Pair of Victorian Era French Gutta Percha Cabinet Card Frames, 2, 10.5" Tall tortoise The construction is also quite

The construction is also quite elaborate

by the way

Clasp has hinged tongue and both sides of the clasp are marked at 18k gold

Mostly what you're seeing is the residue

but an original

Pair of Victorian Era French Gutta Percha Cabinet Card Frames, 2, 10.5" Tall tortoise The construction is also quiteOffering this matching pair of c. 1870 80s French made gutta percha frames made for the old cabinet card photos of that period. Gutta percha was a very early cartable material of rather mysterious content. I've read it was super fine sawdust in a suspension of proteins like casein and perhaps other blood products, as well. It was perhaps the world's first "plastic", and was moldable into the fine detail you see here, in a time when hand carved wood