First I am going to show you my rarest piece. After this everything else will pale in comparison but so be it. These are utensils with insert Bakelite silhouettes. I have knives and forks. In the Bakelite book I have they only show knives and forks so I have no idea if spoons were made. I also don't know what these were made for. If the silhouettes were used for a special event or a giveaway of some kind. I have owned these for years. They run between $150.00-$175.00 a piece.
The other flatware I own are Red & Butterscotch Bakelite and Lucite, Two-Tone Bakelite, Tri-Color Bakelite, the Chevron Bakelite (the one with the yellow "V"), Englishtown Stainless Steel Bakelite and Lucite (the "tear drop" pattern) and some miscellaneous colored ones.
I also show the tri-color Ekco beater, which I use and it is wonderful, though it is slightly heavy for an egg-beater and a frosting cake spreader that is an Androck with the bullet handle. I bought that one at the Goodwill for .25 years ago. It is a little milky but it can still frost a cake with the best of them.
Bakelite flatware has come down in price over the years and can still be picked up for a pretty fair price. The rarer pieces will cost more, they actually made some New York World Fair pieces but I have never found any. They also made flatware with the card suits inlaid in them. I lost out on those in a bidding war a few years ago and hope to find them again some day.I use the tear drop pieces every day. They are our regular silverware. Since I use vintage whenever possible, I do a lot of hand washing. Bakelite should not go into the dishwasher, since the water temperature is too hot. The only pieces I don't use are the silhouettes.
Hopefully you have enjoyed the Bakelite chapters and it will inspire you to pick up some. It is fun to use, so brightly colored and pretty. We all need a little pretty these days.
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