Lots of jewlery was manufactured in this hard breakable material, particularly chunky, colourful brooches. Considered apt be the 1st mainstream jewellery, constantly copying designer jewelry of the time made from more expensive materials. Manufactured in a kind of colours from the familiar dark brown of early electrical fittings, the reds and greens of vintage picnic sets to the dark of kitchen utensils. It was prevalent to detect dark Bakelite knobs or handles on furniture or paired with silver, silver panel or chrome particularly on tea and coffee sets as decorative knops or knobs. It was very fashionable on wearing tables also, where it made a very good substitute for tortoiseshell.