Vintage Maisel's Spiderweb Turquoise Nugget Pendant, Sterling Silver, New Old Stock on Original Card, Route 66 Trading Post
$68.00
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$68.00
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Vintage Maisel's Spiderweb Turquoise Nugget Pendant, Sterling Silver, New Old Stock on Original Card, Route 66 Trading Post
$68.00
Sale price
$68.00
Regular price
- Genuine .925 sterling silver
- Real stones with named mine origins
- Handcrafted in the American Southwest
- Free U.S. shipping on orders over $75
- Ships from Santa Fe in 2 to 3 business days
- 30-day returns, full refund
A rounded turquoise nugget with fine spiderweb matrix threading across the face, capped in sterling and still hanging on the original Maisel's card.
Spiderweb is the pattern collectors chase. The matrix runs in a fine web rather than sitting in blotches, and on this stone it webs across a strong mid-blue rather than the paler blue of the other nugget in this collection. Held next to each other, the two read as completely different stones, which is the point of nuggets.
- Natural turquoise with spiderweb matrix
- Sterling silver bail, marked on the original Maisel's card
- Approx. 1/2" tall x 1/2" wide, not including the bail
- New old stock, still attached to its original Maisel's card
- One available
The story
Maisel's Indian Trading Post opened on Route 66 in downtown Albuquerque in 1939. Maurice Maisel hired John Gaw Meem, the architect who defined Pueblo Revival, and told him he was "not content with the usual Indian thing." Olive Rush designed the murals across the facade, painted by young artists including Pablita Velarde, Ben Quintana, Harrison Begay, and Pop Chalee. By the 1940s Maisel's was the largest trading post on Route 66. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. This pendant came off that counter and never left its card.
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