Pin, Cluster, Turquoise, Bowtie Shape, Hallmark, Dead Pawn, 884

INFINITE BEAUTY

Some pieces carry beauty through their entire life. Enice and Joe Wilson have crafted a piece that will hold up year after year. This Dead Pawn pin is a bowtie shape with cluster turquoise stones set in sterling silver and bursting with bright blue color. The piece is detailed with sterling silver half moons, twisted rope, and drops. Add this pin wherever you’d like and it will complete the look.

Eunice J. Wilson (Navajo). Active since 1980s. Cluster work. Eunice Wilson shares the stamp with her husband Jo Wilson.
Mark: J & E WILSON (usually on an applied plate)

Joe Wilson (?) Cluster work. Joe Wilson shares the stamp with his wife Eunice Wilson.
Mark: J & E Wilson (usually on an applied plate)

• artist: Eunice J. & Joe Wilson
• affiliation: Navajo
• hallmarks: J & E WILSON (on applied plate)
• materials: sterling silver, turquoise
• measurements: 4 1/4" x 2 1/2"
• weight: 52 grams
• closure: locking c-clasp
• nice vintage condition
• stones are secure in their settings
• abrasions and surface wear commensurate with age
• silver has a nice patina 
• wear from ethnographic use
• style: JP884