Cerrillos Squash Blossom Necklace [SG-520]

An artistic turquoise and silver squash blossom necklace. The fine hand-cut serrated bezel is set with graduated stones of nice oval shape from the ancient mine of Cerrillos in New Mexico. The silver-work around the stone is unique; in place of silver wire, we find tiny raindrop beads forming a bezel surrounding the half-round silver bars of a three-arch crown at the stone's top. A pair of silver arms extends down at the sides. Thick fluted silver squash stems emerge below the bottom ring. A pair of thick silver bars forms the magnificent seven-stone Naja.