Estate sale find vintage lucite paint splatter bangle circa 1950/60's. Lucite material replaced Bakelite in the early 1950's. A great additon to your collection.
Lucite first manufactured in the 1930s as a protective coating or safety bonding for glass, the clear acrylic plastic branded as Lucite became a wildly popular material for costume jewelry in the 1940s and ‘50s. Less expensive to produce than Bakelite, Galalith, and Catalin and more chemically stable than celluloid, Lucite made these earlier jewelry plastics obsolete.
Details
- Maker - unknown
- Material - Lucite
- Period - 1950/60's
- Size - 1 5/8" wide, 2 5/8" ID, 1/4" thickness
- Condition - very good vintage