VINTAGE STERLING SILVER DOMED CONCHOS BY TOM BILLY - STAMPED TB for Sale

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VINTAGE STERLING SILVER DOMED CONCHOS BY TOM BILLY - STAMPED TB For Sale

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VINTAGE STERLING SILVER DOMED CONCHOS BY TOM BILLY - STAMPED TB:
$151.00

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3 VINTAGE STERLING SILVER DOMED CONCHOSBY NAVAJO American Silversmith TOM BILLY - STAMPED TBConcho Domed Button 1-1/8” diameterHand Stamped

Sterling Silver ButtonSoldered Shank

Tom Billy a silversmith from the Dilkon, Arizona area, southwest artist from Dilkon Arizona was born in 1945. Tom learned to silversmith in 1962 when his wife {ex-wife now} wanted a squash blossom necklace. Tom couldn?t afford to buy one for her so he went out and bought the tools to do so. At a Christmas party, Mrs. Maisel asked where she got the necklace and his told her that her husband made it. From there upon request from Mrs. Maisel, Tom went to work for the Maisels. Tom has also worked for Carl Louthy, Navajo. Since then, he and his current wife, have been making sterling silver and turquoise jewelry that has been a favorite with collecters. Tom Billy is extremely talented Tom passed away February 13, 2000.

About Concho Buttons

In the mid 1800’s, a few Navajo began to learn the art of silversmithing from Mexican plateros.

Early silver beads and buttons were made from coins. Later when silver and sterling silver were more available, buttons were made from ingots and sheet silver. Early buttons from about 1870 were round, flat and with two holes like conventional buttons.Plain domed silver buttons were made soon thereafter.

Buttons were originally for fastening garments but soon became more ornamental and even were used as a trade item.With access to more diverse tools in the late 1800s and early 1900s, hand-made buttons were domed, filed, etched, fluted, stamped and a loop would be forge-soldered onto the back.

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