Vintage Maisel's Turquoise Nugget Pendant in Sterling Silver, New Old Stock

A natural turquoise nugget in a soft sky blue, run through with brown matrix, capped with a sterling silver bail and hung on the original Maisel's card it has sat on since the trading post stocked it.

This is the most on-brand piece in the whole collection, because it is the only kind of thing here where the stone does the talking. Nobody carved this nugget into a shape. It was cut, polished, capped, and left alone, which is how the good ones get handled.

• Natural turquoise nugget with brown matrix
• Sterling silver bail, marked on the original Maisel's card
• Approx. 5/8" tall x 3/8" wide, not including the bail
• New old stock, still attached to its original Maisel's card
• One available, and the stone is one of one

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.

Why the nugget matters
The pale blue and the wandering brown matrix are the stone's own. There is no second one, because there is no second stone.

Wearing it
Add it to your favorite chain, or give it to someone who collects these. The card is half the reason they'll want it.

Any three pieces, 15% off. Mix charms and studs.

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