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(44) FORTY-FOUR PIECE BAKELITE LOT

MID CENTURY MODERN

PECULIAR PARTS

ITEMS = 44

JEWELRY OR OTHER PURPOSE

(1) YELLOW MOTTLED GAME PIECE 

FLAT CIRCLE / CIRCULAR

1.1/4" BY 1/4"

(2) TWO RED BEAD

PIERCED

1/4" ROUND

ONE WITH CHAIN

(1) GREEN BUTTON

3/4" ROUND FLAT

AND

(1) DOMINO

2"x1"

3 - 4

WHITE ON RED

(1) ONE LARGE BUTTON

BROWN AND BLACK MOTTLED

STAGGERED / THREE LAYERS

EYELET ON BACK

1.3/4" BY JUST UNDER 1" HIGH

(1) KNOB / PULL W/SCREW

WAS THE TOP OF AN OLD PAN LID

ORANGE / HONEY IN COLOR

MEASURES AROUND 12mmX12mm

DEEP SERRATED / REED EDGE  

(2) TORTOISE SHELL GREEN

EARRINGS

CLIP ON

ABOUT 37mm

(1) SCREW BACK HONEY DANGLE

LOOKS LIKE AMBER

ABOUT 20mm

+PLUS+

(4) BURGUNDY RED BUTTONS.

ABOUT 1cm / 10mm

2 HOLES EACH

(1) ORANGE SPHERE

ORB

BALL

ABOUT 2cm / 20mm

HOLED

+++PLUS+++

NEWLY ADDED.

BUCKLES

BUTTONS

HOOPS AND RINGS

AND A 4 YARD

RAYON BAND OF FABRIC

YELLOW MIDDY BRAID

FROM THE OLD TIME DEPARTMENT STORE

VANDEVER'S OF TULSA

CIRCA 1930 +/-

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FYI:

Bakelite (pronounced /'be?k?la?t/), or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde, usually with a wood flour filler. It was developed in 1907–1909 by Belgian chemist Dr. Leo Baekeland.

One of the first plastics made from synthetic components (although phenol can be extracted from biological sources), Bakelite was used for its electrically nonconductive and heat-resistant properties in radio and telephone casings and electrical insulators, and also in such diverse products as kitchenware, jewellery, pipe stems, and children's toys. In 1993 Bakelite was designated an ACS National Historical Chemical Landmark in recognition of its significance as the world's first synthetic plastic.

The "retro" appeal of old Bakelite products and labor intensive manufacturing has made them quite collectible in recent years.

History
Dr. Baekeland had originally set out to find a replacement for shellac (made from the excretion of lac beetles). Chemists had begun to recognize that many natural resins and fibers were polymers, and Baekeland investigated the reactions of phenol and formaldehyde. He first produced a soluble phenol-formaldehyde shellac called "Novolak" that never became a market success, then turned to developing a binder for asbestos which, at that time, was moulded with rubber. By controlling the pressure and temperature applied to phenol and formaldehyde, he found he could produce his dreamed-of hard mouldable plastic: bakelite.

The Bakelite Corporation was formed in 1922 (after patent litigation favorable to Baekeland) from a merger of three companies: the General Bakelite Company, which Baekeland had founded in 1910, the Condensite Company founded by J.W. Aylesworth, and the Redmanol Chemical Products Company founded by L.V. Redman.

Bakelite Limited was formed in 1926 from the amalgamation of three suppliers of phenol formaldehyde materials: the Damard Lacquer Company Limited of Birmingham; Mouldensite Limited of Darley Dale and Redmanol Chemical Products Company of London. Around 1928 a new factory opened in Tyseley, Birmingham, England (subsequently demolished in 1998). In 1939 the company was acquired by the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.
 

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