Vintage Sterling TEK - Lawrence A. Tekala ZUNI Mother Of Pearl Inlay Ring SZ 5 For Sale

Please read our returnpolicy prior to purchasing or submitting best offers! Selling items for my mother, hercherished collectibles, as well as from Vintage Estate Jewelry and Collectibleitems from other estates we have inherited and acquired over the past fewyears. Some estate items are newer,within the last 4-10 years, but purchased and barely worn and just stored withestate collection. Please do not expectstore bought perfect new items! Our items are sold \'AS IS\' or Vintage, meaningused condition, will show some signs of age, use, and wear expected with apre-owned, used item. We will neverguarantee our items to be in perfect condition, but then you would be paying departmentstore prices! If items are clearlymarked, we do not have it acid tested, especially if markings includedesigner’s markings. Unmarked items wehave tested. If natural hairlineinternal cracks in stones, loose settings (that normally happen over the years)bother you, or expect perfect, then you do not want Vintage. Even jewelry that is brand new tends to haveflaws. This is all Antique ArtDeco/Nouveau, Victorian, Vintage and newer Collectible jewelry, all newer itemshave been stored and are still part of the humongous estate collection and mayhave been worn, but minimally. Silverjewelry with stones sometimes loosen over the years, and stones shift andaccumulate hairline cracks. This is part of the charm of vintage jewelry. Anything distracting we will note in ourlistings, anything damaged we do not list.Of course we may miss some flaws even after examining and we doapologize, but we have also issued refunds for those (which have beenfew). We have researched all items, butare not experts, and have some great local resources, but please ask questionsor share your knowledge too! We donot list anything that we would not wear ourselves!

THIS sale:Ring is marked TEK, tests Sterling.Wonderful ZUNI design by Lawrence Tekala, from ZUNI Pueblo, NewMexico. A wonderful Silversmith who wastaken from us way too soon, we believe 1992 at the age of 47-. Which is why you do not see many TEK pieceson the secondary market, making this highly collectible, not to mention thiswonderful ZUNI inlay design. Mother Of Pearlwith a carved single flower inlay with what appears to us to be tigerseye. It is fancy bezel set, scallopedouter rim that is finished off with a traditional stamped design. Front measures approx. 1 ½ X ¾ inches, weighs7.8g. It is in very good condition, asmall internal stress fracture that is definitely internal, (we cannot feel itwhen running our fingers across top), only visible in direct lighting, quitecommon with these inlaid pieces. See foryourself in the pictures! It measures asize 5 on our jeweler’s ring mandrel. Itis just a fabulous collectible ring! Wedo leave most of the descriptions up to the pictures, so be sure to viewall. Please ask any questions and wewill be happy to get back to you as soon as we can! Take a look at pictures! Read our response! Incredible deals here! All condition of items are nice and may onlyneed a gentle cleaning due to dust from not being worn or stored away for quitea few years. As a general rule, we leaveall vintage and antique jewelry in their current condition since most desirethe items to be received in their lovely vintage or antique condition. Lucky winner pays via PAYPAL. Please read our return policy. We will gladly issue a 100% refund for anyitems we have not described accurately, which isn’t often, but we can makemistakes. We feel our listings andpictures will give you enough information to make your decision. But again, wewelcome your questions.

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