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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 331120, member: 111"]Gotta say, to my eye, it looks like 1920s-30s Czech, a designer's version of an ethnic design - those are almost certainly Czech stamped brass filigree findings, the decoratively stamped flat links of the chain also seem Czech, and the striated pattern of the glass wouldn't be uncommon for Czech beads, though the baroque shape less common, even the barrel clasp appears to have some age. Suppose it could have been made elsewhere, Bohemian/Czech findings and beads were heavily exported, but I'd still guess Czech. Personally, this is one of those cases where I'd leave the finish as is...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 331120, member: 111"]Gotta say, to my eye, it looks like 1920s-30s Czech, a designer's version of an ethnic design - those are almost certainly Czech stamped brass filigree findings, the decoratively stamped flat links of the chain also seem Czech, and the striated pattern of the glass wouldn't be uncommon for Czech beads, though the baroque shape less common, even the barrel clasp appears to have some age. Suppose it could have been made elsewhere, Bohemian/Czech findings and beads were heavily exported, but I'd still guess Czech. Personally, this is one of those cases where I'd leave the finish as is... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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