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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4620137, member: 2844&quot;]When I mentioned the link between Germany and catalin, I didn&#039;t mean catalin was German, but that it was used a lot in German jewellery and accessories.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> More so than bakelite, which was more popular across the pond.</p><p>The Germans did use celluloid for accessories, but I don&#039;t think this buckle is celluloid.</p><p>Galalith, a German invention (based on an earlier French one) was also prefered over bakelite by Germany jewellery makers, but it couldn&#039;t be moulded in such delicate shapes as catalin could.</p><p><br /></p><p>So in my thinking, since it is a German buckle and it has delicate ornamentation, it could be made of catalin.</p><p>Just a possibility, not a definite.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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