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Robert Mitchell — Navajo Silversmith & Hallmark

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Robert Mitchell is a Navajo silversmith known for tufa cast work, with a specialty in bracelets. The Hougart hallmark reference records him as a practitioner of tufa casting, a traditional Navajo technique in which molten silver is poured into molds carved from volcanic tufa stone.

He is the brother of Eugene Mitchell, a connection noted in the Hougart reference entry. The family relationship indicates a silversmithing lineage within the Mitchell family. No active period, birth year, or additional biographical details appear in the available source record.

The Mark

"Robert Mitchell (Navajo). Tufa cast; bracelets. Brother of Eugene Mitchell. Mark: ?"

— Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. ~21528.

See also: E.S. Mitchell (brother, per Hougart entry).

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References
  • Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. Schiffer Publishing, 2022. Entry approx. p. ~21528.

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