Bakelite Bracelet Bangle Purple-Stardust with Carving

This stunning purple stardust marble Bakelite bracelet bangle features an XL wide sliced shape. The rare, intense purple marble tone has white swirling and gold flake inclusions. Me...

This stunning purple-blue ink and custard marble Bakelite bracelet bangle has an XL wide domed shape and boasts an intense purple-blue marble tone with cloudy custard swirling, also ...

This is a fabulous red sangria Bakelite bracelet bangle. It features a chunky domed shape with geometric and deeply carved designs. The color is an intense dark red marble tone with ...

This is a stunning green bluemoon marble Bakelite carved bracelet. The bangle features a chunky, oversized, domed shape with a geometric carving design around it. The rare color is a...

Vintage Deeply Carved Burgundy Bakelite Bangle This rare Bakelite bangle is deeply carved with two hands holding a bouquet of flowers. The interior diameter is 2.5 inches and the w...

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...

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...

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