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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 10235291, member: 51&quot;]In my opinion, not ideal to pour boiling water on Bakelite or any plastic to test. The fact that they got &quot;tacky&quot; after the test means you may have slightly melted the surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>These don&#039;t look like Bakelite to my eye, the pearlized swirls, too shiny, also the layering of the sides (shown in the UV pictures), don&#039;t point to Bakelite.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also not celluloid, IMO.&nbsp; The color being not right for celluloid.</p><p><br /></p><p>The smell you describe does sort of sound like the Bakelite smell you get (I&#039;ve heard the smell described as &quot;burning insulation&quot;--it&#039;s a very distinctive smell, once smelled you never forget), but with boiling water could also be a reaction from another plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are pretty, just don&#039;t think they are Bakelite.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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