Please Help ID These Cufflinks

[LVMathews]

I think these cufflinks might be by Arthur King, but I can't find the marks anywhere online. Can you help, please? Thank you!


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[dragonflywink]

Navajo silversmith Allen Kee of the White Hogan Shop, he and Kenneth Begay were the first smiths when the shop opened in 1946.

~Cheryl
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[LVMathews]

Thank you so much! This information is incredibly helpful!
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[dragonflywink]

They're very nice, I'm a fan of the Modernist pieces that came out of White Hogan, first cufflinks I've seen. Do you know what the inset is? Looks quite a bit like the buffalo horn in a Navajo ring I was given in the '70s.

~Cheryl
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[admin]

Hi Cheryl,
It is most likely Ironwood, Kenneth Begay did like to use it, sure Kee must have also.
Regards, Tom

http://www.925-1000.com/amx_begayK.html
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[LVMathews]

The inset is a dark wood, but I'm not sure what kind. In person, the wood is darker than the reddish hue it has in photographs. Does anyone have any advice about where I can learn more about Allen Kee? Thank you again!
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[dragonflywink]

Ahhh, I'm sure Tom has it - ironwood (nice earrings in that link). I have just picked up bits & pieces regarding the White Hogan Shop after researching a beautifully designed George Kee salt shaker spoon well over twenty years ago. Believe the Kees were cousins to Kenneth Begay, and all three produced many pieces with the same basic designs, for instance, the spoon mentioned appears with slight variations bearing their respective marks - suspect it was a KB design and may well exist with White Hogan silversmith's marks, but I haven't run across them.

~Cheryl
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