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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 4450807, member: 5398&quot;]I bought this for $1.95 last week at a small town thrift store in rural Wisconsin and am wondering if it could be attributed to Jakob Bengel (many German immigrants settled in this area). The green beads don&#039;t test as bakelite, so can I assume they&#039;re galilith (they&#039;re definitely not glass)? </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t been able to find another necklace exactly like it online, but the last photo shows a similar necklace with the same style clasp, but I haven&#039;t been able to find a &quot;true&quot; Jakob Bengel necklace with this same clasp (it seems barrel clasps on his necklaces were straight with ridges, not stepped). It also seems he used chrome finishes, while the metal cups on my necklace have a matte finish.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m wondering if there were many other companies during the Art Deco/Bauhaus/machine-age era that made jewelry similar to Jakob Bengel, and if there&#039;s a way to identify a necklace like this as definitely Jakob Bengel.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]382994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]382995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]382996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]382997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]382998[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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