Un- and illegibly-marked southwestern silver

kali_is_my_copilot

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First is a liquid silver bird fetish necklace with a nice chunk of turquoise as the focal point. The birds are silver with nice detail, haven't seen any like this before. No markings anywhere. Next is a beautiful and very well made sterling and turquoise bracelet. It is almost child-sized small but still fits me nicely. I am stumped as to why/how something this finely made has no maker's or purity marks. The last one is a real puzzler. It came in a bag with some silver S&P shaker lids, and superficially resembles them due to the holes present on one side, but it has a totally different construction. It reminds me of native american hand-built beads and is quite substantial at 14 grams. It is marked but I can't make any of it out. Bonus round: these figural earrings marked sterling. Probably won't be able to narrow down the designer, but I'm stumped on ID'ing both the subject & the type of stone.
 

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The stone is "reconstituted turquoise".
 

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kali_is_my_copilot

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Ok thanks AARC, I suspected a composite but there are specimens of turquoise from a couple of mines that are similar colors and pattern so I wasn't sure. These were actually marked down at the thrift shop I consign at, for five bucks I couldn't pass them up.
 

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You have the "eye"... :)

Great buys. WD.
 

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