Turquoise Hammered Ring

A natural cabochon turquoise silver ring set onto a hand hammered ring.  This ring has a great presence on the finger and is dictated by the beauty of the large and polished turquoise center stone.  With a stone like this there is not much cause to add any stamping or excessive detail to the mount. The stone is so eye catching and vibrant that any adornment would detract from its beauty.  The simple and quite wide band that the stone setting is soldered onto is a beautiful hand hammered silver band. This finish is achieved by hand working the silver with a small clean and rounded hammer.  The striking into the silver creates this natural looking textured finish. The style of this ring is possibly that of the Navajo Native American tribe, and was likely made by a jeweler from this tribe.  The Navajo tribe, now located in occupying portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico, was the first Native American group to learn Mexican silversmithing techniqu