You are most welcome! We have handled a lot of Mexican silver over the
years. The definitive resource for this is "The Little Book of Mexican
Silver Trade and Hallmarks".
Rings, bracelets, and earrings featuring carved Aztec masks (usually in
green onyx or jade, although other stones such as black onyx and jasper
also were used) were produced in large quantities by Mexican
silversmiths in the early years of the 20th c...
Art Deco? No! This is a typical Aztec tribal mask carved from green onyx
or jade. The silver may be anywhere from .900-.950 (sterling standard is
.925, or 925/1000 parts silver). Since your ring is marked only
"SILVER", it predates Mexico's eagle sys...
Definitely handmade, almost certainly sterling or close to it (some
Asian pieces are made from 900 silver; sterling is 925). I'm going to
guess Native American or Mexican, most likely the former, or possibly
Indian or even Indonesian (Balinese). The ...
This thread is a year old. I seriously doubt the OP still has this item,
especially since it was pretty thoroughly established to be fake. I
think we can all stop posting here now and move on to addressing more
current concerns…