Vintage Stratton Peter Deighan Nureyev & Fonteyn Ballet Powder Compact with Puff & Sifter, 1970s

A beautiful 1970s Stratton powder compact featuring Peter Deighan's artwork Nureyev & Fonteyn, depicting the celebrated ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. The round gold-tone case is centred with a finely textured pictorial insert showing a dancer in white supporting a ballerina in a flowing crimson-red dress, set against a deep navy and violet stage-like background. A warm gold-tone border frames the scene beautifully.

The precise ballet represented in the artwork has not been conclusively established.

The reverse is finished in Stratton’s finely textured basketweave pattern, with the maker’s name displayed on a central rectangular panel. Measuring approximately 7cm across, the compact opens to reveal a circular mirror and a separate protective inner door over the powder well. It is complete with its white mesh sifter and white Stratton-branded powder puff.

Presented in lovely unused vintage condition, with the ballet image, gold-tone finish, mirror, fittings, mesh sifter and branded puff all appearing very well preserved. Please refer to the photographs, which form part of the condition description.