Pair of Victorian Era French Gutta Percha Cabinet Card Frames, 2, 10.5" Tall tortoise Clasp has hinged tongue and

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

and is trimmed out in berries and leaves around the upper rim

an elegant addition to coffee or tea time

I've done needlepoint

The box is large sized as this type of box goes

Pair of Victorian Era French Gutta Percha Cabinet Card Frames, 2, 10.5" Tall tortoise Clasp has hinged tongue andOffering 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