Base Metal Vanity Items

Early plastic, possibly celluloid or Galalith Art Deco ladies compact dating to the 1930's. Depicts a young flapper girl on the lid, the lid is also embossed around the edge. The pot...

For your consideration is this delightful ladies powder Art Deco compact made from bakelite . This is a genuine Art Deco item, not a modern reproduction. This smooth round compact is very tactile and has a lovely applied decoration of a Scottish terrier wearing a black waistcoat...

Large and glamorous Victorian hair comb. Embellished with fine bright-cut engraved floral pattern. Silver-plated. 4" x 5." A dramatic personal a...

Vintage button covers of a miniature painting under glass (sometimes called Essex Crystals), depicting a flamingo and palm trees, these six are p...

For your consideration is this wonderful Art Deco 1930's fob watch holder by Jakob Bengel, which also can be used as a key ring. Old new stock, never used or marketed and still with it's original label. Made By Jakob Bengel this watch holder would originally been attached to a ladies garment to suspend the ladies fab watch. For modern use these are perfect to use as key rings holders...

Vintage Llewellyn pearlized Grey Lucite Handbag Early 1950s Without handle 4" tall Signed on the interior hinge N.Y.C. Llewellyn Inc. in scripts with a copyright C in circle as seen in the picture. History from Collector's weekly Though plastics today are typically associated with cheap, low-integrity products, during the boom years following World War II, recently developed thermoplastics carried the cachet of glitz and glamour. In the worlds of industrial and interior design, modern materials and geometric forms were all the rage. That trend spilled over to fashion, whose designers soon turned to sturdy plastics like Lucite to create fashion-forward handbags and purses. Created in 1931 by the American chemical company DuPont, Lucite is a durable acrylic material made from polymethyl methacrylate, or PMMA. Lucite became a successful replacement for earlier plastics like Bakelite and Catalin because of its low density and high strength. Though used primarily in military applications during World War II, Lucite was adapted for use in jewelry and fashion accessories during the late 1940s. In the late 1940s, various New York handbag companies hopped on the plastics bandwagon and released lines of Lucite purses, including Llewelyn, Maxim, Rialto, Shoreham, Tyrolean, Venzer, Charles Foster, Arnold Originals, and Gilli Originals. By 1950, Miami Beach had become the happening spot for wealthy American vacationers; its fun-in-the-sun, holiday appeal made it the perfect spot to sell Lucite bags. Many Florida-based manufacturers sprung up in the early '50s, like Myles Originals, Charles S. Kahn, Bags By Benné, Patricia of Miami, Florida Handbags...

An antique black enamel vanity case pendant with a mixed metal rooster motif on a gun metal chain.