We have a task for you: go to your jewelry box. If you’re lucky, perhaps you have a jewelry armoire. Whatever your jewelry ...

It’s a half-hour promo reel about Bakelite Plastic. There is so much to enjoy about this film, but we’ve been overlooking it because the first six minutes or so consist of an uncomfortably ...

still in-vogue patterns with bakelite, turquoise, cameos, coral and Austro-Hungarian crystals, stacking rings and bracelets, and layering necklaces. At the Jewelry and Object Show (held in New ...

So you’ve inherited some jewelry from a relative, or got a potential bargain on a few pieces at a flea market or estate sale. How do you know if it’s costume jewelry or the real stuff?

Simultaneously, the plastic revolution was accelerating. The popular (and now acutely collectible) jewelry resin Bakelite was ...

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A Belgian chemist living in New York, Leo Baekeland, invents Bakelite, the first completely synthetic man-made substance. Radios, telephones, tableware and jewelry are all made from Bakelite.

A decade of jewelry collecting has taught me that where you keep your treasures matters as much as the treasures themselves. Otherwise, you risk scuffed gold, tangled chains, or, even worse ...

The world of men’s jewelry is a vast, glimmering space. There are accessories of all shapes and styles and sizes, really. Silver and gold and white gold and rose gold and brass. Plated or pearly ...

Thermoset plastics contain polymers that form irreversible chemical bonds that make strong products that cannot be remelted: vulcanized rubber for tires, Bakelite kitchenware, jewelry and circuit ...