I am looking to identify/date a squash blossom I found at an antique fair. It has a mark on the Naja (pictured) and a signature (RM) but it has a closed hook clasp, which is unusual. I also was hoping to learn more about the tuquoise and where it’s from.
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Welcome to the forums @SashaBW. Pretty Blossom.
Possibility the necklace was re-strung. It may have been a little longer as well. Sorry couldn’t come up with anything about maker.
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It may have been made small originally, as not all squash blossom necklaces are huge, I have a necklace with the same sized Navajo pearls (it doesn’t have squash blossoms on it so I don’t call it that), and it is in the same sized ballpark as yours. the lobster claw may have been added at a later date, or at the request of the purchaser since they seem more secure than the traditional hand made hook and loop.
The hallmark doesn’t come up in the Schaaf book I have, but that doesn’t mean that the artist can’t be found since there’s a number of hallmark books out there. Sometimes that’s part of the fun of researching our jewelry is what we learn along the way.
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Is there another faint letteer after the R.M.? To me, it almost looks like a G
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I think I see it too – the lower third of a round letter (G, C, O?) and then a third period (.).
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