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Search Results for: plasticMIRIAM HASKELL Hess baby blue coil bracelet with flowersMIRIAM HASKELL by Frank Hess baby blue coil bracelet with blue and clear glass flowers, blue plastic rose buttons, blue glass beads and seed beads, 7-1/2″ total length. Designed by Frank Hess for Miriam Haskell it is unsigned as was typical circa 1940. Hess used these charming flower buttons in different colors in several of … Continue reading “MIRIAM HASKELL Hess baby blue coil bracelet with flowers” BLACK bracelet with colored centers, mark LBMDJBLACK bracelet with amber colored centers, marked inside one link “LBMDJ”, relaxed size 7″ and 1-3/4″ wide. It looks like jet and amber but is actually plastic and/or resin. A kind French lady tells me that the initials stand for, “Laboratoire Biologie Marine Daniel Jouvance”, which was a company that made cosmetics in the 1980s … Continue reading “BLACK bracelet with colored centers, mark LBMDJ” BAKELITE logs and leaves brooch circa 1940, over dyed butterscotchBAKELITE logs and leaves brooch circa 1940 with a brown washed over dyed on the butterscotch and transparent root beer color combination, rich and really lovely, 4-1/4″. This piece is in the book “Collecting Art Plastic Jewelry” by Leigh Leshner on page 59. View #B66024 $398.00 LAINS bakelite Simplicity 17 of 40 Summer 2001 black bangleLAINS bakelite “Simplicity 17 of 40 Summer 2001″ black bracelet with red and purple stripes, 2-5/8″ by 1-1/3″ by 1/3”. Dan and Penny Lains had revisited the family business in working with plastics. LAMACO, The Lains’ Manufacturing Company which belonged to Dan’s father, was started in 1939. It distributed Catalin and Lucite stock until January 1942 and … Continue reading “LAINS bakelite Simplicity 17 of 40 Summer 2001 black bangle” JUDY CLARKE reverse carved fish pendantJUDY CLARKE reverse carved fish pendant on aqua celluloid chain, colorfully painted and well detailed, pendant 1-3/4″ chain 20″. This piece can be seen in the book, “Collecting Art Plastic Jewelry” by Lee Leshner on page 244. View View #N63360 $128.00 HOBE Josef purse with hand embroidered and glass beaded bodyHOBE Josef purse with hand embroidered and glass beaded body by the purse maker Josef and embellished by a rhinestone and gold tone frame by Hobe. It is marked on a tag inside “Bags by Josef hand beaded in the USA”, and the body is 11-1/2″ by 5-1/2″, the frame 8-1/2″ by 1-3/4″. This is … Continue reading “HOBE Josef purse with hand embroidered and glass beaded body” Christmas tree brooch with pink flamingosCHRISTMAS tree brooch with pink enameled on silver flamingos as ornaments and pink rhinestone garland on a green rhinestone tree with a green thick plastic backing. It is 2-5/8″ by 2-1/4″. View #B66469 $148.00 SHULTZ bakelite Christmas tree brooch red dangling segmentsSHULTZ bakelite Christmas tree brooch in red dangling segments with a yellow star and glass bead ornaments, 3-1/3″. A similar piece can be seen in the book, “Shultz Bakelite Jewelry” by Karima Parry on page 129 and in “Collecting Art Plastic Jewelry” by Lee Leshner on page 235. #B64975 $245.00 ADRIAN rare bakelite carousel brooch in red, butterscotch, green and dark brown OOAKADRIAN very rare artisan made bakelite carousel brooch in red, butterscotch, green and dark brown, highly detailed and 1-1/2″ tall and 1″ deep. The number of pieces that had to fit together exactly in this brooch is the sign of a master craftsman, and I suspect this is one-of-a-kind. This same piece can be seen … Continue reading “ADRIAN rare bakelite carousel brooch in red, butterscotch, green and dark brown OOAK” CHUNKY apple juice resin bangle reverse carvedCHUNKY apple juice resin bangle with reverse carved and painted fruit and foliage, unknown contemporary maker, 2-1/2″ by 1-1/2:” by 1/2″. A nice chunky piece that is plastic but looks like bakelite and with an great design. View View #B35361 $268.00 |
