Post by RetroMonde on Nov 28, 2016 18:41:58 GMT
Please, I need to ask the sleuths on the board for help researching a silver bolo. I went shopping at my usual spot, found this laying on the floor in the center of an aisle so I tossed it into my cart to look at later. That was a month ago and I totally forgot it until Saturday when I emptied my car. I spent a couple of hours last night on Google & Bing trying to find info about the silversmith with little luck.
The sterling silver bolo slide & tips is marked Morgan Smith with his artist logo at the center. Unfortunately it's damaged; the stone is missing and the braided leather is pretty tired. All I found were 3 listings that showed sold items which said he was Navajo but I couldn't find any mention of the artist on Native American silver mark sites. One of the listings was for a silver dollar belt with 1991 coins so my piece prob isn't too old. But I want to be sure the artist IS Navajo before I list it as such. DH suggested replacing the stone but I'll leave that to a buyer; if I replace the stone I'm keeping the bolo to give DH as a gift.
So maybe your version of Google will show you the info I can't find... maybe I'm searching with the wrong terms. I'd sure appreciate your help with this. TIA!
The sterling silver bolo slide & tips is marked Morgan Smith with his artist logo at the center. Unfortunately it's damaged; the stone is missing and the braided leather is pretty tired. All I found were 3 listings that showed sold items which said he was Navajo but I couldn't find any mention of the artist on Native American silver mark sites. One of the listings was for a silver dollar belt with 1991 coins so my piece prob isn't too old. But I want to be sure the artist IS Navajo before I list it as such. DH suggested replacing the stone but I'll leave that to a buyer; if I replace the stone I'm keeping the bolo to give DH as a gift.
So maybe your version of Google will show you the info I can't find... maybe I'm searching with the wrong terms. I'd sure appreciate your help with this. TIA!
