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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1119348, member: 5833"]Perplexing. Looks like we got nowhere with these last year:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/vintage-faux-tortoise-shell-plastic-necklace-celluloid-galalith.28937/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/vintage-faux-tortoise-shell-plastic-necklace-celluloid-galalith.28937/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/vintage-faux-tortoise-shell-plastic-necklace-celluloid-galalith.28937/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know how well genuine tortoise lent itself to beads this shape or to spheres. I haven't made a study, but most tortoise I run into is flatter & thinner: hair ornaments; snuff box sides; cameos made either by pressing or in 2 pieces. Even if material were thick enough, not sure you would want to cut out something that would result in as much waste as these would.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1119348, member: 5833"]Perplexing. Looks like we got nowhere with these last year: [URL]https://www.antiquers.com/threads/vintage-faux-tortoise-shell-plastic-necklace-celluloid-galalith.28937/[/URL] I don't know how well genuine tortoise lent itself to beads this shape or to spheres. I haven't made a study, but most tortoise I run into is flatter & thinner: hair ornaments; snuff box sides; cameos made either by pressing or in 2 pieces. Even if material were thick enough, not sure you would want to cut out something that would result in as much waste as these would.[/QUOTE]
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