Item Vin660 Description: This is the original vintage "book piece" reversed carved and painted fish bowl pin. The details and workmanship are amazing. The fishes blowing bubbles are deeply carved into the Bakelite. The condition is excellent. Just some black paint loss on the base. That's it. Thick apple juice Bakelite. The fishes are painted with gold and dark rose. The painting of the fishes, base, and grass is all original and with the exception of the base, the painting is excellent. Pin back is embedded, has a safety clasp, is original, and works perfectly. Side to side it measures a just over 1 inch and over 2 inches, top to bottom 1.75 inches. Thickness about 0.25 inchces thick. As far as I know, this is the only size it was ever made in. The brooch is the exact one that appears in the book - Bakelite: The Art of the Carver, Tortoriello/ Lyons, Schiffer 2008 where this pin was
photographed. Absolutely gorgeous!
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