Large Damascene Powder Compact, Japanese Motive, Mt. Fuji On Black Gold Silver 1950's Compact

WHAT IS THE ART OF DAMASCENING? An art form with over a thousand years of history, damascening is the art of decorating steel objects with designs in gold & silver, resulting in beautiful embellishments of the object. The sumptuousness of its decoration is due to the contrast between the black color of the steel & the sparkling shine of the precious metals. THIS COMPACT IS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH THE FAMOUS MT. FUJI in THE BACKGROUND. in FRONT OF THE MOUNTAIN THERE ARE BUILDINGS, A TEMPLE & A PAGODA, MAYBE A BRIDGE. BIRDS ARE FLYING OVERHEAD. CIRCLING AROUND THE SCENE IS A GARLAND in GOLD. THE K24 MARK MEANS 24 KARATE GOLD INLAYS, THERE ARE SILVER THREAD INLAYS ALSO THE INSIDE IS VERY CLEAN WITH NO POWDER BUT HAS THE POWDER SCREEN & PUFF. THE MIRROR IS SPOTLESS. THERE ARE VERY FEW MARKS ON THE FRONT, THE BACK HAS A FEW MORE, BUT ALL in ALL IT IS in ExCELLENT CONDITION. THESE COMPACTS FROM THE 1950’s ARE VERY COLLECTABLE. MEASURES 3 INCHES in DIAMETER. Large Damascene Powder Compact, Japanese Motive, Mt. Fuji On Black Gold Silver 1950’s Compact