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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4473681, member: 2844"]Agree on Peruvian for the necklace. Some sellers say they are bamboo, which makes sense because they feel like reed. Not porcupine, you'd need thousands or more porcupines for those countless Peruvian necklaces.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, a pierced bone brisé fan, pretty and still in one piece.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Ca 1900. These were made in great numbers in Canton, China. </p><p>Perfect for the hot weather we've been having here, although I would advise a more recent small Chinese sandalwood fan. Keep this bone cutie in one piece.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bakelite and catalin are two very different early plastics. If it is bakelite it smells like formaldehyde when warm. If it is catalin it smells like hot milk. </p><p>In jewellery bakelite was used more in the US, catalin and celluloid more in Europe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4473681, member: 2844"]Agree on Peruvian for the necklace. Some sellers say they are bamboo, which makes sense because they feel like reed. Not porcupine, you'd need thousands or more porcupines for those countless Peruvian necklaces.:nailbiting:;) Yes, a pierced bone brisé fan, pretty and still in one piece.:woot::woot: Ca 1900. These were made in great numbers in Canton, China. Perfect for the hot weather we've been having here, although I would advise a more recent small Chinese sandalwood fan. Keep this bone cutie in one piece.:) Bakelite and catalin are two very different early plastics. If it is bakelite it smells like formaldehyde when warm. If it is catalin it smells like hot milk. In jewellery bakelite was used more in the US, catalin and celluloid more in Europe.[/QUOTE]
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