Name: Baton with plastic tips;
Date:
circa 1928-1942;
Country: United States;
Town: unknown;
Materials: wood, bakelite (catalin);
Ownership:
Krzysztof Słowiński’s collection;
Inventory number: KS 15;
Description:
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narrow, black baton with light tips made of plastic; conical body, very narrow and long, made of dark wood; elongated tip and conical tip of the grip made of catalin (multi-colored form of bakelite, in this case an imitation of ivory, produced by the Catalin Corporation in the USA in 1928-42, much less popular since then)
; Inscriptions: none; Catalog card:Joanna Gul, based on information provided by the owner
; Bibliography:E. Letkiewicz, Niezwykłe materiały biżuterii Art Deco – celuloid, galalit, bakelit, akrylik…, in: Roczniki Humanistyczne, vol. 65: 2017 no. 4, pp. 157-158
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