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VINTAGE CELLULOID NECKLACE
SHIPPING AND HANDLING R35.00
VINTAGE 1930s, CELLULOID NECKLACE CARVED TO RESEMBLE ROSES. THIS NECKLACE IS 48cm LONG AND HAS A TOTAL OF 44 BEADS. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH SOME OF THE BEADS ARE MISSING, 3, PERHAPS BROKEN ? AS THE BEAD SIZES DONT MATCH UP. CELLULOID IS THE NAME OF A CLASS OF COMPOUNDS CREATED FROM NITROCELLULOSE AND CAMPHER. IT WAS REGISTED AS CELLULOID IN 1870. CELLULOID IS EASILY MOLDED AND CARVED AND IT WAS FIRST WIDELY USED AS AN IVORY REPLACEMENT. ITS MOST COMMON USES TODAY ARE IN TABLE TENNIS BALLS AND GUITAR PICKS.