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floral brooch - need help dating

Discussion in 'PUBLIC Vintage Fashion - Ask Questions Get Answers' started by Aimee, Jan 22, 2017.

  1. Aimee

    Aimee Registered Guest

    hello all! recently came across this brooch. not sure what it is or when it was made. says : made in czecho slovakia . any help would be appreciated

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  2. Julie C.

    Julie C. Registered Guest

    Hi Aimee, Czechs and Slovaks became united in 1918, before then jewellery from this area were called Bohemian and sometimes not even stamped. After WWI, the jewellery were marked with 'Czecho-slovakia', 'Czechoslovakia' or 'Made in Czechoslovakia'.
    The c clasp makes think late 1910s/early 1920s maybe? Is the front of the brooch enamel?
    Very sweet
     
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  3. Aimee, it does show some verdigris which usually indicates that there's some brass in the finding. It appears to be a silver color metal but it could be a plating over brass. And, it has some lovely enamel. Looks like a bar pin from the 1918-20 period to me. It's very pretty.
     

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