Hi there! I’m a newbie here and found this forum while trying to ID a hallmark on this pendant. There is an Ebay listing almost identical but the listing says Eugene Belone. After doing some research, it seems the Belone Hallmark is either E Belone, the full name, or EB Sterling. This piece is B.E. Sterling. I’ll attach pics. Let me know if you’d like the Ebay listing I’m referencing as well. Any help is appreciated!
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Welcome @slauja we are pleased your here. Please post pics as they would be helpful. We look forward to seeing your pendant.
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Here are the pictures! It wouldn’t let me upload them with the original post.
Also, I was wondering if anyone had any guesses as to what stone was inlaid.
Thanks for any help!!
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Looks like it’s set with lapis.
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ignore ebay listing, seller is clueless.
your research is correct " E Belone, the full name, or EB Sterling"
your hallmark B.E. is not being found in the usual places I’ve checked so far
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Thank you for confirming this and checking your sources! I appreciate that! If the hallmark doesn’t come up in databases, would I be “correct” in assuming its probably made by a smaller artist local to wherever the original owner got it? Also, any general thoughts on if this is Navajo or is it not identifiable since it currently lacks an identifiable hallmark?
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I think it also may have been a pin at some point? The similar Ebay listing has a pin on the back of it and this one has a square metal looking addition where the pin would be attached
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these 3 names are listed in the 5th edition
Betty Etsate
Ben Eustace
Bernadette Eustace
of the 3:
have used “BE” but not “B.E.”
best bet is deep image searches trying to locate other brothers of your pendant out there
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yours has been modified
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Thank you SO MUCH! I found this after searching Ben Eustace feather jewelry…basically an exact match. I had contemplated Ben Eustace before after seeing his hallmark online. The online databases didnt have the B.E. (like it shows at the end of his entry) without an additional symbol so I passed it by. I’m reaching out to the seller to see where they figured out it might be him, and definitely a GREAT starting point!
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Definitely a deeper image search in my immediate future!
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Random question: Is this a commonly used feather shape? I’m finding a lot of barettes/pins with this almost exact feather shape but no inlay and different or no hallmarks.
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I took a closer 2nd look at that etsy listing and your pendant.
notice anything strange about the “E” that was originally an “L”
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I do…the E looks like an L with added lines to it….hmmm
edit: i misunderstood
Now that you pointed it out, it seems like the majority of pins like this (even ones without the inlay) seem to have either no hallmark or a B.L. hallmark…makes me wonder if the three with B.“E”. came from the same person trying to pass them off as a Ben Eustace.
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another one to compare…would this be considered a “sibling”?
that’s true. i think for now, i’ll go with unidentified hallmark. can this be classified as navajo or any specific style without a positive hallmark ID? thanks for helping me with the mystery and uncovering an even bigger mystery! maybe one day one of us will figure it out 
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I would go with sterling south western style feather pendant and let the buyer decide
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