Bakelite Floral Carved Bracelet Bangle

This lovely 1920s Art Deco celluloid bracelet bangle features a floral design with two deeply carved and lightly stained flowers. The creamy-off-white color is contrasted with a ligh...

This is a lovely yellow and brown marble Bakelite carved bracelet bangle. It features a chunky domed shape with deep floral carving all around. The color is an intense yellow-beige c...

This stunning Mississippi swamp marble Bakelite carved bracelet bangle features a domed shape with three flat areas and carved designs. The design boasts vine and bunches of grapes w...

This is a lovely milky amber marble Bakelite carved bracelet bangle. It features a chunky oversized domed shape with a geometric carving design. The color is an intense amber tone wi...

Reverse Carved Bakelite Stretch Bracelet from the Art Deco Period. Central reverse carved motif with apple juice and mango bakelite links on elastic str...

Mango Bakelite hand carved bangle form the Art Deco period with concentric circle patterns throughout. 7/8" x 2.5" interior. 1930's USA. Excellent condi...

French Art deco carved bakelite rose bangle bracelet. The tubular cream color bracelet is hand carved with a sienna brown stain and cold painted with a deep pink unfurling rose and g...

Dr. Leo Bakeland invented Bakelite in the early 1900s. Bakeland discovered that the material would cool quickly and wouldn’t melt, regardless of the temperatures. He took out a patent on the idea in 1907. The material was heated to a melting point and then poured into molds and sheets to create the different pieces. It was used for a number of things including toys and for electronics parts. The material was never meant to be expensive, but to give those without a lot of money access to quality pieces. Many companies stopped using Bakelite in the early 1940s as the need for World War II related products took hold. By the end of the War, new technologies in the world of plastics had made Bakelite obsolete. The height of Bakelite jewelry...