Last month I posted a button with a big rhinestone riding its center and announced that "coming soon" I'd be posting a week of bejeweled Bakelite. As promised, that week has come and today we begin with this major sparkler in butterscotch Bakelite. Adhered to the button, I count 55 rhinestones and if that isn't fancy enough, the piece is flower-shaped and carved with textural embellishments between the gemstones. See how she glimmers! It appears that someone has dropped a diamond necklace into a butterscotch whirlpool. So reflective are the jewels, I had to tilt this button away from the sun to get a photo that wasn't engulfed in light. This beauty was made in the early 1940's.
Get set for a whole week of Bakelite studded with delicious bling!
-Sherbert McGee
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