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Vintage chrome chain necklace galalith celluloid fuchsia pink brown beads
Vintage chrome chain necklace galalith celluloid fuchsia pink brown beads
Vintage chrome chain necklace galalith celluloid fuchsia pink brown beads
Vintage chrome chain necklace galalith celluloid fuchsia pink brown beads

Vintage chrome chain necklace galalith celluloid fuchsia pink brown beads

$ 8.44

Availability: 15 in stock
  • Material: Celluloid
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Brand: Unbranded
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Czech Republic
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Style: Chain
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: All of our stock is "New old Stock". The finished products have never been worn and the supplies have never been used. Everything is in original vintage or antique condition as found, unless otherwise described. Our inventory comes from many closed Czechoslovakian jewelry designers and artists and ranges in date from pre 1900 to the 1970's
  • Type: Beads

    Description

    Vintage necklace with brown and fuchsia pink faceted rondelle galalith beads. With a chrome plated link chain and chromed clip barrel clasp closer. This necklace is from new old stock, recently discovered in Jablonec nad Nisou (formerly Gablonz), the home of Czechoslovakian jewelry.
    This necklace follows the Bauhaus style of the Jakob Bengel company in Germany whose pieces of jewelry were a mixture of chains and different geometric elements of colored Galalith. The company is well documented as being a major exporter to Gablonz from where jewelry would be distributed around the world.
    Size: 16 inches approx
    Size beads: 8/9mm; 5/16" - 6/16"
    Material: galalith
    Year: Vintage
    Condition: Authentic vintage condition. These have been stored away for a considerable time and some of the bead pins have tarnished. These could also be used as components for contemporary vintage jewelry design.
    Quantity: 1
    In the early 1900’s, notable French and German jewelry makers such as Coco Channel and Jakob Bengel began using galalith in the production of jewelry, with its widest use in the 1920’s and 30’s
    Galalith, also know as ‘milkstone’ (Milchstein’) was developed in Germany in 1897 by combining the milk protein casein with formaldehyde, and in the early 20th century it was used in industry and for household items, being relatively simple and inexpensive to produce, easy to color, and heat-resistant.