ART DECO GWENDA TAP FLAP FOIL CRINOLINE LADIES POWDER COMPACT NEAR MINT C1930

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ART DECO GWENDA TAP FLAP FOIL CRINOLINE LADIES POWDER COMPACT NEAR MINT C1930:
$80.90

ART DECO GWENDA TAP FLAP FOIL CRINOLINE LADIES POWDER COMPACT NEAR MINT C1930
Description

OFFERED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THIS VERY ATTRACTIVE ART DECO POWDER COMPACT MANUFACTURED BY THE BRITISH COMPANY OF HUSSEY DAWSON AND MARKETED UNDER THE FAMILIAR \"GWENDA\" TRADENAME. THIS POWDER COMPACT DATES CIRCA 1930 AND IS OVAL IN SHAPE MEASURING APPROX. 8 CMS BY 6 CMS.THIS POWDER COMPACT HAS A GREEN BASE AND THE LID HAS A PRETTY REVERSE PRINTED PICTURE OF A CRINOLINE LADY IN A FLOWER GARDEN. THIS PICTURE IS PRINTED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF A CELLULOID COVERING AND THEN MOUNTED OVER SPARKLING BLUE FOIL.THE POWDER COMPACT HAS FIRM HINGE AND OPENS BY WAY OF THE TRADITIONAL GWENDA SCALLOPED THUMB CATCH. IT HAS A BRIGHT AND SHINY CHROME INTERIOR AND UNDER THE LID IS A CLEAR AND REFLECTIVE MIRROR. THE POWDER WELL IS COVERED BY THE GWENDA TAP-FLAP MECHANISM WHICH IS MARKED MADE IN ENGLAND GWENDA TAP FLAP. THE COMPACT ALSO RETAINS IT\'S WHITE LEATHER BACK UNUSED PUFF.THIS CHARMING ART DECO POWDER COMPACT IS OFFERED IN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD CONDITION. I HAVE NOT HAD ONE BEFORE THAT HAD SUCH GOOD RETAINED AND BRIGHT PICTURE COLOURING. THE PICTURE IS PRISTINE AND THE FOIL SHOWS NO CRINKLING OR WEAR OF ANY KIND. THE BASE IS ALSO IN GOOD CONDITION WITH JUST SOME LIGHT MARKS. THE INTERIOR IS CLEAN AND THE PLISHED METAL MIRROR HAS AN EXCELLENT AND CLEAR REFLECTION ALTHOUGH TO BE PERFECTLY PRECISE THE MIRROR HAS A FEW LITTLE SPOTS. THIS IS A LOVELY COMPACT WHICH WILL ENHANCE ANY GOOD COLLECTION. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.
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