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Dog ornament moulded from gutta percha, 1850-1900

1850-1900

Pen tray made of gutta-percha

1850-1900

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

1850-1900

Sample of 1858 Atlantic submarine cable with certificate of authenticity

1858

Gutta percha inkstand, c. 1851.

circa 1851

Portion of the first submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

1850

Specimens of submarine telegraph cables viz 1851-62: Dover to Calais 1851; Dover to Ostend 1853

1851-1862

Ornamental rose made of gutta-percha

1850-1900

Red disc in form of reversible chess piece (castle) and draughtsman

1850-1900

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

1850-1900

Biscuit tray of gutta-percha

circa 1851

Short length (including a joint) of submarine cable between Dover and Calais, 1850

1850

Oval mirror frame of moulded gutta-percha

1850-1900

Ivy leaf made of moulded gutta-percha

1850-1900

Chesspiece/draughtsman made of gutta-percha

1850-1900

Chesspiece/draughtsman made of gutta-percha

1850-1900

Mould for Gutta Percha plaque

1850-1900

Gutta-percha armorial moulding in form of Royal Coat of Arms, made by the Gutta Percha Company, Islington, London, England, 1850-1900

Gutta-percha armorial moulding, 1850-1900

1850-1900

[Products of the Gutta Percha Company. Photograph album illustrating a range of products manufactured from Gutta Percha, including photographs of native pieces, samples of western mouldings, and a photograph of the works destroyed by fire on 5 June 1853. 23 photos on 22 leaves]

Photograph album illustrating a range of products manufactured from Gutta Percha

1860-1869

Brown disc in form of a reversible chess piece (rook) and draughtsman, made of gutta-percha by the Gutta Percha Company, England, c. 1851

Chesspiece/draughtsman made of gutta-percha

1850-1900

Pictorial catalogue (without descriptions) of decorative mouldings by the Gutta Percha Company. No date

Pictorial catalogue, Gutta Percha Company

A small, brown, circular medallion made of gutta percha, a rubber product. One side is embossed with a crest and lions, and the words ‘GUTTA PERCHA COMPANY, LONDON’. The other is embossed with a portrait of Sir Robert Peel, a former British Prime Minister known as the father of British policing.

Gutta Percha Medallion of Sir Robert Peel.

circa 1845-1867