That swallow must be rare.I have a brooch that's red with tiny swirls of yellow, of that swallow,but it's carved and hangs from a bar brooch.I've asked Bakelite collectors if they've seen it because I can never find info on it, online, and none of them have heard of it or seen it!
@godlesswickedvanian I have an uncut, unpolished tube of red Bakelite swallows. It has the tiny yellow swirls. The swallows are sliced off of the tube, like some rings and other items. These swallows were used in jewelry, most commonly as pendants, but also as light switch pulls and window shade pulls. Your pin sounds less common, by virtue of it being a pin, and by virtue of it being carved. The carving was usually reserved for jewelry and not the pulls. Good stuff!
Yes, totally. I find it most excellent that there are people who protect and preserve these dwindling resources. Not only are these pieces beautiful, functional, and labor-intensive, but since they are made from the first mass-produced synthetic plastic, they are also direct ancestors of much of the world around us. For better or for worse. It is hard to imagine a world without plastic.
That swallow must be rare.I have a brooch that's red with tiny swirls of yellow, of that swallow,but it's carved and hangs from a bar brooch.I've asked Bakelite collectors if they've seen it because I can never find info on it, online, and none of them have heard of it or seen it!
godlesswickedvanian 10 months ago
@godlesswickedvanian I have an uncut, unpolished tube of red Bakelite swallows. It has the tiny yellow swirls. The swallows are sliced off of the tube, like some rings and other items. These swallows were used in jewelry, most commonly as pendants, but also as light switch pulls and window shade pulls. Your pin sounds less common, by virtue of it being a pin, and by virtue of it being carved. The carving was usually reserved for jewelry and not the pulls. Good stuff!
beatgoddess 10 months ago
thanks so much for posting this, have you noticed how rare bakelites starting to get?
-luke.
maleman131 3 years ago
Yes, totally. I find it most excellent that there are people who protect and preserve these dwindling resources. Not only are these pieces beautiful, functional, and labor-intensive, but since they are made from the first mass-produced synthetic plastic, they are also direct ancestors of much of the world around us. For better or for worse. It is hard to imagine a world without plastic.
beatgoddess 3 years ago