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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 11762739, member: 5833&quot;]Lifting from Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Isaiah Hyatt dubbed the material &quot;celluloid&quot; in 1872... their company, now called the Celluloid Manufacturing Company...&quot;</p><p>&quot;Over the years, celluloid became the common use term used for this type of plastic.&quot;</p><p>&quot;...ivory substitute under the names &quot;Ivarine&quot;, &quot;Ivaleur&quot;, &quot;French Ivory&quot;, &quot;Parisian Ivory&quot;, &quot;Grained Ivory&quot;, and &quot;Ivory Pyralin&quot;.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I differentiate between material actually made by the Celluloid Manufacturing Company and others.&nbsp; I have many items made in Celluloid-type material, but most have no maker&#039;s name.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Ceres cameo is a nice piece, set as a pendant in 800 silver, converted to a brooch in the past by suspending it from a chain attached to a plain bar pin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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