ART DECO GWENDA TAP FLAP CRINOLINE LADY FOIL BACKED PICTURE POWDER COMPACT C1930 a.imagelink {color:#002359;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#002359;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#000000;} a.imagelink img.saleimage { border: 2px solid #002359; } a:visited.imagelink img.saleimage { border: 2px solid #000000; }
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OFFERED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THIS CHARMING ART DECO POWDER COMPACT DATING CIRCA 1930 AND MANUFACTURED BY THE BRITISH FIRM OF HUSSEY DAWSON AND MARKETED UNDER THE FAMILIAR GWENDA TRADE NAME. 

THIS POWDER COMPACT MEASURES APPROX. 7 CMS B7 5.2 CMS AND IS MADE OF CHROMIUM METAL. THE BASE HAS FAUX SHAGREEN COVERING. THE LID FEATURES A REVERSE PRINTED PICTURE OF A PRETTY CRINOLINE LADY STROLLING THROUGH A FLOWER GARDEN UNDER A CELLULOID COVERING. THE PICTURE IS THEN MOUNTED OVER SPARKLING BLUE FOIL WHICH PROVIDES THE COLOUR FOR THE BACKGROUND SKY AND THE BLUE FLOWERS. 

THE COMPACT HAS FIRM HINGE AND SECURE CATCH AND OPENS BY WAY OF THE TRADITIONAL GWENDA SCALLOPED THUMB CATCH. THE POWDER WELL IN THE BASE IS COVERED BY THE GWENDA TAP FLAP MECHANISM AND IS MARKED GWENDA TAP FLAP MADE IN ENGLAND.  UNFORTUNATELY THE METAL MIRROR IS MISSING FROM UNDER THE LID AND THERE ARE SOME GLUE MARKS REMAINING. 

OTHER THAN THE MISSING MIRROR, THIS POWDER COMPACT IS OFFERED IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE CASE HAS NO DENTS OR DINGS AND THE FAUX SHAGREEN BASE HAS NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. THE LOVELY PICTURE LID HAS EXCELLENT RETAINED COLOURS WHICH ARE BRIGHT AND VIBRANT AND THE BLUE FOIL HAS NO LOSSES AND NO CRINKLING. THIS 1930\'S GWENDA COMPACT DISPLAYS VERY WELL AND WOULD AKE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY GOOD COMPACT COLLECTION. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.
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