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The Jakob Bengel Company -
Founded in the late 1870's in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, the Bengel Company
started out making watch chains and branched out into jewellery making
in the 1930's, producing modernist design Art Deco jewellery in chrome or
nickel plate with galalith (bakelite) elements. Following WW2 the
company went into a gradual decline and eventually closed but a treasure
trove of original jewellery stock was found in it's disused factory in
around 2000. Jacob Bengel became a public foundation in 2001 and is now
a museum. Bengel jewellery is highly collected and can command high
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