I've come across many auctions where the seller will have a question mark after the word Bakelite, not really knowing whether it is Bakelite or Simply Plastic. This applies to Vintage Kitchen Utensils as well...
Lucite is the queen of diversity, appearing in many forms, colors and styles in jewelry from the 1940's on, although it was most popular during the ཤ's and 's. It is an acrylic resin, and one type of...
Basic Vintage Rhinestone Information Rhinestone is a word used to define a faux gem that is usually made from either crystal, glass crystal, glass or plastic (acrylic).Vintage Rhinestones were primarily...
Since I make jewelry as well as selling vintage jewelry, I've done a lot of ebay 'shopping' - and I've often come across terms I'd never heard of, without a clue as to what they were referring to. So, for...
Vintage Glass Beads - What is Vintage and what is not ???? We sell German Vintage Glass Beads in our ebay store Never Too Many Beads . We have been asked that question repeatedly. So here are some answers....
Antique Porcelain Pottery Shards from China Chinese porcelain pottery shards have become very popular as wearable art and as collectibles. There are many places to buy them on-line including ebay. Shards are...
Now lets deal with an ugly subject – The Green Build-up. If your necklace, earring or pin has come in contact with water – moisture – sweat or just about anything that corrodes you will have green build-up...
Some of the most beautiful beads in the world come from the island of Murano. Here is a little bit of information about beads from Murano, often also called Venetian beads:Color: The process of Murano...
Tumbled by waves and transformed by sand, nature gives us beach glass. But when buying beach glass, be aware that there is the real deal, collected from the beach, and man-made or replica beach glass, where...
I get many questions about how to clean and take care of old beads traded in Africa. "Trade Beads", as most of us know, are old Venetian and European beads made from the early 1500s (early 7 layer chevrons) to...