Description: Jakob Bengel design elements can be seen in this necklace: round chrome balls, galalith (which was widely used in Europe instead of bakelite), machine age design, a center section of thin circles or rings of cobalt blue galalith and chrome on an interesting chain of circles connected by horizontal links. See lower left for close up of the center section. C. 1932, German Art Deco industrial design. Unsigned, attributed to Jakob Bengel. Similar pieces with the thin galalith and chrome circles can be seen on p. 160, 163 of Art Deco Jewelry: Jakob Bengel Idar Oberstein, Germany by Christianne Weber. The creator of these sculptural masterpieces had been a mystery until Ms. Weberıs book which identified these pieces as being from the German manufacturing company of Jakob Bengel.
Size: 16" x 1"
Condition: Very Good, slight wear to one ball