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Two-piece container made of Gutta Percha. Issued to sailors aboard U.S. Navy ships during the Civil War. Lid reads, "DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP" and "U.S.N." over an anchor. The container was for shaving soap and had a mirror inside the lid. The mirror remains in the lid here which is very unusual. Marked on the bottom, "MANUFACTORED BY THE NOVELTY RUBBER COMPANY CO., BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY, UNDER GOODYEAR’S PATENT MAY 6, 1851." The soap dish is approximately 3.25" in diameter x 1.5" high. Gutta Percha was the first "plastic" which could be molded into most any form and was heat/flame resistant. [sm]
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