Chimney Butte Concho Pendant, Kingman Turquoise, Navajo Sterling Silver
A round stamped concho pendant by Chimney Butte, sunburst petals radiating from a small Kingman turquoise centre.
Specifications
- Metal: Sterling silver
- Artist: Chimney Butte (Navajo)
- Made: 2026
- Stone: Kingman turquoise, cabochon
- Length with bail: 2.62 inches (6.7 cm)
- Pendant drop: 2 inches (5.1 cm)
- Diameter: 63.69 mm (2.51 inches)
- Weight: 42 grams
- Bail opening: 15 mm
Hallmarks
- Chimney Butte, script maker's stamp
- Sterling
Both marks are struck on the back. The Chimney Butte stamp is the maker's mark; Sterling is the silver standard.
About the Piece
The centre is a domed silver disc worked into a sunburst, with alternating stamped and polished petals running outward from the stone. A raised rim separates that from the outer field, and the edge is scalloped with a fan stamp in every scallop.
The turquoise is small and deliberately so. On a concho the silver is the subject, and the stone is there to give the eye a place to land.
At 2.5 inches across it is a genuine statement piece, but the flat round form sits close to the chest rather than swinging.
Kingman is one of the oldest and best known Arizona mines, still producing, known for clean bright blue with dark matrix.
Chimney Butte is a Navajo (Dine) silversmith working out of New Mexico in a deliberately old style idiom: heavy gauge sterling, deep hand stamping, repousse, sandcast work, and good named mine turquoise. The mark is one of the most recognisable in contemporary Southwestern silver, which is part of why the work holds its value. Every piece is stamped Chimney Butte and Sterling on the back.
Styling
It hangs from a wide stamped bail that takes a heavy chain, so it will sit on Navajo pearls, a thick box chain, or a leather cord without looking under hung. Worn alone it does all the work; it does not need layering.
Condition
Excellent. Newly made and unworn, with the deep oxidised finish the maker applies to the stamped recesses.
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