Chimney Butte Number 8 Turquoise Cuff, Three Large Stones, Navajo Sterling Silver
Three very large Number 8 turquoise cabochons set high in deep bezels on a plain narrow band, by Chimney Butte.
Specifications
- Metal: Sterling silver
- Artist: Chimney Butte, Navajo (Dine)
- Made: 2026
- Stone: Number 8 turquoise, cabochon, 45 mm by 14 mm each, three stones
- Inner circumference: 5.75 inches (14.6 cm)
- Opening gap: 1.125 inches (2.9 cm)
- Total wrist fit: 6.875 inches (17.5 cm)
- Weight: 94 grams
- Stones: Three cabochons, each approximately 45 by 14 mm
- Band width: 18 mm (0.71 inches)
Hallmarks
- Sterling
- Chimney Butte
Both marks are struck on the back. Chimney Butte is the maker's mark; Sterling is the silver standard.
About the Piece
The stones are the whole piece. Three of them, each around 45 by 14 mm, standing tall in deep plain bezels with nothing stamped or applied to compete. Number 8 material of this size is genuinely hard to find, since the Nevada mine closed in the 1960s and everything on the market now comes from old stock.
The colour reads brown before it reads blue. Each stone is mostly golden brown and rust host rock with turquoise coming through it in a broad spiderweb of sky blue and green patches, which is the look Number 8 is collected for. No two of the three are alike.
The band is deliberately plain and only 18 mm wide, with a small silver ball at each shoulder. Set this high, the stones sit well above the wrist, so this is a cuff you notice on the arm rather than one that disappears under a cuff.
The Number 8 mine in Nevada closed in the 1960s, so the stone only comes from old stock now. It is prized for heavy golden brown to black spiderweb 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. This piece is stamped Sterling and Chimney Butte on the back.
Styling
A wide cuff carries a wrist on its own, so wear it with the arm otherwise bare or with one plain bangle for company. There is flex in the band: it can be opened or closed a little to fit. Do that once, gently, with both hands on the terminals, then leave it. Sterling work-hardens each time it is bent, and it is repeated adjustment that cracks a cuff.
Condition
Excellent. Newly made and unworn, with the deep oxidised finish the maker applies to the stamped recesses.
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This listing is for one cuff only.
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