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Green is my favorite color. So I was very happy when I FINALLY found my first green bakelite bangle. I always seem to find yellow and brown bakelite. Reds and greens are so hard to find for me! I really don't know why.
My absolute favorite is the green stretch bracelet. I bought it a month ago from someone who was convinced it was malachite. Indeed it has the same pattern as the stone, but I knew as soon as I saw it that it was bakelite. And so it is.
The three clear bangles are another favorite of mine.
Bakelite Costume JewelryBakelite was an early plastic resin, developed by Leo Baekeland in 1907. Or…
Hi there - green's my favorite color too! I have a lot of it but not as nice as your stretch bracelet. Very nice collection. I think the clear bracelets might be lucite but I'm not sure. Good photos!
Hi valentino97, I tested the three clear bracelets and they are bakelite for sure.
Thanks vetraio50, mustangtony and valentino97 for loving.
Hi Newtimes, happy New Year. I have never seen clear Bakelite. Is it earlier? Later?
Its later, maybe 40's-45'. If I'm not mistaken they call clear bakelite 'prystal'. In the early days the only colors they had were brown and black.
Can't go wrong with green