ANSWER: PROBABLY CZECH
They have "applied" flowers that appear to have been sewn onto the base. They are very detailed and very pretty. Is there a particular name for these kinds of brooches? 2. Does anyone know where they originated? A jewelry expert friend of mine believes they could be Czechoslovakian. 3. My best guess is that they are 1920s vintage...does anyone know for sure?
Sherri Gillette
They have "applied" flowers that appear to have been sewn onto the base. They are very detailed and very pretty. Is there a particular name for these kinds of brooches? 2. Does anyone know where they originated? A jewelry expert friend of mine believes they could be Czechoslovakian. 3. My best guess is that they are 1920s vintage...does anyone know for sure?
Sherri Gillette
"I had a brooch identical to yours except with all pink flowers, and there were 2 matching oval dress clips--which were slightly different in shape, increasing the "handmade" quality to them. Like you, I was pretty puzzled by them, and guessed them to be 30s since they bore so much resemblance to other handwired jewelry from that decade (ie Haskell, Czech, etc). I had no idea about origin, but Czech seems plausible." --Carrie Pollack, 10/05/08
"And do you suppose they were some kind of "kit" that women could
purchase to make their own brooches?" --Sherri Gillette, 10/05/08
"Much Czech jewelry was put out to 'cottage workers' from jewelry factories. The work was usually done by women (especially if the work was detailed and fiddly) during the winter when they could not make money from farming. Hence they do have a hand made look because they were!" --Judy, 12/09/10
"Must look them up - there was only one factory which produced these - beginning with an S - have to look it up and repost - but DEFINITELY Czech." --Judy, 05/04/12
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