Sunday 28 February 2016

Is this bakelite or fakelite?

Please can anyone help? How much should our charity shop ask for this necklace? Is it very rare? Perhaps ebay's the answer.
Bakelite often gets faked, but this looks real enough. It's not ivory. It's definitely plastic. It's been carved. The flowers look as though they've been made by squeezing together 2 circles of the plastic when it was heated and soft&pliable.
The Westbank Charity Shop had priced it at just £1, but if the carved ivory-coloured beads edged with brown; are made from bakelite, then each bead is quite rare. The necklace itself is threaded on wire. At one side of the clasp, there are 2 oval beads, but only one on the other side. Could it be all that remains from a much larger necklace?

clasp. 2 beads one side, 1 bead the other

20p shows size-
Largest oval carved bead
 This link advises on identifying bakelite

This link  advises "Even plain pieces aren't dirt cheap these days, but they won't run anywhere near $100 to several thousands of dollars like the elaborately decorated items with intricate carvings, polka dots and fancy shapes fetch from avid collectors."

so could these intricately carved beads and unusual flower shapes be worth LOADASMONEY?  Thousands of pounds?





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