Vintage Jakob Bengel Art Deco machine age, white galalith and chrome geometric abstract motif brooch hat / lapel pin

Vintage Art Deco lapel / hat pin by Jakob Bengel, made in the early 1930s. This piece is engineered using a pretty shape of white coloured galalith (type of early casein-based plastic similar to bakelite) and shiny silver tone chrome. I love this simple and elegant design. The pin is in good vintage condition - you can see the tiniest bend at the very end of the pointed chrome bar. This is a collectable design piece, priced as a starter for collecting!

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.