I’m glad you put that link in. I noticed that I said in there that my earring did not have the “alv.” I suspect I looked at the other earring, and it may be only had the “d.” But unfortunately I have lost it. What Steve posted in that old thread now makes complete sense, and I believe that answers the question about my earring.
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Someone should contact them and see if they will tell you the silversmith with initials ALV. Possibly Anne Pablito Valencia.
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It’s in the link that @here4turquoise posted about her ring.
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I thought it might help.
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@StevesTrail are you hoping to find a perfectly matching turquoise stone as a replacement? A different but complementary type of turquoise? Or would you consider an altogether different stone, e.g. coral, spiny oyster…? (I’m not even sure if that’s “done”, of course 
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I hope to match the stone as close as I can to the original. Might be a long shot but I’ll give it a go and see what I can find.
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How do you know what the missing stone was? Does artist, style and era made have something to do with it?
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No idea on the original. Just a SWAG but I will try to match with the other stones as I think that would look best.
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calibrated oval dimensions?
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13x7. Bezel height is 2.5mm
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You gave me an idea. If I have no luck I may cut a piece of red Mediterranean coral for the center if I have a piece large enough.
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I think this is a great case of “tell a lie long enough and it becomes indistinguishable from the truth”.
I just had a great and long conversation with the owner of D’Anz, LTD. We spoke of people we knew, turquoise, and the fact that the stylized “D” is their trademark.
Yes, Joe Delgarito (now in his mid 70s) did do some work for them (and did not collaborate with other silversmiths). His specialties are eagles, dragonflies, and butterflies with fine hand chasing.
Many silversmiths did work for them and placed their marks on jewelry they created in association with D’Anz.
So a lot of misattribution out there with shops, Etsy, eBay… They are still trying to get it corrected. Guess I was the first to go to the source for clarification. I often go into “trust but verify” mode.
He thinks my bracelet was made about 25 years ago with either Chinese or Persian turquoise, and he is looking to match a stone as well as another on recommendation.
Here is one of his for sale:
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Good work on finding out! Very interesting. Definitely misattribution, but I don’t know it started as a lie. Some probably do lie (we know some do), but I doubt Hougart’s was deliberately misleading when the book attributed the cursive “d” to Mr. Delgarito. Possibly that is where a lot of the confusion came from.
Wish we could see the hallmark on that butterfly for future reference regarding any other items.
I personally won’t be doing anything with my earring since it has no match, so no danger of it being misattributed, but others here can now know who made their items.
I was thinking your stones look like Chinese turquoise.
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just to add another layer to the confusion, this entry needs to read:
JD3 JOE DELGARITO NAVAJO + D’ANZ, LTD SHOP
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I agree with you, not necessarily a lie, just part of the general quote.
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He did say he recently was able to have that site correct the “D” misattribution. I pointed out the one you mention here. He plans to contact them again.
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@StevesTrail He sure did do a great job replacing the stone! Kudos to him. That’s a really terrific looking cuff.
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Wow, they really did a spectacular job!
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