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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 470535, member: 2844&quot;]Kropfkette is a German word for a choker necklace, usually multi-strand. Like these, worn with many of the regional costumes of the German-speaking lands:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://goldankauf-rosenheim.de/media/ankauf/silber/trachtenschmuck-kropfketten.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The top and bottom one close at the front with a decorated silver gilt clasp, the center one closes at the back. They look beautiful when worn.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a regional jewellery collector I can&#039;t see the AB clasp being worn with traditional costumes, but that could be a recent development I am not aware of.</p><p>Generally AB is not something for traditional jewellery. The glass stones in the chokers on the photo above are regular faceted Bohemian/Czech glass and some cabochons, all of which are traditional.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shapes of the clasps can vary slightly, some have a real Baroque or Renaissance Revival look, some are more influenced by later fashions, somewhat like the Jugendstil/Art Nouveau clasp in fid&#039;s link.</p><p>Imo the Art Nouveau influenced clasp of the first necklace Lucille posted comes closer to the Art Nouveau influenced clasps on some of those Central European chokers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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