This wide cuff is a study in texture and color. The three stones set in straight-edged bezels rise above the heavily textured, oxidized background of the cuff. Darryl used oval
repoussée shapes surrounding the stone sets like radiating flower petals. Crescent-shaped
repoussée forms are used in combination with the heaviest starred buttons, while a myriad of small starred buttons are interspersed among the radiating oval petals. This is a combination of both green and blue King's Manassa turquoise.
The center stone is a near-flat blue oval stone of natural, untreated Pilot Mountain turquoise flanked by stones of green Pilot Mountain. Pilot Mountain turquoise from Nevada usually occurs in thin deposits between layers of host rock. The thin layers of deposit of this turquoise account for its often being cut to a near-flat surface.
Hallmarked with a "D" on its side over an arrow and stamped "Sterling" on back.
Stones: center 5/8" x 1/2"; left 1/2" x 3/8"; right 9/16" x 3/8"
Uniform width of cuff: 1 9/16"
Terminal to terminal: 6" Gap: 1 1/4"
Total inside circumference (including gap): 7 1/4" |