Stunning Navajo Floral Bracelet Egg Shaped Stone Shadowbox Buttons c1940s-50s

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Stunning! I'm offering for your consideration a great Navajo bracelet which is gorgeous in design, consisting of a base of three solid rounded wires that were hand worked from ingot and which widen at the center and come together at the terminals for foundation and with a wire vertically placed inside as well, for support. On top, attached to the center is a plate with a gorgeous egg shaped natural green stone of turquoise or veriscite (beautiful!) inset in a great shadowbox, which is framed with exceptional silver work in an organic design, somewhat floral perhaps. Clover, perhaps? Geometric with an Art Deco period aesthetic. Adjacent on each side is a dramatic button, stamped deeply, just wonderful. There are hand cast pieces that were used on squashes and ketohs of the period. Probably this bracelet dates to the 1940s or 1950s. This is one of the most elegantly beautiful of bracelets and it's in great condition.  There is an engraved signature on the vertical internal bar that seems to say "Lash" with a flower or leaves attached to the "h" and I would assume that may be the owner's signature, rather than the artist.
The bracelet is 2" (5.08 cm) wide at the center and tapers to 3/4" (1.90 cm) at the terminals. Internal width is 5-1/4" (13.34 cm) for the silver end to end and the gap is 1-1/8" (2.86 cm), so the total is 6-3/8"(16.19 cm). It is minimally flexible: I wouldn't like to see anyone adjust the size but would bring it to a jeweler. The weight is 69.4grams. Substantial. The piece is in superb vintage and collectible condition and it's truly fabulous. I love to wear it and I think it will become your favorite, too.
I bought it from a high end gallery for my own personal collection years ago. I adore it and am not parting with it because I want to!
This is the kind of bracelet you can wear with anything day and night, very versatile, always suitable, and lovely with an elegant simplicity. The organic design is unique and very Art Deco period in time and quality. There's nothing like it. It's a great treasure. Absolutely stunning.
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