Offered here for your bidding enjoyment is a vintage sandcast and turquoise belt buckle. This sterling silver buckle has a nice sandcast design, accentuated with silver dots, hand stamped designs, and a central turquoise cabochon resting in a smooth silver bezel. The sandcast process uses a special type of sand that has a clay-like consistency to create a mold into which molten silver is poured. This is a great belt buckle that will go with most anything and can be yours, so make a bid now.
MAKER: Likely Navajo, based on style and design, however this item is unmarked (as was common of Native jewelry from this era).
APPROX AGE: Vintage (meaning somewhere between the 1930s to 1970s).
SIZE: The buckle measures approximately 3 1/4 inches tall by 3 3/4 inches wide and fits a 1 1/2 inch belt. The total weight for this items is 71.6 grams.
CONDITION: Good for its age, normal wear expected. Please look closely at the pictures as they are an important part of our description and are hereby incorporated into the description, specifically with regards to condition.
HANDLING: There will be a $5 handling / packaging fee for shipping this lot.
SHIPPING: The actual cost of postage will be added on top of the handling charges.