Size 7 3/4 on a 5mm Sterling Silver Hammered Band
Sonoran Gold rarely settles on one color and calls it done here it runs a full spectrum in a single stone, a vein of sky blue breaking through fields of green gone golden at the edges, rust-colored matrix threading through like old copper wire. Set pear-shaped in a bezel trimmed with gold-filled beading, the stone reads like a small landscape caught between seasons: spring pushing up through what's left of winter. Size 7¾, held close on a fine hammered band.
The setting is as considered as the stone. A clean bezel frames the pear form, while a graduated row of gold-filled beading runs the full border like the last light catching a mountain ridge at dusk. It's a detail that rewards the close look quiet, deliberate, entirely sure of itself.
Details:
Stone: Sonoran Gold Turquoise · Origin: Sonora, Mexico · Metal: Custom Sterling Silver, Gold-Filled Ornaments #14/20 · Maker's Mark: Hand-stamped by the artist · Pear Bezel Setting: ⅝" x 13⁄16" stone, 3⁄16" hammered band · Ring Size 7¾ · One of a Kind with Maker's Mark
Made in Taos by a Taosena.
Some Jewelry is made. Some is found. At Fire & Stone, it's both.
