Derrick Gordon

Biography by Mateo James

Documented sterling silver hallmark of Derrick Gordon, Navajo silversmith - Native American maker's mark

Hallmark documented in: Hougart, art-amerindien.com. Rendered from the documented mark, not a photograph.

Overview

Derrick Gordon (born 1971) is a Navajo silversmith active since the early 1990s, working stamp work and set stones, some of it in a retro or old style. Per the corpus he uses hand-made tools and stamp dies.

He is the nephew of Delbert Gordon, who has no directory page yet. His documented mark is DERRICK with a triangular D.

The Mark

"Derrick Gordon (1971 -; Navajo). Active since early 1990s. Stamp work; set stones. Some retro or old style. Uses hand-made tools an[d stam]p dies. Nephew of Delbert Gordon. Mark: DERRICK (triangular D)"
— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022).

The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: DERRICK (triangular D).

References

  • Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022.

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