Bezalel Style Yemenite Filigree Silver Sterling and Bakelite Bead Necklace, Weight: 60 gr.

Tested for Bakelite by simichrome

Tested for silver by acid.

Length: 51 cm. (20 inches)

Length without chain: 36 cm. (14.1 inches)

Size of Central Bakelite bead: 2.4 x 1.8 cm. (0.9 x 0.7 inches)

Size of big silver beads: 2 x 1.7 cm. (0.8 x 0.6 inches)

Hand crafted, filigree, hammering

Bakelite formally poly¬oxy¬benzyl¬methylen¬glycol&am p;no t;anhydride, is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. The first plastic made from synthetic components, it was developed by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, and patented on December 7, 1909.