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<p>[QUOTE="Barn Owl, post: 740466, member: 4864"]I purchased this a while back for a couple euros, assuming for some reason that it was an African piece and hoping that the large bead in the center might be faturan (heh, yeah, I'm still obsessed with finding the stuff). Now, after spending the last few hours researching Jakob Bengel jewelry, I began to wonder if it might in fact be a German machine age piece.... I found this Bengel necklace with a similar chain clasp:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/beaded-necklaces/bakelite-necklace-jakob-bengel-idar-oberstein-c-1930/id-v_6256931/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/beaded-necklaces/bakelite-necklace-jakob-bengel-idar-oberstein-c-1930/id-v_6256931/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/beaded-necklaces/bakelite-necklace-jakob-bengel-idar-oberstein-c-1930/id-v_6256931/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What are your thoughts on this?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]189064[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Barn Owl, post: 740466, member: 4864"]I purchased this a while back for a couple euros, assuming for some reason that it was an African piece and hoping that the large bead in the center might be faturan (heh, yeah, I'm still obsessed with finding the stuff). Now, after spending the last few hours researching Jakob Bengel jewelry, I began to wonder if it might in fact be a German machine age piece.... I found this Bengel necklace with a similar chain clasp: [URL]https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/beaded-necklaces/bakelite-necklace-jakob-bengel-idar-oberstein-c-1930/id-v_6256931/[/URL] What are your thoughts on this? [ATTACH=full]189064[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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