(23) VINTAGE CARVED BAKELITE & OTHER PLASTIC DRESS CLIPS
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(lot of 23) Vintage Bakelite and other plastic dress clips, many carved, some with metal or rhinestone accents, highlights include: (1) laminated five-color Bakelite clip, (2) translucent apple juice clips with reverse carved and painted daisy design, (1) translucent apple juice and root beer clip with reverse carved geometric design, (1) carved butterscotch Bakelite clip overlaid with olive green X, (1) large carved and pierced floral clip; largest: approx 3"l, 1.75"w, 325 grams total **Provenance: From the estate of Dorothy Jean McPhaul, whose small East Austin antique shop, Johnnie’s Antiques, has survived for generations despite rapid city expansion. McPhaul, a true lover of all things antique and a retired educator with a 40-year tenure at the LaGrange Public School system, personally collected African American memorabilia, jewelry, glassware, pottery, amongst other rare and fine antiques. Established by McPhaul’s grandfather, Simon Sidle, in 1918, Johnnie’s Antiques is among the last vintage properties on East 6th Street, and notable as one of the first black-owned businesses in Austin. After assuming proprietorship in 1999, Dorothy followed in the family tradition as a fixture of the Texas antique sale circuit.**
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