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Broach MADE IN ZEOH.SLOVA. ????

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Need some help identifying when and where this broach was made. I assumed Slovakia but no cities matched ZEOH or abbreviated. Nothing on google either. I found it at a mid 1800s log farmhouse in Upper East Tennessee. Any ideas?
 

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Just FYI, Slovakia or the Slovak Republic didn’t exist as that name in the mid 1800s. It was part of the Hapsburg Monarchy. See link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Slovakia#Hungarian_Revolution_of_1848

I looked through some historical maps and wasn’t able to find a town called Zeoh. It is a Jewish name meaning hero I think…a company name maybe? Sorry I can’t find more. Maybe that will ring a bell with someone else.
Good find though.
 
Any chance what looks like an O could be a C? that would make it close to Czech Slovakia, could be some antiquated spelling?
 
I took the Broach to a local jeweler and they cleaned it and put it under a gem microscope. The one pic shows under the microscope. There is faint evidence of a C before the Z but it could also be me wanting to see it. The jeweler said like my initial estimate that it was ZEOH. However looking at the O in the ZEOH and compare it to the O in SLOVA I could be convinced they are significantly enough different to allow the first to be a C instead of O. I could convince myself it is CZECH. Btw the broken stone and lose scroll work fell out in ultrasonic cleaner.

Also thank everyone for the comments so far but still don’t have a definitive answer to when and where for this broach.
 

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Cool find, my question is why does it say Made in in English. Why not the native country's language. Just an observation. Mark
 
jhanson said:
Maybe jade?
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Don't know, was hoping OP would have asked the jeweler :lol:

jeffre5659 said:
I took the Broach to a local jeweler and they cleaned it and put it under a gem microscope. The one pic shows under the microscope. There is faint evidence of a C before the Z but it could also be me wanting to see it. The jeweler said like my initial estimate that it was ZEOH. However looking at the O in the ZEOH and compare it to the O in SLOVA I could be convinced they are significantly enough different to allow the first to be a C instead of O. I could convince myself it is CZECH. Btw the broken stone and lose scroll work fell out in ultrasonic cleaner.

Also thank everyone for the comments so far but still don’t have a definitive answer to when and where for this broach.
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How about it? Did you find out what the stone was?
 
I sent the pictures to a Czech and Slovak museum and they have recommended a jeweler with specific knowledge of the area and period. The museum thought the stone was Moldavite formed near Moldau River by meteor strike. Also called Vitavin. Or could be colored glass. Will update after talking to jeweler.
 
jeffre5659 said:
I took the Broach to a local jeweler and they cleaned it and put it under a gem microscope. The one pic shows under the microscope. There is faint evidence of a C before the Z but it could also be me wanting to see it. The jeweler said like my initial estimate that it was ZEOH. However looking at the O in the ZEOH and compare it to the O in SLOVA I could be convinced they are significantly enough different to allow the first to be a C instead of O. I could convince myself it is CZECH. Btw the broken stone and lose scroll work fell out in ultrasonic cleaner.



Also thank everyone for the comments so far but still don’t have a definitive answer to when and where for this broach.
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In that close up pic it definitely looks like Czech Slova. Glad you got some info.

Cliff
 
Went to museum and expert jeweler yesterday. The consensus was the broach was likely from the newly formed country of Czechoslovakia at the end of WWI timeframe and was not a mass produced item and likely make by a local craftsman hence the spelling on back and brought back to US by a service member. The stone is green glass unfortunately but the broach was gold plated or filled but contained no marks indicating so.

Thank you everyone for helping me on the journey to find out more details on this most excellent find.
 
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