Here is a truly splendid early 1950s brass powder compact for loose powder, complete with its original powder puff. The lid has a cream & gold enamel design of birds, butterflies & flowers, gold line drawings on a butter-cream background, front & back being identical. The photos on the green background show the front & the interior, & the photos on the duck-egg blue background show the back. The front is in excellent condition, with no scratches or holes in the enamel paintwork, & the back is in very good condition with a couple of tiny pinholes in the cream enamel. Nothing major. in fact, this whole compact is in pretty marvellous condition possibly due to the fact that it has its original tobacco brown hard felt cover. This is a fairly small sized compact, measuring just over 7.6cms square (3) & also very flat - only 7mm thick (1/4) No branding at all, just the words ‘Made in England’ stamped inside the well. I love this as it’s so utterly pretty, & so very 1950s - although this is unbranded, it’s an unusual design in lovely warm cream & matt gold. If you collect vintage powder compacts because of the beautiful designs, this is one of a number of retro 50s compacts in my shop at present. CONDITION:- This compact has no real issues really - it still stays shut & opens easily with that satisfying click, the metal-framed sifter is in very good condition, & it’s all fairly clean. I think probably this dates from the early 1950s, after WWII ended, as the use of metal indicates that metals were becoming available again. During the war, the early plastics such as Lucite & Bakelite were the materials of choice, as metals were all needed for munitions etc. This has been used of course, but has been cleaned out, & there are a few striation marks on the mirror, & the powder puff has clearly been used. Vintage 1950S Square Powder Compact With Cream & Gold Enamel Birds, Butterflies & Flowers Design, For Loose With Original Puff
