 1980s they did.</p><p>It looks a bit Egyptian inspired, but it isn&#039;t Egyptian. While the Egyptians love their turquoise, they favour a darker shade, preferably without veins.</p><p>Veined turquoise is appreciated in the US and China. Other countries generally prefer &#039;pristine&#039; stones. This pendant is certainly not Chinese, so it must be American.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> It could very well be Zuni.</p><p>Maybe Zuni Art Deco Egyptian Revival?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>NA artists did not live in isolation, and were often inspired by other traditions.</p><p>The &#039;traditional&#039; Navajo floral and swirl style is pure Art Nouveau, and Art Deco is found in many Zuni pieces. After all, Zuni inlaid jewellery started in the late 20s-early 30s. In the 50s, Modernism entered NA designs, blending with Art Deco into gorgeous NA artistry.</p><p>Artists were inspired by exhibitions and travels. Famous Hopi artist Charles Loloma incorporated lapis and salmon coral into his work after seeing an Egyptian exhibition, pearls after a trip to Japan, and South African ostrich egg discs after seeing Khoisan necklaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>The earrings are Zuni Dishta style, but probably not by a member of the Dishta family. The stones are reasonably matched, my guess is they are 1960s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted these before, but they are relevant now. Besides, one should always seize an opportunity to show Frank Dishta jewellery.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie76" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Flush inlay earrings, unmatched stones. By Frank Dishta, the initiator of the Zuni flush inlay style:</p><p><img src="http://savvycollector.com/product_images/image/image_file/4135/medium_Dishta_triple_pendant_earrings.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://savvycollector.com/products/2670-triple-tier-turquoise-pendant-earrings-with-locking-ear-wires-by-frank-dishta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://savvycollector.com/products/2670-triple-tier-turquoise-pendant-earrings-with-locking-ear-wires-by-frank-dishta" rel="nofollow">http://savvycollector.com/products/...rrings-with-locking-ear-wires-by-frank-dishta</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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