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Find Out MoreA stylish necklace made using the bakeliteA castable, fire resistant plastic that was invented by Leo Baekeland in 1909. It was originally used for industrial purposes until jewellery makers found that its light weight made the material a perfect choice for designing and manufacturing inexpensive jewellery. process. Bakelite changed the world in the first half of the twentieth century. It was the first syntheticA man-made material with essentially the same optical, chemical and physical properties as its natural counterpart, but completely artificial. Commonly used for calibré settings due to the colour matching possibilities. plastic and heralded an age in which we were no longer dependent on the products of nature. Hard, compact, and insoluble this was the first synthetic plastic, named Bakelite after its inventor, the Belgian-born chemist Leo Baekeland. Fun to wear and made in the 1930s this necklace is a good example of a Bakelite product.
Buying antique jewellery is both ethical and eco-friendly as harmful and destructive mining processes are not needed to make an item yours. So give yourself a pat on the back!
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