This is a vintage Bell Trading Post Piece.  The three band bracelet is nickel silver set with reconstituted turquoise and has nice stamp work with silver applique.  The bracelet is hallmarked with a circular plate marked Bell and Nickel silver.  The bracelet measures 5 1/8" around the inside with an additional 1 1/8" opening at the back for a total of 6 1/4" around.  The cuff is 3/4" wide at the center front.  This classic vintage Bell Trading Post bracelet is in great condition.  

"The Bell Trading post was opened in 1932 on the Route 66. Michelson hoped this spot would be a boon in establishing his business as a place where tourists could find locally made Native American jewelry.  The beginning years were a struggle but the location did help the trading post hold on, particularly when Roosevelt’s New Deal created the CCC and truckers were hitting the roads to transport goods. Bell Trading Post was in the right location to sell them souvenirs for their family back home."

"Jobs were hard to come by then and many Native artisans were willing to make Jack Michelson’s jewelry. But money was scarce as well so the Michelsons looked to earlier entrepreneurs like Fred Harvey for how to make their new business a success. They installed their own machines for making the jewelry and used copper and nickel more than silver and gold to create their pieces. In the initial years, the post marked its jewelry with the image of a bell." 

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