Here is a very large & very handsome flapjack powder compact dating from the 1950s. This has a beige fabric background with dark raspberry pink roses & dark green leaves in an petit-point embroidery design. This compact measures 10.5cms in diameter, one of the largest I have seen, & and roughly 11mm thick in the centre (4 1/8 x 1/2) & has intact hinges & clasps on the exterior, which are all in good working order. This one has been designed to take loose powder & it comes with its original sifter. I love this for its pretty retro 1950s floral roses embroidered design - such an utterly 1950s sort of look, & the fact that it is over 4 wide - it feels really substantial, & very flat & tactile. The Mascot signature on the inner lid dates this to 1950 or after - see my brand notes below. CONDITION:- This compact is in very good condition & comes with its original chestnit brown felt slipcover cover. It has the original sifter inside, which dates it to the early 1950s as after the late 1950s, they invented the cream powder refill which didn’t need a sifter & could drop in & out when it was used. The era of the loose powder was at an end the minute someone came up with that idea, although most compacts were convertible & could be used for either for a good long while - well into the 1960s anyway. The mirror is lovely & clear, & the whole compact does not feel like it’s been used at all. The inner lid is burnished & shiny which is always a sure sign. The minute powder goes in, that inside inner lid surface gets a dusty look. Otherwise, save for a few minor surface scratches to the brass surface on the back, this is a really nice collector’s item. MASCOT This was the compact trademark of AS Brown of England. They were manufacturing compacts as early as the 1940s & signed ASB. They began using the Mascot tradename in 1950. I have a theory that they made compacts for High St chain Boots the Chemist too - I have had several compacts from the 1950s, with exactly the same label inside but with the name ‘Boots’ done in the same script lettering, which is definitely not the famous script Boots logo either. Perhaps they had the contract for a while, & it’s nothing new for outside companies like Mascot to make own brand items for the UK High St. chains like Boots, M&S & C&A. Mascot were also very famous for compacts shaped as handbags which were manufactured during the 1950s. The AS Brown company bought the Kigu Co in 1977, & continued producing compacts into the 1980s. Mascot Large Flapjack Lacquered Brass Powder Compact With Raspberry Pink Roses & Green Leaves Petit Point Embroiderydesign, Vintage 1950S
