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bunnydell: Bakelite Bonanza! I am a huge lover and collector of Bakelite; especially bangles.  I am currently collecting only shades of green and black in my bangle collection.  Over the years I have found people who sell bangles for hundred of dollars and other sellers who don’t know what they are worth or make it reasonable {usually in small towns.} It something that sadly, there are fakes of but you can test your Bakelite.  I have a small wrist but large long hands and fingers and bangles are a bit difficult to find if they are the over the knuckle kind.  I have been told that using a stocking or a plastic grocery bag will help them slide on better; I usually use hand cream.  My favorite bangle that I own is the first one that my husband bought for me at an antique mall in Manhattan.  Its a black “sucker”, thin in size and looks like it is a Octopus tentacle.  I didn’t realize it at the time but “suckers” are quite sought after and rare and valuable in great condition.  I hope to find some more “Suckers” for my collection.  A Little History: Dr. Baekeland had originally set out to find a replacement for shellac (made from the excretion of lac beetles). Chemists had begun to recognize that many natural resins and fibres were polymers, and Baekeland investigated the reactions of phenol and formaldehyde. He first produced a soluble phenol-formaldehyde shellac called “Novolak” that never became a market success, then turned to developing a binder for asbestos which, at that time, was molded with rubber. By controlling the pressure and temperature applied to phenol and formaldehyde, he found in 1905 he could produce his dreamed-of hard moldable material (the world’s first synthetic plastic): Bakelite.He announced his invention at a meeting of the American Chemical Society on February 5, 1909. The Bakelite Corporation was formed in 1922 (after patent litigation favorable to Baekeland) from a merger of three companies: the General Bakelite Company, which Baekeland had founded in 1910, the Condensite Company founded by J.W. Aylesworth, and the Redmanol Chemical Products Company founded by L.V. Redman. www.morninggloryjewelry.com/bakelite-bangles-c-29.html?page=8 www.Etsy.com ~ www.Ebay.com

bunnydell:

Bakelite Bonanza!

I am a huge lover and collector of Bakelite; especially bangles.  I am currently collecting only shades of green and black in my bangle collection.  Over the years I have found people who sell bangles for hundred of dollars and other sellers who don’t know what they are worth or make it reasonable {usually in small towns.} It something that sadly, there are fakes of but you can test your Bakelite. 

I have a small wrist but large long hands and fingers and bangles are a bit difficult to find if they are the over the knuckle kind.  I have been told that using a stocking or a plastic grocery bag will help them slide on better; I usually use hand cream.  My favorite bangle that I own is the first one that my husband bought for me at an antique mall in Manhattan.  Its a black “sucker”, thin in size and looks like it is a Octopus tentacle.  I didn’t realize it at the time but “suckers” are quite sought after and rare and valuable in great condition.  I hope to find some more “Suckers” for my collection. 

A Little History: Dr. Baekeland had originally set out to find a replacement for shellac (made from the excretion of lac beetles). Chemists had begun to recognize that many natural resins and fibres were polymers, and Baekeland investigated the reactions of phenol and formaldehyde. He first produced a soluble phenol-formaldehyde shellac called “Novolak” that never became a market success, then turned to developing a binder for asbestos which, at that time, was molded with rubber. By controlling the pressure and temperature applied to phenol and formaldehyde, he found in 1905 he could produce his dreamed-of hard moldable material (the world’s first synthetic plastic): Bakelite.He announced his invention at a meeting of the American Chemical Society on February 5, 1909.

The Bakelite Corporation was formed in 1922 (after patent litigation favorable to Baekeland) from a merger of three companies: the General Bakelite Company, which Baekeland had founded in 1910, the Condensite Company founded by J.W. Aylesworth, and the Redmanol Chemical Products Company founded by L.V. Redman.

www.morninggloryjewelry.com/bakelite-bangles-c-29.html?page=8

www.Etsy.com ~ www.Ebay.com

annadoll2001: Pantti bakelite black stardust bangles with multi-colored dots, Shultz bakelite apple juice and black dot bangle and Shultz bakelite laminated multi-colored and clear two-row checked bangle. (May just gleefully kill for any of these)

annadoll2001:

Pantti bakelite black stardust bangles with multi-colored dots, Shultz bakelite apple juice and black dot bangle and Shultz bakelite laminated multi-colored and clear two-row checked bangle.

(May just gleefully kill for any of these)

17hippies: We spend a day walking around Granada. So much has been said about this place … it’s all true. It’s more than beautiful, it’s a sublime place. Here’s a pic that does not do it justice. 10 more steps towards this view, and one sees the Alhambra on the next hill, with the snow capped Sierra Nevada looming in the background. Awesome. In the true sense of the word. 

17hippies:

We spend a day walking around Granada. So much has been said about this place … it’s all true. It’s more than beautiful, it’s a sublime place. Here’s a pic that does not do it justice. 10 more steps towards this view, and one sees the Alhambra on the next hill, with the snow capped Sierra Nevada looming in the background. Awesome. In the true sense of the word.