Description: A nice turquoise stone set in hand-embellished sterling silver. Tested as sterling silver.
MAKER: There is no hallmark, but this ring came from a collection of early Carl and Irene Clark work that we purchased. Although currently famous for their micro-inlay, they started out doing traditional work like this in the early 1970s. Almost all of the pieces in the collection were hallmarked with their stamp, however there were a few pieces without hallmarks. This is one of them. The last 3 photos show some of the rings from that collection and a couple of the hallmarks. Although there are various styles, it is obviously the same work from one ring to the next in the collection. The person who sold the collection to us, purchased the items directly from the Clarks in the early 1970s. Our seller used to sell jewelry to pay his way through college back then, but quit selling when he got out of school and started his regular career (a foreign missionary / minister). When he retired and moved back to AZ recently, he brought the collection out of storage and we then acquired it. The items were NOS from over 40 years ago and all were early works of Carl and Irene!
Approx. Age: Vintage (Circa 1973 or 74).
Size: Ring size is 12 and the longest point measures about 1 5/8 inches. Weighs 25.7 g
Condition: Good for it's age, normal wear expected.
Please look closely at the pictures as they are an important part of our description.