Un- and illegibly-marked southwestern silver

[kali_is_my_copilot]

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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[JimDon]

Great finds!

 

[vpnavy]

More nice buys - you were very busy yesterday. Thanks for sharing...

 

[ARC]

The stone is "reconstituted turquoise".

 

[kali_is_my_copilot]

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.

 

[ARC]

You have the "eye"...

Great buys. WD.