Your necklace resembles the Hudson Bay fur trade silver. You often see trade silver strung on red glass beads. Your crosses look modern when you compare them to originals. And the silversmiths usually put their mark on it. Your conjoined HB does not resemble the old mark. The silver beads look hand made from the photos. Any other hallmarks on the crosses?
Thanks for your reply. The beads are handmade, the cross stamping is worn down as are the stamping on the beads. Double checked again, I missed the stamping and sterling stamp when I pulled it out of the bag of necklaces. When I saw the Milagro leg/knee I immediately thought it was Mexican. And yes, they still do not look as old as the crosses in some of the photos I pulled up. I’ll check out Hudson Bay. HB. Again, thanks for the info.
The cross at the bottom far left is exactly like the one on my necklace. HB stamp, so most likely the necklace is an older ‘fake’ or ‘reproduction’. Just thought you might like to know. At least now I can list it as such.
It’s pretty cool IMO, even as a reproduction. But then I spent quite a bit of time in Canada growing up, and we had numerous HB items.
I think this form with two bars and a heart or other shape at the bottom is usually considered a “dragonfly” as opposed to christian cross. I think often from Laguna, or Isleta Pueblo? I love them strung on the red beads (coral, or glass?) - would layer very well with other southwest pieces and in my opinion would keep it that way. Milagros are a nice touch.