Showing posts with label Celluloid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celluloid. Show all posts

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Large Antique 1920s Art Deco Celluloid Cameo Pin



A large antique Art Deco celluloid cameo brooch. She is wearing a necklace and earring. This is known as a habille cameo. French meaning "dressed cameo". The setting is a silver tone metal. Not sterling. The pin has a simple C clasp which is in good working order. This cameo dates to the 1920s.

Measurements:
2" by 1 5/8"

Condition:
---There is a very slight lilt to one corner of the setting. 

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Saturday, January 9, 2016

Vintage Early Plastic Elephant Pin - 1920s to 1930s



This is a vintage Art Deco early plastic elephant pin. It is a creamy tan color background that has glitter flecks embedded in the plastic. The elephant is an off white color. There is a pin that attaches the elephant to the brooch, that allows some movement or swinging. A simple fold over C clasp. This pin dates to the 1920s to 1930s. 

Measurements:
3" by 3/4"

Condition:
---The brooch is in fair condition. 
---Some fading of color. 
---The elephant has some very little black marks on his body. 
---Some rusting on the metal pin.

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