1930s Butterscotch Bakelite Beveled Handled Art Deco Flatware, 26 piece set

A French Art Deco styled salad serving set made of natural horn, Bakelite, and silver plate, circa 1920s. Found in une vente de Maison de Maitre in Vouvent, the Vendée region of Fr...

From the makers, Landers, Frary & Clark, a set of 30 table knives and forks with carved, ivory colored Celluloid handles, circa 1900-1920. Landers, Frary & Clark was a housewares ...

An English stag antler handled flatware set, made by Samuel Peace in Sheffield, England, circa 1895-1925. Five each dinner sized fork and knives made of ...

An Art Deco style chrome plated Mid-Century Modern Era cocktail shaker, circa 1930s–1940s. This cocktail shaker and server is perfect for your ‘Retro Mad Man's' bar. The three piece server is complete with a Ruby Red translucent Bakelite wing-shaped handle, a fitted lid, and a screw on pour spout cap. The spout has a built-in strainer, the smooth body sits on a pedestal base. The handle tests for bakelite and is attached to the chrome shaker...

1990s silver plated steel eight piece used fish knife and fork set. Made by Oneida. This item is original to the NYC Waldorf Astoria Hotel Towe...

Awesome vintage art deco brass & copper coffee urns with Bakelite handles set of 4. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and n...

A novelty 1930s cocktail stick set originating from France. Features multi coloured Bakelite cocktail sticks with chromed metal prongs inside a cher...

Bakelite was the major form of “art plastic” from the 1930s through to the 1950s. It was patented by Belgian born Leo Hendrik Baekeland in New York, in 1907, and was the first truly synthetic and thermosetting plastic. Thermosetting meant that it could not be melted or changed by heating once formed. It was marketed as the worlds first synthetic plasitc. This is a very rare set of vintage art deco bakelite with dual tones perfect for a collector or lover of vintage flatware. Great to Good condition with minimal to no damage, needs some light polishing. Light ware due to time and use, but there are no broken or loose parts. No burns or marks just light dirt over time. A very rare set that could complete an existing set! These are stainless steel flatware that will last a lifetime!. (5) fork, 7 1/4" L. (10) cherry red bakelite knives...