Hello new friends!
I have recently come into stewardship of this incredible bear claw set with turquoise inlay & there is only one hallmark on the ring that is identified as Alvin Sosolda. He studied under Bernard Sawahoya, master silversmith, but the estate sale manager believes it was more than one artist involved since Alvin doesn’t have any turquoise jewelry online if record.
Is there any other way of identifying the potential other makers or anything else about this set? I tried reaching out to Alvin, with no luck & Bernard passed in 2011. I just want to try and gather as much information on this in the hopes I can honor the history behind such a special creation.
Thank you so much for any insight.