Fabulous Jakob Bengel machine age Art Deco necklace from the 1930s. It consists of oval panels, which are beautifully created with a textured sunburst design and pierced metal design - quintessentially Art Deco. The panels are double-sided, so the necklace looks the same front and back.

This piece is really delicately designed - absolutely stunning and a collector's piece. It is heavy, well-made and as soon as you handle it, you can feel the quality. It fastens with a large spring ring clasp. It has a choker length of about 17 inches. The necklace is in very good vintage condition.

Jakob Bengel was a chain and costume jewellery factory, founded by Jakob Bengel in 1873 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Until 1920, the company specialised in the production of watch chains and chatelaines (pendants for pocket watches). In the 1920s and 1930s, it became one of the leading manufacturers of fashion jewellery in the Art Deco style. It was during the Bauhaus and Art Deco period that designers were looking to obtain new materials and inspiration to produce costume jewellery. Inspired by French Avant-Garde and other fashion trendsetters such as Coco Chanel, Bengel started to produce experimental jewellery. The pieces, catalogued 1924-1939, combined brass and chrome with geometric shapes of coloured galalith.