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Here at WhatSheWants we have been specialising in antique, art deco and vintage vanity items for 25 years selling mostly online to an international clientele.
We travel across the UK and strive to find you the best quality antiques and objects of vertu, wonderful personal possessions that have been owned and loved by women from previous generations and from a bygone glamorous era.
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Description
Here we have a most glamorous art deco flapper era vanity purse that hangs a maximum of 16cm in length excluding the gold mesh wrist cord which adds a further 12cm to the overall length. The vanity purse body is made of lovely gold mesh with a scalloped mesh fringe. The hinged lid has wonderful domed filigree design accented with foliage and ruby red cut and faceted glass stones as well as faux seed pearls. the lid has a firm hinge and secure catch and lifts up to access the lined purse interior, to the underside of the lid is another hinge door which opens to reveal the interior compartments with hinged door for the powder which retains it's original Evans marked puff. The hinged double sided polished metal mirror is clear and reflective and also acts as the divider and door to a further compartment for pressed rouge. This contains a full godet of bright pink pressed rouge and another puff.
measurements
Height:
16 cm
measurements
declaration
WhatSheWants has clarified that the Art Deco 1920's Evans Gold Mesh & Jewelled Filigree Flapper Vanity Purse Powder & Rouge Compact (LA487648) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1920
declaration
condition
condition
This fine Art Deco vanity purse is offered in very good condition. I can see no dropped links to the gold mesh. There are no missing stones on the lid. The interior of the purse has no soiling, rips or tears and the mirrors have good reflection.