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Gutta-percha was one of the first plastic materials. It was made from a mixture of resins from Malaysian trees. It was molded and used for daguerreotype cases, toilet articles, and picture frames in the nineteenth century. The Gutta Percha Company used gutta-percha as cable insulation in its tubes in 1850, which was used to insulate landline cables and, later, submarine cables.
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| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | | Gutta-percha | Collar Box | Masonic, 4 1/2 x 4 3/4 In. | 2010 | | | Gutta-percha | Golf Ball | Case, c.1890, | 2010 | | | Gutta-percha | Button | Cameo, Brass Base, Victorian, 3/4 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Button | Pirate Boot, Raised, Lid To Late 1800s, 1 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Cape Clasp | Fern, Carved, Brass, 1 1/4 x 2 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Oval, Daguerreotype, Young Lady, Floral, Maroon Velvet, Metallic Trim, 3 x 2 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union Seashells, Twisted Rope, S. Peck & Co., 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union Woman, Seated, Child, Dog, Cat, Littlefield, Parsons & Co., 5 x 4 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Ambrotype, Hinged, Velvet Interior, Holmes Booth Hayden, 3 x 2 1/2 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Ambrotype, Man, Grape Cluster, Oval, 1/6 Plate | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Ambrotype, Young Man, 1/16 Plate | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Ambrotype, Young Woman, 1/16 Plate | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Angel Holding Flowers, Littlefield, Parsons & Co., 2 1/2 x 2 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Cherub Grabbing Stag Antlers, Littlefield, Parsons & Co., 3 x 2 3/4 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Daguerreotype, Baby Boy, Gold Foil Frame, c.1857, 3 x 2 1/2 In. | 2008 |  | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Fireman Rescuing Child, Tintypes, Littlefield, Parsons, 3 In., Illustrated | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Man, Horse, Greeting, Man, Woman, Dog, A.P. Critchlow & Co., 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Union, Tintype, Gilt & Burnished Hinge, Scovill Mfg. Co., 3 x 2 1/2 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Case | Washington Memorial, Virginia, Photograph, 4 x 5 x 1 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Locket | Chain, Angel, Chunky, c.1860, 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Mirror | Beveled Glass, Wood Back, Silvered, c.1880, 19 x 14 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Mirror | Flowers, Nodding Violet, Black, Marked, Diatite, March 19, 1872, 10 x 4 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Mirror | Hand, Black, Oval, Marked Florence, 1880s, 9 x 3 1/2 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Mirror | Sailboat, Flowers, 9 x 3 1/4 In. | 2008 | | | Gutta-percha | Mirror | Victorian Style, Beveled Glass, Wood Back, c.1880, 19 x 14 In. | 2008 |
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