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<p>[QUOTE="Rufus@frockstarvintage, post: 4329216, member: 5939"]The glossy yellowish stuff in the background of the tray is called milkweed and was used often in such pieces. I have a similar tray and mistook the fiber for hair until I stumbled upon seed pods for sale on eBay by accident. </p><p><br /></p><p>These pieces seem to have been popular during Victorian era through early 1900s (maybe both earlier and later as well). Here is a similar tray (not mine). </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/2S6C6fhFe11xb5iDA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.app.goo.gl/2S6C6fhFe11xb5iDA" rel="nofollow">https://images.app.goo.gl/2S6C6fhFe11xb5iDA</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rufus@frockstarvintage, post: 4329216, member: 5939"]The glossy yellowish stuff in the background of the tray is called milkweed and was used often in such pieces. I have a similar tray and mistook the fiber for hair until I stumbled upon seed pods for sale on eBay by accident. These pieces seem to have been popular during Victorian era through early 1900s (maybe both earlier and later as well). Here is a similar tray (not mine). [URL]https://images.app.goo.gl/2S6C6fhFe11xb5iDA[/URL][/QUOTE]
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