Featured Finally got what I am pretty sure is celluliod. Yay!

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Michelle Collins, Jun 6, 2019.

  1. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member

    This is carved, right? Around what year do you think? I was reading about the company and they changed the name in 1960, so it is at most from then. I can see the lines in the back. Am I correct in my assumption? @Any Jewelry


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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a beauty, Michelle. And it looks like hand carved celluloid to me.:)
     
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  3. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member

    I am so excited..:D
     
  4. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member

    I have another smaller one but the rose fell out of the setting. I have to fix it but am not sure what kind of glue to use to fix it.
     
  5. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

  6. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member

    It is not ivory. Ivory would be worth more than celluloid wouldn't it? The lines in the back are perfectly parallel. Someone in her taught me about that when they were looking at what they decided were bone earrings.
     
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  7. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member

    https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=carved+celluoid+rose+pin&FORM=HDRSC2
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

  9. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    BTW, ivory is basically worthless because of all the laws against selling it.
     
  10. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    Easier to judge in hand, but I'm with @clutteredcloset49 on this one.

    I used to have one or three of these. Might take a quick look to see if I still do. Don't think so, but no harm in checking.
     
  11. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    May be to intentionally skirt the law.

    This one (not mine) is actually celluloid.

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  12. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    My original favorite plastics website is no longer open to the public and it's been a long time since I was up on this stuff, but was celluloid ever carved?

    The pieces in my cache are definitely molded. I know 2-D slabs were cut, but was it ever 3-D carved?

    Question open to everyone with a theory. :p
     
  13. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Yes, it was.:) Most of my hand carved ornamental haircombs are celluloid. And it was the favourite material to replicate ivory, it can be coloured to look like ivory and it can be hand carved like ivory.
    The lines on celluloid faux ivory look very much like the lines on ivory, hence faux ivory.:playful:
     
  14. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Faux ivory (celluloid) dolls hair set:
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    Detail of brush with ivory-like lines:
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    Hand carved faux tortoiseshell (celluloid) ornamental comb:
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    Detail to show fret and carve marks (and totally artificial staining):
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  15. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    If I recall correctly, the "faux ivory" celluloid was made in thin sheets laminated together. Which made for uniform and straight lines.

    (just deleted a paragraph asking for pics because I see you've posted :hilarious:)

    Yes, that's definitely cut, but I consider that part of the 2-D world. A flat sheet cut with a fret saw (or like).

    I'm wondering about "blocks" of celluloid carved into something like the rose that started this thread... I can't recall ever reading about such, but again, it's been a long time since I was up on this stuff.
     
  16. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    Although they did make pool balls out of celluloid, so there were certainly big enough chunks of it about.
     
  17. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I'll post them again if you like.:D

    My grandmother had a thick 'ivory' bangle with beautiful handcarved roses. She gave it to me and assured me it was ivory.
    The first time I tried to sell it, when I was about 20, I was reprimanded by the first person who came along: Not ivory, celluloid!:shame::bag:
    A couple of weeks later I sold it, as celluloid, which it was.
     
  18. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Michelle, how big is your rose? I remember the little ivory rose pendants & earrings were popular in the 60s, but they were quite small, not even as big around as a dime.

    I think the question is whether it is carved ivory or molded Celluloid-type material. Even if Celluloid can be carved just like ivory, can't imagine it makes any sense to put that much labor into cutting a rose from what is essentially plastic.

    One of these?

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  19. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Can't help you with the celluloid but I can help you with the glue!
    Make sure you buy it from a proper shop though as lots of fake stuff on eBay etc. Must have proper batch number etc on it.
    https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/gs-supplies-hypo-tube-cement/566231-1000
     
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  20. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    They counterfeit glue? Really? Why?
     
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