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Article: Bakelite serving pieces: professional appraiser Helaine Fendelman evaluates and appraises your collectibles and antiques.(what is it? what is it worth?)
- Article from:
- Country Living
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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valued at: $25 each
Vintage kitchen serving pieces with colorful Bakelite handles are highly collectible. These examples were made in the United States by various manufacturers during the 1930s as cheaper alternatives to fine flatware. Bakelite varieties included (above, left to right) a pierced cake server, serving spoon, salad fork, and pie server.
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what is it? Beginning in the 1930s, Bakelite--a synthetic plastic used for radios, accessories, jewelry, kitchen supplies--became a common material for cutlery because it was ...
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