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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4087486, member: 2844&quot;]It is lovely, Marko. The suffragette colours could be a coincidence though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it would.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> The design, and every part is Czech made, the metal Gürtler work, the glass cabs, and the faux pearls. The Gürtler of Bohemia never lost their skills, and no foreign aid was ever needed for their craft. The detail is beautiful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gürtler were originally Bohemian craftspeople who made decorative buckles and similar items. Entire families worked at home. They were only allowed to work with non-precious metals.</p><p>When the Bohemian costume jewellery industry grew in the 19th century, the Gürtler were the people who provided stamped metal elements for the new designs, and they were often the people who assembled the pieces.</p><p>Their craftwork looks nothing like the blanks on the Providence photos, it is far more intricate.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for US involvement, the US, after first refusing any contact with Masaryk, did come to accept the new Czechoslovakian republic and did give financial aid. Especially finances for food, but also for large industries, like the cotton industry. They also helped set up economic ties between the new countries that used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.</p><p>Since the Gürtler were craftspeople who never worked on an industrial basis, they were of no interest to the US. Being proud craftspeople they would never have accepted imported blanks anyway. They made everything themselves, just like they had done for generations.</p><p>It is conceivable that they received food aid, just like their neighbours probably did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gürtler families still work in their own homes or small workshops.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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