Rare Stratton Ten Sided Convertible Powder Compact 1960s

Rare Stratton Ten Sided Convertible Powder Compact 1960sThis is such a beauty! The lid decoration makes this highly collectible. Equestrian themed Stratton compacts are hard to find. The lid could not be more delightful. The background is gilt bark effect with the enchanting silhouette of two horses pulling an elegant coach containing a lady with a parasol & a small child. A liveried coach man seated at the rear & the driver holding the reins. There is no loss of design. The original immaculate black felt

This fully hallmarked sterling silver

This Stratton Mini-Convertible compact is suitable for use as a handbag mirror with all loose foundation and pressed foundation powder pans measuring 59 - 67 mm diameter or less

All this is set atop matte silver tin foil

The lid is decorated with a delicate bouquet of flowers

The back is a post deco tribute of wavy lines that echo the flower shape & radiate out from the central circle

Then we have an enamel Alpena

The lid is decorated with a design showing HM Queen Elizabeth II looking absolutely radiant

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The engraving is remarkably good

An unused sterling silver makeup compact for loose face powder made by Henry Clifford Davis in 1955

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