Stanley Charley — Navajo Silversmith Hallmark

Biography by Mateo James

Stanley Charley's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.

Navajo · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library

Stanley Charley is a Navajo silversmith listed in Hougart 5e within the Charley family block. No style description or dates are provided in the corpus entry; only the name and mark are given.

The mark

Per Hougart 5e (p. ~82): Mark: SA (conjoined, with a star symbol)

Note: The OCR renders the first name as "St•nley" (OCR artifact for Stanley) and the mark as "SA(conJ01ned, with a star symbol)" — the mark is SA conjoined with a star, not the letters S and A separately.

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References

• Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Artist entry p. ~82 (PDF lines 11068–11069). Mark: "SA (conjoined, with a star symbol)."