New user. This belonged to my mother. I have several pieces she collected through the years. I know very little about squash blossom necklaces. I do know the beads on this one have seams, there a hook/eye closure, it’s heavy, no markings anywhere, no glue around the stones. Not sure how vintage it is or how much it’s worth. I’d like to find out. Thank You.
Bob
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Squash blossoms are not my forte, but the turquoise looks nice. I’m having a hard time seeing any seams on the beads? I’m thinking I might see a few that are vertical versus horizontal; that matters in whether it’s Native American or not (I think).
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There are seams. I’m thinking they’re bench beads. The pictures are hard to see. I’m glad you like the turquoise. Honestly, someone another forum, not to bash, called the turquoise low quality.
It might be stabilized (nothing wrong with that) just because so much turquoise is. So I don’t really know the quality of the stones, but I like the way they look. As you probably know it’s always a guess when we talk about what mine it came from. Can you see if it has any pyrite in it?
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Not really. Mainly dark matrix. No gold or very little.
@Ziacat I know what you mean about the seaming. In enlargement I see they’re seamed, but in the opposite orientation to what we see in Navajo beadmaking. The seaming, roundness, and very large openings make me wonder if the beads at least are Mexican.
The stones appear to be stabilized freeform cabs, 1960s-70s in type.
Has the metal been tested for silver?
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Not Not yet. Taking it today for a buddy to test. Actually thinking about selling it. So stabilized is not a bad thing?
All depends. Stabilization can be done well or poorly. Obviously natural stone is the best (if it’s good quality), but I have quite a few things with really nice stabilized stones. And I have one item with a natural stone that was low quality, and it is not as nice as some of my stabilized pieces, so you have to consider everything. Nice natural stones are the most expensive, but stabilized stone is still real.
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