Cleopatra's Boudoir: lipstick compact

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

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

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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.