PLASTIC root beer colored cross over bangle with leaf design

PLASTIC translucent root beer colored cross over bangle with leaf design, translucent green when held to the light, cleverly designed, 7-1/2″ by about 1-1/2″ at the front and 1/2″ at the back. I have seen these called bakelite but I cannot get a positive test so am calling mine plastic.   View   View   #B63424   $68.00

LES BERNARD unsigned cream carved plastic bangle

LES BERNARD unsigned cream carved plastic bangle with leaf and crisscross designs, a great mixer with your bakelite bangles, 2-1/2″ by 3/4″ by 5/8″, circa 1999.    View   #X64048   $148.00

LES BERNARD unsigned cream carved plastic bangle

LES BERNARD unsigned cream carved plastic bangle with leaf and crisscross designs, a great mixer with your bakelite bangles 2-1/2″ by 1″ by 1/2″, circa 1999.  View   #X64049   $148.00

PLASTIC cream-colored “cookie” earrings

PLASTIC cream-colored “cookie” earrings with rose pink aurora borealis and hand painted delicate flowers and tendrils, 1-1/3″. These clip-back earrings are circa 1950.   View   View   #B17875    $58.00

MOE by Jackie Weeks bakelite fish and bobber float bar brooch in apple juice, red and yellow, early 2000s

MOE by Jackie Weeks bakelite fish and bobber float bar brooch in textued apple juice, red and yellow, 3″ by 2″.  The glass eyes are very realistic!  It is signed “MOE” on the back for Jackie, a contemporary bakelite artisan who worked in the 1990s to the early 2000s as far as I know. This … Continue reading “MOE by Jackie Weeks bakelite fish and bobber float bar brooch in apple juice, red and yellow, early 2000s”

MOE by Jackie Weeks bakelite brooch, with a cigarette, matches and cigarette package with painted details

MOE by Jackie Weeks bakelite brooch, with a cigarette, matches and cigarette package with painted details, 2-7/8″ by 2-1/4″.  It is signed on the back “MOE” for Jackie Weeks and was made in the early 2000s.   Jackie is a contemporary bakelite artisan who worked in the 1990s to the early 2000s as far as I … Continue reading “MOE by Jackie Weeks bakelite brooch, with a cigarette, matches and cigarette package with painted details”

LARRY VRBA heart and flowers brooch with the dramatic size and wonderful creativity that makes his jewelry so special

LARRY VRBA heart and flowers brooch with the dramatic size and wonderful creativity that makes his jewelry so special.  The golden metal heart is surrounded with clear rhinestones and decorated by flowers made of poured glass, glass, mother-of-pearl, plastic in red, aqua and green.  The aqua glass petals look like those used by Trifari years … Continue reading “LARRY VRBA heart and flowers brooch with the dramatic size and wonderful creativity that makes his jewelry so special”