BP-TAzYh8k7Pk-65
SKU: | 4124-103 |
Price per item : | $20.00 |
Lot (15) large vintage black and opaline green galalith plastic rondelle beads. From a damaged 1940's necklace with silver tone chain and clasp findings.
Size: 15 x 4mm. 9/16" x 2/16"
In the early 1900’s, notable French and German jewelry makers such as Coco Channel and Jakob Bengel began using galalith in the production of jewelry, with its widest use in the 1920’s and 30’s
Galalith, also know as ‘milkstone’ (Milchstein’) was developed in Germany in 1897 by combining the milk protein casein with formaldehyde, and in the early 20th century it was used in industry and for household items, being relatively simple and inexpensive to produce, easy to color, and heat-resistant.