Sterling Silver
NOS Coral Belt Buckle
HK Item #BU189

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Vintage sterling silver Coral belt buckle

condition	NOS, new old stock, excellent; even medium patina; stones firmly set with no cracks, chips or missing pieces
materials	sterling silver, Read about silver coral, Read about stones
size	3" x 2 3/8" fits up to a 1 1/2" belt
weight	53 grams
hallmarks	stamped: STERLING
artist	unknown

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Sterling Silver
NOS Coral Belt Buckle

BU189 - $495 plus s/h
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Paula says - "In my opinion, this coral buckle shows all the design characteristics and workmanship of being Navajo made. But because there is no hallmark that we can attribute to a specific artist we can't legally sell it as Native American made - read more.

"This piece is NOS (new old stock) that was made more than a decade ago but never sold - it is brand new vintage!"

Vintage sterling silver Coral belt buckle

Will fit up to a 1 1/2" wide belt.

"Want your jewelry to look like new? Read my blog 'To Polish or Not to Polish'".

About Red Coral

Red Coral is the common name given to Corallium Rubrum and several related species of marine coral. Red coral is a collection of hundreds of tiny animals living together in a colonies that resemble small leafless bushes growing on dark, rocky seabottom. The coral skeleton is composed hard calcium carbonate, colored in shades of red from pale pink to deep red. It can be semi-translucent to opaque. It is naturally matte, but can be polished to a glassy shine. Red coral is frequently dyed to enhance color and it can also be impregnated with resins or epoxies to fill surface fissures and flaws.

Coral jewelry has been found in ancient Egyptian and prehistoric European burials. The Romans believed coral could protect children from harm, as well as cure bites from snakes and scorpions and diagnose diseases by changing colour. Read more . . .

NOTE: Items in our Vintage Shop are either USED or NEW. They might come from inheritances, estate sales, private collections, and store liquidations. Many items are brand new (NOS, New Old Stock) and in perfect condition while others may show tarnish, scratches and other signs of use. Major issues will be described in detail and shown in photos. Vintage Shop items are sold as described and are not returnable.

Horsekeeping LLC - Definitions of Jewelry Age and Condition © 2015 Horsekeeping LLC © Copyright Information
Patina	A dark or colored film of oxidation that forms naturally on metal exposure to air and other elements. It is often valued for its aesthetically pleasing appearance.
Vintage	30 years or older.
NOS	New Old Stock. Retail store inventory from at least 10 years ago.
Pre-owned	An item that has been used.

Why isn't this item called Native American?

The US Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 and its recent Amendments require that items described as Native American or Indian be made by an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe. Furthermore, government regulations suggest that all attributions include the Native American Indian's name, tribe and federal tribal enrollment number. Because it is impossible to identify the artist for many vintage items, even if they are authentic Indian made items, we cannot and will not use the words Native American or Indian in association with such pieces.

Read about authenticity of Native American Indian jewelry.

Our Rescue Mission
of Native American Indian Jewerly and Artifacts

We are in the vintage Native American jewelry rescue business and are passionate about finding new homes for used and vintage jewelry and artifacts. That's why we purchase Native American pieces from estates, inheritances, collection downsizing and New Old Stock (NOS) inventory from closed stores.

Often people contact us after taking a box of Native American jewelry to their local pawn shop and find that a pawn shop is mainly interested in melt value of the metals and not in preserving the beautiful historic pieces. To hear that people have considered selling these treasures for melt value makes us truly sad.

Melt value is usually far below what we would offer for the jewelry. Yet we can't pay retail price for items because of the time and cost involved in finding new homes for them. We have to research, often repair and restore the jewelry, photograph and list each item on our website, and sometimes hold pieces in inventory for years until the right buyer comes along.

We hope you'll find something special in our vintage shop that will complete yet another circle of our jewelry re-homing mission.

Sterling Silver NOS Coral Belt Buckle HK Item #BU189

About Red Coral

Horsekeeping LLC - Definitions of Jewelry Age and Condition© 2015 Horsekeeping LLC © Copyright Information

Why isn't this item called Native American?

Our Rescue Missionof Native American Indian Jewerly and Artifacts

Sterling Silver
NOS Coral Belt Buckle
HK Item #BU189

Horsekeeping LLC - Definitions of Jewelry Age and Condition
© 2015 Horsekeeping LLC © Copyright Information

Our Rescue Mission
of Native American Indian Jewerly and Artifacts