WOODS
- Maker
- Phyllis Woods attributed, not confirmed
- Struck in
- Southwestern United States attributed, not confirmed
- Recorded on
- 1 piece
This stamp combines the maker's signature of American jewelry designer Phyllis Woods with standard "925" notation certifying a minimum fineness of 92.5% sterling silver. The stamp is typically rendered in clean, sans-serif block lettering struck into the reverse or interior surface of cast silver findings and bands.
Phyllis Woods' work is characterized by modernist Southwestern, ethnographic, and ancient petroglyph-inspired iconography. Typical pieces include heavy cast hinged bangles, figural pendants, and statement earrings that make deliberate use of deeply oxidized recesses to emphasize relief figures, celestial symbols, and animal totems.
Collectors should distinguish this mark from traditional Native American bench-made jewelry. While Woods drew heavily from regional indigenous and ancient rock art motifs, her pieces are designer studio productions. The clean stamp "WOODS 925" distinguishes her output from other makers sharing the surname who use full names, initials, or distinct pictorial stamps.
Previously sold with this mark
Kept on the record — a maker's back catalogue is most of the evidence that a mark is what we say it is.
What this entry is based on
- one piece carrying this mark, handled and photographed by this shop Written with the piece in hand. No published hallmark reference covers most of these marks.
Nothing outside this shop has been checked for this mark yet. What is above comes from the pieces themselves and from what was written while they were in hand.
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