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The most captivating and exceptionally rare Stratton compact mirror. The lid is hand painted silk, rendered to look like an oil painting. This scene is hand painted silk. It looks like an oil painting. A timbered cottage set within the most delightful and typical cottage garden. The borders a profusion of native British plants. A neat path leads up to the front door. The cottage has tiny leaded windows, a plain green wooden door and what appear to be salmon pink and pale yellow walls. Some of the roof tiles are covered in moss. The edge of the lid has an engine turned design.
Lift the lid & you will see an excellent mirror which gives a clear and accurate reflection. The mirror bezel is signed "Stratton Made In England". There is a white velour edged sifter in the powder well. The powder well is gilded. The base is decorated with a fine spiral. Measures 3" and weighs 64.3 grams.
declaration
Rare Antique Gifts has clarified that the Rare Stratton Cottage Garden Powder Compact 1948 (LA363993) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1948