ANTIQUE 1930'S CLEAR RHINESTONES CARVED BLACK GALALITH LARGE FLOWER BUTTON

Description

ANTIQUE 1930'S CLEAR RHINESTONE CARVED BLACK GALALITH LARGE FLOWER BUTTON. IT MEASURES 1.40 INCHES IN DIAMETER. ORIGINAL PATINA.
This item is part of an antique vintage plastics, bakelite, galalith, celluloid,
lucite jewelry,
accessories, buttons & parts for jewelry making collection
I will be listing.
Galalith (milk stone) is a registered trade mark, patented in the 1890's in Bavaria. Mostly produce in Europe during the first part of the 20e century, this semi-synthetic plastic (Casein is the generic name), is made from skimmed milk curdled with rennet. Cured by long immersion in formaldehyde, it became a useful thermosetting material, which can be moulded in beautiful patterns. It's color doesn't change over time. The colors you can find are mostly plain opaque colors, sometimes with marbling or translucency. Galalith pieces are machined, sanded or handfinished and therefore there should be no marks left on them (in opposition to cheap mass produced plastics), so all pieces are seamless and this material belonging to the plastic family such as Bakelite, or Celluloid or Lucite is considered to be a top quality chunky plastic. Galalith is impossible to test like genuine American Bakelite because the chemical composition is : milk protein. hardened with formaldehyde. Tests for Bakelite are testing the phenol component of the material which is inexistant in Galalith (replace by milk protein)
Weight  9   Grams  \   0.30 OZ
Inventory # 3112
C#  0.50
Storage B#13
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ANY DEFECTS NOT MENTIONED BUT VISIBLE IN THE PICTURES WILL BE CONSIDERED AS DESCRIBED
We do not clean our items, as we have been told by collectors that they prefer to do it themselves or take it to a professional who they trust. So all our items are sold as we found them. Some dirt, patina, odor, etc. due to age, storage and material may be expected.
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tems can be shipped together to combine shipping charges. We would hold them no longer than two weeks. Even if you want to make a combined shipping: every item has to be paid within 5 days. We will recalculate the total costs for sending every time an object is sold and added to the group. Just mention: ' PLEASE HOLD ' on your Paypal form. Be advice that if we are not warned that you will continue shopping and you want to combine multiple purchases, we will ship the items separately as soon as we got paid.
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