Vintage Maisel's Sterling Silver Yucca Charm, New Old Stock

A sterling yucca with its stalk rising out of a fan of blades. Still on the original Maisel's card, never worn. Small enough for a charm bracelet, striking enough to wear as a pendant-style accent on a fine chain.

The New Mexico state flower, and the plant you actually see from the road for four hundred miles. Of everything in this lot, the yucca is the piece that most looks like where it came from, and it makes an easy fit for Southwest, Route 66, plant, or New Mexico-themed jewelry collections.

• Sterling silver, marked on the original Maisel's card
• Approx. 7/8" tall x 5/8" wide, not including the jump ring
• New old stock, still attached to its original Maisel's card
• Single vintage charm, suitable for a bracelet or as a small pendant
• 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 charm came off that counter and never left its card, a little piece of that Route 66 and Southwest jewelry history that never went into circulation.

Wearing it
Add it to your favorite chain or charm bracelet, or give it to someone who collects these. It plays well with other Southwest, state, plant, or travel charms if you're building a themed bracelet. The card is half the reason they'll want it, especially if they're a vintage sterling silver or Maisel's Trading Post fan.

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

One available. When it's gone I have no way to get another. Free shipping over $75. Thirty-day returns.