Vintage Vendome Glass Seed Bead & Faceted Crystal Multi-Strand Necklace

The start of plastic jewellery was seen in the middle of the 19th century and it became very popular in the 1920's and 30's. Celluloid was the first quality of plastics which was used, then followed Bakelite and Catalin. The invention of Bakelite took place in 1909. Sometime later Catalin was produced. Catalin was easy for mass production and at the same time affordable. Du Pont is the pioneer in the field of Lucite and made it popular in the 1930’s as an alternative to Bakelite which was an expensive grade of plastic. Because of its versatility it became a popular choice for costume jewellery and became even more popular in 1950s for its Jelly Belly Jewellery...

Worth its weight in glass beads; no picture or video could ever do it justice! Clasped at either end in highly-polished silver plate, strand after strand of mauve glass...

Miriam Haskell jewellery is some of the most prized and beautiful costume jewellery from the 20th century. The intricate designs coupled with their novel colours and materials have made Haskell jewellery hugely coveted by collectors, with the most elaborate pieces fetching many hundreds of pounds. Miriam began her fashion career in New York city working as a milliner but pivoted to jewellery in 1926 when she opened her first shop, named Le Bijou...

Lustrous Lucite beads meet a striking Bakelite pendant in this signed, Art-Deco Napier Co necklace. A true statement piece, born in the late 1950s, it is sure to dazzle decades later...

Bauhaus Collier in Chrome and Galalith by Jakob Bengel, around 1920/30 Necklace of the famous jewellery manufacturer Jakob Bengel from Idar-Oberstein, chrome elements with plastic. ...

Bakelite necklace with earrings Art Deco necklace with barrel shaped bakelite elements with matching earclips, beautiful example for the classical j...

Bakelite necklace with faccette cut necklace made of blue bakelite olives, facet cut, running with screw cap chain length: 41 cm F: 1920-30

Necklace made of black limestone and black Swarovski pearls Handmade chain made of black limestone. On the chain floral elements were artfully tied. T...