Recently purchased this silver cuff marked JD - I’ve seen the mark attributed to Juan De Dios but this looks nothing like the pieces he created. Any info appreciated!
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Oh no, this would not be his work; you are correct. Juan De Dios is one of the earliest known Zuni silversmiths. This cuff looks pretty new (and not Zuni), and nothing like his work. I could not find this hallmark. And it looks to me like a lot of Juan De Dios’s pieces are not hallmarked, although I did find this one (which looks different from the mark on your cuff) on the Medicine Man Gallery site which is an excellent site.
One thing you need to understand is people all over the internet, especially eBay and Etsy, attribute all kinds of things wrongly. If you read this forum enough you’ll learn which online sites/stores/trading posts are good to look at for honest and correct information.
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