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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lizjewel, post: 1889226, member: 13874&quot;]Good easy test for bakelite without investing in anything outside yourself:</p><p><br /></p><p>Rub material with fingers until fingers are warm. Sniff fingers (not material!) immediately. If your fingers smell like formaldehyde, it&#039;s bakelite. If your fingers smell of anything else, it&#039;s not. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t know what formaldehyde smells like rub first an item you&#039;re positive IS made of bakelite and compare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having seen a few rings and bracelets of this type this ring could have been made in India, probably in the 1970s-1990s, of bone and horn, and the decorative initials M and V applied later. Thus, not necessarily in the era that this lettering style suggests, a bridge style between Nouveau and Deco.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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