- Adamantine (veneer)
Adamantine is a veneer developed by The
Celluloid Manufacturing Company of New York City , covered by U.S. Patent number 232,037, dated September 7, 1880. Seth Thomas Clock Company purchased the right to use the adamantine veneer in 1880. This veneer is sometimes referred to ascelluloid and is found on clocks in a wide variety of colors that simulatemarble oralabaster .
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