VINTAGE USA BARSE Kingman TURQUOISE 925 Sterling Silver CROSS Pendant Necklace

  

This beautiful vintage BARSE 925 sterling silver large cross pendant and matching necklace features a bold and chunky design with turquoise stones and sterling silver balls and beads. The turquoise appears to be from the Kingman Mine in Arizona.

This piece was made in the USA before the Barse Company began manufacturing in Thailand and in China. The cross pendant is a rectangular shape made of square shaped bezel set Royson turquoise on a solid sterling silver back, suspended on a Royson turquoise bail and attached to a necklace of sterling and Royson turquoise flat oval beads. The cross pendant and bail together measure 2 1/2" long, and the cross itself is 2" long by 1 5/8 wide. The pendant is not removable from the necklace. Please study the photos taken next to a ruler and between a dime and a quarter coin to better understand the size of this piece. The necklace closes with a toggle clasp and is 16 long. This pendant is preowned so it shows some wear but overall it is in very good condition. However it could benefit from a light polishing to bring out the luster of the bright silver surfaces.