Bakelite and wood necklace

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  1. Tricia Harr

    Tricia Harr Well-Known Member

    Hi all, picked this up today.. wood and bakelite.. Looks older and tests positive for bakelite.. any ideas on age?
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    Tricia Harr, Sep 20, 2019
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  2. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    How did you test the "bakelite"?

    I was going to say 1970s early 80s wood and plastic/Lucite.
     
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  3. Tricia Harr

    Tricia Harr Well-Known Member

    Baking soda and qtip
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Entirely possible that it's bakelite. They were still finding pieces well into the late 60s in the backs of warehouses. I'd call circa 1970 on this.
     
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  5. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Yep. 1970s.

    Debora
     
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  6. Joan

    Joan Well-Known Member

    This is just kind of a "feeling" I have when I look at your necklace -- late-1950s sack dress era (I made a sack dress for myself when I was in high school and wore long bead necklaces). The detailed design and thickness of the fancy brass links, bead caps/findings, along with the bakelite beads seem more 50s than 70s. Here's a somewhat similar necklace, but with lucite beads, on Etsy identified as 1950s.
    https://www.etsy.com/listing/162963...=sr_gallery-2-39&organic_search_click=1&frs=1
     
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