Albert Payton — Navajo/Diné Silversmith Hallmark
Albert Payton's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
A Navajo silversmith with the mark "A. Payton (script)" is documented in Hougart in proximity to Ida Payton (also Navajo). The first name on the A. Payton entry is partially obscured by scan damage, but the mark and working style are recorded.
The mark
What is known
The Payton family is represented in Hougart by at least two individuals: the A. Payton entry (whose first name is obscured in the available source scan) and Ida Payton (Navajo; stamp work; set stones; mark: Ida Payton script). Whether Albert Payton and the documented "A. Payton" are the same individual cannot be confirmed from available sources — the first name in the printed text was not recoverable from the source scan. The style description (stamp work, shadowbox, concha belts) is consistent with traditional Navajo silversmithing forms.
No entry for Albert Payton or A. Payton appears in Adair 1944, Rosnek & Stacey 1976, Bedinger 1973, or Schaaf 2003.
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References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).
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