VINTAGE Set of 2- 1940\'s or 1950\'s Celluloid 2\" Figurines - ITALY & HUNGARIAN
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VINTAGE Set of 2- 1940\'s or 1950\'s Celluloid 2\" Figurines - ITALY & HUNGARIAN:
$10.00
This is a set of 2 -1940\'s or 1950\'s Celluloid Ivory Girl Dancer Figurines.
They are from the 1940\'s or 1950\'s about the same time as Cracker Jack sold caramel popcorn with a toy inside. They both are stamped \"Van Brode Co. Clinton MASS. I believe these to be older since the colored ones I have listed seem to have a more \"rubbery\" feel to them.
These are hard plastic. Maybe late 40\'s since my Dad was born in 1936.One girl is dressed in the National costume of ITALY, and the other is HUNGARIAN.
The ITALIAN girl is in a flouncy short dress with apron & short sleeves.
Her hair seems to be in braids or pig tails with some sort of hat across her head.
She is holding a bouquet of flowers.The HUNGARIAN girl is a slightly different color, more of a tan. She is wearing a short sleeved dress with knee length, flouncy skirt. She is striking a pose from a dance with one hand in the air & the other down by her skirt. She is wearing boots. She looks like she\'s wearing a head scarf tied in the back.Each are 2 inches high, standing on a rectangle so they stand up.
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Celluloid is actually a trade name, like Band-Aid or Kleenex, but the term has been generically used for many years to reference a type of plastic material invented in the mid 1800s and used to make a variety of objects until around 1940. It is actually a product of cellulose dinitrate blended with pigments, fillers, camphor and alcohol to make a unique synthetic material categorized as a plastic.
What Does Celluloid Look Like?
Most people recognize the pale yellow pieces with graining meant to simulate ivory as celluloid these days. In fact, celluloid was often referred to as “French Ivory” in its heyday to give it a little more snob appeal and is sometimes marked as such, although the composition has nothing at all to do with genuine ivory harvested from animal tusks. Another similar term, Ivory Pyralin, is sometimes found stamped on these pieces as well.
Celluloid took many forms and colors during the time it was being used. It was inexpensive, easy to work with and durable when new, which isn’t surprising since so many pieces made of this composition turn up for sale now.
VINTAGE Set of 2- 1940\'s or 1950\'s Celluloid 2\" Figurines - ITALY & HUNGARIAN:
$10.00