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Vanities and Carryalls were usually larger and contained several
make up items, such as powder, rouge, lipstick, perfume, comb and cigarette
case. Sometimes the cases were very heavy and always had a wrist chain/strap.
A lady carried these instead of a regular purse as everything she needed
for a night on the town was included! Always fun to find the carryalls
complete, ready to use 60-70 years later! |
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0102
NEW! $175
4-1/2" x 3-1/4" gold tone vanity with peach
colored front and back under celluloid. There's a nice design in the peach
color. It's surrounded by a gold tone frame with etched designs. I haven't
polished it so there are a few small tarnished areas. It has a wrist chain.
It opens like a book and has great insides! One side has a purple leather
compartment to hold dollars or kleenex. The opposite side has coin slots
for a nickel, dime and quarter. It has a mirror and small celluloid area
to write notes. It also has a lift up section for loose powder with a cute
purple silk and celluloid puff (it's deep enough to hold a few aspirins!)
It's marked nickel silver on the inside, no company identification. Great
complete vanity from the 1920s. |
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0230 NEW!
$145
3-3/4" x 2-1/4" hammered gold tone vanity
by Melba. This is a very shiny unused vanity with a wrist chain. It has
the hammered design on both sides and cut off corner shape. The inside
has a mirror on one side and the opposite side has the powder and lift
up rouge sections, with puffs. It also has a lipstick. It's marked Melba
on the outside. It also has the original fitted cardboard and velvet box
with the Melba name on it. Nice 1930s compact! |
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0922
NEW!
$125
4" x 2-1/2" gold
tone and silver plate hammered looking Elgin American vanity compact! It
has a twisted chain wrist strap. Nice line and hammered look to it in both
color plating. There is room for a monogram in the center on both sides.
Inside has a mirror on one side and the opposite side has the sections
for rouge and powder, with puffs. There is also a lipstick. No dents or
dings, very shiny! Shown in a 1927 Elgin advertisement. Nice! |
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010872
NEW! $95
2-3/4" x 2-1/2" silverplate carryall. It
has a gold tone silhouette of a lady smoking a cigarette on one side and
the other side has gold tone etched flowers. It has a double opening to
access the carryall. One side opens to reveal the mirror and area for loose
powder with puff. The other side opens for the cigarette area, today it
could hold folded dollars or even aspirin. It has a carry chain and the
side gold tone lipstick. Shows very little wear to the plating. No company
id. Fun to use today! From the 1940-50s. |
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01362
SOLD
$145
A nice 1930s unused vanity by Mondaine.
It has a pretty pale yellow enamel on the front and back and a bright yellow
center oval piece on the front. The back is all enamel. No damage to the
enamelling. It has the original yellow carry strap. The inside has a mirror
on one side, slightly cloudy and the opposite side has three lift up sections.
The larger lift up area could have held dollars or a tissue. There are
lift up sections for the rouge and powder, both still there with the embossed
Mondaine name on them. Both puffs are unused. It's marked in several places
on the inside. Always a fun vanity compact to find and the color is very
pretty. |
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010875
NEW! $95
3-1/8" x 2-1/4" gold tone unused Kigu basket
weave design carryall. It has a double access opening, one side opens to
reveal the compact area, with mirror and loose powder area with signed
puff. The other side opens for the cigarette area. It has the side lipstick
and carry chain. Usable today! From the 1940-50s. |
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