Showing posts with label Early Plastic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Early Plastic. Show all posts

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Small Antique Victorian Cameo Pin



This is a small antique Victorian cameo brooch. It was made to look like a 
lava cameo, but it is made of an early type of plastic or rubber. I am unsure 
of the exact material, as I have never run across it before. The color is a dusty 
rose pink and the profile is done in a very high relief. The setting is a dark gold 
brassy tone. There is a simple C clasp with a tube type hinge. The pin stem 
extends past the actual brooch. Very old piece. The pin is C1860.

Measurements:
1" by 3/4"

Condition:
---The setting shows some wear. 
---Someone has scraped a small section of the back of the cameo. 
(I presume to test the material.)

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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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