ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Falcon Trading company was started in the early 1980s by Bubba Shackelford in Prescott Arizona. Bubba got his earliest start from Jock & Al Favour who are apart of a group of artists with names like "Jesse Robbins-(who actually got his start working with Bubba at Falcon), Charlie Favour,Joe Eby,Dennis Hogan",etc..These artists all have much in common with each other in regards to their jewelry styles,which leans toward where everything is completely crafted by hand,working with heavy gauge ingot silver to giving these most incredible finishes that that emulate vintage styles from decades ago..

Bubba began by selling his jewelry out of his Ford Falcon automobile all over town, giving Falcon Trading Company it's namesake. Bubba produced FTC jewelry for many years afterwards, until his sight began to fade from diabetes. In 2014 Bubba took on a young student at that time named Joe O'Neill, who is now the head silversmith at Falcon Trading, and works with Bubba daily to continue on the tradition of creating beautiful tufa cast ingot jewelry in the southwestern/Santa Fe style. Bubba demanded that the jewelry be made right & Nothing is ever put through without 1st having Bubba's approval!
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DESCRIPTION:

Made exclusively for my store is this vintage revival style,time consuming hand made Squash Blossom pendant that looks like it stepped out of the 40's & the way it's made is with the same "Old School" techniques that were done decades ago.

From it's beginning, to it's drop dead gorgeous matte-brushed-hand finishing,this pendant is made in a statuesque size where the top portion is made with ingot sterling that is hand forged by pounding & shaping it until the form is created..This part has a fine chunk of high grade natural blue Fox turquoise that has not been treated in anyway.

The impeccably made squash blossom bottom is quite large & equally impressive is for the fact that you cannot even see where the seams meet on the bead itself,which is what you want to see,to know how skilled artist is! (It is just over 1" in diameter)On the flared bottom spreads, there are arrows that are stamped on each..

The bale is hand stamped & even though it has a 9.5 mm opening,I would suggest going no larger than pairing it with a 8 mm bead so it can move & breathe on the necklace. What would look just as good,is to put this on a thick strip of brown or black leather for a more rugged western look!!!

This is made with true Southwest style & would be a wonderful piece to add to your Santa Fe look!!