George Oliver Bennett — Silversmith

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Overview

George Oliver Bennett (born 1944) is a Havasupai/Navajo silversmith working in traditional and contemporary styles, including inlay. He is a multiple award winner. The corpus records his wife as Donna Bennett (printed "Donna Sennott" in our scan; her own corpus entry — Donna Bennett, Acoma, born 1951 — states "Wife of George Bennett").

His marks in the corpus: "G. O."; "Geo O Bennett"; and a third block-letter mark that our scan truncates at "G. O. BENN…".

The Mark

"George Oliver Bennett ( 1944-; HavasupavNavajo). Tradihonal; contemporary; inlay. Husband of Donna Sennott. Multiple award winner. Marl<s. G. 0.; Goo O Bennett; G. 0. BENN"

— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), approx. p. ~9336.

The mark as documented in the Hougart corpus: G. O.; Geo O Bennett; G. O. BENN… (final mark truncated in our scan).

References

• Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~9336.

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