Stamped 3 in 1 Stack Rings by Falcon Trading Co. / Japan Size 17

Item No.: FTC100303

Bubba Shackelford, who lives in Prescott, Arizona, is an Anglo (white) artist who has made Old Southwest-style jewelry for more than 30 years.
He learned the basics of jewelry making from an old friend and fellow Anglo artist, Jock Favour, and then acquired further skills at a local college. He is a silversmith who continues to make work devoted to traditional techniques and the old style from before the 1940s.
Many young jewelers, starting with Jesse Robbins, have learned their craft from Bubba as their teacher and are now active as artists.
Bubba's work is stamped with the “FTC” hallmark, which stands for Falcon Trading Company and comes from the Ford Falcon he once owned.
In 2016, LONGBRANCH met Bubba through an introduction from Jesse Robbins and began buying his jewelry. Joseph O'Neil, who had been supporting Randy by his side since 2015, one year earlier, learned jewelry making from Randy just as Jesse Robbins did. In 2020, after Randy retired from jewelry making because of worsening eyesight, Joseph inherited Randy's FTC (Falcon Trading Co.) hallmark and began making a new generation of FTC jewelry in place of Randy “Bubba.”
Jewelry made by Joseph O'Neil (known as Joe) is likewise devoted to old Pueblo-style jewelry, and each piece is made entirely by hand in ingot silver or coin silver as old-style jewelry.
To mark the renewed relationship with Falcon Trading Company, LONGBRANCH met with current artist Joseph O'Neil and specially ordered a “stack ring” of three bundled rings, conceived by LONGBRANCH.
The ring consists of three bands: twisted wire rings in ingot silver on both sides and a narrow coin silver ring in the center.
Materials: Sterling ingot silver and coin silver
Dimensions: Japanese ring size 17; width 0.9 cm (three bands bundled); height 0.5 cm (center ring)
Artist: Joseph O'Neil (Anglo)