Cleopatra's Boudoir: compacts

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Elgin American Beauty Compacts, Cigarette Cases & Lighters c1951 Advertisement

Elgin American Beauty Compacts, cigarette cases and lighters shown in an advertisement in a from a 1951 General American Co. catalog.

Marathon Compacts & Vanities c1927 Advertisement

Beautiful engine turned and enameled compacts and vanities by Marathon in an advertisement from a 1927 Huntley & Co. catalog. These compacts were stated to be made up of "white gold composition silver", in other words, a white metal alloy made to look like white gold or sterling silver.

#179 was set with "French marcasites" and an amber stone.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Elgin American Compacts c1940 Advertisements

Vintage advertisements for Elgin American compacts from a 1940 N. Shure catalog. Shown as various enameled compacts, some have cloisonne.

Marathon Compacts & Vanities c1932 Advertisement

Great looking Marathon compacts shown in an advertisement from a 1932 L&C Mayers, New York catalog. Beautiful enameled compacts, handled dance compacts, vanity cases, combination compacts and lipsticks.

May & Malone Compacts c1931 Advertisement

Compacts shown in an advertisement in a 1931 May & Malone catalog page. One of them is by La Mode, the others are not named by manufacturer. You can see some lipstick compact sets, ance compacts with swinging handles, vanities, double compacts, etc. Also a "Cig-Vannette" by Mondaine. Some are engine turned, enameled, etc. Nice Eastern Star enameled compact also shown below.

original image by ebay seller gdawg

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Elgin American Compacts c1938 Advertisement

Elgin American compacts shown in an advertisement from a 1938 N. Shure catalog. You can see various enameled, engine turned and cloisonne compacts.

Elgin American Beauty c1951 Advertisement #2

Striking full color advertisements for Elgin compacts from a 1951 General American Co. catalog.

McRae & Keeler Whoopee Compacts & Vanities c1931 Advertisement

Gorgeous high color Art Deco advertisement for the McRae & Keeler "Whoopee" Compact with adjustable swinging handle. The other advertisement shows various other compacts, some with lipsticks attached. These ads were both from a 1931 N. Shure Co. catalog.