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Description
OFFERED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THIS ANTIQUE PENDANT POWDER COMPACT VINTAGE POWDER COMPACT MADE OF SOLID SILVER AND FULLY HALLMARKED TO THE INSIDE OF THE POWDER WELL AS SHOWN. I ESTIMATE THE COMPACT DATES CIRCA 1910.
THIS POWDER COMPACT MEASUES APPROX. 4.8 CMS IN DIAMETER AND HAS A DOMED BASE AND LID WITH BALE AND HANGING LOOP AT THE TOP SO THAT THE CASE COULD BE HUNG FROM A CHAIN OR CHATELAINE. THE CASE IS MADE OF PLAIN SILVER WITH INSET LID THAT HAS A LOVELY VIBRANT BLUE GUILLOCHE ENAMEL. THE LID HAS A STRONG HINGE AND FIRM CLASP AND OPENS TO REVEAL THE ORIGINAL FRAMED CONVEX MIRROR UNDER THE LID. THE MIRROR HAS A GOOD REFLECTION ALTHOUGH THERE ARE FEW EARLY SIGNS OF DESILVERING TO THE MIRROR IN THE FORM OF A COUPLE OF SPOTS AND SOME LIGHT FOGGING. THE POWDER WELL IS EMPTY AND HAS TRACES OF A FORMER GILDING.
THIS CHARMING ANTIQUE POWDER COMPACT IS OFFERED IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A COUPLE OF PIN PRICE DINGS TO THE BASE WHICH ARE BARELY VISIBLE AND A SLIGHT DING TO THE SILVER LEFT HAND EDGE. THE GUILLOCHE ENAMEL LID IS FREE FROM CHIPS, CRACKS OR SCRATCHES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
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