Older 12-stone Sleeping Beauty turquoise Navajo ladies size cuff. #2557

Impressive turquoise cuffs like this are getting harder to find—especially when the turquoise is from the closed (since 2012) Sleeping Beauty Mine.  No cracks; no chips; these stones are perfect.  And, a few of them are starting to change hue a bit due to age.  We've gotten some queries lately regarding why we don't call items like this "vintage."  Simple, it's because we—like the famous Heard Museum—only consider Native American jewelry items made PRIOR to 1970 (before the use of electric jewelry making tools) as true vintage.  A pre-owned cuff made in the '70's, 80's, 90's is not 'vintage.'   And calling it so is just, well, 'hype.'  This cuff is probably 25 to 35-years old, possibly a bit older.  It has a little lighter gauge silver than the really old stuff.   So, it's nice but it ain't vintage.  With all these settings it's important that this cuff fits without bending/reshaping.  Total inside circumference here is 6 and 5/8th's—including the one-inch 'gap.'  Thus, to fit properly the wearer needs to have a 6.5-inch, up to a 6.75-inch wrist circumference (measured all the way around the wrist bone).  Buy it to fit, not to bend.  This beauty is 1.5-inches across at the top and tapers slightly down to 1 and 3/16's-inches at the ends.  Weight is 65-grams, or 2.3-ounces.  Hallmarked "JS" with the letters closely touching.  Complimentary USPS tracked Priority shipping within the U.S.  Enjoy.