Vintage Jakob Bengel Art Deco machine age, beautiful translucent green marbled galalith and chrome geometric abstract motif deals brooch

Lovely vintage Art Deco brooch by Jakob Bengel, made in the early 1930s. This piece is beautifully engineered out of a marbled green colour galalith (type of early plastic similar to bakelite) and beautiful shiny chrome. I love this simple and elegant design.

The green galalith piece is a particularly lovely colour and is translucent so the light can glow through.

The brooch 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. deals