Posted 7 years ago
Elisabethan
(284 items)
I found these bangles a the salvationarmy for about 2 dollars each. They are of wonderful quality and great condition.
The weight, the legendary bakelite sound and the carving tells me it´s bakelite, but I can´t feel a bakelite smell ?! Anyone who has experienced the same ? The larger carved bangle is 2,5 cm (0.98 inch) and the other is 1.5 cm (0.59 inch). The carved one has a weight of 50 grams.
Bakelite or galalith? Who knows :) but for sure these are early plastic bangles in great vintage condition and they make a wonderful sound on my arm.
I have an identical one. The exact size, color, pattern. I am confused as well.. Simichrome test showed no Bakelite.
Yes Lentika but some say that test doesn't always work on black bakelite, but I don't know if that's true. I have no other black piece to compare with.
I wish you could post your bangle on CW, I would enjoy to see it.
Thankyou jscott, Efesgirl, mikelv, aura and vetraio for loving this post!
Nice! Waiting for Valentino's opinion, I'm gessing galalith. :-)
Thankyou, I already have Valentinos opinion but I'll let her speak for herself :) after all she's the Queen of bakelite and vintage plastics dear Valentino.
I will post a photo of it tomorrow then.
Thankyou lentilka :) great!
Thankyou CindB, sklo42 and Valentino :)
Thankyou Valentino, I like these they are very wearable and in good condition. Looks great with other vintage bangles I have.
...and yes it's strange they don't have the smell of bakelite. It's ok if these are not bakelite, but it gives me a problem with future reference when I try to detect bakelite from other plastics if these are not bakelite. Because then I have found bangles with the typical bakelite sound but of some other material...oh no...
Thankyou Val, I'm glad I found them before somebody else did :)
I showed these to Gloria Valentino, and she loves them! Bakelite or Galalith? Way over my head :-)
Sorry Elisabethan, I had Valentino in mind after seeing her comment :-)
Ha ha Rick, love the humor :)! You and Valentino are right. I understand why sellers on ebay often writes "catalin galalit bakelite bangle" and stuff like that - it's not possible to know :)
Thankyou for "love" caperkid. PhilDMorris and Rick55!
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/215024-black-bakelite-or-galalith-bangle?in=705
Here is the twin :)
Thankyou TassieDevil!
Great Valentino! We look forward to that. Thankyou love!
I learned something from this post discussion. Didn't know of Galalith.
That's great SpiritBear.
Nicefice, SpiritBear, martika and vintagelamp thankyou for loving my post!
Hi, and hum? IDK but I like!
Thanks for your support and posts.
Thankyou Onegoodfind :) you are welcome.
I'm late to the game, but wanted to say that I discovered years ago by accident that baking soda and water will emit the smell of bakelite in black bakelite pieces. Posted to the ebay jewelry and gemstones forum. A search should garner the discussion results. Happy collecting!