Vintage Art Deco Silver-Tone Powder Compact
Vintage Art Deco Silver-Tone Powder Compact
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There is a quiet elegance to this old Art Deco compact — simple, substantial and beautifully understated.
Dating from the Art Deco period, the silver-coloured case has a restrained design that relies on shape, proportion and the softly aged surface rather than elaborate decoration.
The maker has been lost to history, but at approximately 6.5 cm across, it has a pleasing weight and solidity in the hand.
The surface shows light scratches, small marks and some softening to the finish from its years of use, but it presents beautifully and retains that lovely muted sheen that suits an original period piece.
There is something wonderfully evocative about an object like this. Whatever handbags it travelled in and whoever once caught their reflection in it are now unknown, leaving only the compact itself — a small survivor from the glamour of the Art Deco years.