Vintage Jakob Bengel Art Deco machine age geometric gold tone and marbled green galalith ring necklace

Fabulous Jakob Bengel Art Deco 1930s machine age geometric necklace with large gold tone and marbled green galalith links. The stunning oversized galalith rings are an absolutely classic style from the 1930s Art Deco period. The gold tone links are also beautifully made, and the smaller links have a classic three bar shape, which is a regular theme in Jakob Bengel pieces. The piece feels beautiful when worn - high quality and smooth. It is 17 inches in length and fastens with an Art Deco over-sized secure spring ring clasp. It is in very good vintage condition.

Jakob Bengel was a chain and costume jewellery factory, founded by Jakob Bengel in 1873 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Until 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. It 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.