Lovely Vintage Ladies Face Powder Compact Rhododendron Flowers by Wadsworth Canada
Brass construction
Enamel paint decor, minimal scuffs
3 inches square
3/8 inch thick
No puff, no sifter
No powder residue
Signed on inner lid Wadsworth Made in Canada
Some light scratches and scuffs on exterior brass base, showing adhesive residue mark
Mirror showing blemishes, silvering wear
Wadsworth Watch Case Co established in Kentucky in 1890 as a maker of gold filled watch case. In the 1940s and 50s they also manufactured fine compacts. Parker Pen Co Canada were given the official distribution rights of Wadsworth compacts in Canada including affixing their name to the advertisements after WWII. Henriette was a separate company within Wadsworth, created in 1937, a trade name for the NY division of the Wadsworth Case Co of Kentucky. Famous for their novelty compacts such as the 8 Ball and the Vanity Table. Bought by Elgin National Watch Co in Dec 1950. The Wadsworth brand disappeared in the late 1950s.