{"product_id":"vintage-jakob-bengel-art-deco-1930s-machine-age-collar-necklace-with-gold-tone-stacked-cup-beads-and-huge-black-sparkly-galalith-beads","title":"Vintage Jakob Bengel Art Deco 1930s machine age collar necklace with gold tone stacked cup beads and huge black, sparkly galalith beads","description":"\u003cp\u003eChunky vintage Art Deco Jakob Bengel gold tone and black sparkly galalith (early casein-based plastic) machine age choker statement necklace. This is a lovely heavy, substantial piece and the huge galalith beads are very unusual in that they have glittering inclusions that make them look like gemstones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis choker necklace sits around the neck or decolletage beautifully, fastens using a curved screw barrel clasp and has a length of about 16 inches..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe necklace is in good vintage condition. There is fading and slight wear in places to the gold tone. One of the large galalith beads has a small chip out of it (see picture 11) but this is a corner towards the back of the bead that is virtually tucked inside the cup bead next to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn my research on this piece, I found a couple of similar elements in other Bengel pieces which I have shown at the end of the pictures. The similar clasp was from a book piece so dated accurately to 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJakob Bengel was a chain and costume jewellery factory, founded by Jakob Bengel in 1873 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil 1920, the company specialised in the production of watch chains and chatelaines (pendants for pocket watches). In the 1920s and 1930s, it became one of the leading manufacturers of fashion jewellery in the Art Deco style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was during the Bauhaus and Art Deco period that designers were looking to obtain new materials and inspiration to produce costume jewellery. Inspired by French Avant Garde and other fashion trendsetters such as Coco Chanel, Bengel started to produce experimental jewellery. The pieces, catalogued 1924-1939, combined brass and chrome with geometric shapes of coloured galalith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61102523318602,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/2424\/4042\/files\/2026-02-0810.33.11.jpg?v=1771156281","url":"https:\/\/alicelily.co.uk\/products\/vintage-jakob-bengel-art-deco-1930s-machine-age-collar-necklace-with-gold-tone-stacked-cup-beads-and-huge-black-sparkly-galalith-beads","provider":"Alice Lily","version":"1.0","type":"link"}