This brown bakelite art deco style radio was made in Australia in the 1950’s and is a beautiful example of a mantel radio from its time. The radio is in working condition and the bakelite is perfect with no chips or cracks. Great working display piece.

Just for the needy, bakelite which is really called polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride was the first plastic made from synthetic materials and developed by Leo Baekeland