(10) Native American & Taxco Mexico Sterling Silver Brooches

Lot description

(lot of 10) Collection of Native American, Southwest, and Mexico sterling silver brooches, various styles and makers, many Taxco, all with purity mark at reverse, including: (5) gecko or lizard-form brooches,(one) signed D. Skeets (Donovan Skeets, Navajo/ Dine, 20th c.), (one) with red coral inlay, signed WR, (1) modeled as a jaguar mask, marked TC-168, (1) jingle bell and ribbon, marked TS-79, (1) abstract turtle-form brooch, marked JS, (1) modeled as a leaping deer, with inset turquoise eye, marked "silver made in Mexico," (1) floriform brooch with stylized foliate motifs, largest: approx 2.25"l, 2 1/8"w, 109.9 grams total (inclusive of all materials) NOTE: ALL JEWELRY & COIN LOTS REALIZING OVER $1,000 MUST BE PAID BY BANK WIRE