[Jewelry making - Article 01754] - Re: [Orchid] White Turquoise

[John Barton]

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    Nancy; This may not help, but the spelling is probably Platero.
    There are families of silversmiths by the last name of Platero both
    in Arizona, New Mexico, and at Acoma Pueblo. In Barton Wrights book
    Hallmarks of The Southwest, there is a John Platero listed but
    doesn't show where he lives. Also, in Dr. Gregory Schaaf's book
    American Indian Jewelry I, there are several Platero's listed but no
    John or Margaret. You may find it easier to just locate a good
    silversmith near you to replace the stone, than to find the original
    artists. 

HTH, 
best wishes, 
John Barton


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