ENCORE: Last week I posted a daily showcase of Bakelite buttons married to other types of plastic, i.e. celluloid and casein. Here's a lovely button that didn't make it into last week's lineup and that I've saved for a special encore posting. At a glance, this might look like a black slab of Bakelite hovering on a transparent dish. However, the transparent dish is actually part of the button. It's lucite, a clear and colorless plastic that serves as a base for this unique discovery. The elegant black section—sashed in gold—did test positive for Bakelite. Circa 1940.
-Sherbert McGee
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