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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 405419, member: 2844&quot;]A sweet floral &#039;cameo&#039; brooch that hitched a ride with some other jewellery.</p><p>I know very little about costume jewellery, so any insights are welcome.</p><p>I know it is an early plastic, but which one? I see early plastic cameos described as Bakelite, but is it?</p><p>It is 5x4cm, 1.96x1.57&quot;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]141268[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]141277[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I held it under a hot tap, couldn&#039;t smell much, but that could be my sinuses playing up.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> If you&#039;d force me to describe the smell, I would say medicinal but only very faint. If my nose is right, that would mean a formaldehyde based plastic.</p><p>I read about the simichrome test, but I can&#039;t get that here.</p><p>There are tiny chips off the inner (cameo part) edge, and tiny scratches, hardly noticeable.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]141269[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a seam running along the side, and a small protrusion on one side.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]141272[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The back is slightly convex, and if this is the original position of the pin, it was made for a left-handed person.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It could have been re-glued, it isn&#039;t straight and the glue is a bit sloppy.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]141279[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And any ideas of the period? 1920s-30s?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for looking.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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