Bakelite Furniture

Art Deco Bauhaus era coffee machine designed 1920s, Hungary. The coffee machine was made of chromed metal, glass and bakelite. Electric vacuum ready - 600W - The electric cord is not...

Set of six white ball topped forked chrome cocktail picks in a white plastic golf ball holder with a square translucent apple juice colored Bakelite base.

Art Deco chrome "Bubble" cocktail shaker designed by Omer A. Menard in 1935 for Farberware, Brooklyn, NY. Unusual handless cobbler-type model, three graduated spheres on a ring foot ...

Art Deco authentic table lamp or wall light or sconce from nickel plated brass and glass circa 1925 Austria. A beautiful lighting with nickel plated brass frame and ivory color glass shade embellished with silver stripes. On/off switch, One E 27 socket, Rewired with golden textile cable Amazing Austrian Art Deco lighting in silver color tones with clean and minimalistic design features could be wonderfully paired with Contemporary, Mid Century Modern interior. Use the silver color tone to combine the lighting with blue...

Art Deco cocktail picks with black Bakelite ball tops in a snail-form chrome stand with carved black Bakelite shell.

Italian modernist brass bar pitcher with hinged lid and tapering S-curved butterscotch Bakelite handle. Marked on bottom "Made in Italy"

Art Deco cocktail pick set, carved and painted wood seal with glass eyes balancing a red painted wood ball on its nose with six Bakelite topped metal cocktai...

This wooden box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the traditional ...

Matchless Wonder Star #910 Double-Row Red Crystal Holiday C-9 Bulb, USA, 1930s. Extremely rare early crystal production with original box. On May 2, 1935 Paul C. Dittman of Chicago filed an application for a patent for what he called simply "Decorative Lighting Device". In the patent he described it as "an ornamental device embodying a multiplicity of of prismatic light diffusing bodies with a light source..." He related that while he was aware that others had patented lighted stars, his offering was different in that the light would enter the rays of the star radially, effectively refracting the light within the ray and producing a "pleasing effect." His description of the refracted light produced by the stars was a bit of an understatement, as anyone who has seen them illuminated can attest: a lighted Matchless Wonder Star is stunningly beautiful. His patent was granted on December 8, 1936. Paul Dittman, a German immigrant who passed through the gates of Ellis Island in New York City, worked for a time for George Westinghouse, where he got an education in the manufacturing of electric light bulbs. In 1912, Paul and his partners started the Matchless Electric Company, which was later incorporated (in 1918) "to manufacture, buy, sell and deal in electric supplies, light bulbs and radio tubes..." By 1930, the direction of the Company had changed a bit, and it was re-named The Century Lamp and Tube Company to reflect the fact that it was by this time the largest single licensee for the manufacture of RCA radio tubes. In addition to the tubes, the Company produced a large variety of small light bulbs, mainly miniature lamps that were used as indicators in telephone switch boards and various control panels, and automobile lamps as well. These lamps, an example of which is pictured below, are round, miniature based style with outside painted colors. These was even a Matchless brand set of Christmas lights available, which was a typical series string of eight cone shaped lamps. In 1929, Mr. Dittman was the principle stockholder of a company incorporated as the D-G Electric Company, whose business was "to deal in all kinds and descriptions of electrical devices..." By 1931, the Company was renamed The Matchless Electric Company, and in 1934 the Century Lamp and Tube Company was dissolved. The Matchless Electric Company of Chicago, Illinois made and sold these glass-prismed Christmas lights starting in about 1935, and continuing through the late 40s.The production of the Stars was a seasonal business for The Matchless Company, but Jim Dittman, inventor Paul's son, reports that the Stars were "my father's pride and joy." They were available in several sizes and many color combinations, and the glass points were made and hand cut in Czechoslovakia...

Pair of English Art Deco chrome and bakelite trimmed syphon bottles mounted as lamps.

Art Deco period brushed aluminum and Bakelite cocktail shaker set. The shaker with a black Bakelite foot and screw top with a red Bakelite and...

Fine and large handmade silver photo frame with an elegant domed top and decorated across the front with engine-turned lattice design within which is a band of engraved diamond patte...

Lampara type ceiling lamp, with bakelite and enameled iron lampshade, equipped with an iron cage to protect the bulb. Original patina. Italy, circa 1900.