1930’s Sterling/.980 Southwestern Turquoise Cabochon Crucifix

Hallmarks on jewelry will tell you everything you need to know about a piece especially when it’s old Mexico sterling. The following number marks indicate silver purity in a percentage of 1000ths. The intaglio "900" mark is found on work dating from the turn of the century until the 1920's. The intaglio marks "980, 960, 940 & 925" are usually from the mid 1930's to the mid 1940's. This is one of the finest hand crafted crucifix I have ever seen with beautiful brown webbed southwestern turquoise most likely from either the Bisbee or Kingman mines out of Arizona. The bale on the pendant will fit up to a 7mm chain and measures around 2.5” from top to bottom.