Vintage Stratton Lip View Mirror Compact, Black Enamel Multi-Starburst, Mid-Century
Vintage Stratton Lip View Mirror Compact, Black Enamel Multi-Starburst, Mid-Century
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A tiny mirror, a lipstick and a flash of black enamel — everything needed for one of those wonderfully elegant little rituals that once happened at restaurant tables, theatre intervals and evening dances.
This vintage Stratton Lip View combines its lipstick holder with a clever folding mirror, all enclosed within a beautifully graphic black enamel case scattered with crisp mid-century starbursts.
At approximately 6.5 x 3 cm, it was designed to disappear neatly into an evening bag and emerge whenever lipstick needed refreshing.
The gold-tone fittings contrast beautifully with the black enamel, while the mirror remains clear, the clasp secure and the compact shows very little evidence of use.
It is a particularly striking version of Stratton’s ingenious Lip View — glamorous, beautifully compact and evocative of an era when touching up your lipstick could be a small performance in itself.