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My prized collection. I have been collecting this beautiful material for over 20 years..... can't get enough of it.....most of it got at flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales.....

Never Worn vintage thick Art Deco 1940s carved butterscotch mustard yellow colored bakelite bangle bracelet. Simichrome Tested. Bakelite jewelry. Inside length 8 & 1/4 inches. Width 5/16 inch.

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Two Bakelite Bangle Bracelets 2.5" inside diameter 1" wide NWOT Shipping next business day!

Bakelite Handled Flatware In the first half of the 20th century, Bakelite was used widely for game pieces, billiard balls, phones, ...

From my own collection, this bangle bracelet was purchased around 1985 at an antiques show and has been in my private collection ever since. The circa 1950s bangle is truly fabulous and looks great stacked with others or worn alone. It's 5 colors and 6 layers, and you cannot feel any lines or separation where the colors change. Because it is a laminated bracelet, I cannot get this to test out as positive using the simichrome test. It does have an acidic type of smell when I run it under hot…

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