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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 381076, member: 2844&quot;]This is a &#039;Tsjechische knop&#039;.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> (A Czech button.)</p><p>Zeeuwse means from Zeeland, a province in the southwest of The Netherlands. It is used in other parts of country as well, but never as much as in Zeeland.</p><p>A Dutch Zeeuwse knop or knoop is slightly more intricate, but the general idea of your brooch is similar to the Zeeuwse knoop. The design appears in slightly different variations in several parts of Europe. But nowhere as beautiful as in the Netherlands, of course.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some examples of Zeeuwse knopen:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTc_A5YsScAEQk2FwdEzbQvEKdG2bHX5hoBzk1YM38kDY1HR1Zl-Q&amp;sp=87e818decd8022287c954f72e1b97167&amp;anticache=647301" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>They are commonly used as collar buttons or trouser buckles:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQW6r3UbD0-vLcNrTWz1I_IkSUDftYDZr3d3DUP6sHFU9ewViqC&amp;sp=851e2245508ec957bc696af8b5f98127&amp;anticache=816680" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcSTpF4RQf8NZU9xrt-Mx4A8bqJ85w6x2gtQCuay_Wg_DONnr4BfUQ&amp;sp=6f4b143ba0308c953454bcb364a83245&amp;anticache=527000" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Small ones on pins to secure lace caps, either to a smaller cap underneath, or to a precious metal brace around the head called an &#039;oorijzer&#039;:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https:%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F3c%2F85%2F1e%2F3c851e596b529b0cfe67b83323ac1d31--exhibition-ideas-traditional-dresses.jpg&amp;sp=72e343f8d48c3a69f23a7a7ecc324ad5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3256%2F2579407955_72fca331c9.jpg&amp;sp=21d28c50eee7c17cb1dbf89115c0c645" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQIb7hKp42Dd6eArhR5rfEOEY3Xv_Xct3Dz7FTxFjrhaHzhGFG-&amp;sp=e4fba89b0599e84074871054ce3a1fff&amp;anticache=55957" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>On a brooch they are always an uneven number, unlike your Czech brooch:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcSpCvOvvR_XNyfUfwmEkhhHm8nZ0jGPeJ8P_Z07Gc5Guqwf1qig&amp;sp=f2370f42c888d7b0088b35ccea756787&amp;anticache=284106" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The back of a Zeeuwse knoop is closed with filigree:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRilOIyhP52626HH8n-HSDmBS9oHrUlQKvUJgQ2MG8ICtFaEOnU&amp;sp=09befe16150d47bdf29128023985a3eb&amp;anticache=471024" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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