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It's Bohemian/Czech, painted/enameled molded reverse intaglio set on a mother of pearl disc - should date to around the first quarter of the 20th century...

~Cheryl

 

'Czech intaglio brooch': https://www.google.com/search?q=cze...tXj2MfcAhWldN8KHT3uDBIQ9QEwA3oECAYQCg#imgrc=_

~Cheryl

 

Aren't they something.

 

WOW!! Really Neat

 

thanks Cheryl

 

Finally had time to dig out Jargstorf's 'Baubles, Buttons and Beads: The Heritage of Bohemia (1993) - it shows a brooch similar to yours, and also what appears to be your basket design in different colorways.





~Cheryl

 

Thank-you Cheryl That is pretty slick to see photos of just the glass stones! The basket shape must have been popular, I've come across quite a few that are the same or very similar to mine!
Glad I started this thread, it has been interesting.
Thanks for all the input everyone

 

@DragonflyWink The book you mention, Baubles, Buttons and Beads, would you recommend it? I like looking in books for information and only have a couple of books on jewelry.

 

Great thread. Fascinating!

 

LOVE IT !!! ... Joy.

 

I bought a copy of that book and read the whole thing. It is fascinating. A lot of history there. Unlike some other jewelry books it is not only a reference book with images. It has a lot of fascinating (to me, anyway) historical information.

 

Have owned it for at least 20 years, and it is a good book, not sure there is another focused on Bohemian/Czech jewelry, though as the title suggests, it's not just jewelry (but primarily). Also have the same author's 'Glass Beads from Europe' (1995), and like it too...

~Cheryl

 

Thank-you fig and Cheryl, I just ordered one